Posted February 8, 2011
PTDA/BSA release revised PPIF version 2.2
A joint task force of the Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA) and the Bearing Specialists Association approved a revision to the widely-used Product & Price Information Format (PPIF).
The task force, led by Carlos Ingram, vice president of business systems for Kaman Industrial Technologies Corporation, added two optional fields where suppliers can provide: the name of an image file (if the images are provided on a CD-ROM or through direct server access) and/or the URL of an image file (if the images are accessible on the supplier's website or through a third-party's website).
Also added is one optional field, where a supplier will provide the harmonized tariff code (up to the ten-digit level), from the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States available at http://hts.usitc.gov.
With the support of members and the Board of Directors of both associations, PPIF version 2.2 is now released with an effective date of March 31, 2011.
Since 1999, the Product & Price Information Format (PPIF) has simplified the transmission of price and product information from suppliers to distributors by eliminating the patchwork of proprietary manufacturer pricing formats.
Learn more about PPIF Version 2.2 and download the format by visiting www.ptda.org/PPIF.
