NPC is an industry service that helps manufacturers and suppliers enter, validate, store, maintain and share all your product details, trade-related and marketing-related information. It provides a single repository of product data applicable across all product categories, including orderable spare parts & components.

Manufacturers & suppliers are considered 'Publishers' to the NPC. Publishers decide who they will publish their data to ('Publication') and maintain the data over time.
Operators/buyers are considered 'Recipients' to the NPC. Recipients choose to accept Publisher's data (known as a 'Subscription') and subsequently 'synchronise' for ongoing flow of data changes or additions made by Publishers.
Based on the principles of 'data synchronisation', the NPC enables the sharing and updating of quality, standard data. This data is required to link physical items (parts, components and assets) to the daily operations of suppliers, maintainers and rail operators.