Odette has responded to growing Automotive
Industry needs for unique business entity identification by
launching OSCAR – Odette System for Coding And Registration
which offers a comprehensive coding scheme backed by a web-based
application.
The system offers 2 key services:
- Issuance of codes for the purpose of business entity
identification
- Information service allowing access to detailed and
up to date data on the organisation of registered entities.
The situation today
Business entity identification is currently a very
confused and heterogeneous situation within the Industry,
with companies
identifying
their entities using a mixture of their own organisation
codes and codes provided by external organisations
such as Dun & Bradstreet
or GS1/ePC.
Companies have to maintain a large number of codes of
varying formats and lengths. Even if these codes
can be understood
in individual trading relationships, they cannot
be understood by
other parties in the Supply Chain, such as logistics
service providers, customs officials, network providers
etc.
A unique coding system covering all business processes
is required to support more stringent traceability
requirements and simplify
the heavy management process caused by the use
of disparate and non harmonised schemes.
A comprehensive coding system
| OSCAR is based on the exhaustive identification of business
and legal entities which meets the needs of complex multinational
organisations. It includes a family tree functionality
which provides a comprehensive overview of a company structure. |
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OSCAR covers the total business environment: a
business entity can be:
- a legal entity;
- a business unit;
- a logistics location;
- business function or department within
a company;
- a computer network address;
- etc …
OSCAR allows the identifications of entities
in all physical and information exchanges
enabling the use
of the same
coding system in many different environments:
- AutoID;
- EDI messaging;
- File Transfer;
- B2B Portal access;
- etc…
OSCAR also maintains Business Entity Datasets
that can be interrogated by partners
in the Automotive Supply
Chain.
OSCAR can be implemented step by step
to satisfy emerging needs and can co-exist
alongside current
coding schemes.
Run by the industry for the the industry
| OSCAR is tailor-made for the Automotive
Industry and is flexible enough to meet specific Automotive
Industry requirements. |
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The coding system has
been developed by the Industry and is managed by Odette International
which is recognised
as a code issuing agency by the most relevant and influential
ISO Standards. Odette International runs
a validation
process of
code
requests via
its National Organisations thus delivering
a highly secure service.
A centralised service, easily accessible worldwide
The OSCAR coding system is supported
by an easy to use web-based, centralised
repository
service.
There
is no
need for multinational
companies to apply to various regionalised
agencies as is currently the case
with other global coding
system
providers. The data
registration process is user-driven,
rendering code maintenance fast,
efficient and affordable.
How to join the OSCAR community?
https://oscar.odette.org
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