Overview#
United Nations Standard Products and Services Code (
UNSPSC) is a
hierarchical convention that is used for
Classification all
products. (
products includes
Services)United Nations Standard Products and Services Code entities are further identified with an 8-
digit structured
numeric code which both indicates its location in the
taxonomy and a
Unique Identifier.
An additional 2-
digit suffix indicates the business function identifier.
United Nations Standard Products and Services Code is a product Classification and is not marked on products. An Example structural view of the code set would look as follows:
| Hierarchy | Category Number | Name |
|---|
| Segment | 43 | Information Technology Broadcasting and Telecommunications Communications Devices and Accessories |
| Family | 20 | Components for information technology or broadcasting or telecommunications Computer Equipment and Accessories |
| Class | 15 | Computers Computer accessories |
| Commodity | 01 | Computer switch boxes Docking stations (Appears to be a narrow Industry Classification) |
| Business Function | 14 | Retail (Appears to be a broad Industry Classification) |
Where:
- XX Segment - The logical aggregation of families for analytical purposes
- XX Family - A commonly recognized group of inter-related product categories
- XX Class - A group of products sharing common characteristics
- XX Commodity - A group of substitutable products or services
- XX Business Function - The function performed by an Organizational Entity in support of the commodity
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