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Industrial equipment and tools (12 on this page)
Mining, farming, manufacturing, handling and power equipment, plus tools: how heavy equipment segments are kept apart from the components that go into them.
- Where does equipment end and component begin?
Where does equipment end and component begin? the line between a machine bought whole and a part bought to go into a machine, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- What sits in the farming and fishing segment?
What sits in the farming and fishing segment? farming, fishing, forestry and wildlife machinery with its accessories, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- What sits in the handling and storage segment?
What sits in the handling and storage segment? material handling, conditioning and storage machinery with its accessories and supplies, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- How do heavy equipment tenders use UNSPSC?
How do heavy equipment tenders use UNSPSC? tender lots written at class or commodity level so bidders know which machines a lot actually covers, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- How is industrial spend counted without double counting?
How is industrial spend counted without double counting? spend counted once, at one level, with accessories counted where the codeset puts them rather than where a buyer wishes they were, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- Where does industrial equipment meet industrial services?
Where does industrial equipment meet industrial services? the boundary between buying a machine and buying the service of installing, maintaining or operating it, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- How are machinery accessories classified?
How are machinery accessories classified? with the machinery they serve, at the level the codeset wording for that machinery provides, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- What sits in the industrial manufacturing segment?
What sits in the industrial manufacturing segment? industrial manufacturing and processing machinery with its accessories, the machines that make things, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- What sits in the mining and drilling segment?
What sits in the mining and drilling segment? mining and well drilling machinery with its accessories, grouped as heavy equipment for extraction, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- What sits in the power generation segment?
What sits in the power generation segment? power generation and distribution machinery with its accessories, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- How does UNSPSC treat secondhand machinery?
How does UNSPSC treat secondhand machinery? machines classified by kind of machine, with condition handled outside the code, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- What sits in the tools segment?
What sits in the tools segment? tools and general industrial supplies, grouped as the hand and workshop end of industrial buying, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
Public, social and community services (6 on this page)
Utilities, public sector work, health, education, travel and lodging, personal services, defence and civic affairs in UNSPSC.
- What sits in the national defence services segment?
What sits in the national defence services segment? national defence, public order, security and safety services, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- What sits in the education services segment?
What sits in the education services segment? education and training services, distinct from educational equipment and materials as goods, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- What sits in the healthcare services segment?
What sits in the healthcare services segment? healthcare services as a segment, distinct from medical equipment and pharmaceutical products, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- What sits in the organisations segment?
What sits in the organisations segment? organisations and clubs as a segment, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- What sits in the personal and domestic services segment?
What sits in the personal and domestic services segment? personal and domestic services for households and individuals, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- What sits in the politics and civic affairs segment?
What sits in the politics and civic affairs segment? politics and civic affairs services, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
How procurement teams use UNSPSC (12 on this page)
Tender lists, catalogues, purchase orders and supplier discovery: the ordinary procurement jobs UNSPSC was built to make comparable.
- How does UNSPSC change buyer supplier conversations?
How does UNSPSC change buyer supplier conversations? a shared vocabulary that lets a buyer describe a need and a supplier describe an offer in the same terms, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- How is a supplier catalogue mapped onto UNSPSC?
How is a supplier catalogue mapped onto UNSPSC? each catalogue line translated to the codeset wording that best fits what the line actually sells, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- How do category managers use UNSPSC?
How do category managers use UNSPSC? categories built from segment and family structure, so a manager owns a coherent slice of spend, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- How does UNSPSC support compliance checks?
How does UNSPSC support compliance checks? codes checked against tender scope, framework scope and category policy before an order is placed, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- How does UNSPSC help cross border procurement?
How does UNSPSC help cross border procurement? a code that means the same thing to a buyer in one country and a supplier in another, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- How do eprocurement systems use UNSPSC?
How do eprocurement systems use UNSPSC? the shared shelf plan inside catalogues, requisitions, approvals and reporting in one system, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- How do framework agreements use UNSPSC?
How do framework agreements use UNSPSC? frameworks scoped by code so call-offs stay inside the agreement's scope, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- What do procurement reports built on UNSPSC show?
What do procurement reports built on UNSPSC show? spend, supplier counts and tender activity grouped by segment, family, class or commodity, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- How do purchase orders carry UNSPSC codes?
How do purchase orders carry UNSPSC codes? the code travelling from requisition to order to invoice for the same item, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- How does UNSPSC give spend visibility?
