PIM (product information management)

Also known as PIM, product information management. Category: E-commerce and workflow

A product information management (PIM) system is the central store of product data, such as names, descriptions, attributes, prices and links to images, from which the data is published to web shops, marketplaces and print. Product images are linked to PIM records, usually by SKU, so the PIM needs to know when new images are ready.

How PhotoRobot uses it

PhotoRobot Cloud customer webhooks are designed to tell a PIM or DAM when hosted media becomes downloadable, so the product can be refreshed with spins, stills and metadata in one pass. Macro PI Action can write answers about an image into a metadata field destined for the PIM.

  • DAM (digital asset management): Software for storing, organising, searching and distributing images, video and other media files.
  • ERP (enterprise resource planning): Business software that manages core processes such as inventory, orders and finance.
  • Webhook: An HTTP request one system sends to another automatically when an event happens.
  • PhotoRobot Cloud API: PhotoRobot's REST API for integrating the studio with catalogue, DAM, PIM and e-commerce systems.
  • Export feed: A machine-readable XML or JSON list of items and image URLs that other systems read automatically.

Where this term appears on photorobot.com

Mentioned on 8 pages of photorobot.com:

  1. What is E-commerce Product Imaging? (Glossary)
    It prioritizes operational speed, format versatility, and direct integration with Product Information Management (PIM) systems.
  2. Introducing: Customer Webhooks for PhotoRobot Cloud (Blog)
    PhotoRobot introduces Customer Webhooks for PhotoRobot Cloud to connect your DAM, PIM, ERP, or custom automation with signed outbound webhooks.
  3. What is a Product Imaging Workflow? (Glossary)
    Integrated workflows utilize APIs to push digital assets directly to Product Information Management (PIM) systems or cloud hosting environments, completely replacing manual file transfers.
  4. What is Automated Product Content Production? (Glossary)
    The process begins with barcode scanning, linking the physical item to enterprise Product Information Management (PIM) systems.
  5. What is Automated Product Imaging? (Glossary)
    Digital assets are automatically pushed via API to Product Information Management (PIM) systems, e-commerce platforms, or global Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) as soon as an imaging sequence is…
  6. What is Scalable Product Photography? (Glossary)
    …to push the formatted images directly to Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Product Information Management (PIM) systems, or cloud delivery networks.
  7. Macro PI - From Assistant to Fully Automated Pipeline (Blog)
    …” The answer is then instantly and securely written into the corresponding field in your PIM system.
  8. Unlock Operational PhotoRobot Intelligence (PI) (Blog)
    There may be typos, inconsistent file naming and thus poor searchability of products in PIM systems.

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