Manufacturing Industry
IBM integrates Trigo's PIM with WebSphere.(MASTER DATA MANAGEMENT)
Manufacturing Business Technology, June, 2005
Leveraging last year's acquisition of Trigo--a product information management (PIM) vendor--IBM has now integrated Trigo's PIM functionality with IBM WebSphere, which offers Internet infrastructure software--or middleware--for creating, running, and integrating applications across various computing platforms.
Branded IBM WebSphere Product Center, the package blends product information management--also known as master data management--into WebSphere Commerce and WebSphere Portal. PIM is an emerging supply chain application that supplements advanced planning by identifying exactly what happens with a product while it is in transit to the retailer, or how fast it is moving off the shelves. PIM systems synchronize the data that governs pricing,...
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