Informatica PIM Supplier Portal Overview

1. Informatica PIM – Supplier Portal Stefan Reinhardt Product Manager PIM

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3. Overview and General Approach

4. Informatica PIM Overview

5. Data Onboarding • How does your product data onboarding process look like today? TRUSTED PRODUCT MASTER Supplier sends the data Validations and data enrichment Onboarding into PIM Different media (FTP, E-Mail, CD, Fax, Print, Catalogs) Manual quality checks Manually Offline Using the import functionality Different formats (CSV, XML, XLS) communication with the supplier Different media (FTP, E-Mail, CD, Fax, Print, Catalogs)

6. Problem Statement • Increasing assortments • More items • More suppliers • Communication with suppliers • Suppliers provide different media in different formats • No standardized communication and data exchange process • With a growing number of suppliers, it becomes exponentially hard to manage the interaction with them

7. Problem Statement II • Overhead in supplier communication • Overhead in data onboarding • Manual steps in the import process • Manual quality checks required • Streamlining of data required (e.g. „piano black“ => „black) • Consequences • Higher process costs • Slower time to market • Product information not up to date • Growth limitations

8. Mission Statement for Informatica PIM – Supplier Portal • Standardized upload process for data suppliers • Easy to use UI to let suppliers focus on their data • Automated validation mechanisms to ensure best data quality • Central communication platform to collaborate with suppliers

9. Overview • Supplier onboarding • Self registration • Data adoption • Standardized process to upload data and media assets • Automated data quality control • Flexible validation rules (e.g. required fields, format checks, lookup tables, etc.) • Communicate with suppliers in one place • Process specific message threads • System generated status updates

10. Process Overview

11. Supplier Onboarding and Data Adoption Workflows Supplier Onboarding Admin invites a supplier Supplier registers w/o invitation Supplier registers Admin approves the new user Data Onboarding Supplier gets feedback on data Supplier uploads a catalog Data is imported into PIM staging catalogs TRUSTED PRODUCT MASTER Data verified and merged into the master Supplier corrects the mistakes

12. Process Data is imported into PIM staging catalogs Supplier uploads a catalog Merge into the master catalog Validations Old contents of the staging catalog is overwritten if data source provides an update TRUSTED PRODUCT MASTER Enrichment / Maintenance in the master EXPORT

13. Definition of the Import Format • All import formats supported by Informatica PIM • XML, CSV, Excel, TXT,… • Import mappings defined in Informatica PIM – Desktop • Input format and data model • Association of the input fields with the fields in the master data model (repository) • Mappings can be released • Stored on the server • Visibility configurable on supplier level

14. Import Mappings

15. Quality Data Assures & Automates the Product Information Supply Chain

16. Ready to use PIM Rule Package • Consistent, re-usable and automated data quality processes throughout the entire data life cycle • Auto classification of products • Automatic attribute value extraction • Attribute completeness and structure checks • Language classification • Color parsing and standardization • Manufacturer name standardization • Product code validations • Terminology checks

17. Rich User Interface

18. Portal Administrator UI Overview

19. Supplier UI Overview

20. Dashboard • Messages threads • Fold / Unfold • Comment on messages

21. Comment an Upload Process • Supplier may directly comment on their upload processes

22. Enhanced Downloadable Reports for Uploads • Download result report from test run / import as CSV file • Download original source file with the thrown error messages related to a specific item attached to it

23. Search and Filter Capabilities • Search and filter controls enable powerful administration of huge amount of supplier organizations and users 23

24. Information Request Process • Select a catalog or an assortment • Add a message • Send it to a supplier‘s timeline • (e.g. triggering price updates, request feedback)

25. Editing Item Data Online • Access and edit catalogs online via a specialized view • Data suppliers may directly maintain their data • Configurable access rights on supplier level

26. Key Benefits • Collaborative communication platform within the trading partner network • Improved supplier relationships • Decreased time to market through efficient communication • Higher conversion rates through faster updates of product information and better product information quality • Cost savings through self service and process automation • Higher margins through increased supplier base (long tail)