ASSOCIATION_CAGE — Association

ASSOCIATION CODE: A FIVE POSITION ALPHANUMERIC CODE ASSIGNED BY THE PROGRAM MANAGER TO IDENTIFY THE CORPORATE COMPLEX ENTITY AND ALL RELATED SUB-ENTITIES THAT COMPRISE A CORPORATE COMPLEX. THE ASSOCIATION CODE IS USED IN ITEM IDENTIFICATION SCREENING OPERATIONS TO DETERMINE ACTUAL OR POSSIBLE DUPLICATE ITEMS WHEN THE REFERENCE NUMBER IS THE SAME BUT THE COMMERCIAL AND GOVERNMENT ENTITY (CAGE) CODE IS DIFFERENT.

Also written as: ASSOC_CODE

This is a free-text or numeric FLIS field — it has no enumerated code values. The definition above is its official cataloging meaning.

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What is ASSOCIATION_CAGE in FLIS / NSN cataloging?

ASSOCIATION_CAGE (Association) aSSOCIATION CODE: A FIVE POSITION ALPHANUMERIC CODE ASSIGNED BY THE PROGRAM MANAGER TO IDENTIFY THE CORPORATE COMPLEX ENTITY AND ALL RELATED SUB-ENTITIES THAT COMPRISE A CORPORATE COMPLEX. THE ASSOCIATION CODE IS USED IN ITEM IDENTIFICATION SCREENING OPERATIONS TO DETERMINE ACTUAL OR POSSIBLE DUPLICATE ITEMS WHEN THE REFERENCE NUMBER IS THE SAME BUT THE COMMERCIAL AND GOVERNMENT ENTITY (CAGE) CODE IS DIFFERENT.

Last updated 2026-05-26. Published by DAITK™ against the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) FLIS code dictionary, governed by DoD 4100.39-M (Federal Logistics Information System Procedures Manual).

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