industryline

Industryline is a term used in business and information management to describe a structured way of organizing economic activities into segments and the products or services tied to them. It is not a single standardized concept; meanings vary by context.

In classification contexts, industryline refers to a scheme that groups firms by primary activity, facilitating benchmarking, market analysis, procurement, and supply-chain design. The concept is often aligned with established industry taxonomies such as NAICS or NACE, and may be extended to link firms with common suppliers, customers, or value chains.

In product management and marketing, industryline can denote a company’s industrial product line—a coherent set of hardware, equipment, or services marketed to manufacturing, construction, or other industrial sectors.

In practice, the term is used inconsistently; some organizations implement a three- or four-level hierarchy (industry groups, sectors, subsectors), while others use flat lists. Researchers stress the importance of clear definitions when comparing studies that reference “industryline.”

See also: industry classification, supply chain management, product line.