KOMPASS Latin America [586]

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	586
Kompass Latin America

Last Loaded on Web: Thursday, May 01, 2008

Last Update To Bluesheet: October 24, 2006

Bluesheet Contents PDF version

File Description	Related Search Aids	Special Features	Sample Record	Sort	Rates
Subject Coverage	Database Content	DIALINDEX/OneSearch Categories	Basic Index	Rank
Tips	Document Types Indexed	Contact	Additional Indexes	Report Options
Dialog File Data	Geographic Coverage	Terms and Conditions	Limit	Predefined Format Options

File Description [top]

Kompass Latin America is a directory file that provides information for over 23,000 companies in Chile and Mexico, with an emphasis on manufacturing, industrial, and associated service sectors. File 586 uses the detailed Kompass WF.9 classification system consisting of approximately 54,000 product/service descriptions and corresponding codes. Product names are displayable and searchable in English, German, French, Spanish, and Italian. Most records include standard business information, including names of key executives with their positions.

Tips [top]

USE FILE 586

to find directory and product information for companies located throughout Chile and Mexico.

USE /CO or CO=

to search for company names.

USE PX=

to link product activity with a product name or code.

S PC=42460(S)PX=PRODUCER

USE PRODUCT CODES

for precise retrieval of products.

EXPAND PC= to show the 7-digit product codes.

Subject Coverage [top]

Information in each record includes:

Company Name
Address
Telephone Number
Fax Number
Description of Business
Senior Executives
Number of Employees
Products and Activities

Dialog File Data [top]

Dates Covered:	Current
File Size:	23,171 records as of October 2006
Update Frequency:	Annual

Related Search Aids [top]

Kompass Product Code listings are provided in English, German, French, Spanish, and Italian at http://support.dialog.com/searchaids/dialog/kompasscodes/

Database Content [top]

Directories

Document Types Indexed [top]

Directories

Geographic Coverage [top]

International

Geographic Restrictions [top]

None

Special Features [top]

ERA Available
Graduate Education Program
KWIC and HILIGHT Available
REPORT Available

DialIndex/OneSearch Categories [top]

ACRONYM	CATEGORY NAME
CODIR	Company Directories
INTLCO	International Company Directories
KOMPASS	KOMPASS Files
PRODINFO	Product Information
PRODUCTS	Industrial and Consumer

Contact [top]

Kompass Latin America is produced by Kompass International Neuenschwander SA with data provided by the franchisees in Chile and in Mexico. Questions concerning file content should be directed to:

Kompass International Neuenschwander SA
Saint Laurent
Cruet, 73800
France

Telephone:	33 4 79 65 25 08
Fax:	33 4 79 84 13 95
E-Mail:	kompass@kompass-int.com

Terms and Conditions [top]

For Dialog's Redistribution and Archive Policy, enter HELP ERA online. The following terms and conditions also apply.

Information in the KOMPASS LATIN AMERICA database is copyrighted by Kompass Neuenschwander SA. The customer agrees to use the KOMPASS database for research purposes only and will not publish, broadcast, reproduce, make available or sell any material contained in the said database in any manner whatsoever nor will customer use such material in any other fashion which may infringe any third party's copyrights or proprietary interests in such material. KOMPASS uses its best endeavours to ensure that its database represents a true and fair representation of the original material from which the database is devised but the KOMPASS publishers shall not for any reason whatsoever be held responsible for any damage, loss, claim cost or other expense incurred by a subscriber as a result of its use or reliance upon the material contained in the KOMPASS database.

Dialog Standard Terms & Conditions apply.

SAMPLE RECORD [top]

	`DIALOG(R)File 586:KOMPASS Latin America`
	`(c) 2004 KOMPASS Intl. All rts. reserv.`

	`00252109 SUPPLIER NUMBER: KCL00W46`
/CO,CO=	`COMERCIAL E INDUSTRIAL TROTTER S.A.`
	`Avda. Vicuna Mackenna 1194`
CY=	`Santiago`
CN=	`Chile`
	`COUNTRY: Chile`

	`TELEPHONE: 56 2 5550232`
	`FAX: 56 2 5553509`

	`DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS`
	`Activities`
	`Fabrica, importa y vende aparatos para el hogar.`

