ECLASS Business Portal - The Quick Introduction to ECLASS Classification

ECLASS plays a decisive role in e-commerce and e-procurement. Through standardization and uniform classification, it enables the smooth exchange of product data. This makes procurement and sales processes more efficient, improves interoperability between companies and increases data quality. As an internationally recognized standard, ECLASS facilitates global trade and promotes collaboration across industries. Stay competitive and get started now!

• Accelerate the mapping of classifications
• Transparency for procurement and sales processes
• Savings through reduction of procurement costs
• Increased quality thanks to the classification check function
• Flexibility for recoding catalog structures
• Customizing allows classification at different levels of article groups.

• Efficient business processes: ECLASS enables structured classification of product data, leading to efficient procurement and sales processes.

• Cost savings: The interoperable data exchange and standardization of product descriptions can reduce costs by reducing manual effort and minimizing errors.

• Increased productivity: The ECLASS Business Portal powered by NovaDB offers simple and intuitive data entry screens that enable products and services to be classified quickly and effectively.

• Competitive advantage: The use of ECLASS enables better collaboration with suppliers, customers and partners, which can lead to a stronger positioning in the market.

• Future orientation: ECLASS is an internationally recognized standard and lays the foundation for future developments in the field of e-commerce and Industry 4.0.

• Simplified product data classification: The ECLASS Business Portal powered by NovaDB offers intuitive data entry screens that allow users to easily and conveniently classify their products and services according to ECLASS.

• Time saving: By using the ECLASS Business Portal, users can save time when creating and managing product-related documents as they can access standardized product descriptions and classifications.

• Effective data exchange: ECLASS enables interoperable data exchange across companies so that users can easily collaborate with suppliers, customers and partners, regardless of their internal systems and data formats.

• Error minimization: The uniform structure and naming of product data in ECLASS reduces errors in communication and interpretation, resulting in higher data quality.

• Flexibility: The ECLASS Business Portal allows users to classify their products and services from any location via a web browser without the need to install special software.

• Continuous improvement: The ECLASS Business Portal enables versioning and change tracking of product data so that users always have the most up-to-date information and can track changes to the data.

• Improved collaboration: By using ECLASS, users can collaborate seamlessly with other departments, suppliers and customers, all based on a common language and structure.

• Modern technology: NovaDB is based on the MACH architecture (microservices-based, API-first, cloud-native, headless), which is agile, flexible and future-proof. This enables CTOs to use modern technologies and design their system landscape accordingly.

• Scalability and resilience: As a cloud-native application, NovaDB offers elastic scaling of highly available resources, giving CTOs the ability to easily adapt their infrastructure and minimize downtime.

• Simplified integration: NovaDB enables easy connection to existing systems and applications through standardized interfaces (APIs). This allows CTOs to exchange data smoothly and integrate different tools and services seamlessly.

• Efficient development: NovaDB offers a low-code development platform with pre-built and extensible application packages. This enables CTOs to reduce the cost and complexity of development and implement projects faster.

• Future-proof: By using NovaDB and the MACH architecture, CTOs can ensure that their systems are state of the art and meet the requirements of the digital world. NovaDB supports the use of modern technologies and enables seamless adaptation to future developments.

Overall, NovaDB offers CTOs the opportunity to make their IT systems agile, efficient and future-proof by benefiting from the advantages of the MACH architecture and the flexibility of NovaDB.

The integration of ECLASS standards into a Product Information Management (PIM) system such as NovaDB is a strategic decision that offers far-reaching benefits for companies in e-commerce and e-procurement. The use of ECLASS for the standardized and structured classification of product data significantly increases data quality and interoperability. These advantages are fully exploited in the PIM system, also known as product information management. Here, the standardized data can be efficiently managed, updated and optimized for various sales channels.

The symbiosis of ECLASS and Product Information Management (PIM) leads to improved internal data management and optimizes external communication with suppliers, partners and customers. This results in more efficient procurement and sales processes, a reduction in manual effort and a minimization of errors. Overall, the integration of ECLASS into a PIM system creates a robust foundation for digital transformation and enables companies to be agile and competitive in the ever-changing business environment.

Using intuitive data entry screens, you can classify your products and services according to ECLASS easily and comprehensibly from anywhere using a web browser. Your IT does not have to install anything. ECLASS as a service! Ask for our brochure!

BMEcat is the established standard for the electronic exchange of catalog data. With just a few clicks, you can use NovaDB to transform your ECLASS-classified products and services into the BMEcat standard. This data can then be conveniently exported to e-procurement systems. NovaDB helps you to remain competitive. Various versions are supported: BMEcat 1.1, BMEcat 1.2 and BMEcat 2005. Make an appointment for a presentation!

We have already prepared ECLASS application packages for you! If you purchase the license for ECLASS Standard, we can provide you with the ideal maintenance interface. Read more about the ECLASS application packages in our technical article in IT&Production

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