Dun and Bradstreet Number

Enter the 9-digit number assigned by Dun and Bradstreet (D B) for your facility or each establishment within your facility. These numbers code the facility for financial purposes. This number may be available from your facility s treasurer or financial officer. You can also obtain the numbers from your local Dun and Bradstreet office (check the telephone book White Paoest. If none of your establishments has been assigned a D B number, enter not applicable, NA, in box a. If only some of your establishments have been assigned Dun and Bradstreet numbers, enter those numbers in Section 3.7. 

Enter the Dun and Bradstreet Number for your ultimate US parent company. If applicable. The number may be obtained from the treasurer or financial officer of the company. If your parent company does not have a Dun and Bradstreet number, enter not applicable, NA. 

Each report must contain the company name and Dun and Bradstreet Number the name, mailing address, phone number, and e-mail address of a technical contact and for each plant site, the name and full street address of each site. Dun and Bradstreet number of each site, and the county (or other jurisdictional indicator) in which the plant site is located. ... 

There is a formula for business failures based on Dun Bradstreet, Inc. annually published data. The vast majority of the firms involved are small. Why do failures occur D B has offered the following tabular explanation (apparent cause/percent) inadequate sales/49.9, competitive weakness/25.3, heavy operating expenses/13.0, receivables difficul-ties/8.3, inventory difficulties/7.7, excessive fixed assets/3.2, poor location/2.7, neglect/0.8, disaster/0.8, fraud/0.5, and others/1.1. Numbers do not add up to 100% because some failures are attributed to a combination of apparent causes. One can include that product design directly influences competitive weakness and heavy operating expenses. 

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