	`RECORD HAS 1 PRODUCT(S)`
PD=,PY=	`DATE OF RECORD CHANGE: 19990923`

EM=	`APPROX. NO. EMPLOYEES: 120`
BA=	`Banks: BANCO DE SANTIAGO`

	`REGISTERED INFORMATION`
	`Tax No: 94.538.000-4`
YR=	`DATE ESTABLISHED: 1984`

	`MANAGEMENT`
PO=,NM=	`General Manager: Cruz, Mr Albin Trotter`

	`TRADE NAMES`
/TN,TN=	`TROTTER`
	`INDUSTRY`
IC=,IN=	`63 Wholesalers and distributors, importers and exporters of consumer`
	`goods`

	`PRODUCTS`
PC=,PN=,/DE,PX=	`63860 Household and kitchen supplies, electric and electronic (trade)`
	`(Producer)`

	`OTHER COMPANY INFORMATION`

	`ADDITIONAL INFORMATION`
	`Legal Form: Private Company`

BASIC INDEX [top]

SEARCH SUFFIX	DISPLAY CODE	REPORT (FIELD LENGTH)	FIELD NAME	INDEXING	SELECT EXAMPLES
None	None	None	All Basic Index Fields	Word	S CONSUMER(W)GOODS
/CO	CO	CO (22)	Company Name¹	Word	S COMERCIAL(1W)INDUSTRIAL/CO
/DE	DE	None	Description of Business and Product Names²	Word	S KITCHEN(W)SUPPLIES/DE
/IN	IN	None	Industry Name	Word	S WHOLESALER?/IN
/PN	PN	None	Product Name¹	Word	S KITCHEN(W)SUPPLIES/PN
/TN	TN	None	Brand/Trade Name¹	Word	S ACA(W)JOE/PN

¹Searchable in the Basic Index and in the Additional Indexes.

²DE displays Description of Business text only.

ADDITIONAL INDEXES [top]

SEARCH PREFIX	DISPLAY CODE	REPORT (FIELD LENGTH)	FIELD NAME	INDEXING	SELECT EXAMPLES
None	A1	A1 (32)	Street Address
AA=	AA	None	Supplier Accession Number	Phrase
None	AZ	None	DIALOG Accession Number
BA=	BA	BA (32)	Bank Name	Phrase	S BA=BANCO DE SANTIAGO
CN=	CN	CN (32)	Country Name	Phrase	S CN=CHILE
CO=	CO	CO (22)	Company Name¹	Phrase	S CO=COMERCIAL E INDUSTRIAL TROTTER?
CY=	CY	CY (22)	City	Phrase	S CY=SANTIAGO
DT=	DT	None	Document Type	Phrase	S DT=COMPANY
None	EL	None	Email Address
EM=	EM	EM (17)	Number of Employees	Numeric	S EM=100:150
FT=	FT	None	Trade Status	Phrase	S FT=IMPORTER
IC=	IC	None	Industry Code	Phrase	S IC=63
LA=	LA	None	Language	Phrase	S LA=ENGLISH
ND=	ND	None	Nome del Prodotto (Italian)⁴	Phrase	S ND=ARTICOLI CASALINGHI?
NM=	NM	None	Management Name⁵	Word & Phrase	S NM=(ALBIN(2N)CRUZ) S NM=CRUZ, MR. ALBIN?
NP=	NP	None	Nom du Produit (French)⁴	Phrase	S NP=MATERIEL ELECTRIQUE?
NR=	NR	None	Nombre del Producto (Spanish)⁴	Phrase	S NR=CARTONAJES?
PC=	PC	None	Product Code^4,6	Phrase	S PC=63860
PD=	PD	None	Date of Record Change	Phrase	S PD=19990923
PK=	PK	None	Produkt Namen (German) PK⁴	Phrase	S PK=GERATE?
PN=	PN	None	Product Name (English)⁴	Phrase	S PN=HOUSEHOLD "AND" KITCHEN?
PO=	PO	None	Management Position⁵	Word	S PO=(GENERAL(W)MANAGER)
PX=	PX	None	Product Activity^4,7	Phrase	S PX=PRODUCER
PY=	PY	PY (13)	Year of Latest Annual Data	Phrase	S PY=1999
RT=	RT	None	Record Type	Phrase	S RT=DIRECTORY
None	TE	TE (28)	Telephone Number
TN=	TN	None	Trade Name¹	Phrase
None	TX	None	Telex
YR=	YR	None	Year Organized	Phrase	S YR=1983
ZP=	ZP	ZP (17)	Postal Code	Phrase	S ZP=54400

³Product names are searchable in English, German, French, Spanish, and Italian. Also searchable using PN=, PK=, NP=, NR=, and ND=.

