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SME Taxonomy Challenge: Excel + Python versus ProcureTech solutions

May 26, 2025

To what degree should Large and Medium Enterprises care about effective SME taxonomy creation and management?

The Ripple Effect Of Poor SME Taxonomy (A Visual Presentation)

May 26, 2025

How strong is your taxonomy foundation, or is your ProcureTech initiative built on quicksand?

Is Your Taxonomy Strategy Slowly Killing Your Bottom Line?

May 25, 2025

What impact is your taxonomy having on your company's bottom line?

The Taxonomy Of ProcureTech Implementation Failures

April 21, 2025

If taxonomy alignment is so important to data quality, are we paying enough attention to it?

Missouri says goodbye to the NIGP Code? by Jon Hansen

August 7, 2015

In my June 2nd post Hawaii moves away from the NIGP Code . . . will other states follow?, I shared the news that the State had decided to begin using NAICS instead of the NIGP taxonomy. While some have questioned whether a transition to UNSPSC would have been a better move, the underlying focus of the […]

Breaking The NIGP Code? by Jon Hansen

June 18, 2015

Back in the middle of April, I wrote a post titled What is the real cost of moving away from the NIGP Code? At the time, there seemed to be a notable reluctance on the part of NIGP Code licensees such as States, to make the switch to another taxonomy. According to feedback, this reluctance was based upon […]

Hawaii moves away from the NIGP Code . . . will other states follow? by Jon Hansen

June 2, 2015

IMPORTANT NOTICE! HIePRO currently uses NIGP (National Institute of Governmental Purchasing) commodity codes to connect vendors to the solicitations they are interested via e-mail notifications. In August 2015, the State Procurement Office (SPO) will change the commodity code classification system from the NIGP codes to the NAICS (North American Industry Code System) code. The e-mail […]

Why the everyday taxpaying citizen should care about the Missouri NIGP Code Bid Protest by Jon Hansen

April 4, 2015

“Can you imagine what a politician would do with a story like this? How would State’s explain their coming under the thumb of a purported non-profit entity such as the NIGP who, through what appears to be a non-arms length relationship with a private entity, wields enough power to the point that they can dictate […]