ECCMA SmartPrefix™ 

drives the digital discovery of product data

Corporate Buyers are using the SmartPrefix™ to standardize the part numbers they receive from suppliers/manufacturers. A part number with a SmartPrefix™ is available for automated verification within a buyer’s ERP or Procurement system without the need to repeatedly acquire technical specifications, or carry out cataloging/data cleansing.

Manufacturers or suppliers of products or services can issue ISO 8000-115 International Part Numbers simply by adding a SmartPrefix™ to any existing part number. They can then automate part number verification to make their products digitally visible and accessible to buyers using any software system.

An international part number with a SmartPrefix™ enables digital product information to be made available to customers within catalogs and product specifications, when used as a product identifier in standardized product data.  These are called standardized open catalogs of products and services, accessed at the originator’s designated IP address and readable by all software applications in any user language (interoperable quality data).

What is a SmartPrefix

A SmartPrefix is an ISO 8000-115 identifier which is used to uniquely identify the owner of a part, product or item number. A SmartPrefix can be your organization, product or brand name.

What is ISO 8000-115

ISO 8000-115 is a part of ISO 8000 – the international standard for data quality –which relates to the exchange of quality identifiers in master data. It is a very simple but powerful standard which is being adopted globally to drive Industry 4.0.

What are the benefit of using a SmartPrefix™?

Better descriptions improve B2B sales
A SmartPrefix™ uniquely identifies your item or product, even supporting your own branding, making it digitally visible to requisitioners in their ERP systems. ISO 8000 data is machine readable, portable, and exchangeable in multiple languages without loss of meaning.

Empowers Smart Manufacturing and Smart Supply Chain
Supplier chain and Industrial standards ensure that all parties communicate in the same language. Often processes are smart, but the data behind them lacks the true requirement of a digital process. ISO 8000 quality data addresses this missing link in the chain.

Regulation and Trade policy
Large buyers and government agencies are making standardized quality part numbers and standardized product specifications mandatory. A SmartPrefix™ enables you to publish item descriptions in a Interoperable Data Format (.idf) for platform independent sharing of product data.

Overcome compliance issues
ISO 8000 formatted International Part Numbers enable the easy identification of items and linking to multiple classifications and tariff codes.

Still not convinced?

Here are some other features you and your users will love.

  • Enables standardized open catalogs

  • Complies with ISO 8000-115

  • Enables AI to deliver more accurate results for product sourcing, requisitioning, procurement, cataloging, inventory management