⁴Displays entire Products section, including Product Activity, Product Code, and Product Name.

⁵Displays entire Management section, including Management Name and Management Position.

⁶Product codes are cascaded and can also be searched at the two-digit or five-digit levels, e.g., S PC=42; S PC=42460.

⁷The (S) operator can be used to link Product Activity with a specific Product Name or Product Code (e.g., S PC=42460(S)PX=PRODUCER).

LIMIT [top]

SUFFIX	FIELD NAME	EXAMPLES
Sets and terms can be limited by Basic Index suffixes, i.e., /CO and /DE (e.g., SELECT S2/CO), as well as by the following features:
/LONG	Word Count of 1,000 words or more
/NAMES	Records have Executive Names	S S3/NAMES
/NONAMES	Records do not have Executive Names	S S2/NONAMES
/PRODUCTS	Records with Product Listings	S S1/PRODUCTS
/SHORT	Word Count of less than 1,000 words
/YYYY	Year of Latest Annual Data	S S2/1999

SORT [top]

SORTABLE FIELDS	EXAMPLES
CN, CO, CY, EM, PD, TE, ZP	SORT S4/ALL/UP PRINT S5/5/ALL/CY,CO

RANK [top]

RANK FIELDS	EXAMPLES
All phrase- and numeric-indexed fields in the Additional Indexes can be ranked.	RANK CO

REPORT OPTIONS [top]


Output can be displayed in table format. REPORT codes with field lengths in parentheses are listed in the Search Options tables. Default table width is 72 characters; use SET H 132 to set maximum table width.	REPORT S2/CO,EM,CN/ALL

USER-DEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]


User-defined formats can be specified using the display codes indicated in the Search Options tables.	TYPE S3/CO,TE/1-5

PREDEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

NO.	DIALOGWEB FORMAT	RECORD CONTENT
1	--	DIALOG Accession Number
2	Medium	Full Record except Products
3	--	Company Name, Address, Telephone Number, Description of Business, and Registered Company Number
4	--	Company Name, Product Codes, and Product Names
5	Long	Full Record
6	--	Company Name, Registered Company Name, Year of Latest Annual Data, and Date of Record Change
7	--	Company Name, Address Telephone Number, Product Codes, and Product Names
8	Short	Company Name, Address, and Telephone Number
9	Full	Full Record
10	--	National Address (excludes country)
20	--	International Address (includes country)
24	--	Company Name, Product Codes, and Product Names in German
25	--	Full Record in German
27	--	Company Name, Address, Telephone Number, Product Codes, and Product Names in German
29	--	Full Record in German
34	--	Company Name, Product Codes, and Product Names in French
35	--	Full Record in French
37	--	Company Name, Address, Telephone Number, Product Codes, and Product Names in French
39	--	Full Record in French
44	--	Company Name, Product Codes, and Product Names in Spanish
45	--	Full Record in Spanish
47	--	Company Name, Address, Telephone Number, Product Codes, and Product Names in Spanish
49	--	Full Record in Spanish
54	--	Company Name, Product Codes, and Product Names in Italian
55	--	Full Record in Italian
57	--	Company Name, Address, Telephone Number, Product Codes, and Product Names in Italian
59	--	Full Record in Italian
K	--	KWIC (Key Word In Context) displays a window of text; may be used alone or with other formats

DIRECT RECORD ACCESS [top]

FIELD NAME	EXAMPLES
DIALOG Accession Number	TYPE 00080568/5 DISPLAY 00083824/CO,AN PRINT 00082272/9

Rates [top]

Rates For File: Kompass Latin America[586]
Cost per DialUnit:                 $6.60
Cost per minute:                   $1.46
Report Elements                    $0.05
Rank Elements                      $0.00

Format    Types   Prints
     1    $0.00    $0.00
     2    $1.98    $1.98
     3    $1.98    $1.98
     4    $1.98    $1.98
     5    $2.63    $2.63
     6    $0.28    $1.98
     7    $2.63    $2.63
     8    $1.32    $1.32
     9    $2.63    $2.63
    10    $0.72    $0.72
    20    $0.72    $0.72
KWIC95    $0.29       NA
KWIC96    $0.29       NA

REDIST/COPY Multiplier Table:
      Range      Multiplier
        1-2       1.00
       3-25       1.50
     26-100       3.00
    101-200       4.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00

ARCHIVE Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
       1-25       1.50
     26-200       3.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00

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