Regulations and services: what changes in October.
A new release of the FAB-DIS model and three new features on FAB-DIS Connect, for manufacturers and distributors.
What’s coming this month
Click on a feature to see the details.
FAB-DIS Academy
Understand the model from day one, and keep up with every change. Available in your FAB-DIS Connect account.
Understand the model
- Digital NoticeLatest updates first, attributes block by block
- Self-assessmentTests by block to check what you have learned
Learn with videos
- FAB-DIS Connect tutorialsGetting started with the platform
- Block tutorials3 tutorials already available
Supplier connection
Find the brand, receive its files: the request is sent directly from FAB-DIS Connect.
Regulations and business practices: impact on the model
Distributor API
From the manufacturer’s file to the distributor’s information system, with no re-keying: retrieving FAB-DIS files becomes automated and industrialised.
Distributors · contact usWhat’s relevant to you
The bridge between manufacturers and their customers.
All these new features are part of FAB-DIS Connect, the platform that connects manufacturers and distributors around the FAB-DIS 3.0 file.
Produce and upload a FAB-DIS 3.0 file
Checks, sharing, notifications, API
Receive compliant data, ready to integrate
Ready to get started?
Find all these new features in your FAB-DIS Connect account. Any questions? The FAB-DIS team is here to help.
Regulations, business practices:
impact on the model
The October 2026 updates meet two needs: incorporating new regulatory requirements and better covering the business practices of manufacturers and distributors.
Regulations
Business practices
Full attribute details are available in FAB-DIS Academy (+ Notice to download).
Read the updated Notice
The new attributes, notices and value tables are available in the Digital Notice, on FAB-DIS Academy.
Other new features in October 2026
FAB-DIS Academy.
Understand the model from day one, and keep up with every change.
Available in your FAB-DIS Connect account, for subscribers to the KIT FAB-DIS and theOFFRE FAB.
- Digital Notice
- Block tutorials
- FAB-DIS Connect tutorials
- Self-assessment
Discover FAB-DIS Academy
Everything you need to master the FAB-DIS model, in one place
Digital Notice
The redesigned FAB-DIS Notice: latest updates first, new attributes and attribute details block by block.
Block tutorials
Short videos on filling in each block of the FAB-DIS file, with practical examples.
FAB-DIS Connect tutorials
Getting started with the platform on video: uploading, Easy-Check, sharing with distributors.
Self-assessment
Tests by block to check your understanding of the model and identify areas to work on.
Getting started or staying up to date
You are new to FAB-DIS
Understand the file structure, the role of each block and the filling rules from day one, then check what you have learned with the self-assessment.
You already use FAB-DIS
Find the latest updates at the top of the Notice, discover new attributes with each release and train new team members.
A dedicated tab in FAB-DIS Connect
FAB-DIS Academy is available in the FAB-DIS Connect account of KIT FAB-DIS and OFFRE FAB subscribers.
Log in to your FAB-DIS Connect account.
Open the “FAB-DIS Academy” tab.
Choose the Notice, a tutorial or a self-assessment test.
Other new features in October 2026
Not a subscriber yet?
Discover the FAB-DIS Connect services and choose the offer that suits your business.
Our offers
KIT FAB-DIS
The common foundation: Notice, code tables and FAB-DIS Academy.
Discover the KIT ManufacturersOFFRE FAB
Easy-Check validation, completeness KPIs and distribution of your files to distributors.
Discover OFFRE FAB DistributorsOFFRE DIS
Access to FAB-DIS 3.0 brands on FAB-DIS Connect and retrieval of their files.
Discover OFFRE DISFind the brand.
Receive its files.
The distributor finds a manufacturer on FAB-DIS Connect and asks directly to join its distribution list. The manufacturer stays in control of what it shares.
The supplier connection service in action
Six steps, from request to file
The distributor chooses the manufacturer.
It sends its request to the manufacturer.
The manufacturer accepts or declines (with a reason).
The distributor tracks its request list.
The manufacturer shares its file.
The distributor receives the file and its metadata.
A clear sharing relationship, at every stage
Each relationship between a distributor and a manufacturer goes through three statuses. Both parties are notified by email at every change.
Access brands
- Search for a manufacturer among the brands on FAB-DIS Connect.
- Send a request in a few clicks.
- Track the status of your requests in your request list.
- Receive shared files and their metadata.
Stay in control of what you share
- Receive requests in a dedicated tab, with email notifications.
- Accept, or decline and give a reason.
- Add the distributor to your distribution list and share your file.
Other new features in October 2026
Ready to get started?
Find all these new features in your FAB-DIS Connect account. Any questions? The FAB-DIS team is here to help.
Why an API?
To automate the retrieval of FAB-DIS files and integrate them directly into the distributor’s information system.
Today
Manual file retrieval: it meets the needs of many distributors.
With the API
For those who already have their own processes: automate and industrialise the retrieval of FAB-DIS files.
From the manufacturer’s file to the distributor’s IS, with no re-keying.
An API designed for IT teams
Secure API keys
Create and revoke keys from the Distributor area of FAB-DIS Connect, with a validity period of your choice.
Online documentation
Swagger documentation for your teams or your integrator, and metadata attached to each file.
For your tools
ERP, PIM, e-commerce site or configurator: shared FAB-DIS files arrive directly in your systems.
Other new features in October 2026
Let’s talk about your project
The Distributor API is available on request. Let’s discuss your processes and tools to define the right set-up.