PIM & MDM
Product information and master data management: choosing, implementing and running PIM and MDM, data models, governance and standards such as GDSN.
GS1 is not them, GS1 is us.
In The Future of PIM Beyond 2021, Salsify Co-Founder, Rob Gonzales suggests that the “…goal of a PIM is to help you get your products to market as quickly and optimally as possible and to assist you in keeping your products… Read More
Sitation Becomes a GS1 US Gold Solution Partner: Joins Network of Companies Certified to Help Businesses Implement GS1 Standards
Sitation has become a gold member of the GS1 US Solution Partner Program, a designation signifying a commitment to delivering services and solutions that enable quick, efficient and accurate GS1 Standards implementation. Read More
How to Prepare Digital Assets for a Salsify PIM Implementation
Salsify can store almost any digital asset file type to leverage for e-commerce content syndication - jpg, png, videos, PDFs, etc. Understanding how Assets link to Products takes the guesswork out of properly naming your files for import to the Salsify PIM, so you can complete your Salsify implementation ahead of schedule! Read More
Akeneo – A Heuristic and Statistical Approach to Product Attribution using Legacy Data
Exploring a data-driven approach to data modeling and typing in the Akeneo PIM environment. Read More
The Challenges of Connecting Multiple Data Sources in Akeneo PIM
Multiple data sources in a PIM can be challenging, but can be supported with a good implementation plan. Read More
Creating a System Architecture Diagram for Salsify PIM Implementation
Falling behind in e-commerce due to lack of product information coordination? Salsify’s Product Information Management (PIM) tool streamlines the process. Learn how to draw a system architecture diagram as the first step to a winning Salsify implementation. Read More
What Determines the Complexity of an Akeneo Implementation?
Exploring the many factors which contribute to the complexity of an Akeneo implementation Read More
A First Look at the Akeneo Events API
With the introduction of Akeneo 5.0 came the new Events API aka “Webhooks” from Akeneo. After spending some time playing with the feature I’d like to take you on a deep dive into the pros and cons of using webhooks. Read More
How to Log Akeneo PHP-API Errors the Right Way
During a recent client engagement, I was developing a Connector to import Microsoft AX data into Akeneo. The connector would allow Sitation's client to easily upload CSV exports from Microsoft AX into a piece of middleware, which would then handle some light validation as well as the data transformation and import into Akeneo. However, as I progressed, I was struggling to determine the cause of several Akeneo PHP errors due to the generality of the main exception being thrown. Read More
How to Import CSV Files to Salsify the Right Way
Most users import data into the Salsify PIM via Excel (XLSX) and Comma Separated Values (CSV) files. While these two file formats are compatible, they are not equal. Read More
