The following is an excerpt from a GovPro Media article:
The City of Houston’s Strategic Purchasing Division (SPD) in partnership with Periscope Holdings, Inc., implemented the National Institute of Governmental Purchasing’s (NIGP) 11-digit Commodity Coding system to ensure proper identification of materials. The implementation brings Houston closer to a citywide standardization effort across all departments. ”We recognized the need for material master descriptions and a unit of measure standardization in order to address the problem of long text descriptions and inconsistencies across city departments,” said Calvin Wells, City Purchasing Agent.
