UNSPSC definition and short names

I am working on a project at work trying to set up short names to work with the standard UNSPSC code list. Has anyone done anything similar with their short names. This is also going to be used in conjunction with a project that someone else is doing in order to make sure perferred items are being ordered versus specials.
I was wondering if anyone else was doing anything like this with their lawson system. Basically, how do you determine the layout of the shortname description and what is important information to have in the short name field so staff will know what they are looking at without it being so difficult no one can make out the description.