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Contact Number:303-397-2359
Email:Tim.Stack@ihs.com
Date:4/07/2005

IHS Launches HAYSTACK 'Gold' Parts and Supplier Management Solution

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. - April 7, 2005 - IHS (www.IHS.com), a leading international provider of critical technical information, content integration, decision support tools, and technical standards and specifications, today announced the general availability for the latest release of HAYSTACK®.

HAYSTACK, a comprehensive source of parts data, logistics and supplier information, has served government and industry buyers, vendors, designers, company librarians, and engineers worldwide for over 20 years. The new release called HAYSTACK Gold contains more than 50 new features and enhancements, including:

  • Free-Form Technical Characteristics Searching: Save time and increase productivity by searching for parts information, technical characteristics, and supporting documents, even with incomplete information or just a few characteristics to input.

  • More and New Cross-Referenced Databases, including National Forging Tooling Database (NFTD) and others: HAYSTACK enables quicker identification of NSNs (National Stock Numbers) and more than 100 million active and historical items in the Federal Supply Catalog and over 40 U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, and related databases, including National Forging Tooling Database (NFTD) and others.

  • Instant Access to over 4 million Historical Part Numbers: Many older weapon systems and related parts reference back to historical NIINs (National Item Identification Number) that are only available in HAYSTACK.

  • Integration with IHS Specs & Standards and CatalogXpress®: HAYSTACK users are only a mouse click away from linking to the appropriate Military Spec or industry standard (active subscription required).

  • Hot links to Daily Government Surplus Sales and Daily Bids: This HAYSTACK enhancement delivers the opportunity to purchase essential supply items for, in some cases, pennies on the dollar.

  • Enhanced Speed and Performance: For users with severe firewall restrictions, the new HTML version of HAYSTACK works with any Web browser and any firewall, dramatically improving speed and performance.

For more information about the product features and functionality in this HAYSTACK Gold release please visit http://government.ihs.com/procurement/haystack-logistics/index.jsp.

About IHS (www.ihs.com)
IHS is one of the leading global providers of critical technical information, decision-support tools and related services to customers in a number of industries including energy, defense, aerospace, construction, electronics, and automotive. We serve customers ranging from governments and large multinational corporations to smaller companies and technical professionals in more than 100 countries. Our customers rely on our offerings to facilitate decision making, support key processes and improve productivity. We have been in business for more than 45 years and employ more than 2,300 people around the world.


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IHS, a leading international provider of critical technical information, content integration, decision support tools, and technical standards and specifications, today announced the general availability for the latest release of HAYSTACK®.