Category:eCl@ss commitees

The eCl@ss association consists of the bodies shown in the following figure:

eCl@ss General Assembly

The general assembly determines the strategic aims of the eCl@ss association and supports the eCl@ss board of directors in achieving these aims.

eCl@ss Steering Committee

The eCl@ss steering committee has the general task of guaranteeing the strategic advancement and the updating and maintenance of eCl@ss. Their members support the board of directors in their work. They are responsible for the international use of eCl@ss in the member companies. In addition, they act as contact to their suppliers and represent their interests.

eCl@ss Board of Directors (eCl@ss Board)

The eCl@ss board of directors manages the eCl@ss organization and the realization and implementation of the eCl@ss association‘s aims.

Currently, the following persons are the voted members of the Board of Directors (General Assembly 2012-04-12):

Name	Function	Website	Logo	Company
Mr. Friedhelm Hausmann	Chairman of the Board	www.audi.de		AUDI AG, Germany
Mr. Claude Pichot	Member of the Board	www.afim.fr		afim, France
Dr. Jörg Schumacher	Member of the Board	www.basf.com		BASF SE, Germany
Mr. Patrick Bernard	Member of the Board	www.schneider-electric.com		Schneider Electric SA, France
Mr. Markus Reigl	Member of the Board	www.siemens.com		SIEMENS AG, Germany
Dr. Gunther Kegel	Member of the Board	www.pepperl-fuchs.com		Pepperl+Fuchs GmbH, Germany

eCl@ss Scientific Advisory Board

The task of the scientific advisory board is to scientifically accompany all aspects of the development of eCl@ss, to promote it with its own ideas and activities and also to support the spread of eCl@ss in the sciences.

Currently, the following persons are members of the Scientifiv Advisory Board

eCl@ss Head Office

The eCl@ss Head Offices is responsible for the administration of the eCl@ss organization. In addition, the eCl@ss Head Office coordinates the release management, technical development, international distribution and customer support, as well as an introductory consultation for interested companies to get to know the basics of the eCl@ss classification system.

The eCl@ss Head Office is based at the Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln Consult GmbH, the leading private economic research institute in Cologne, Germany.

eCl@ss Head Office Cologne - Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln

Contact Information

eCl@ss Head Office

Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln Consult GmbH

P.O. Box 10 19 42

50459 Cologne Germany

Phone: +49 (0)221 4981 -811

Fax: +49 (0)221 4981 -856

e-mail: info[at]eclass.de

Web: http://www.eclass.eu

Visitors' address:

Konrad-Adenauer-Ufer 21

50668 Cologne

Germany

Your contact persons in detail:

General Manager eCl@ss

Thomas Einsporn - General Manager eCl@ss

Mr. Thomas Einsporn

einsporn[at]eclass-office.com

• Association management
• Project management
• Support service/acquisition members
• Committees/association work (organizations, ministries)
• Representative (presentations, co-operations etc.)
• Hotline/expert advice

General Manager eCl@ss

Henning Uiterwyk - General Manager eCl@ss

Mr. Henning Uiterwyk

uiterwyk[at]eclass-office.com

• Data model development/implementation (expert group structure and technique)
• Technical development eCl@ss-ContentDevelopmentPlatform (CDP)
• Harmonization of branch standards (ETIM, proficl@ss, PROLIST)
• Committees work, standardization (DIN AA2/IEC/SC3D)
• Catalogue visualization
• Hotline/expert advice

eCl@ss International Offices

The International eCl@ss Offices support users in various countries and advise how to use and implement eCl@ss, who to ask and asist in translations of eCl@s Language Versions.

eCl@ss Office China

eCl@ss Office China

Contact details:

eCl@ss Office China c/o RKWC

Manager eCl@ss Office China: Mr. Dirk Machentanz

Room D-6-D, Fuhua Mansion

No. 8 North Chaoyangmen St.

