PL Number - Price List Number

 

• PL Number stands for Price List Number 

• Object: To recognize the material distinctly 

• Applicable for All Stock items  (Not for Non-Stock Items)

• Unified PL - Common for all Zonal Railways & Production Units  

• Codification - 3 types. Fully Significant, Semi-Significant, and Non Significant  

• Fully Significant - All digits signify some property of the material - To adopt it, requires a large number of digits which may not be manageable.  

• Semi-Significant - The first group signifies the property of the material and the Second group has no significance - Indian Railways Follows it - 8 Digits

• Non-Significant - All digits have no significance.  

8 Digits - SN	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Parts	Part A		Part B		Part C			Part D
Groups	Main Group		Sub Group		Serial Number			Check Digit
Semi-Significant	Significant				Non-Significant
PL Number	2	5	1	6	1	0	4	0

 

MODULAS 11 - To find the Check Digit of PL Number 25161040

Step 1	PL No- First 7 digits	2	5	1	6	1	0	4
Step 2	Write 2 to 8 below each digit (from Right to Left)	8	7	6	5	4	3	2
Step 3	Multiply the digits vertically	16	35	6	30	4	0	8
Step 4	Add products horizontally	16+35+6+30+4+0+8 = 99
Step 5	Divided the sum by 11	99/11 = 0
Step 6	The remainder is the check digit	Check Digit is 0

• In case the remainder is two digits, the rightmost digit is the Check Digit.    

• Above example, If the last digit ‘0’ is correct, the computer will accept it, otherwise, it is rejected.  

• Modulus 11 - adopted to check the digit of the PF number - Provident Fund number too.