Challenges and Solutions to Classify products at commodity level (4th Level) using UNSPSC.

1. UNSPSC - Product Classification at Commodity Level
- A Case Study
INTRODUCTION
Our client, Hippomini a leading Distributor of digital Learning Materials for Educational Institutions and Schools
in Denmark approached us to classify their products to the UNSPSC (Version 19.0501).
Hippomini has been using the TrueTrade Platform to sell their products where many municipalities in Denmark
use it to buy a variety of products.The platform required UNSPSC for all products at the Commodity level.
CHALLENGE
The TrueTrade platform accepts UNSPSC for all products
only at the Commodity level, which is the 4th level in the
UNSPSC hierarchy.The input data that we received
included: 1. Internal Product ID 2. Short descriptions
and 3. Reference Number.
Generally, the UNSPSC coding is done based on the
given input descriptions to speed up the process.
However, after analysing the input data, we realized that
most of the descriptions did not exactly describe the
products and its type.
From the above description the product could
basically be identified as just a Printer and
classified up to maximum 3rd level in the
UNSPSC hierarchy – 43212100 Computer
printers.
Example
Product ID Descirption Reference
1060
Roland VersaSTUDIO
BN-20 skæreprinter
BN-20
SOLUTION
As the classification at the commodity level is must, primal knowledge about the product in detail including its
type and application is absolutely essential.
To identify the product, type and application accurately we came up with the approach of product sourcing, by
which products are sourced from respective Manufacturer’s/Supplier’s website or catalogues, to make sure that
the products are described appropriately.
Product Sourced URL
From the above sourced information, we knew that the product is a Desktop Inkjet Printer/Cutter, and we
classified it to 43212104 - Inkjet printers.
https://www.rolanddga.com/products/printers/versastudio-bn-20-t-shirt-printing-press
BENEFIT
By sourcing, we were able to classify 100% of the
products at commodity level with comparatively better
accuracy which was significant.
RESULT
The Client was able to upload all their products to True
Trade platform successfully.
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TESTIMONIAL
We were in search of UNSPSC service providers to classify our products to upload it to the TrueTrade
platform. As the TrueTrade platform accepts only UNSPSC codes at the Commodity level, SoftNis helped us
classify all our products well in time and with good quality. Most importantly they understood our products,
type, and application and classified all our products to the Commodity level.
Mathias Pedersen, Solution architect, Hippomini, Denmark.