Product Information Management for B2B Manufacturers

The challenges

Operating across multiple languages while navigating strong localisation demands and tightening legal scrutiny is increasingly complex. Environmental and carbon data are no longer optional - they are core product information.

The reality

The challenges can’t be met without good technology, good governance and effective procedures. The need for manual workarounds undermines the efficacy of a PIM system. One dataset for all markets is unrealistic.

The good news

Meeting the challenges is possible.

An intensive half-day review of solutions 

• Understanding the challenges, the pitfalls and the consequences of not getting it right. 

  - The financial burden of bad PIM; the bottom-line value of good PIM.
  - Channel fragmentation.
  - Changing buyer expectations.
  - Liability and instructions, warnings, and intended-use descriptions.
  - Satisfying EU requirements may not be sufficient.
  - National unfair-competition laws.
  - The anti-greenwashing ‘police’.

• Where and how AI is part of the solution

  - Managing increasing product complexity.
  - Eradicating silos, aligning the work of legal, regulatory, and marketing teams. 
  - Ensuring documentation is precise, unambiguous, and localized.

• Good PIM as a strategic asset

    - The road to faster decisions and more consistent product experiences.
    - Achieving regulatory compliance in the face of local variation. 
    - Multilingual product information – avoiding pitfalls.
    - Sustainability and carbon consumption.

• Panel: what we’ve done but what, nevertheless, keeps us up at night – and what we are planning to do better. How we’ve mastered product complexity and carbon standards. The art of staying agile while complying. What we see down the track and are anticipating. 

Attendance is strictly by invitation and complimentary for approved senior leaders. 

If you would like to be considered, please contact Dan Luper at daniell@henrystewart.co.uk.