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Record 1 2013-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Standards
  • The Product (Marketing)
OBS

The UNSPSC® is a hierarchical convention that is used to classify all products and services. It is the most efficient, accurate and flexible classification system available today for achieving company-wide visibility of spend analysis, enabling procurement to deliver on cost-effectiveness demands and allowing full exploitation of electronic commerce capabilities. It was jointly developed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Dun & Bradstreet Corporation (D & B) in 1998. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). UNSPSC® is a registered trademark of UNDP.

OBS

Translations are one of our most requested enhancements. We are working to provide translations of the Unified codeset (V6.0315) and subsequent releases. More information will be available on translations shortly, as we finalize plans to provide updated translations as well as increase the number of languages for which we provide codeset translation. As should be expected, increasing levels of accuracy will be achieved through constant revision. We look to members to provide an invaluable contribution by providing feedback to us on variations in meaning resulting from language conversion.

OBS

The new system is the result of a merger of the UN's Common Coding System (UNCCS) with Dun & Bradstreet's Standard Products and Services Codes (SPSC).

Key term(s)
  • Standard Products Code
  • Standard Services Code
  • Universal Standard Products and Services Code
  • Standard Products and Services Code
  • Universal Standard Products and Services Classification
  • UNSPC

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de normes
  • Produit (Commercialisation)
OBS

UNSPSC® est une marque de commerce de la UNDP.

OBS

«Gencod EAN France vient d'être choisi par les Nations Unies pour être correspondant unique en charge de la traduction en français de la classification UNSPSC® des produits et services».

Key term(s)
  • Système de codage de produits et de services
  • Système commun de codification des Nations Unies
  • Code de classification des produits et services des Nations Unies
  • UNSPC

Spanish

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