Dongcheng District

100027 Beijing

China

Tel.: +86 (0)10 65547869

Fax: +86 (0)10 65547017

e-mail: china[at]eclass-office.com

Web: http://www.eclass.org.cn

eCl@ss Office France

eCl@ss Office France - AFIM

Contact details:

eCl@ss Office France

c/o afim - Association Française des Ingénieurs et responsables de Maintenance

Contact: Mr. Claude Pichot

10 rue Louis Vicat

75015 Paris

France

Tel.: +33 1 56562929

Fax. +33 1 56560853

e-mail: france[at]eclass-office.com

Web: http://www.eclass.eu

eCl@ss Office Austria

eCl@ss Office Austria - Paradine

Contact details:

eCl@ss Office Austria

c/o Paradine GmbH

Contact: Mr. Reinhard Pohn

Technologiestraße 8

1120 Wien

Austria

Tel.: +43 (0)1 2366668 330

Fax: +43 (0)1 2366668 334

e-mail: austria[at]eclass-office.com

Web: http://www.eclass.de

eCl@ss Office BENELUX

eCl@ss Office BENELUX - D&TS

Contact details:

eCl@ss Office BENELUX

c/o D&TS Simplified Business Processes B.V.

Contact: Mr. Huub Simmelink

Kerkstraat 33

5951 EC Venlo-Belfeld

Netherlands

Tel.: +31 (0)77 474 01 74

Fax: +31 (0)77 474 01 79

e-mail: benelux[at]eclass-office.com

Web: http://www.eclass.eu

eCl@ss Office Egypt

eCl@ss Office Egypt - POET

Contact details:

eCl@ss Office Egypt

c/o POET Egypt LLC.

26, Kerdahy Str., Kafr Abdo

Alexandria

Egypt

Tel.: +20 3 5423078

Fax. +20 3 5429924

e-mail: egypt[at]eclass-office.com

Web: http://www.eclass.eu

eCl@ss expert groups

The members of the eCl@ss expert groups develop the eCl@ss classification according to market requirements and on the basis of incoming proposals. Any interested qualified person is welcome to collaborate with the expert groups. Collaboration is free of charge, irrespective of membership in the eCl@ss organization.

Their tasks within the release process are described here.

Center for Research and Development (CRD)

Apart from the eCl@ss expert groups that are responsible for the maintenance of the content of the eCl@ss standard itself, the Center for Research and Development (CRD) is responsible for the technical development of the standard. The objectives of the CRD follow the predetermined strategy of the eCl@ss e.V. and result from the board’s orders and resolutions:

Sustainability and Innovation

The CRD will secure the data-technical applicability, sustainability and future viability of eCl@ss. By observation of the relevant environment (market requirements, standards institutions, IT providers) and its expectations as well as other relevant factors, technological requirements to the eCl@ss data structure will be identified, analyzed and communicated at an early stage. The CRD independently develops innovative and potential approaches to ensure the sustainable and benefit-oriented implementability of eCl@ss. The CRD formulates appropriate strategies for this purpose to meet the requirements. These will be developed in accordance with established rules and are subject to the approval of the Board.

Integration possibilities of other standards

The CRD provides, through standardization of data structures and formats, the international and cross-industry data-technical applicability, as well as the exchangeability of the eCl@ss standard. It defines the rules for the harmonization or integration of other relevant standards and, if needed or at the request of the board, creates the technical prerequisites to do so. Integration in this sense shall be considered as the data-technical possibility for the inclusion of other standards in eCl@ss - according to predefined rules of eCl@ss - and not to create or maintain potential mapping tables.

Planning security and efficiency

The basic objective of the CRD is to guarantee a certain IT planning security concerning information technology and modeling for all stakeholders (users, requestors, head office, etc.). In order to achieve an IT planning security the efficiency of the processes of both the system-technological development of the standard as well as the user-friendly design of the ServicePortal shall be increased. The focus lies, among other things, in the development of change management rules and the definition of release types, as well as their technological implementation and export in accordance to demanded data structures.