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ETIM and GS1 GPC

ETIM classification in your PIM Specs your wholesalers accept

Adopt ETIM classes as product families, link the families you already have, and see per product which ETIM features are missing or invalid. GS1 GPC bricks become retail categories.

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  • ETIM and GS1 GPC in one place
  • BMEcat 2005 feeds with ETIM
  • HS codes for EU and US customs

Key features

  • Adopt a class in one step

    WISEPIM builds the product family with its ETIM features, units and value lists, ready to fill.

  • Keep the families you built

    The mapping engine links your families and attributes to ETIM. You confirm each match.

  • Know what each product lacks

    A conformance score per product shows missing and invalid features, and AI can fill them.

Why it matters

Wholesalers filter on ETIM, not on prose

Technical wholesalers and buying groups load supplier catalogs into systems that search by ETIM class and feature. A product without them is hard to find, however good its description is.

  • Fewer rejected catalog files

    Feature codes, permitted values and units come straight from the standard, so a partner's import check has less to send back.

  • One spec model for every partner

    Classify once against ETIM and send the same data to every wholesaler that reads it, instead of filling a new template per buyer.

  • Found in filtered search

    Values in the prescribed unit and from the permitted list are what technical webshops and buyer catalogs filter on.

How it works

From your catalog to a clean ETIM feed

Four steps, whether you start from scratch or from families you have used for years.

  1. 01

    Adopt the classes you sell

    Search the ETIM catalog by name, code or trade synonym, check a class's features, and adopt it. WISEPIM creates a product family with its attributes, value lists and units.

    A ready family. Nothing you have is overwritten.

  2. 02

    Link what you already have

    Run the mapping engine over your existing families and attributes. It proposes the matching ETIM classes and features, and you adopt or dismiss each one.

    Your own families, now speaking the standard.

  3. 03

    Fill the gaps per product

    Each product gets an ETIM conformance score. Fix missing and invalid features by hand, or let AI fill them for one credit per product.

    Products a wholesaler can filter on.

  4. 04

    Exchange BMEcat with partners

    Publish a BMEcat 2005 feed with ETIM features from Feed Hub, pinned to the release your partner expects. Supplier BMEcat files that carry ETIM bring their classes and features along, so you only map fields like title and price.

    Catalog files in the format partners import.

Mapping review

Map your catalog, do not rebuild it

Most catalogs are older than their ETIM requirement. Instead of rebuilding them, let the engine match your families and attributes to the standard and review the proposals in one queue.

  • Cheap matches first, AI last

    Matches confirmed before are reused, exact and fuzzy passes compare names and class synonyms, and AI only looks at what is left, at no credit cost. AI suggestions are never adopted on their own.

  • Accept the safe ones together

    One click selects every suggestion at 90% confidence or more. Closer calls show the text they matched on, or the AI's reasoning, before you decide.

  • Overrule the engine

    Pick a different class or feature from the standard when you know better. A dismissed suggestion is not proposed again.

Each suggestion shows your family next to the ETIM class, how it was matched and how confident the engine is.

ETIM conformance

Find the gaps before your partner does

Every product in an ETIM-linked family gets a conformance score: how many of the class's features carry a value, and whether those values and units are valid.

  • Valid, missing or invalid, per feature

    The product's ETIM tab lists every class feature with what is wrong, such as a value outside the permitted list or a missing unit, and a link to the field.

  • AI fills only the gaps

    Auto-fill with AI proposes values for missing and invalid features only, picks from permitted values and units, and skips what it cannot verify. Valid values are never touched.

  • Checked again in Feed Hub

    BMEcat feeds show ETIM conformance in Feed Hub's quality panel, so gaps show up before a file goes to a partner.

The ETIM tab of a circuit breaker: the score, the tripping characteristic outside the permitted list, two missing features and the AI auto-fill button.

GS1 GPC

Retail categories from the GS1 standard

For retail and FMCG, GS1's Global Product Classification is the shared vocabulary. Browse it from segment down to brick and add what you sell as categories.

  • Add a brick, get its whole path

    Adding a brick creates the segment, family and class above it, so it lands in the right place in your category tree. You see what gets created before anything is written.

  • Import a branch at once

    Import a family or class with every brick below it. Bricks GS1 has retired are flagged, so you can pick a current one.

  • Change release or language safely

    Move to a newer GPC release or rewrite the category names in another language. Categories keep their identity, products stay attached and nothing is deleted.

The GPC browser: release and language at the top, the four levels explained, and an import action on every row.

Also included

The rest of the classification toolkit

The details that decide whether a partner's import goes through on the first try.

  • Catalog in your language

    Class names show in your language when the ETIM release carries it, with English as the fallback.

  • Pin a feed to an ETIM release

    Lock a BMEcat feed to one release so it keeps matching your partner's import spec, or let it follow the newest installed release.

  • Re-sync an adopted family

    Refresh a family against the imported release when ETIM changes a class. Existing attributes keep their data.

  • Partner-ready catalog header

    Supplier name and GLN, catalog ID and version, territory and buyer go into the BMEcat header your partner's tooling reads.

  • A report after every run

    Each BMEcat run counts the articles, features and values it sent, and warns how many products it skipped because their family has no ETIM class.

  • HS codes for customs

    Classify selected products into the EU Combined Nomenclature or the US tariff schedule from the Enrich dialog. Codes it is unsure about wait for your review.

Who it is for

Built for teams that sell through partners

Three situations where a classification standard decides whether your products get listed.

  • Electrical, HVAC and plumbing suppliers

    Your wholesalers ask for ETIM data. Adopt the classes, fill the features and send BMEcat from the same place.

    Read the ETIM guide

  • Brands selling into retail

    GS1 GPC bricks give your category tree the product types retail partners already work with.

    Read the GS1 GPC guide

  • Teams shipping across borders

    HS codes from the EU or US nomenclature sit on the product, next to its classification and specs.

    Read the HS code guide

FAQs

Questions about ETIM and GS1 GPC in WISEPIM

What buyers ask before they classify their catalog.

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No. WISEPIM loads the ETIM releases into the platform, and ETIM International publishes the classification under an open license (ODC-By 1.0). You browse the catalog and adopt classes from inside your project.

Nothing is overwritten. The mapping engine proposes which ETIM class fits each family and which ETIM feature fits each attribute. When you adopt a suggestion, the family or attribute is linked to the standard and keeps its data.

WISEPIM imports full ETIM releases, such as ETIM 10.0, and the hub shows which release your catalog reflects. A BMEcat feed can be pinned to an installed release so it keeps matching your partner's import spec.

It only works on features the conformance check reports as missing or invalid. It can only choose from the class's permitted values and units, it may answer that it does not know, and every proposal is checked again before it is saved. It costs one credit per product.

Yes. Create a BMEcat 2005 feed in Feed Hub. It exports your ETIM classes and features with your supplier and catalog details in the header. Products whose family is not linked to an ETIM class are skipped and counted, with a shortcut to link their families.

No. GS1 GPC is GS1's global standard with four levels, from segment down to brick. Google's product taxonomy is a separate list for Shopping feeds, which you map on the category side of WISEPIM. You can use both.

Yes. Select products, open Enrich and choose HS codes. Pick the EU Combined Nomenclature (8 digits) or the US tariff schedule (10 digits), and whether confident codes are saved right away or every code waits for review. It costs one credit per product, refunded for products that are skipped.

Classification is not tied to a plan. If it is not in your Catalog menu, switch it on in your workspace feature settings. AI auto-fill and HS code classification use AI credits.

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Classification documentation

Adopting ETIM classes, the mapping review, conformance scoring and GS1 GPC, step by step.

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