Product classification or product taxonomy is a type of
economic taxonomy which organizes products for a variety of purposes. However, not only products can be referred to in a standardized way but also sales practices in form of the “
Incoterms
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” and industries can be classified into categories.
Some standard product classifications include:
* CPA —
Classification of Products by Activity, a product nomenclature that was used in the
European Economic Community and now in use in the
EU, a European version of the
CPC
CPC may refer to:
Organizations Companies
* Canada Post Corporation, the primary postal operator in Canada
* Caspian Pipeline Consortium, consortium and a pipeline to transport Caspian oil to Russia's Black Sea coast
* Consolidated Pastoral Co ...
** CPA 1996
** CPA 2002
** CPA 2008
** CPA 2.1
Statistical Classification of Products by Activity, Version 2.1
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* CPC — Central Product Classification, a United Nations standard classification for products
* ETIM, the ETIM Technical Information Model
* Global Classification
Global Classification is the process of classifying products for the purpose of complying with customs authorities, qualifying for free trade agreements and filing entries to customs during the importation or exportation of those products. A sligh ...
and Harmonized Schedule Numbers
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A harmonized scale can be created by using each note of a musical scale as a ...
for customs classification
* HS — Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System
The Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, also known as the Harmonized System (HS) of tariff nomenclature is an internationally standardized system of names and numbers to classify traded products. It came into effect in 1988 and h ...
* SITC — Standard International Trade Classification
* Trade in Services
* UNSPSC, the United Nations Standard Products and Services Code
* IEC Common Data Dictionary IEC Common Data Dictionary (abbreviated: IEC CDD) is a metadata registry providing product classification and formalized product descriptions that can be used in context of smart manufacturing and Industrie 4.0.
Data Model
IEC CDD is based on the ...
(IEC CDD), a product classification and product description based on international standards and defined by the International Electrotechnical Commission
The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC; in French: ''Commission électrotechnique internationale'') is an international standards organization that prepares and publishes international standards for all electrical, electronic and ...
* eCl@ss
ECLASS (formerly styled as eCl@ss) is a classification system for products and services. It is maintained by industry consortium ECLASS e.V. association.
Use
ECLASS supports the digital exchange of product descriptions and service descriptions ...
, a global and ISO/IEC-conform system for classification and description of products and services, maintained by the non-governmental eCl@ss e.V. association
See also
* Industry classification
Industry classification or industry taxonomy is a type of economic taxonomy that classifies companies, organizations and traders into industrial groupings based on similar production processes, similar products, or similar behavior in financial ...
Notes
References
CPA 2.1
at the Eurostat website
* United Nations Statistical Commission, "International Family of Economic and Social Classifications", p.
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