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| 01/31/2007 |
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IDEA provides new UNSPSC resource to manufacturers
Arlington, VA- January 31, 2007 - IDEA, an industry owned eCommerce service provider, today announced the development of a new resource that relates UNSPSC (United Nations Standard Products and Services Code®) codes to commodity codes that have been commonly used by the electrical channel for years.
This new resource, in the form of a table, allows all products ...more |
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| 09/06/2006 |
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UNSPSC Live Webinar
UNSPSC, The United Nations Standard Products and Services Code®, is considered synonymous to Best in Class Spend Analysis Programs. Successful adoption and value derived by early adopters of UNSPSC has generated a lot of interest in organizations that are planning to start or enhance their spend analysis initiatives. During this Web seminar, you will learn ...more |
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| 07/13/2006 |
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AHRMM Advocates Supply Chain Standards
The Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM) Board of Directors recently declared its support of the use of supply chain standards in all transactions between trading partners. Specifically recommended was the Global Location Number (GLN) that identifies each trading partner, the United Nations Standard Products and Services Code® (UNSPSC®) that classifies all products ...more |
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| 07/03/2006 |
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Use of UNSPSC Product Classification Code in Health Care Increased in 2005
Coalition for Healthcare eStandards eNews and Updates offers UNSPSC updates for the Healthcare industry featuring case studies, industry progress and a quote of the month. ...more |
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| 04/24/2006 |
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Use of UNSPSC Product Classification Code in Health Care Increased in 2005
ANN ARBOR, MI April 24,2006- Use of the United Nations Standard Products and Services Code®(UNSPSC®) is increasing, according to the Coalition for Healthcare
eStandards (CHeS), the leading supply chain industry standards organization. The UNSPSC is an open, global standard classification schema.
Health care providers are using the UNSPSC to consistently classify the products and services that they buy and reduce supply costs. Group purchasing organizations (GPOs) have classified ...more |
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| 07/14/2005 |
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ITW uses acquisition to kick-start spend analysis, Purchasing Magazine
How does a company start a spend analysis project when it has 650 different decentralized businesses operating in 45 countries around the globe? Well, if it's Illinois Tool Works (ITW) of Glenview, Ill., the answer is: wait until your company acquires another major company that already has a spend-analysis project underway and use that as the start.
That's how Gary Anton, vice president of strategic sourcing at ITW, describes the company's ongoing spend-analysis … more |
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| 08/09/2004 |
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American Petroleum Institute to Act as Principal
United Nations Standard Products and Services Code Representative of the Oil and Natural Gas Industry
LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ August 9, 2004 - The Uniform Code Council, Inc.® (UCC®) and the American Petroleum Institute (API) today announced an agreement by which the API will develop the voluntary global classification standards of the United Nations Standard Products and Services Code® (UNSPSC®) for the oil and natural gas industry. The UCC is a leader in facilitating efficient international business and is the code manager of the UNSPSC.
The UNSPSC is a widely adopted global standard for classification of products and services developed by the...more |
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| 06/28/2004 |
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Electrical Industry Unifies to Support the
United Nations Standard Products and
Services Code
LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ/ROSSLYN, VA June 29, 2004 - The Industry Data Exchange Association (IDEA) has signed an agreement with the Uniform Code Council, Inc. ® (UCC ® ), to develop and support the global classification standards of the United Standard Products and Services Code ® (UNSPSC).
