Products
Product Classification
What classification solves real-world problems best?
What are the product classifications as per use of product?

  1. Aircraft Manufacture

  2. Aluminum

  3. Aviation Products

  4. Aviation products manufacture other than aircraft.

  5. Batteries

  6. Battery Chargers

  7. Bed Frames

  8. Bed Pillows & Protectors

  9. Bed Sheets

  10. Blankets & Quilts

  11. Books

  12. Cleaning Products

  13. Clothes & Fashion

  14. Communication Products

  15. Computers and Internet

  16. Construction Products

  17. Consumer Packaged Goods - CPG

  18. Cooking Utensils

  19. Cosmetics

  20. Devices

  21. Disposable Products

  22. Drugs (Pharmaceutical products)

  23. Electrical Products

  24. Electronic Products

  25. Elements

  26. Engine

  27. Engine-generator

  28. Equipment

  29. Fabrics

  30. Farm Machinery

  31. Fasteners

  32. Fire & safety equipment

  33. Fleet and Vehicle Maintenance

  34. Food Products

  35. Fuel Products

  36. Furnishing Products

  37. Furniture Manufacturing

  38. Furniture, Hospitality and Food Service

  39. Generators

  40. Glass

  41. Hand Tools

  42. Hardware

  43. Health care electronics

  44. Home appliances

  45. Human Nutrition & Health Products

  46. HVAC and Refrigeration

  47. Hydraulics

  48. Inorganic Chemical Products

  49. Iron

  50. Lab Supplies

  51. Laundry Products

  52. Lighting

  53. Lubrication

  54. Machines

  55. Machining

  56. Material Handling

  57. Materials

  58. Mattresses

  59. Measurement Instruments

  60. Medical Devices/Medical Equipment

  61. Metals and alloys

  62. Microchip Technology

  63. Motors

  64. Office Supplies

  65. Outdoor Equipment

  66. Paint, Equipment and Supplies

  67. Paper products

  68. Personal Care Products (Toiletries)

  69. Pipe Fittings

  70. Plumbing

  71. Plumbing fixtures

  72. Pneumatics

  73. Power Tools

  74. Power Transmission

  75. Processes

  76. Pumps

  77. Raw Materials

  78. Recycled Products

  79. Reference and Learning Supplies

  80. Safety

  81. Security

  82. Ship Building

  83. Shoes, Boots, Sandals, Designer Shoes & Handbags

  84. Stationery (writing materials)

  85. Stove

  86. Structures

  87. Systems

  88. Telecommunications equipment

  89. Test Instruments

  90. Tools

  91. Transformers

  92. Utensils

  93. Vehicles

  94. Weapons

  95. Welding

What should you know about products?
There are various classifications of products.
At this point, this is the best way to classify products.

What is not a product?

A human being is not a product.

What is a Product?
What is a Product Engineer?
PDM: What Is a Product Data Manager?
What are the types of products?
What are examples of various products?
Here are further guidelines.
Consumer Products

Did you know that a product is labeled according to the end user? A product can be a (department in the state) product or a consumer product. If the end user of the product is the consumer, then the product is a consumer product. If the end user is a (department in the state), then it is categorized as a (department in the state) product.

Convenience Products

A convenience product is a consumer product that takes little thought, is routine, (procured) often, appeals to a large target (_____) and the consumer (gets, picks up) with little planning.

Specialty Products



A 'construction product' means "any product which is produced for incorporation in a permanent manner in construction works, including both buildings and civil engineering works,"[11] such as buildings, bridges, highways and other civil engineering projects.

There are six essential requirements which need to be addressed (by committee) and satisfied, when relevant, by the product prior to being put on the market:
Mechanical resistance and stability
Safety in the case of fire
Hygiene, health and the environment
Safety in use
Protection against noise
Energy economy and heat retention

Here are further guidelines.