Mil-Spec Fastener Search Enhancement Released by FastenersClearingHouse.com
03/25/2009 04:34 PM CDT
FastenersClearingHouse.com (FCH) has released important new enhancements to its flagship Search for Fasteners web page. Included in the list of new features is a special new interface for mil-spec parts, and significant improvements in its brand name part number handling.
Mil-spec searches now can be launched from a special new tab on the Search page. The new search interface requires only that the user enters the part number or a portion of the part number. Results are returned to the user, along with the direct contact information of the selling distributor, from the growing number of MS, AN and NAS parts in the FCH database. Previously, mil-spec searches could only be done from the main Search page.
The new capability is a great advancement for the increasing number of FCH members who list mil-spec parts with the on-line fastener database. Companies interested in selling their mil-spec inventory should contact FCH to add their parts to the database.
Other newly added improvements are less obvious to the casual FCH user, but provide great benefits to anyone looking for tough to find parts using part numbers. The new search logic requires less specific information to perform part number searches, and it includes a wider array of possible matches when a query is made with a incomplete or only partial part number information.
“Our goal has been to provide a search interface that provides some flexibility with part numbers. There are simply too many ways they can be written. The latest version of our software is much more forgiving, and allows for greater variations in user queries. This should help users find the parts they need. Also, this should make our listing members pleased since we expect them to receive benefits in the form of more inquiries for their stock,” said Brian Musker, FCH database manager.
FCH has become the standard bearer Internet search engine for fastener distributors in search of hard to locate stock, and these new offerings make it even more powerful, easy to use, and useful for a wider group of users.
The FCH fastener database currently contains over 395,000 inventory line items from distributors across North America, and is available to search and source on the Internet at no charge at www.fastenersclearinghouse.com.
About FastenersClearingHouse.com:
FCH is an independent search engine serving the industrial and commercial fastener industry by providing a place to buy and sell surplus, hard to find, and odd lot fastener inventory on the Internet. Founded in October, 2006, FCH is based in Naperville, Illinois.
