نقش سيستم هاي طبقه بندي و كدگذاري كالا در يكپارچگي زنجيره تامين و ضرورت استفاده از يك سيستم جامع طبقه بندي و كدگذاري

The Role of Classifying and coding Products in Supply Chain Integration

Recently, active corporations have experienced extreme changes in the area of world trade. With developing the concept of globalization and increasing competitions among companies, the corporations found out that keeping pace with these changes is necessary for survival in today markets. After a while, they realized that for being prosperous in market, they need not only to be fast and flexible themselves, but also their suppliers and their distribution network must be flexible and synchronized with them. Summing up all these thoughts gave birth to the new concept of "supply chain management" in the last decade. using suitable information systems for example: "product classification and codification system" has been considered as one of the winning strategies in world trade markets and is used by grand corporations worldwide. If all the elements of a supply chain use the same classification and codification system, noticeable improvements in chainʹs processes will be achieved, because of facilitation in data interchange. Today, there are different classification and codification systems; each of them has its specific characteristics and purposes, and organizations utilize them in accordance with their needs. As a result, since all the elements of the supply chain do not use the same codification system for doing their data interchange, no improvement in the supply chain is obtained. Therefore, establishment of a comprehensive information system of classification and codification of goods and services and allocating them a unique code for creation of a common language at the supply chain level, and at national level is obligatory.