PIM Software Suppliers
You are a PIM software vendor and of course we don’t need to tell you about the importance of structured management of product and trade data. In addition to data management, it is of course essential for the supplier to be able to distribute their data to their end users and/or resellers. And in the most efficient way possible. 2BA facilitates this through a single channel.
What does 2BA offer you as a PIM Software Supplier?
- Guidance on implementation of`the current exchange formats
- Enrichment of your software by viewers such as the ETIM MC Viewer and 3D viewer for validation of ETIM MC data
- Test environment for offering datasets
- Understanding the data needs of the market
- Inclusion in the 2BA software partners overview
Ground Rules
When you want to join as a PIM software vendor, there are some important ground rules:
- Full support of data needs per target group
- Support of the ETIM Classification including ETIM National features, with a preference for the ETIM Dynamic version
- Support of the most current exchange formats
- The software package may only offer valid datasets
- A proactive commitment with respect to improving Data Label for the data supplier
Data label
Complete data is essential, for everyone. It forms the basis for key business processes across the industry. It is the basis for e-commerce, catalogues (digital and print), logistics, the Building Information Model (BIM), mutual transactions, and for being able to meet legally established requirements. Every NULL value represents a stopping point in your buyers’ processes, which must then be resolved with a phone call, email exchange, or separate spreadsheets of data. In other words: without complete data, no successful business processes.
For this reason, 2BA has developed the Data Label in collaboration with wholesalers and end users. The Data Label is intended to provide data suppliers with insight into the completeness of the data. A tool to align the data effort with the needs of the buyers. The Data Label is a useful tool for data suppliers to measure and optimize the product and trade information made available within the 2BA data pool.
Premium Software Partners
For manufacturers, it is important that the PIM software in use seamlessly connects to the contemporary data needs of the industry. From this point of view, 2BA has started a certification process involving specific ‘premium partners’ and regular partners.
Premium partners distinguish themselves by:
- Support of one or more current exchange formats
- A correct corresponding mapping to the 2BA Data Pool
- The current data needs of the industry
- ETIM Classification (dynamic)
- The “Reason No Attribute Value” solution for the purpose of the ETIM Classification
- ETIM MC (model class) for the open Uniforme Objecten Bibliotheek (UOB, Uniform Objects Library)
Are you interested?
Of course, there is much more to be coordinated between you as a potential partner and 2BA. So register now, and a 2BA staff member will get in touch with you to schedule an appointment for a visit. During this no-strings-attached meeting, we will discuss all the possibilities 2BA offers and, if necessary, a route can already be determined for you to join as a 2BA partner.
