Different products. One shared structure. A technical catalog becomes useful when buyers can describe what they need and find relevant products without opening every datasheet. This becomes harder when information comes from several manufacturers: specifications have different names, measurements use different units, and important details remain buried in descriptions. Putting Read more
If you’ve ever managed product information for industries like medical devices, industrial equipment, or specialty materials, you’ve likely encountered this frustrating scenario: You need to define “material grade” as an attribute for metal products but suddenly realize that not all material grades apply to all products. For stainless steel components, Read more
A Hybrid Model for Advanced Category Template Management. In industrial and technical product information management (PIM), category templates play a crucial role in ensuring accurate and structured product data. Defined in ISO 22745 as Item Identification Guides (IIGs), a category template is a structured list of attributes, logically grouped and Read more
A Proposal from DeepSeek At Actualog PIM, we’re on an eternal quest to tame the chaos of product data. We meticulously craft and continuously refine product templates, also known as Item Identification Guides (IIGs) — structured lists of attributes for each product category. These templates align with ISO 22745, the international Read more
Actualog is currently hitchhiking across the cosmos of code. Our team is hard at work updating the system to incorporate the latest AI magic and .NET 8.0 MVC Core. This means we’re setting sail on a major software upgrade, and, well… it’s complicated. You see, the new AI tools we’re Read more
Introduction As we transition Actualog PIM from .Net 4.2 to .Net 8.0 MVC Core with the help of ChatGPT Guru, we’re seizing the chance to also refine our translation services by integrating AI technology. We manage a diverse array of items: facets, categories, attributes and their values, measure and measure Read more
We’ve got a new member on our team – Actualog Developer, an AI! This AI isn’t just another coder; it’s joining forces with its ‘brother’ Chat GPT for a major project: migrating our Actualog PIM from the old .Net 4.2 to the new .Net Core 8.0. And here’s the twist Read more
With my favorite friend and co-worker Chat GPT we’ve been developing a solution to translate our Resource files (Resx) into multiple languages, making our platform Actualog more accessible to users worldwide – we have to support all 40 data languages that we have in solution user interface. The project leverages Read more
Is it possible to share the same product repository and classifier both for buyers and for sellers from different countries and different industries? What features should Product Information Management (PIM) systems have to do so?
Today there are only a few good examples: GS1 and IceCat in FMCG. Some experts could mention UN SPSC, which was initially developed for statistical needs. However, its application in procurement is doubtful.
Clearly, firms have unique requirements to their classifier structures and to the product information. Information that is necessary for one company might be redundant for another. Both abundance of unnecessary details and lack of vital information might reduce process effectiveness. Therefore, companies need customized product templates (item identification guides in ISO 8000 terminology) for items of procurement, items of production, and items of supply.
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Everyone knows time consuming it is to create group of attributes and define attribute sort order for better product information view. The best solution that allows to make this job just fun is to use drag and drop. We have great news! This long-awaited feature to sort attributes in the Read more