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- See the new SiteSphere Store demo at www.play-shop.com 03 February 10
- ActiveBrand becomes ISO 9001:2008 accredited and appoints new Customer Support Manager 25 January 10
- Sensus website uses SiteSphere CMS for user and management efficiency 15 January 10
- SiteSphere becomes part of independent software company 01 December 09
- SiteSphere CMS and e-commerce platform demonstrates data security with PCI compliance 02 November 09
- SiteSphere allows NLG Analytical to build and launch its new large, e-commerce site in less than 12 weeks 21 September 09
- ActiveBrand adds power, flexibility and usability to its CMS with SiteSphere Release 6 13 July 09
- SiteSphere Release 6 Launched 17 June 09
- soeasily Free, Simple CMS Launched 01 March 09
- SiteSphere Store PunchOut E-Procurement Solutions with SAP OCI and Ariba PunchOut Integration 17 February 09
- How to Improve Your Search Engine Ranking 17 January 09
- ActiveBrand launch their new website built on their SiteSphere web content management solution 15 January 09
- Empower your Sales and Support with WhosOn Live Chat 09 January 09
- Entire product range rebranded as SiteSphere 01 September 08
- Datacentre moved to Docklands, London 01 December 07
- Launched major new ecommerce website for Camlab and LabSales brands 01 January 06
- Major new features added to SiteSphere. Seven product information websites launched for ITT Industries, Inc. 01 January 05
- Complete new release of SiteSphere, StockSphere and ShopSphere launched on a common software platform 01 January 04
- ShopSphere is added to the range of easy-to-use hosted website solutions 01 January 03
- ActiveBrand launch SiteSphere hosted web content management solution 01 January 02
- ActiveBrand exhibit at Internet World to demonstrate StockSphere 15 April 01
- ActiveBrand launch StockSphere a hosted web solution for used equipment dealers 01 October 00
- Charisma Development officially changes name to ActiveBrand Limited 17 August 00
- Getting ready for the big Y2K bug rollover! No problems encountered ... we're still here! 31 December 99
- Launch of StoreSphere ecommerce solution for Cleghorn Waring 15 April 98
Product Information Management (PIM)
What is Product Information Management (PIM)?
A Product Information Manager or PIM such as SiteSphereŽ Product Manager, is an essential tool for organisations who need to effectively manage and enrich product content.
Employees of Manufacturers and Distributors are increasingly demanding web based access to the latest edition of detailed product specification information, which can be modified and controlled in a manner which complies with the company's internal policies.
SiteSphereŽ Product Manager is an easy-to-use web-based tool which enables Product Managers and sales staff to improve the efficency and accuracy of product information management.
Product Managers are keen to ensure that product information is accurate, correctly coded, categorised and specified with accurate pricing. Meanwhile, sales staff and customers rely on this information to make decisions which directly affect profitability and customer satisfaction.
Up-To-The-Minute Marketing Datasheets and Catalogues for Print
Imagine updating product specification data, such as figures on a performance graph, and instantly being able to download the newest version of the PDF datasheet to send to a customer! This is the service SiteSphereŽ Product Manager and SiteSphereŽ Publish will seamlessly deliver for you, using the latest industry standards such as XML, XSL:FO and Adobe PDF. Complex catalogues can also be created using SiteSphereŽ Publish ready for print, saving much time and effort handling the same product information over and over. Keep all the information in SiteSphereŽ Product Manager and maximise the benefits of this approach.
Contribute from anywhere, anytime
One of the key benefits of using hosted product information management is that wherever you are you can access the service and make your contribution - at any time of day or night. SiteSphereŽ Product Manager provides a secure web-based service, where all actions are audited. Once submitted changes are instantly published for all to see. SiteSphereŽ Product Manager also supports previewing product changes for review and approval.
Rich Specifications and Categorisation
SiteSphereŽ Product Manager handles a wide array of specification information. The number of attributes are limitless for a single item, or item variant. Each attribute is fully language-aware avoiding the need to re-enter specification data in order to make information available in multiple languages. In addition, many specification tables can be attached to a product, and data grids which can automatically have their contents charted.
Image and Asset Management
The SiteSphereŽ Product Manager also provides many features to upload and manage images, videos and document files. Each file is indexed along with properties such as Subject, Author, Image Resolution, Size and Date Time Created enabling rapid location. Both RGB and CMYK image formats are supported by SiteSphereŽ along with automatic resizing, cropping and manipulation of images. Each product can be assigned multiple assets in any number of languages.
Product Globalisation
Why not manage all product content for all markets in a single place? SiteSphereŽ Product Manager delivers useful market segmentation features to ensure export criteria are met, and only relevant product information is available to certain regions. Product content can be added in any language, and new languages and regions can be defined. The SiteSphereŽ Product Manager Auto-Translate feature enables any content to be translated intelligently using predefined phrase matching to save as much time as possible within the localisation process.
Knowledge Management
Knowledge is Power, and if so then why not empower your website to provide customers with automatic answers to their questions on products or services? SiteSphereŽ Knowledge is a powerful tool enabling question and answer-type Knowledge Trees to be built using a simple flowchart method over the web. These Knowledge Trees are easily updated and can be used to answer any type of question sequence.
Full Integration
- Integrate SiteSphereŽ Product Manager into your organisation's workflow using Microsoft BizTalk
- Publish Punch Out catalogues to customers for Ariba SN or SAP OCI
- Automatically import product information from suppliers using Ariba SN or SAP OCI
- Integrates with Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft Dynamics NAV or Microsoft Dynamics CRM
- Deliver rich product information feeds in XML format to any partner
On-Premises or Hosted
SiteSphereŽ Product Manager is offered as hosted Software as a Service (SaaS) or can be installed onto your onsite systems. Either way, ActiveBrand provide full support and backup to enable you to gain the maximum benefit from the solutions.
Beyond Product Information Management (PIM)
Most product information management solutions stop at product information management! However, SiteSphereŽ Product Manager is built upon the SiteSphereŽ Content Management platform which means it extends well beyond product information. It also provides fully integrated content management and ecommerce features, and has been customised for use in many different industry areas.
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