BMF launches universal product data template to achieve standardisation
Posted: Monday, October 2nd, 2023
The Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) has launched a universal product data template which can be used by all manufacturers and merchants in a step towards product data standardisation across the building materials industry, RCI Mag reported. The BMF’s product data template has been precisely developed to help members eliminate the problem of unpredictable data content and format requests, thus saving both time, effort and cost. The first iteration of the BMF product data template, version 1.1, has been through a year of development and testing by a working group of over 30 BMF members, chaired by Jonathan Chard, director of IT at Bradfords, and spanning national, regional and independent merchants, light-side and heavy-side manufacturers and suppliers, merchant buying groups and e-commerce specialists. The template – free for members to download from the BMF website – is already in use by many of the working group members, and the BMF has a target of 85% adoption across the supply chain by the end of 2024. However, the BMF wants its members to continue the development of the product data template and is building a list of testing and adoption partners. Further improvements and updates will be released over the next year. John Newcomb, CEO of the BMF, said: “The new template sets the standard for a single source of truth for product data in the building materials industry. “Feedback from early adopters is unanimously positive and we are confident it will transform efficiency in the supply chain, making teams more productive, reducing the cost of rework and improving the quality of data.”
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