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Create Vendor Catalogues Effortlessly: Use a PIM system

Managing vendor-supplied information can be a very time-consuming process for companies that deal with hundreds or thousands of products and have product data coming from various sources and/or numerous suppliers. A Product Information Management (PIM) system streamlines and automates supplier data inputs, saving a lot of time and energy that you can focus elsewhere. Here’s how it works.

Busting the Myth: The True Pros & Cons of Cloud vs On-premise

The question “On-premise or cloud?” will inevitably pop up for those who are thinking about investing in a company IT system (ERP, PIM, or other solution). For us at PIMICS, the answer is crystal clear. If you want the latest, reliable, secure, easily scalable, and achievable solution, go for cloud. We guarantee you’ll be on cloud nine.

Navigating the E-commerce Galaxy with PIMICS and Shopify

PIMICS and Shopify are a match made in heaven. Or space. Discover all about the strategic partnership of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and Shopify. How does PIMICS fit into the equation?

Skis, Kitchenware, Cat Food, Reinforced Steel: The Diversity of PIMICS Clients

A smart PIM tool makes product information management more effective and less time consuming — for companies of various sizes as well as different lines of business. Get inspired by the broad portfolio of PIMICS clients! Here’s how this smart system for product data management & automation helps.

Leverage CDN with Pimics

Pimics now integrates a great new feature offered by Microsoft, that allows you to optimally and effortlessly deliver product-related content to your web customers worldwide: Azure CDN.

The E-commerce vs PIM Dilemma: Why Data Comes First

In the dynamic world of digital commerce, businesses often get to a crossroad: should we invest in building an e-commerce platform or is getting a Product Information Management (PIM) solution a more savvy approach, strategy-wise? Here’s our take on this dilemma.

Get an Impressive Catalogue in Just a Week

Print is not dead! A nicely looking catalogues and brochures still have a rightful place in marketing. Polished online presentation is naturally a must-have — that said, printed catalogues are indispensable in more traditional businesses. They add an extra oomph to the presentation of a company’s products.

Social commerce: 6 tips for succeeding

Consumers are discovering, researching, and buying products on more channels than ever before. In this landscape, social commerce is gaining traction.

Why use Shopify with Pimics?

Shopify is one of the leading e-commerce platforms and communities popular worldwide. Let's see how it can deliver optimum results when partnered with a good PIM solution.

Print is still relevant for business

Even though some of us could find it hard to believe, print still holds a sizeable share of brand communications to customers. It's not all digital yet, and it won't be for a good while.

Managing sales return rates

As business builds, more customers means more returns on your sales. While many retailers view high returns as a necessary evil, current rates (40% rise in North America in 2021 vs. 2020) are unsustainable

Pimics DAM on SharePoint

During calls with potential customers we have been asked how we work with files and what are the possibilities of Pimics in this respect. Well, our first suggestion when a company uses the cloud version of Microsoft Dynamics Business Central is to use SharePoint for file-level digital assets. Let's take a look on the most common scenarios supported by Pimics.

Taxonomy: your most important hierarchy

The EU Parliament recently voted on a proposal about labeling natural gas and nuclear power as climate-friendly and including them in the 'EU taxonomy'. Is it a good idea? Or maybe not? The good thing for us is that this is not our primary business. Our primary business could however require us to to talk about product taxonomy because this really concerns companies that sell online. And for them, taxonomy is a very important topic.

6 questions to ask during a PIM demo

After dealing with the usual pains that growing companies face, you finally decided that it is time for you to take things to the next level and start using a PIM. You made a research on available PIM solutions and now have a shortlist. The next step? Booking a demo for each of them, to see with your own eyes what they look like, how they work and, most importantly, how they can best serve your company's purposes. What would be the most important topics to discuss with a PIM specialist, to make sure you have all your bases covered? Let's find out.

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.

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.

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.

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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