FREE WORKBOOK & HANDBOOK
Get your PIM requirements right, before you talk to vendors.
Built through real RFPs, this PIM planning tool is the first step to getting it right.
✓ Built from the buyer’s side of the table, not a vendor’s lead-gen funnel.
✓ Companion handbook explains what to capture in each section
✓ Pre-organized across 7 functional areas, so you’re not starting at a blank page
✓ Use cases included as prompts, not boilerplate, from data modeling to syndication
✓ Built for B2B complexity, including supplier feeds, multiple taxonomies, customer part numbers, 100K+ SKUs
A PIM selection is not a product data project. It's the foundation of your product data program.
Particularly in the age of AI, the PIM is your critical platform for delivering the product experience your customers require. Vague requirements can easily set distributors or manufacturers back years. The workbook is step one, the rest gets easier from there.
What's in the Workbook
These 6 functional areas — and more. Every section your PIM decision actually depends on.
Foundation & Data Model
Attributes, inheritance, product structures, multiple taxonomies & hierarchies, integrated digital asset management.
Inbound Data & Supplier Collaboration
Supplier portals, multi-format ingestion, data mapping & transformation, validation & approval workflows.
Core Data Administration
Business-user editing, bulk operations, search & filtering, the day-to-day work of managing product records.
Data Governance & Quality
Completeness scoring, validation rules, quality dashboards, compliance & regulated product data.
Outbound Syndication & Channels
eCommerce, marketplace & print channels, channel-specific transformation, feed scheduling & monitoring.
Workflow, Analytics & Multi-Domain
Configurable workflows, task management, reporting, and extending beyond products to related data domains.
Getting the requirements right was the first step to cutting through marketing fluff and finding out how the platforms actually delivered.
Jay Schneider
Getting the requirements right is the first step in selecting the right PIM. Most teams skip it (calling vendors, doing demos, talking to colleagues) and pay for it later. This Workbook is the same methodology we’ve used to help distributors and manufacturers select B2B platforms for over a decade.
Start your requirements today... and make sure you get it right.
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