The Signature Industrial Product Information Manager (PIM) manages and distributes technical data for industrial products across diverse channels and in multiple languages.

Powered by a robust and flexible database, this unique platform stores unlimited fields and serves as a centralized data repository for the entire organization and across geographic locations. The visual user interface allows easy administration of products, including advanced translation management and access control.

The combination of the Industrial PIM’s data repository and the image-rich e-Catalog makes the Signature platform a powerful and intuitive web-based resource.

• Secure Online System - Obtain up-to-date technical product information in multiple languages, around the clock and throughout the world.

• Database Facility - Store and organize millions of product combinations, with unlimited data fields and in comprehensive technical detail.

• On-Demand Product Generator - The PIM’s built-in configurator is unique in its capability to generate an unlimited number of possible product combinations “on demand” based on preset dependencies. This allows the most complex products to be offered in all possible combinations while keeping the database size minimal.

• Hardcopy Catalog Generation - Up-to-date, ready-for-print catalogs can be generated whenever required. The hardcopy catalog, which is exported as an InDesign^TM file, can be customized by criteria such as region, brand, product line and season, to target specific customers and purposes. Printing the catalog is a simple, one-click action, following setup.

• Access Control Management System - Administer user profiles, define administrators, set user access levels and associate users in groups.

• Group Taxonomy - Implement accurate product classification, however large the repository, and reduce data irregularities, such as duplicate entries and “lost” products.
 

• Maintain Company Know-how - Empower and share employee knowledge by capturing product and system procedures, dependencies and constraints in a centralized database. Ensure data is up-to-date, with an easily accessible and comprehensive PIM.

• Streamline Business Logic - Integrate ERP and PIM systems to create efficient workflow and system synchronization. Enhance and extend existing data in the ERP to support the needs of industrial products.

• Reduce Operating Expenses - Decrease engineering involvement in the sales process and free up engineering time for innovation and R&D by sharing electronic product data across departments.

• Standardize the Dataset - Maintain system-wide data consistency and protect the dataset from improper product entry. Use the Signature PIM as a virtual data “firewall” by enforcing a strict data entry policy.

• Signature-Network Ready - Link subsidiary, distributor and supplier PIMs directly through the Signature Network. Based on a centralized database, the network optimizes communication and coordination, thus reducing technical inconsistencies and product mismatches.