MERCEOLOGIA

MERCEOLOGIA

1. Types of merchandise

   • - Raw materials: Set of goods that are incorporated to a finished product.
   • - Semi-fabricated goods: Goods which have received treatment but are still unfit for purpose of use.
   • - Semi-products: Parts of finished products are stored to be part of the finished product.
   • - Auxiliary materials: Merchandise that is required for the operation and continuity of some machines.
   • - Finished articles: Items are ready for use.

2. Principles

   • 1. Name of the product: The label tells us what it´s about.
   • 2. Commercial name: For the recognition and classification of the product.
   • 3. Presentation: The form in which a product is presented.
   • 4. Frequent uses: The use that is given to a product.
   • 5. Properties: In base of the material that it´s made of, it will either be chemical or physical.
   • 6. Method of production: The method of production of the product to clarify any doubts that have to do with the transformation.
   • 7. Chemical composition: Based on the composition of the chemical properties it is made of.
   • 8. Merceologica description: the Merceologico study and the conclusion if the investigation.
   • 9. Classification: The complete code or tariff classification.
   • 10. Subsistence: The reason for the classification and description of the product.

3. Merceologia was born in the German speaking countries because there was a need to provide a uniform and systematic knowledge to the goods to make them known. The original term comes from Germany and it is called “Warenkunde” which is translation of “Merceologia”.