Webinar recap – March 31, 2026: FAB-DIS Connect services, distributor API roadmap, environmental data.
Key figures 2026
Product data is under pressure
The market has accelerated on product data expectations. It is no longer a bonus – it is a prerequisite.
- Explosion of platforms & growing partner requirements
- Regulatory compliance increasingly demanding
- Data completeness now an absolute prerequisite
- Business stakes: product listing, e-commerce, CSR
Product data has become a strategic asset for the entire building supply industry.
4 ambitions, 1 mission
A shared framework to ensure clear, consistent and complete product data exchange between manufacturers and distributors.
Standardise
FAB-DIS: the common language for the building supply sector – covering commercial, logistics, regulatory and media data.
Simplify
Tools & services to reduce operational complexity at every step of the product data chain.
Connect
Manufacturers & distributors in direct data flow, without unnecessary intermediaries, via a single interface: FAB-DIS Connect
Ensure reliability
Product data structure with +3,500 control points to guarantee quality and compliance: Easy-Check compliance service
FAB-DIS Connect
One single source. All your partners. The central interface between manufacturers and distributors for product data exchange.
- Single interface for manufacturers / distributors
- FAB-DIS compliance control with Easy-Check
- File distribution to all distributors
- Real-time monitoring – history & traceability
- +1.4 million references checked via Easy-Check
For Manufacturers
Host, control, optimise and distribute. One single entry point for all your distributor partners.
- FAB-DIS Inside / Manual connection
- Guided compliance process
- Multi-distributor broadcast list
For Distributors
Collect, verify, integrate. A centralised HUB with all your FAB-DIS files.
- FAB-DIS file retrieval (file/JSON)
- Easy-Check compliance reports
- Supplier dashboard
Two plans, one opportunity
Plans designed to support manufacturers and distributors with advantageous launch conditions.
FAB PLAN
- FAB-DIS file verification and compliance control
- FAB-DIS Inside or manual connection
- Multi-distributor broadcast in one click
- Personalised messaging & scheduling
- Full history and tracking
DIS PLAN
- Centralised FAB-DIS file hub
- Structured and consistent data
- Access to Easy-Check compliance reports
- Supplier dashboard
- File or JSON download
Roadmap & interoperability
Interoperability is the next step: connecting distributor IT systems via API to automate data integration.
The next evolution of the model
Growing demand to meet CSR commitments. FAB-DIS adopts a source-agnostic approach to facilitate data distribution.
Carbon footprint
CO² measurement across each product lifecycle phase
Resource depletion
Indicator on natural resource consumption
Primary energy
Primary energy resource usage throughout the lifecycle
Fresh water use
Net fresh water consumption tracking per product
FAB-DIS in 2026
Four strategic priorities to make product data a growth driver for the entire industry.
FAB-DIS Connect is the central exchange platform between manufacturers and distributors
Compliance + distribution + automation are the 2026 priorities
Environmental data evolution – the next step in the FAB-DIS model
API interoperability facilitates data availability and integration at scale