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5 ways how Pimics transforms what you can do with your ERP

For any organization that uses this type of software, ERP is a central part of that organization's life and a core component of its digital stack, that the business depends upon. It makes sense then, for companies where product data plays a big role, to imagine the management of this data within their ERP that already covers the core of their business.

How PIM helps improve time-to-market

It's a fact: early market entrants enjoy clear advantages in terms of market share, revenue and sales growth. Time-to-market is the metric which helps evaluate the success of a company based on how fast it brings its products to the market. The shorter this metric is for a particular project or product range, the better results the company gets. Can PIM help? Let's find out.

Making the case for PIM-in-ERP

There's no doubt that ERP plays a critical role within a company, as a tool for managing internal business data. Moreover, this is the kind of software that an organization commits to for many years. But what about PIM? Do you need both ERP and PIM? Does it make sense to add PIM with your new ERP implementation? How will they work together? Can PIM work from WITHIN the ERP?

PIM - a crucial link in P2C management

As markets gain in complexity and the shopper can be reached in more places using ever more instruments, a new concept is emerging to sum up sellers’ efforts to take control of this whole process of showing their products in the best possible light, in the largest number of windows to the largest number of people: Product-to-Consumer or in short P2C. We briefly explore PIM's role in this context.

Service To Service Authentication

Microsoft finally introduces S2S authentication. The impact of this change will be huge for all integrations because later on the basic authentication will disappear. It is a welcome step as well, as this is the right way to make integrations between Business Central/Pimics and other applications. It also make things easier when using OAuth2.0 with an user account in Business Central. This article will describe how to set it up.

Is it really PIM vs. CMS?

CMS and PIM are only comparable for a narrow category of use cases, where product range is limited and product feature complexity is low. If product range size and product feature complexity will surpass a certain threshold, then the CMS stops being an alternative to PIM, and PIM becomes a must-have for properly managing your product data.

DAM makes PIM better

Pimics gives you all the tools you need for managing your product data inside your Microsoft Dynamics ERP, be it NAV or Business Central. This includes digital asset management (DAM) as a crucial component for enriching your product data. Yes, digital assets like product pictures, videos, or data sheets can now be managed directly from inside your ERP thanks to Pimics.

The dropshipping business: how Pimics can help

Have you ever thought about embracing the dropshipping business? How hard can it be to build a website and have others stock and ship the goods you sell online? Well, maybe the headache and the financial burden of storing and moving the physical items will be gone, but you still have to make the effort of building a comprehensive product catalogue, with a wealth of information about the stuff that you want to sell.

The BMECat advantage of Pimics

One of the most effective ways that you can populate your sales catalogue with product data using a PIM, is to employ standardized catalogue formats such as BMEcat or DataNorm, and standardized classification systems such as ETIM. Pimics supports all the mentioned formats plus others, allowing you great flexibility in effectively using data sources to your advantage while minimising manual intervention in the process of enriching the product data for the items that you sell.

5 ways that Pimics can help improve your data quality

Whether you only produce printed catalogues for your customers, or whether you sell online and your information will be seen by humans or the Google Assistant, one thing is for sure: you will have to present your products well to sell well. PIM becomes a must-have for more reasons than one, but especially for data quality reasons.

Get ready for the PIM implementation process

You have finally decided on your new PIM solution and the implementation process is ahead. The main question is how to prepare for it? We give you a few tips that you should consider and put into practice during the process.

4 Pains that lead to PIM adoption

Reality shows us that few companies include PIM in their systems architecture right from the start. Many of them realize the potential of PIM as they go along and, usually because they grow out of their initial 'shoes' they increasingly perceive shortcomings that only PIM can solve. This article highlights the most important shortcomings that companies usually face, and how they can be effectively addressed by a adopting a PIM solution such as Pimics.

What is PIM and how it enables your business

A PIM solution can integrate data from the ERP, CRM and any other product- or customer-related platform used by the business. For companies using Dynamics 365 Business Central, Pimics is special among PIM systems because it works directly on the ERP data so that it offers additional synergies, plus no data exchange between Pimics and ERP will ever be necessary. See our article for a set of compelling reasons why you should consider using Pimics.

5 Tips on Implementing a PIM System to Your Ecommerce Business

Finding an effective approach to managing product information is vital in today's digital landscape, with retailers expanding their offerings to eCommerce. This allows eCommerce businesses to communicate accurate information and consistent branding across their products and meet the increasing demand for seamless omnichannel experiences.

Pimics ROI calculation

Sometimes people do not even know if they have a PIM system in their organisation or not. Many of them assume that existing tools that they use daily for running the business, like ERP, CRM or Excel, can also handle all their product data, but the reality is that if you are serious about having an online or printed catalogue with comprehensive data about your products, you have no alternative to using a good PIM system. After all, managing your product information is the spine of your business. In this article we take a closer look at concrete benefits of using PIM, and we build a business case for Pimics.

What do you get from Pimics?

When you decide to implement a PIM system, there are a set of factors driving you to this decision. Most probably, after having the PIM in place, your company will discover additional benefits you never thought about in the first place. This article outlines a few advantages of using Pimics, seen from three different points of view within the company staff hierarchy, so you can have a picture as complete as possible from the beginning.

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