The UCC is a leader in facilitating efficient international business and …more |
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| 11/25/2003 |
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EAN Korea selected as alliance organization to promote UNSPSC in Korea
THE ELECTRONIC TIMES, — November 25th, 2003 — EAN Korea has recently been selected by UCC, the global code managing organization of the UNSPSC, to serve as alliance organization in Korea to promote the UNSPSC. The UNSPSC is a widely adopted global standard for classification of products and services that is developed by UNDP to facilitate e-commerce. …more |
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| 05/09/2003 |
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The Uniform Code Council Selected as Code Manager of the
United Nations Standard Products and Services Code LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ, — May 9, 2003 — The Uniform Code Council,
Inc. (UCC), leaders in facilitating efficient international business,
today announced they have been selected by the United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP) to serve as code manager of the United Nations Standard
Products and Services Code (UNSPSC). The UNSPSC is a global standard
for classification of products and services that is designed to facilitate
electronic commerce, resulting in reduced organization’s costs,
and improved supply chain efficiencies…more
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| 03/26/2003 |
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Global Healthcare Exchange Adopts United Nations Standard Products and Services Code (UNSPSC) as Primary Product Classification System
Incorporation of healthcare’s first open standard product taxonomy within the industry’s most accurate electronic product catalog advances the value offered by e-commerce
WESTMINSTER, Colo.— March 26, 2003 — Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC (GHX) has adopted the United Nations Standard Products and Services Code (UNSPSC) as the primary means for classifying products in its AllSourceÔ catalog. As healthcare’s only industry-standard electronic catalog, the AllSource catalog contains the most up-to-date product information with all data maintained and verified by manufacturers. GHX decided to select a framework for product classification in concurrence with healthcare industry and e-commerce studies that found that product classification is necessary to raise the value of e-commerce from simply a purchasing methodology to a strategic purchasing tool …more |
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| 01/30/2003 |
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Unified UNSPSC Status Report provides results of the ratification voting that ended on 22 Jan 2003
Over the 7-week extended voting period, a total of 275 votes were cast on all 56 segments available for voting. Of the votes cast, 230 (84 percent) were "agree" votes; 56 (20 percent) were … more |
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| 01/27/2003 |
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Unified UNSPSC Ratification Completed and Next Steps
All voting on the unified code set is now complete! UNDP, ECCMA and the Unification Team wish to thank all of you who took the time to review and ratify your assigned … more |
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| 01/09/2003 |
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EAN Korea To Promote the United Nations Standard Products and Services Code
EAN Korea signs agreement with the Uniform Code Council to translate the United Nations Standard Products and Services Code into Korean
Seoul, Korea January 9, 2003 — EAN Korea announced today that they have signed an agreement with the Uniform Code Council, Inc. (UCC), leaders in facilitating efficient international business and the code manager of the United Nations Standard Products and Services Code (UNSPSC®), to translate the UNSPSC from the official language of English into the Korean language.…more |
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| 11/14/2002 |
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Guidelines for Eligible Members to Participate in UNSPSC Unification
This is an invitation to you as a voting member of ECCMA or UNDP to participate in the review and ratification of the unified UNSPSC code set. To that end, it contains guidelines for voting members to follow in ratifying the code set. … more |
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| 11/14/2002 |
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Guidelines for Determining Member Eligibility for UNSPSC Unification Voting
This message contains guidelines for determining who is eligible to vote on the upcoming ratification of the unified UNSPSC code set. It supplements the November 12 United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) … more |
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| 11/12/2002 |
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UNDP establishes target dates for UNSPSC Unification and Code Management Selection
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) … announced on October 3 their agreement to combine their respective versions of the commodity classification system into a single unified code …and to retain a new code management organization… more |
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| 10/02/2002 |
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Amicable Resolution of Differences between UNDP and ECCMA regarding Ownership and Management of the UNSPSC
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Electronic Commerce Code Management Association (ECCMA) are pleased to announce today that they have amicably resolved their differences with regard to their respective versions of the coding system for classification of goods and services …more |
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| 06/03/2002 |
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Coalition for Healthcare Standards Establishes Healthcare Industry’s First Open Standard for Classifying Products and Services.
Ann Arbor, Mich. — June 3, 2002 — The Coalition for Healthcare eStandards, Inc. (CHeS), founded by the leading group purchasing organizations and e-commerce companies serving the healthcare market, has developed the industry’s first open standard product taxonomy. The results have been published as Segments 41 and 42 of the United Nations Standard Products and Services Code (UNSPSC™). Over the coming months, CHeS will spearhead the taxonomy’s adoption in the healthcare industry…more |
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| 05/06/2002 |
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U.S. Copyright Office Registers UNDP Copyright in UNSPSC
UNDP is pleased to announce that the United States Copyright Office has registered UNDP’s copyright in the United Nations Standard Products and Services Code (UNSPSC TM), effective as of 4 February 2002, thereby confirming that UNDP is the sole owner of copyright in the UNSPSC… more |
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| 01/18/2002 |
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UNDP discusses the past, present and future of the UNSPSC codeset
Following a review of the implementation of the UNSPSC … UNDP made the decision to terminate its relationship with ECCMA and to submit the services for the maintenance, update and management of the UNSPSC to a competitive bidding process… more |
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