The UNSPSC (United nation standard Products and services code) is an internationally used classification system of the goods economy.

The UNSPSC system is used in the E-Procurement, in particular in the American area, for the enterprise-spreading classification by goods and services of all kinds.

Emergence and organization

The UNSPSC system resulted 1998 from a co-operation of the United nation to development of programs (UNDP) and the Dun & Bradstreet corporation (D&B).

The UNDP appointed GS1 US, in former times the uniform code Council (UCC), as a code manager in May 2003. The code manager is responsible for guaranteeing observance of the basic rules of the UNSPSC as well as the completeness of the code pattern. GS1 US is responsible for supervising the change of code of requests, the industrial new edition projects and publishes regularly temporally planned updates to the code, communications with members, as well as special projects and initiatives, as both by the UNDP and Mitgliedrequests.The code set is determined in the following languages present: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Chinese, Portuguese and Danish one. Pdf versions of the code set can be downloadet for free at UNSPSC.org web site. Exceed versions of the code set are present for nominal costs.

Components

A UNSPSC code consists of five levels, by which the first four are standardized. Each level is coded by a two digit number, so that the notation 8 - and/or code with 10 digits is. These levels are called as follows (example on the basis of):

• Segment: 43 information technology
  • Family: 20 medium and computer accessories
    • Class: 17 Multimedia memory
      • Commodity: 03 CD bags
        • (Business Function: 14 resale)

A CD bag will carry the classification code according to 43201703.

References

• Homepage of the United nation SPSC:

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