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30. November 2005 1Sheet :
ETIM Deutschland e.V.
International aspects of ETIM
Product datamanagement and the roleof ETIM in Europe
Dipl.-Inf. Franz ErnstChairman ETIM Deutschland e.V.
Utrecht, 26th October 2005
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Agenda
- Necessity of standards
- Standards in product data management
- Classification of products
- Concept ETIM / eCl@ss
- Status ETIM
- ETIM Europe
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- To make the ever increasing material databases easily accessible for the user
- in a user (customer) - friendly way.
Necessity of standards in product data management
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- rapid growth of product range(90.000 in 1995, 160.000 in 1997, 280.000 in 2000, 500.000 in 2002)
- further growth of information needs per article
- shorter product life cycle and quicker TTM
- product database quality more important
This necessity is demonstrated by:
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- Maintenance of product databases in an efficient way- Automated processing of article information- The suppliers are the owner – and responsible – for
product information and distribution of product data in a standard way !
- All participants have to use the same standards- Names- Structure- Interfaces
Requirements
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- Identification / Codification
- Classification of products
- Interfaces for data-exchange
- Networks
- Data carrier / media
Standards in product data management
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Overview
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Overview
Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4
„100“ articles
Article number and article name
Identification
„1.000“ articles
Grouping ofarticles
Codification
„10.000“ articles
Basic product description
Classification
„100.000“ articles
Structured product description
From stock
Buy, what you can touch
Face - to -face
+ fromcatalogues
Buy, what you can read
+ from company database
Buy, what you can select
+ from external database(s)
Buy, what exists
Computer - to -
computer
Assortmentgrowth
Type ofcommunication
Product offering
Product selection sources
Type ofgrouping
Identification modus
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Phase 4
Classification
„100.000“ articles
Structured product description
+ from external database(s)
Buy, what exists
Computer - to -
computer
- national and international exchange of product data in future
- ....
Classification is a basic requirement!
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Electro Technical Information Model
- Fixed model for classifying electrotechnical articles- without hierarchy - with features / parametric
- Listing of the most important technical characteristics of each article class to describe and find the articles.- multi – lingual- media neutral- supplier independent
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ETIM Classification - Is NOT
- A software application- An article data base- A catalogue production tool- A search engine
These are applications which use ETIM as the basis !!!
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- Manufacturers:total control of the information flow
- Wholesalers:maximum information to customers with minimum maintenance
- Installers:high-quality product information with very fast access
ETIM Classification - General advantages
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ETIM Deutschland e.V. – Objectives in 1999:- within 3 years establish ETIM as the “standard”- model
- Steering-committee of the members and partners (manufacturers and installers)
- With support of a “neutral” service company
- Implementation and maintenance
- Administration and maintenance of a product database
All members of ETIM Deutschland were willing to pay for it
ETIM in Germany
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– Status in 2005:- ETIM is the standard model in Germany- Since 2003 open for all kind of members
ETIM in Germany
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– Status in 2005:- ETIM is the standard model in Germany and The Netherlands- Since 2003 ETIM Deutschland is open for all kind of members
ETIM in Germany
ETIM Deutschland e.V.
- Development of the model organized by 20 product expert groups
- With support of a “neutral” service company- Steering committee - Uniform interface for data exchange (BMEcat)- In use in Switzerland, Austria, Belgium …
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Current version: ETIM 3.0
• ETIM 3.0 published June 2005– Germany and The Netherlands
• ETIM 3.0 facts– Classes 2174
– Features 5447
– Attributes 6099
– Synonyms 21279
– In German, Dutch and English
• BMEcat as standard interface– Common suppliers guide for all wholesalers in Germany
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Cooperations / activities
- eCl@ss
- DIN (Deutsches Institut für Normung) DIN-Server
- Proficlass
- Classification systems in the building industry
- Developed on the scheme of ETIM
- PI Certified („European Household Appliance Manufacturers“)
- BME / BMEcat
- eCl@ss
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- Industrial standard for material classification
- Developed from chemical industry
- Strong e-procurement view of MRO goods (b–2–b)
- Hierarchical data structure in 4 levels
- Structure for data exchange in global organised companies
– eCl@ssCooperations / activities
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- 16 international operating companies - Organizing the world-wide roll-out in 7 languages
- In use in Europe, beginning in USA and China
- Strong cooperation with partners- National organizations for standards
- Universities and public institutes
- Political partners
– eCl@ssCooperations / activities organization
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members – eCl@ssCooperations / activities
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Sector
Macro family
Family
Product
Features
ModelShapeMaterialColorEtc..
Hierarchic approach
Parametric approachETIM 3.0
ETIM – implementation in classification systems
UNSPSC
(company-)specific classifications
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- ETIM e.V. is an official member of the expert working group in eCl@ss e.V.
- ETIM e.V. steers the working group 27 „Elektro-,Automatisierungs- und Prozessleittechnik“
Objectives:
- Integration of ETIM 3.0 in eCl@ss 6.0
- Model processing and controlling of the electrotechnicalrange
- cooperation with ETIM e.V.eCl@ss
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Further cooperations / activities
- Heinze Verlag (switch industry)
- PI Certified („European Household Appliance Manufacturers“)
- Proficlass (VDMA,EDE,Hagebau, NordWest,...)
- Classification systems in the building industry
- Developed on the sceme of ETIM
- Reports / meetings on european level
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Surrounding- Sanitary industry
- Cooperation on European level is planned
- „Deutsche Industrie Norm“ - DIN- Initial meeting „Product classification und features“ (26.11.2002)
- EAN / UCC- Global data dictionary
- AIE - European Organisation of Electrotechnical Installers
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- After a meeting in London statutes were developed
and distributed to the participants
- A questionnaire about participation (personnel and
financial) was distributed
- Negative reaction from participants:
- to expensive
- to complex
ETIM in Europe – status October 2005
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- More pragmatically- Easy to administrate
- Easy to use for all participants
- Less expensive
- Including the most important advantages of a central concept
ETIM in Europe – new approach !
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- Use of the existing model ETIM 3.0
- Use of the existing administration group in Germany
- administration, documentation, implementation
- existing product expert groups
- existing interface for data exchange (BMEcat / XML)
- cooperation ETIM – eCL@ss
ETIM in Europe – new approach !
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- Foundation of a „community of interests“ ETIM Europevia a „Letter of Intent“
- Basic model language: English
- Every country/company uses the model and starts a translation
- Addition of country- specific classes/features (local administration)
- Every country/company can ask for extensions
ETIM in Europe – new approach !
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTIONTHANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
Franz ErnstFranz ErnstChairman ETIM Deutschland e.V.Chairman ETIM Deutschland e.V.