e-Catalog

Intuitive, highly-visual and multilingual, the Signature e-Catalog, a guided selling tool, is tailored to the high-volume needs of industrial and technical companies. This feature-rich online catalog platform enables companies to manage and display vast numbers of products and empowers their customers and distributors to access up-to-date technical data worldwide.

The Signature e-Catalog includes a robust data repository, the Signature Industrial PIM, that stores millions of products and all associated technical data. The multi-level online catalog provides an interactive and visual navigation experience. It features an innovative technical guidance Configurator which enables error-free selection of complex products and assemblies, and generates product-specific data sheets.

The Signature e-Catalog is highly customizable and can be integrated with existing IT infrastructure, such as ERP, Order Management, Product Management and Pricing & Inventory Systems.

Features
 
Highly Visual Interface - Using high-quality, product-specific images, the e-Catalog provides an intuitive and user-friendly navigation experience. The multi-tiered click to read more >> graphic layout allows users to easily traverse a large catalog. Product-specific imagery gives users confidence in knowing they have selected the correct products. << close
 
Technical Library - Facilitates the need of managing multiple documents and files and associating them with numerous products and product groups. click to read more >> Administrators can link through “labeling” relevant CAD drawings, technical data sheets, warranty or maintenance documents and other sales/marketing collateral to a specific product. << close
 
Guided Selling - Guide potential customers to fulfill their needs by recommending the most simple to complex technical solutions. click to read more >> Increase sales by using the Guided Selling process that combines product knowledge and company know-how with complete analysis and understanding of the customer’s requirements. Calculating which system to recommend is part of the Guided Selling definition; Helping the customer realize the solution in a common language improves loyalty and a sense of trust which is vital in a quality consumer market. << close
 
Product Configuration - An interactive product-specification mechanism, offering step-by-step product click to read more >> definition with built-in error protection. It provides detailed technical guidance for even the most complex of products, with millions of product variations. << close
 
Multilingual - The Signature e-Catalog supports the simultaneous use of up to 25 languages, including click to read more >> LTR, RTL, Cyrillic and Asian languages. From the user interface and all the way to the individual data sheets, the entire catalog is fully multilingual; the language can be changed by the customer at any point. The multilingual management interface streamlines the translation process, facilitating group and batch translations, as well as export and import. << close
 
Request for Quotation (RFQ)/B2B e-Commerce - The e-Catalog’s Request for Quotation (RFQ) and B2B e-Commerce functionality streamlines the sales process and gives click to read more >> the e-Catalog selling power. With features such as definition of net-prices, discounts and product-specific cost factors, complex products can be sold around the clock and across the globe! << close
 
Spare Parts - Each Product is associated with all relevant spare-parts and kits, accessible click to read more >> in a single click. Product-specific spare parts are grouped by family and located in adjacent tabs. Add-to-basket feature allows customers to directly order spare parts online. << close
 
Hardcopy Catalog Generation - Up-to-date, "ready-for-print" catalogs can be generated whenever required. The hardcopy catalog, which is exported click to read more >> as an InDesignTM file, can be customized by criteria such as region, language, brand, product line and season, to target specific customers and purposes. Printing the catalog is a simple, one-click action, following setup.<< close

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Benefits
 
Empower Sales Force - Offer an always-at-hand product catalog and ordering system. click to read more >> The e-Catalog is a highly accessible and visually rich business tool, which provides sales people with on-the-spot ability to define and locate a product, validate its appearance and suitability and place an order. << close
 
Technical Guidance 24/7 - The built-in Signature Configurator provides professional and error-free technical guidance in the design click to read more >> of complex products. With its product-specific data sheets, spare parts, technical library and more, the e-Catalog is a highly skilled online service engineer, available anywhere and at any time.<< close
 
Reduce Inaccurate Ordering and Product Returns - Increase order accuracy by offering enhanced click to read more >> technical guidance and data. Customers can locate the exact products they require with utmost confidence. By accessing the spare parts blowup, customers order the correct spare part, without the assistance of sales and support. << close
 
Maintain Company Know-how - Organize and centralize product information in a robust and easily accessible click to read more >> repository. Share company knowledge with the sales force, engineers and distributors in an easy-to-find and comprehensive manner. Increase the knowledge and capabilities of all employees and reduce the risk of a “black hole” when key employees leave or retire. << close
 

Integrate and Streamline the Flow of Business Logic – By integrating with your ERP and other IT click to read more >> systems and linking with your distributors and suppliers via the Signature Network, the Signature platform enables direct and simplified communications between systems. << close