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Is Manufacturer of Goods

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor identified at the site level is a manufacturer of goods. It captures a vendor line-of-business attribute rather than a contract action outcome, and may appear as a true/false indicator or code value depending on the source extract.

Family: Other Transaction IDV
Category: Vendor Site Details
Data Type: boolean_or_code_flag
Semantic Type: flag
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isManufacturerOfGoods
Title
Is Manufacturer of Goods
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLineOfBusiness/isManufacturerOfGoods
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor identified at the site level is a manufacturer of goods. It captures a vendor line-of-business attribute rather than a contract action outcome, and may appear as a true/false indicator or code value depending on the source extract.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts distinguish manufacturers from resellers, distributors, or service-oriented vendors when studying supply chain structure, industrial base participation, and competition patterns. It is useful for assessing award concentration among producers, monitoring domestic manufacturing participation, and segmenting vendors by role in the goods market.
Example Value
1
Observed Non-Null Count
13,417

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isManufacturerOfGoods
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLineOfBusiness/isManufacturerOfGoods
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLineOfBusiness/isManufacturerOfGoods' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isManufacturerOfGoods'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building
  • Contractor profiling and competitor analysis

Common Usage

  • Identify awards associated with manufacturing vendors
  • Segment vendor populations by business type
  • Support supply chain and industrial base analysis

Common Mistakes

  • Using the flag as evidence that the contract itself is for manufactured goods
  • Assuming all non-null values indicate manufacturer status

Query Guidance

Filter on the explicit affirmative representation used in your dataset, such as = 1, = 'Y', or = 'true'. If the extract includes both code and description columns, prefer the coded value for filtering and the description for display; use DISTINCT or GROUP BY first to confirm observed encodings.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isManufacturerOfGoods AS is_manufacturer_of_goods
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isManufacturerOfGoods IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isManufacturerOfGoods AS flag_value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isManufacturerOfGoods IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY flag_value
ORDER BY record_count DESC

Each dictionary item includes SQL-ready examples generated alongside the variable metadata, allowing immediate use in FPDS Query for filtering, aggregation, and analysis.