Aldata speeds up the supply chain with Product Information Management solution
09 July 2007
Aldata, one of the global leaders in supply chain software for retail, wholesale and
logistics companies, have launched a new Product Information Management module for its
G.O.L.D. Central database that will enable retailers and their suppliers to collaborate
more closely by synchronising, validating and referencing product catalogues.
The new module allows the user to pre-reference and adopt the product catalogue
based on a collaborative workflow mechanism and improve the quality of the repository
through, automatic synchronization with external data sources; sharing the tasks and
responsibilities (internal/external); validation before integration; and, definition
of referencing transactions dedicated by article type (business).
The advantages of this new architecture are that the user can easily implement
their specific functions, including default values, value control specific function,
value transformation specific function and value list specific function.
The module is already in use at a leading European retailer in Central Europe,
where input to G.O.L.D. is streamlined in advance via a consolidated Excel spreadsheet
containing everything an operator needs in order to enter a new article, which
then forms the basis of a parameterised input screen, significantly increasing
productivity in data entry.