K:events delivers live supply chain intelligence — tariff changes, regulatory updates, classification events, DPP interoperability — all grounded in the KOIOS Concept Dictionary: the only ISO-authoritative, semantically precise definition of every industrial product in global trade.
Every service KOIOS provides begins with one question: what is this product, precisely? Most supply chain data problems are not technology problems. They are definition problems. The KOIOS Concept Dictionary solves this at the root — defining products by their characteristics, not their names.
Every concept defined by its characteristics, not its name. Preferred names in 24+ languages. Mapped to HS codes, eClass, ETIM, UNSPSC, GPC, REACH substance lists. No ambiguity. No synonyms. One authoritative definition.
Every attribute in the dictionary conforms to ISO 8000-110 — the standard that defines what product master data quality means. Our co-founder Peter Eales authored it. The standard doesn't describe our dictionary. Our dictionary is the standard made operational.
Every concept receives an IRDI (International Registration Data Identifier), issued under KOIOS ICD 0194, registered with ISO. Permanent. Never reassigned. Valid for the full lifetime of the product. The ESPR DPP mandate cites ISO/IEC 15459 for this exact reason.
Concepts in the dictionary
Languages — one definition, any language
WCO change to subscriber notification
Manual reconciliation steps required
K:events is the real-time distribution layer that sits above the Concept Dictionary. Because every event is anchored to a semantically precise product definition, every notification carries meaning — not just a signal that something changed, but the full characteristic context of what changed and why it matters.
Because every product has a precise HS code derived from its characteristics — not a guess — when the WCO updates a duty rate, hs_code.tariff_updated fires with the correct code, to the right subscribers, within minutes.
Because substance composition is stored as a characteristic, not a label, when a compound is added to the REACH candidate list, regulatory.status_changed fires automatically to every subscriber holding a concept that contains it.
The WCO HS 2028 revision will reclassify thousands of products. Because KOIOS holds the underlying characteristics, affected concepts are identified precisely. classification.changed fires to every integration — no guesswork, no manual review list.
Every time a new concept is added to the dictionary — precisely defined, characterised, and mapped — concept.published fires. Downstream systems do not wait for a batch update. They know the moment the definition exists.
ESPR requires DPPs to be fully interoperable. Because every DPP identity resolves to a KOIOS IRDI — and every IRDI carries the full characteristic set — any two DPP systems that use KOIOS can exchange data without translation. The interoperability is in the definition, not the protocol.
When a manufacturer, distributor, and customs authority all hold different descriptions of the same product, semantic resolution maps all three to a single IRDI. The characteristic data settles the identity. The event layer propagates the resolution.
From physical product to enriched intelligence — automatically.
The concept is structured as precise characteristics conforming to ISO 8000-110: material, tolerances, substance composition, operating range, compliance status. An IRDI is issued. The definition is permanent.
Your WMS fires a GS1 EPCIS 2.0 ObjectEvent containing the product reference — GTIN, EAN, or part number. KOIOS intercepts it on the Kafka bus.
K:API resolves the product reference against the Concept Dictionary. The characteristics match. The IRDI is returned. The full enrichment follows: preferred name, HS code, duty rate, REACH and RoHS status, DPP identity.
The enriched event is published. Customs files with the correct rate. The DPP carries the ISO-registered identity. The ESG report holds the regulatory status. The AI agent acts on verified data.
TARIC updates a duty rate. REACH adds a substance. The WCO publishes HS 2028. K:events knows exactly which concepts are affected and fires the right notification to the right subscribers.
One authoritative definition. Every system that depends on it. Once your product data is grounded in precise characteristic definitions, every integration downstream receives semantically correct, machine-readable data.
Built for every team that needs to know what a product actually is.
File declarations with HS codes derived from ISO-authoritative product characteristics — not from a manual lookup or a quarterly update.
Enrich your material master with ISO 8000-compliant characteristic data overnight. Every duplicate that resolves to the same IRDI disappears.
When REACH adds a compound, you know instantly which of your products contain it — because the data says so, not because someone checked a list.
Verify commodity identity in letters of credit against a globally registered, characteristic-complete product definition any system can verify independently.
CSRD Scope 3 obligations mapped to product-level characteristic data. If the substance composition is in the dictionary, it is in the report — accurately, automatically.
Ground your procurement agents and supply chain models in semantically precise product definitions. K:events delivers the MCP server your agents call to verify product identity.
ESPR — Regulation EU 2024/1781 — governs Digital Product Passports across every category of manufactured goods sold in the EU, taking effect progressively from 2027 to 2030.
"A DPP must be fully interoperable with other digital product passports."— ESPR, Regulation EU 2024/1781 · General Requirements for Digital Product Passports
Book a personalised demo and see how KOIOS’s ISO-authoritative product characteristic data powers real-time supply chain intelligence — tariff accuracy, regulatory compliance, ESPR-ready DPP identity, and semantic interoperability across every system in your supply chain.