Custom Product Catalog (BMEcat) and Product Classification

Imagine your product data communicates in a universal language—understood by customers, partners, and systems alike.

Product classifications make this possible: they ensure your data is comparable, searchable, and ready for digital commerce. Clear and standardised product descriptions save time, minimise errors, and unlock access to new markets and digital workflows.

Discover how to future-proof your product data with the right standards and exchange formats—and request them directly for your company.

A customised catalogue is ideal when your needs exceed our standard offering. Select this option for individual pricing, a tailored product portfolio, specific exchange formats, or additional classification standards such as FAB-DIS or UNSPSC.

The standard catalogue meets most customer needs and includes the ECLASS and ETIM classification standards. For individual pricing, a tailored product portfolio, or other standards such as FAB-DIS or UNSPSC, please request the customised format.

• Data standard for classifying products and services

• Uses standardised, ISO-compliant features

• Enables digital exchange of product master data across industries, countries, languages, and organisations

• Commonly used in ERP systems as the basis for product group structures and product master data

• Supports the Digital Product Passport (DPP) by structuring information such as environmental footprint, battery and manufacturer details, and circular economy information

• The world’s only feature-based, ISO-compliant classification standard

• Acts as a “language” for Industry 4.0 and the Internet of Things (IoT)

• Standard for the electronic exchange of product data

• Initially developed for electrical engineering (electrical installation products, household appliances, consumer electronics)

• Expanded to related industries such as HVAC (heating, ventilation, air conditioning) and plumbing

• Supports e-commerce for these product groups

• Standardised in Germany by ETIM Deutschland e. V. (since 1999, Frankfurt am Main)

• Originally stood for "European Technical Information Model" or "Electrotechnical Information Model"

• The "E" in ETIM no longer refers to a specific term

• Standardised, CSV-based format for exchanging electronic product catalogues, primarily for the electrical industry in France

• Used to transmit structured product information—such as technical data, prices, images, and classifications—between manufacturers, wholesalers, and distributors

• Ensures product data is uniformly structured so different systems can easily read and process it

• Enables suppliers to provide their product catalogue in a format that wholesalers and partners can import directly

• Supports industry-specific requirements and allows integration of classification standards like ETIM

• Simplifies data exchange, reduces errors, and makes catalogue management more efficient—especially for the French market

• Internationally used classification system for goods and services

• Stands for "United Nations Standard Products and Services Code"

• Primarily used in e-procurement, especially in the Americas

• Enables cross-company classification of all types of goods and services

• Supports standardisation and comparability in purchasing and inventory management

BMEcat is a standardised, XML-based format for exchanging electronic product catalogues between companies. Primarily used in B2B environments, it transfers detailed product information—such as descriptions, technical specifications, prices, and images—between suppliers and buyers.

• BMEcat acts as a digital blueprint for product catalogues

• Ensures all product data is uniformly structured, enabling different company systems to read and process information seamlessly

• Allows suppliers to send their complete product catalogue to customers or partners in a format that can be imported directly into procurement or e-commerce systems

• Saves time, reduces errors, and makes catalogue management significantly more efficient

• Products

• Technical data

• Product images

• Prices on request

• Classification according to standards

A customised catalogue is ideal when your needs exceed our standard offering. Select this option for individual pricing, a tailored product portfolio, specific exchange formats, or additional classification standards such as FAB-DIS or UNSPSC.

The standard catalogue meets most customer needs and includes the ECLASS and ETIM classification standards. For individual pricing, a tailored product portfolio, or other standards such as FAB-DIS or UNSPSC, please request the customised format.