Some product information management (PIM) tools make it difficult to change core data models once they have been set up in the system. To av...
If you want to deliver a truly personalized product experience and strengthen customer loyalty, a Product Information Management System (PIM...
Today your ecommerce customers expect to be shown recommendations as they browse your product catalog. But, “most popular” is a filter that ...
There are many manufacturers who have started to take the leap forward in the digital space, but there are still a great number who rely sol...
Speakers Seth Earley and Dave Skrobela dive into the many ways that well designed product information attributes can drive your chatbog dial...
Face it, the greatest products are still not going to sell if people can’t easily find them, which is why faceted search, or guided navigati...
Product taxonomies are critical to the customer experience on ecommerce platforms, marketplaces and websites. In order for customers to find...
RECORDED WEBCAST AVAILABLE We still hear it today – executives ask “Why do we need a taxonomy?” Then the various follow-ons : “Can’t we just...
Visual search has been gaining a lot of momentum. Product images are of course provided on websites to assure purchasers that they have sele...
Why is stakeholder communication important? Once you have initial buy-in for a PIM project, how do you encourage the people who have an inte...
Recorded - available as on demand webcast Visual search – the ability to search your product catalog and supply chain based on a photo taken...
This Article originally appeared on Modern Distribution Management on March 22, 2021. You all know what they say, “Data is king.” But how do...
With the acceleration of digital transformations brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, almost every organization is facing challenges in how ...
Recorded - available as on demand webcast While most organizations engaging in B2B or B2C commerce understand the intuitive value of product...
The online experience can be directly correlated to the quality of the product data in your key systems. Grocery has lagged behind other sec...
A Product Information Management (PIM) system provides a central location for product data that is used in downstream systems. It is where y...
Any organization that sells a solution with many options, components, or parts has a significant challenge when it comes to providing docume...
Governance is a program used to ensure data is being managed efficiently. There are many aspects of governance that should be considered whe...
Online marketplaces, social media, mobile technologies and new shopper journeys have transformed the way that buyers make purchase decisions...
There are many famous quotes that tell you to “Just Do It” (Nike Slogan), “Start before you’re ready. Don’t prepare, begin.” (Mel Robbins*) ...
Not all PIM software packages are equal, there is not a one size fits all answer. Every company is different, has different requirements and...
The display taxonomy on an ecommerce website is the backbone of the customer experience. It provides the structure, navigation paths, breadc...
In our last few blogs we’ve been focusing a lot on taxonomies and taxonomy design for ecommerce sites. In this blog we will shift gears a bi...
Recorded - available as on demand webcast Using analytics to understand and optimize your Taxonomy to drive high-performance eCommerce. In t...
Recorded - available as on demand webcast When designing a display taxonomy, many sites lose track of the customer journey at *each step* in...
Recorded - available as on demand webcast It’s hard enough to design and implement a ‘garden variety’ product information management (PIM) p...
Recorded - available as on demand webcast Attributes are powerful tools in Digital B2B, but they are also a lot of work to design and mainta...
In this age of digital transformation, organizations compete on their data. Every interaction, whether internal to the company or external, ...
Recorded - available as on demand webcast Many product taxonomies start with good intentions but are corrupted over time by a proliferation ...
Or, How to Get More Than 1000 Words From Your Product Images. Images are powerful and becoming more vital to online success as B2B customers...
Recorded - available as on demand webcast In this conversation, our digital commerce experts walks through the impact that product images ha...
Mutual Exclusivity is an organizing principle for taxonomies which requires every SKU in your product catalog have one (and only one) place ...
Recorded - available as on demand webcast In this 15 minute - no B.S. - session, our digital commerce experts will use real world examples t...
Recorded - available as on demand webcast Product content will make or break your digital commerce user experience. But what does that reall...
The pressure is on for B2B distributors to up their online game as millennials, who are digital natives, are increasingly becoming their buy...
Recorded session -- view the webcast. The B2B technical buyer is a unique persona with specialized needs. In order to get and keep this valu...
Recorded - available as on demand webcast Whereas most Retailers have already made the leap to a digital paradigm, Grocery has lagged behind...
This blog originally appeared on the MDM.com. When was the last time you went shopping for something intangible? Where instead of being able...
Digital commerce leaders have made the mental shift from “what products do I sell?” to “how do my customers want to buy from me?” – savvy si...
Many life events can justifiably be called a transformation, and their effect is pervasive. Moving to another country, for example, may requ...
“There’s No Budget for the Common Good” Organizations have been using digital technologies for decades, but the last several years have seen...
A great deal of attention is being given to digital transformation. According to Forrester, “Seventy-four percent of business executives say...
We’ve all heard it – digital transformation is coming for us. From how our customers engage with us, to how our partners leverage us, and ho...
In a slight departure from our previous article on proactively (and tactically) preparing for a product data transformation, let’s explore s...
As your business and product data complexity grows, so too may your need for an enhanced Product Information Management (PIM) system that ac...
These days, no matter what industry you operate in, your competitive advantage depends on the quality of the data that is flowing through yo...
How to integrate Content, Product Data and Knowledge to Meet Your Customer’s Needs Organizations are continuing the never-ending journey of ...
(or, how to keep Amazon and Walmart from eating your lunch – and dinner) With Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods Market just a few short mo...
Through the power of attributes across product, customer, content, and asset domains. Applying customer and journey context means serving up...
In 2012, IBM estimated that the number of devices that were expected to be connected to the internet by 2015 would be in 1 trillion. It turn...
Recorded - available as on demand webcast Though media, analysts and vendors are ushering in the AI revolution with gusto, the reality in mo...
This Article originally appeared in the November/December 2017 issue of IT Pro, published by the IEEE Computer Society. Despite all the inve...
Covid Is Accelerating Transformation of the Grocery Industry The grocery industry is the last major retail sector to seriously address consu...
Taxonomies have evolved over the years from being a way to navigate a website to providing the underpinnings of advanced ecommerce innovatio...
Recorded - available as on demand webcast Implementing Product Information Management (PIM) in any organization is complex. Getting consensu...
When I speak to CIO’s and CTO’s, they are grappling with two things: Staying up to date with new capabilities that the business either wants...
Recorded - available as on demand webcast Your customers have rising expectations about their digital experience across every channel and to...
Digital transformation as a concept has lost a lot of its meaning and has become a catch-all for many types of information initiatives. What...
We get asked this question a lot-what is the difference between taxonomy and ontology? In this post we will share some examples that will he...
Governance is essential to product information and taxonomy management. Governance ensures consistency, accuracy and adherence to the brands...
Every house has one: The junk drawer. The place you shove things when you are not quite sure where to put them or whether to keep them. Most...
Recorded - available as on demand webcast Brands and retailers are faced with a dilemma: how can I comply with product attribute standards a...
Ask Google, Facebook, Uber or any of the $billion startups (the so called unicorns) out there if metadata runs the world. A friend sent me a...
If you’re a B2B distributor that’s been around for a while, then you probably grew up in a specific vertical and developed a reputation with...
If you’re like most B2B manufacturers or distributors, you’re taking a page from the B2C playbook and you’re building out the product experi...
Recorded - available as on demand webcast In today’s competitive online retail marketplace, winning is defined by a retailer’s ability to di...
This Articles originally appeared in ITProfessional Magazine, Jan/Feb 2015. Our increasingly connected world, combined with low-cost sensors...
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