1. eAsia Awards 2013 Project Name: National Products and Services Classification and Codification Islamic Republic of Iran

2. Project Scope Development of master data repository by recognizing more than 2,000,000 item of products. Development of product e-Catalogue as a common language. To reach the right catalogue we need a unique and meaningful number given to a single instance of an item. Page:2

3. Project Scope IranCode includes all products flowing in the economic cycle within the boundaries of Iran. It covers all product master data and basic information of the suppliers and manufacturers including the unchangeable information of them. Tracking Label National Code Company's Code Page:3

4. Project Scope IranCode involves three levels of details of product identification: Identification of item of products uniquely, Identification of instances of an item uniquely, Identification of assets and items in the enterprises uniquely. Page:4

5. Goals and objectives  Increasing the efficiency and also the economical frugality,  Enhancing interoperability by allowing companies including suppliers and buyers using real logistics data,  facilitating tighter business integration,  Increasing visibility in supply chain,  Establishing a common business language to improve the business processes,  Facilitating trade and business process,  Creating coherence, coordination and integration between systems and economic enterprises, Page:5

6. Challenges of IranCode Essential Challenges  Lack of a common language to communicate within and between the organizations with different roles in supply chains,  Lack of a unique product identification in the entire national organizations,  Lack of a potential and structured information of products in industrial and commercial sections,  Lack of grounds to design a comprehensive system to provide solutions for the distribution issues in different sections of industry and commerce. Operational Challenges  Challenges of generation of information  Challenges of information exchange  Challenges of using information Page:6

7. Strategies Phase 1. Infrastructure Development: Developing required software, hardware, databases, instructions and operational network; Phase 2. Service Providing: Registration of products and products' owners and producing products' national codes; Phase 3. Interactions: System interactions with other operation systems in commerce and industry; Phase 4. Complementary Products Development: Developing additional data products and system to strengthening IranCode. Phase 5. Promotion and Education: Developing educational and promotional programs to deploy IranCode in commerce and industries. Page:7

8. The informational model of IranCode Database IranCode Unstructured DataIranCode Structured Data IranCode Operational Network Supplier Source of data Data requisition Buyer Members Registration Standardization Publication Data Requisitions Products owners General Users Specific Users Licensor Institutes Software Software, Database Portal (Irancode.ir) IranCode Subscribers' System IMS ServicesUsers Page:8

9. Services National Code Product classification IranCode e-Catalogs Company's codification system IranCode tracking label Interactions Management System (IMS) Page:9

10. Realized Benefits of National Code and e-Catalogs More than 65,000 members During six years Information of more than 2,000,000 of their products has been recorded, standardized and published in the format of electronic catalogues. Page:10

11. Realized benefits of Company's codification system Oil Ministry subsidiary companies and some well-known and leading companies used our customized solutions. Page:11

12. Next steps and future plans ECO Cataloging System (ECS) As an information infrastructure of ECO Regional Single Window by ECO Secretariat at the 1 st ECO Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on electronic trade Page:12

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