Data Planning

The first step in the data synchronization process is determining what standards exist for your industry and what you need to do to comply with them. Our team will navigate you through the demands of various entities:

• Industry Standards. For your industry, product information standards already exist for major segments of your marketplace. Most manufacturer systems do not have internal product data formatted to these required standards.
  
• Certification Requirements. In addition to basic industry standards, many industries have determined that particular pieces of product information are essential for effective commerce and have established Data Certification Requirements.
  
• Reseller Requirements. Key industry channel partners have specified certain data needs, and the source of these data needs must be determined from your internal systems.
  
  A compliant manufacturer must fully understand these industry standards and partner requirements and “map” internal data to provide proper data fields and formats. Synchronized data begins with your internal systems.