The National Electronic Product Catalogue (NEPC) is an electronic register of popular products available in Singapore market place. It is a repository of product data and digitised images of products made in Singapore and overseas and serves as an infrastructure where trading partners can obtain, maintain or exchange information about products, services or parties/locations in a standard format using electronic means.

NEPC was launched as part of the Singapore ONE network system by Singapore Prime Minister, Mr Goh Chok Tong on 9 June 1997.

It is accessible via the internet and ensures the integrity of data needed for electronic commerce transaction by providing standardised record of product data.

The National Electronic Product Catalogue was created to help trading partners to use precisely the same data in their internal applications in order to increase the efficiency of the entire supply chain, by improving the quality of the data exchanged.

This concept is known as Master Data Alignment and involves the maintenance of accurate and synchronised databases for products, prices, promotions and locations.

When a trading relationship is supported by the Electronic Product Catalogue, some of the potential benefits which can be expected are :

• Enforces standard identification of the trade item though the entire supply chain



• Facilitates and improves master data alignment between trading partners



• Facilitates product search and new product introduction



• Supports Computer Assisted Ordering (CAO)



• Automates support of price-look-up (PLU) files



• Optimises exploitation of space management (in the store and warehouse)



• Improves Direct Product Profitability (DPP) calculations



• Facilitates the auditing and loading of trade and logistic units in the store and warehouse



• Enables the use of many Efficient Consumer Response (ECR) techniques

The charges for listing of new product data, product image, product advertising filmlet and product advertising banner in NEPC (effective July 1999) are as follows:

	Product Data & Image	: S$65.00 per product + 7% GST
	Replacement of Product Images	: S$65.00 per product + 7% GST
	Digitising Product Advertising Filmlet	: S$500.00 per filmlet + 7% GST(current charge)
	Incorporating Digitised Product Advertising Filmlet into NEPC	: S$300.00 per filmlet + 7% GST(current charge)
	Digitising Product Advertising Banner	: S$300.00 per banner + 7% GST
	Incorporating Digitised Product Banner into NEPC	: S$200.00 per banner + 7% GST

Any company who wishes to participate in NEPC must register as a member of GS1 Singapore Council. Click here to register.