In an ideal world, an ERP platform would manage every aspect of your business, even product data. But here’s the thing. Even the best-known ERPs, such as NetSuite, Linnworks, SAP, Epicor, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Acumatica, Odoo, and Sage Intacct, aren’t (and were never) designed to manage the increasing complexity of constantly evolving product data.
That’s not an inherent flaw in their make-up – product information management simply isn’t within their remit. When it comes to enriching product content, generating multilingual descriptions, managing, and deploying digital assets, syndicating information consistently to channels, or even something as basic as managing product variants they’re simply not fit for purpose because they weren’t designed to be as such.
So, if you’re feeling the squeeze because your ERP appears to be letting you down, read on, because below are ten warning signs, directly from the mouths of product and data teams just like yours, which indicate exactly why it’s struggling to cope. For each red flag, we’ve also included a quick overview of how a PIM solution solves the issue.