How does UNSPSC give spend visibility? every purchase carrying a code that can be rolled up to family and segment for reporting, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- How does UNSPSC help buyers discover suppliers?
How does UNSPSC help buyers discover suppliers? supplier profiles searched by the codes a supplier has chosen, so a buyer finds firms by kind of supply, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- How are tender lots built from UNSPSC?
How are tender lots built from UNSPSC? lots written at class or commodity level so every bidder answers the same question, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
History and governance of UNSPSC (3 on this page)
From the 1998 UNDP and Dun and Bradstreet memorandum through ECCMA and GS1 US to UNDP management again from 1 January 2025.
- Why did management return to UNDP in 2025?
Why did management return to UNDP in 2025? a return to the United Nations Development Programme from 1 January 2025, which now oversees change requests, revisions and regular updates, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- How does UNSPSC relate to the United Nations Global Marketplace?
How does UNSPSC relate to the United Nations Global Marketplace? the Global Marketplace uses UNSPSC to organise the products and services the United Nations system buys, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- Who can request a change to UNSPSC?
Who can request a change to UNSPSC? users who propose additions or edits through the managing body's change process, as described in published summaries, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
UNSPSC beside other classifications (11 on this page)
UNSPSC next to the Common Procurement Vocabulary, ECLASS, GS1 Global Product Classification, NAICS, ISIC and the old Canadian GSIN codes.
- How does a buyer choose which classification to use?
How does a buyer choose which classification to use? the buyer's own rules first: a tender, a register or a reporting duty usually names the classification, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- What confusion do similar classifications cause?
What confusion do similar classifications cause? codes that look alike across systems but mean different things, and titles that sound alike while covering different ground, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- What should a European buyer know about CPV and UNSPSC together?
What should a European buyer know about CPV and UNSPSC together? that European tenders ask for CPV, while global supplier data may also carry UNSPSC, and the two live side by side, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- Can codes be mapped between classifications?
Can codes be mapped between classifications? mappings can be published, as Canada published for GSIN to UNSPSC, but a mapping is a suggestion, not an identity, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- Where does UNSPSC sit among standards?
Where does UNSPSC sit among standards? one member of a family of classifications that also includes product, industry and activity standards, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- How does UNSPSC differ from the Common Procurement Vocabulary?
How does UNSPSC differ from the Common Procurement Vocabulary? a global United Nations code against a European Union procurement vocabulary built for European tendering, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- How does UNSPSC differ from ECLASS?
How does UNSPSC differ from ECLASS? a procurement classification against a classification built for product data and catalogue exchange, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- How does UNSPSC differ from GS1 Global Product Classification?
How does UNSPSC differ from GS1 Global Product Classification? a procurement code against a GS1 product classification built for retail and supply chain data, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- How did UNSPSC replace GSIN in Canada?
How did UNSPSC replace GSIN in Canada? a Government of Canada move in 2021 to an international procurement classification, replacing Goods and Services Identification Numbers, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- How does UNSPSC differ from ISIC?
How does UNSPSC differ from ISIC? a classification of products and services against a classification of economic activities, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- How does UNSPSC differ from NAICS?
How does UNSPSC differ from NAICS? a classification of products and services against a classification of industries and establishments, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
Humanitarian relief and special cases (6 on this page)
Segment 57000000 for humanitarian relief items, kits and accessories, and the special cases where a classification bends around a real procurement need.
- How does humanitarian procurement use UNSPSC?
How does humanitarian procurement use UNSPSC? relief buying organised by a segment that lets many agencies describe the same kits and items in the same terms, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- What are humanitarian relief accessories?
What are humanitarian relief accessories? accessories that serve relief items and kits, grouped with the relief segment rather than with general accessories, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- What are humanitarian relief kits in UNSPSC?
What are humanitarian relief kits in UNSPSC? kits assembled for relief work, coded as kits rather than as their largest or most valuable part, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- What is segment 57000000?
What is segment 57000000? humanitarian relief items, kits or accessories as a segment of their own, requested by the United Nations Global Marketplace, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- What principle governs special cases in UNSPSC?
What principle governs special cases in UNSPSC? that a classification bends where a real procurement need cannot be met by existing categories, and then the new category is published like any other, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- Why were codes added for specialty crops inspection?
Why were codes added for specialty crops inspection? additional codes added to support United States Department of Agriculture specialty crops inspection at the United States border, as described in the release notes summarised for UNv24.0301, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
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