The purpose of the Classification Work Group (CWG) is to develop and manage commodity and services classification standards for the oil and gas industry. Since its inception in 2001, PIDX members have collaborated to develop >3800 product templates and build out UNSPSC Segment 71 defining services for Mining and Oil & Gas. PIDX standard product templates are openly available and may be accessed via CatMaster.

CatMaster provides access to create and maintain a set of product and service component templates with defined nomenclature and attributes to enable, in particular, the exchange of electronic information in a structured and consistent manner.

Templates may be developed or modified at any time. Once registered, users may assign themselves to technical committees of interest at which point notifications are sent automatically when templates assigned to those committees are created or modified.

Services have been defined in the United Nations Standard Products and Services Code® (UNSPSC®) and may be downloaded. PIDX updates to Segment 71 became effective with v8.1201 and have been migrated to subsequent versions.

CURRENT PLANS

• An RFI has been issued to assess industry opportunities to outsource any significant volumes of templates requests received.

FUTURE PLANS

• Assess the suitability of the current CatMaster toolset to support ongoing template development and maintenance 
• Continue to define and update product and services classification standards
• Increase membership involvement in the Classification Work Group
• Market PIDX classification to the oil & gas industry
  

DOCUMENTATION

• PIDX Process
• PIDX Template Guidelines
• CatMaster Review and Ballot Instructions

PRESENTATIONS AND MEETING NOTES

• PIDX Spring 2008 Classification Update (3/11/2008)
  
• PIDX Spring 2007 Classification Work Group Meeting (4/4/2007)
  

INFORMATION

Anyone who is interested in joining CWG or would like more information is encouraged to contact:

Dave Wallis, Chair
dwallis@ofs-portal.com
(+44) (0) 7780 700782

Paul Mayer, Vice Chair
paul.mayer@sparesfinder.com
+44 (0) 20 86146014