THE INQUIRY PAGE

How To Conduct A Part Number Search
You start your search for industry suppliers from the “Inquiry Page.” Information about suppliers who can provide that part or repair is presented on the “Results Page.” First specify what you are looking for by clicking the appropriate button next to “Search By:” – if you are looking to buy a part, click “Part Availability.” If you are looking for someone to repair or overhaul a part, component or aircraft, click “Overhaul Capability.” You cannot search for parts suppliers and overhaul shops at the same time; each type of search must be performed separately. Next indicate how you would like the information displayed on the “Results Page” by clicking the appropriate radio button next to “Sort Results By” Clicking “Part Number” will display the results by part number with all the suppliers who can provide that part. Clicking “Supplier” will sort the results by company, with a list of the part numbers you have queried that those companies can provide.

Preferred Supplier Groups
ABDOnline allows you to create “Preferred Supplier Groups.” The listings of companies in your “Preferred Supplier Group” will appear first on the “Results Page” if they have the part or can perform the service you are inquiring about. You may create as many “Preferred Supplier Groups” as you like, but can only include six companies in each group. Also, for each part number search you perform, you will only be able to select one of your “Preferred Supplier Groups” to be included in the search results. You can specify which of your previously created “Preferred Supplier Groups” you want for the current part number search by selecting it from the pull down menu presented. To create or modify a “Preferred Supplier Group,” click on the colored line “Create/Modify Preferred Supplier Group”. Follow the instructions on the screen to create, modify or delete groups or individual group members. From the “Adding a Supplier” screen you may easily e-mail companies who are not on our system and request that they get listed.

Entering Part Numbers and Quantities
You may query up to 19 different part numbers at a time, by entering each part number in the field provided. You may also indicate the desired quantity of each item, so that this information will be automatically entered when you RFQ your selected suppliers. YOU MUST ENTER THE PART NUMBER EXACTLY, INCLUDING DASHES. When you have completed entering the part numbers you are interested in, simply click “Search.” Clicking “Reset” will clear the “Inquiry Page” of any part numbers or quantities entered, for reentry. The total number of suppliers of a particular part number may not be presented to you on the “Results Page” because of the amount of part numbers you are querying at any one time. To see the entire list of suppliers for a particular part number, simply perform a part number search for that part number alone, without an asterisk.

Performing WILD CARD Searches
To return results based upon the first four digits of a part number, simply enter in those first four digits followed by an asterisk *. This will return a list of suppliers who sell or repair parts similar to the one you are inquiring about.

Uploading and Updating Inventories
(Correcting specific part information or replacing an entire inventory listing) Once a supplier company is registered with ABDOnline, it is possible for them to change information about their inventory or capabilities directly from our web site. Changes to a supplier company’s ABDOnline database listings may be performed one part number at a time or by replacing the company’s entire database listings. To change information about an individual part number (such as to add it, delete it, change the quantity or condition information, etc.) click on the green bar “Update Your Existing Inventory” then enter in the necessary information as prompted. To change your company’s entire database listing information, click on the yellow bar entitled “Upload Your Entire Inventory.”