HDeXchange, Inc. (HDX) announced an official release date of January 1 for its Product Communication File Specification (PCFS) Standard update, version 5.2. The PCFS file is the heavy-duty industry standard for pricing and product information. This is the first significant update to the PCFS file since 2004.
The revised standard has added fields to accommodate links to images, MSDS sheets and VMI-related information. These additions were established and voted on by a committee of industry volunteers representing manufacturers, distributors and business system providers.
The PCFS standard is a file format that helps manufacturers organize data in a basic order so the customer’s business computer system can identify the contents of each field, without human intervention. Without a standard, automation of the price update process would not be possible.
The new PCFS 5.2 standard can be downloaded from www.hdexchange.com.
