Product Model

This section covers all the different taxonomy or hierarchy using which the products can be browsed.

Hierarchy

The product data model maintains a very structured approach to develop & maintain the hierachy to support business needs with utmost flexibility.

├── Product Family
│   ├── Category 
│   │   ├── n level sub-categories
│   │   |   ├── Product
├── Brand
│   ├── Sub-brand / Range
│   │   ├── Product
│   ├── [Level 1] Product (eg. Shirt)
│   │   ├── [Level 2] Variant Groups  (eg. Blue Color) 
│   │   |   ├── [Level 3] Variants (eg. s/m/l) 
│   │   ├── Serialization

Better PIM simplifies product identification through several core attributes which provide you different fields for identification. It enables you to efficiently store essential identifiers like Product Code, MPN, UAN, EAN, GTN barcode, and more. In addition to that, the PIM also provides serialization capability, i.e. maintaining a unique identifier for each unit. These details are pivotal at the product level and contribute to accurate product tracking and management.

├── Product Code  (eg. TMS001) [Level 1]
│   ├── Variant Group Code (eg. TMS001-Blue) [Level 2]
│   │   ├── SKU / StockCode (eg. TMS001-Blue-S) - Inventory is typically maintained at the StockCode level.
│   │   |   ├── Serial No (eg. TMS001-Blue-S-001) [Level 3]
│   │   ├── barcode - barcode can be at StockCode level or Serial No. depending upon business & product type.

Classification

In the modern realm of e-commerce, product classification stands as a cornerstone for seamless navigation and enhanced user experience. Through systematic categorization, products are grouped logically, enabling customers to effortlessly explore and locate what they seek. By employing well-defined taxonomies and attributes, product classification optimizes search functionalities, empowering users to narrow down their choices based on specific criteria.

PIM allows setting up of Product Family, with each family having its own separate n-level category tree as well. Business can even setup multiple categories at a product level allowing business to have richer taxonomy and making it easier for customers to find products.

Serialization

Serialization within Better PIM allows you to uniquely identify individual physical products and their variants. For instance, a product code like PC-001 can have variants such as PC-001-Red-S and PC-001-Red-M. Furthermore, the system supports detailed tracking of units, such as PC-001-Red-S-001, PC-001-Red-S-002, and more. This level of granularity aids in tracking inventory at the unit level for all transactions - orders, deliveries, returns, stock movement from warehouse to store or any other movement. Serialization also allows to manage prices, expiry at different batch level, or for that matter even at the unit level.

Media

Better PIM offers seamless management of digital assets, including images and files, which play a crucial role in online retail. High-quality images are critical to influencing purchase decisions. The platform facilitates easy uploading, organization, and optimization of images, along with efficient image tagging. These features contribute to enhanced visualization and improved customer engagement.

Completeness

In todays world of multi-channel selling, each channel has their specific requirements for the data to be populated before the products can be published on their channel. The completeness attribute allows you to ensure that the respective product fields are populated before they are published on their respective channels.

Supplier Information

Most of the channels and government policies require businesses to provide the original supplier information and having accurate information regarding the same in central place becomes quite essential. The PIM allows you to maintain supplier information at the product level along with the country of origin and their respective HSN Code as well.

The platform provides a robust capability to build associations between products for cross-selling, upselling and product enrichment. You can utilize automated algorithms based on similar brand / sub-brand, category/sub-category or you can setup manual rules as well. The manual related product rules can be set across various categories - 'you may also like', 'basket group', 'add-ons', 'upgrades/downgrades', etc.

You can also setup replacement products and maintain the chain of replacement products over period of years. These relationships can be further utilized to build richer user experiences based on various different use cases specific to channels.

SEO Meta Information

Better PIM empowers you to maintain the meta information at the product level. Meta information, including meta titles, descriptions, and keywords, can be tailored for improved search engine rankings. Additionally, features like href lang and canonical URLs assist in conveying product language, culture, and preventing duplicate content issues to search engine crawlers.