Catalog Manager

Creating and maintaining article databases is difficult and expensive. Supporting specific catalogs created from this information is even more complex. When you are asked to actively publish digital content for use in a multi-channel market, you will soon find out why Catalog Management is an issue.

According to Forrester Research “The cost of completing a 12.000 item database of product descriptions and basic attributes will cost more than $1m and takes more than a year to complete.”

TIE Catalog Manager Features and Benefits:

• Bundle all catalogs into one extensive catalog, reducing the time and costs associated with manually editing multiple files.

• Coordinated, uniform views of data derived from ERP, eProcurement, or other applications provide for ease-of use and reduced costs.

• Customer or supplier specific catalogs with established conditions.

• Catalog Manager can be accessed and used from any workspace, and because of the support for multiple languages for the solution as well as the data, around the world.

• Controlled user privileges for catalog management and distribution.

• The ability to join pictures and articles translates into a valuable sales support tool.

• A broad range of TIE data transformation and communication tools allow you to support import from and export to any kind of XML, EDI, direct database or proprietary format.

• Together with the TIE webCommerce solution and a TIE eVision solution, the TIE Catalog Manager offers a complete e-business Content, Collaboration and Commerce environment.

Hear from our Customers...

The Aberdeen Group adds, “It costs $3.50-$4.00 per item to keep the database current.” Productivity tools to enhance the catalog management process offer a fast return on investment!

TIE Catalog Manager runs on Microsoft Windows 2003 Server supporting Microsoft MSSQL Server 2005 that is supplied with the product.