Setting Industry Standards
Building the foundation for success.
Standardization will Unleash the power of e. Standardized data transmits through the supply chain quickly and without error. Reliable, consistent standards mean clean data and efficient practices for everyone. Our solutions are built on a strong standards-based foundation to help trading partners speak one common language and ensure optimal performance. Standardization will:
- Increase sales among partners looking for an easier, smoother way to do business
- Reduce costs through synchronized processes that optimize accuracy and reliability
- Communicate information through the supply chain quickly and without error
- Improve business relationships through streamlined, coordinated transactions
- Change the paradigm of labor intensive manual tasks with innovative, automated solutions
IDEA champions standards.
IDEA is the official standards creating and setting body for the electrical industry. IDEA partners with GS1 US in developing United Nations Standard Products and Services Codes (UNSPSC®). These classification codes can be used in correlation to the first industry-approved Electrical Product Attribute Schema for the new era of eCommerce. The official standards and best practices released by the IDEA Standards Committee can be found on the IDEA Customer Portal under “Training”.
Those same standards translate to other industries.
Many of the standards we've created address business-to-business communications, data content and quality and product information challenges that are common to most industries. As a result, the standards-based infrastructure upon which our products and services are built, helps deliver the same time- and money-saving benefits to countless industries who rely on clean data and efficient practices to drive costs out of the supply chain.
