Our key learnings after introducing a PIM system to pewag group.

1. May 18th 2016
Learnings after introducing a
product information managementsystem (PIM)
incl. connecting it to Magento 1.9
Hartwig Brandl
May 18th 2016
Magento Meetup Wien Scott Mels - https://flic.kr/p/fmajwY

2. May 18th 2016

3. May 18th 2016
Learnings after introducing a
product information
managementsystem (PIM) incl.
connecting it to Magento 1.9
1
May 18th 2016
Hartwig Brandl
Magento Meetup Wien

4. May 18th 2016
Hartwig Brandl
►Web developer at pewag group since February 2015
►Magento, Wordpress, PHP
►Freelancer (PHP, ruby on rails) up to February 2015
►Graz University of Technology

5. May 18th 2016
pewag group
►20+ languages
►30+ markets
►8+ brands
►production sites in 6 countries
►approx. 1.000 products (magento: configurable product)
►approx. 30.000 SKUs (magento: simple product)

6. May 18th 2016
Output channels
►Magento 1.9
►Digital catalogues (TecDoc, BMEcat)
►Snowchain configurator (Which chain fits onto my car / tire?)
►Print catalogues (InDesign)
►PDFs

7. May 18th 2016
What is a PIM?

8. May 18th 2016
PIM @ pewag group

9. May 18th 2016
Learnings

10. May 18th 2016
You don‘t know your requirements at the beginning
Learning 1
Scott Mels - https://flic.kr/p/fmajwY

11. May 18th 2016
3 Request for Proposal
2 Proof of Concepts
12 Request for Information
45 longlist of PIM systems
Scott Mels - https://flic.kr/p/fmajwY

12. May 18th 2016
Learning 2
Believe nothing.
Proof-of-Concept
Dennis Wegner
https://flic.kr/p/cdaj4G
CC by-nc-sa 2.0

13. May 18th 2016
Learning 3
Your data is not as
good as you think it is.
But that‘s ok.
Fotos_von_Carlos
https://flic.kr/p/sAGLm8
CC by-nc-nd 2.0

14. May 18th 2016
Learning 4
People are gonna underestimate
the time it‘s gonna take them
to get the data ready.
R/DV/RS
https://flic.kr/p/4JYvg5
CC by 2.0

15. May 18th 2016
Learning 5
Pictures are hard.
Jennifer Murtha
https://flic.kr/p/jYnVhe
CC by-nc-nd 2.0

16. May 18th 2016
Learning 6
Build your Magento connect
yourself.
Per Gosche
https://flic.kr/p/rr2fLh
CC by 2.0

17. May 18th 2016
Magento 1.9 Connection
►AvS_FastSimpleImport
►Preprocessing with a simple PHP library (PIM-XML to PHP-array)
►Image preprocessing (imagemagick)
►Complex stuff happens (mostly) in PIM (workflows, language
inheritance, product -> sku inheritance, relationships)
►Monitor successfull import
►Aprrox. 1.500 lines of code

18. May 18th 2016
Learning 7
Build all your connections yourself
or let them be build by your preferred
agency.
PIM companies build PIM systems
Per Gosche
https://flic.kr/p/rr2fLh
CC by 2.0

19. May 18th 2016
Learning 8
You don‘t need a big team.
greenzowle
https://flic.kr/p/9UBGen
CC by-nc-nd 2.0

20. May 18th 2016
Learning 9
You‘re not only introducing a new software.
You‘ll be changing the company.
Ipk 90901
https://flic.kr/p/7CQ6Js
CC by-nc-nd 2.0

21. May 18th 2016
Learning 10
A PIM will pay for itself faster than expected.
Kai Friis
https://flic.kr/p/pFC3wt
CC by-nc-nd 2.0

22. May 18th 2016
Questions?
►Hartwig Brandl
►bha@pewag-group.com

23. May 18th 2016