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The digital commerce landscape has moved rapidly towards an omni-channel, seamless ideal for all kinds of purchasers. Business models like D2C for brands and manufacturers are posing existential challenges to distributors, whose role in the value chain needs to be redefined. This insight article tells you about: Disintermediation and other challenges More and more manufacturers,… Read More »The Role of Product Information Management in Distributor Management

The retail industry is in flux, as digital commerce beds into a sector previously driven by physical shopping. To keep up with this rapidly changing ecosystem, you need a strong supply chain that can adapt quickly to changes in demand and supply. Part of this requires top-quality data management, still often lacking in even large… Read More »The Importance of Supplier Data Onboarding in the Retail Industry

Integrated Product Information Management refers to an interconnected PIM software suite for managing product data which can communicate and act seamlessly with all other elements of a company’s business software systems. As a centralised hub, PIM stores and uses complete, accurate, up-to-date product information on every product for sale. and modern PIM solutions offer highly… Read More »What is integrated product information management?

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Manufacturing has undergone great change in recent years, largely due to the pandemic, geopolitical and military events, and industry disruption through the growth of digitisation – all together, a potent and potentially problematic combination if not managed systematically. Disruption has included shortages of containers, supply chain instability, port congestion (with the resulting backlogs), labour shortages,… Read More »Key product data trends in manufacturing

First movers on the digital shelf in manufacturing brands, retail and distribution are already doing this, so digital shelf analytics are an absolute must to compete in equal conditions. The right analytics provides the information required to make the changes which help to leverage opportunities or remedy a poorly-performing shelf. Without the plan, the mindset… Read More »Digital shelf analytics: what you need to know

A product data management (PDM) platform is a centralised software system to store all information related to a set of products. This platform supplies all other systems across the company (such as ERP, logistics and warehousing or an eCommerce platform) with the information they need about products. The product data can be deployed for multiple… Read More »Building a Product Data Management platform business case

A PIM revolutionises the way you manage your products. From providing a centralised hub for high-quality product data, to creating excellent customer experiences to gains in efficiency and productivity, it is a powerful tool. But regarding implementation, a PIM platform is hardly Microsoft Office365. Without the people power and finances to fund developers and other… Read More »PIM consultancy VS In-house implementation

Online sales have grown in all areas since the pandemic and this trend is becoming embedded in B2B commerce as well as B2C. The fact is that most distributors are lagging in getting their product catalogs fit for the 21st century. The challenges they face range from product data governance to catalog management, expanding to… Read More »How PIM solves distribution problems

When you want to build a house, it isn’t wise to simply cement together some bricks to build the walls, put on a roof and then decide how you want to divide up the useable space inside. Your building is flimsy and doesn’t even have any foundations. It’s not fit for purpose. It’s also likely… Read More »Product information management architecture

Database normalisation is the business process of structuring a relational database in line with a series of ‘normal’ forms to minimise data redundancy and enhance overall data integrity. Put simply, it means that you carry out a process of eliminating errors, discrepancies, and duplicates among stored and collated product information. How? By analysing the information… Read More »The importance of database normalisation