PIM manufacturing software is a cloud platform that centralizes product data from spreadsheets and ERPs, enriches it with role based workflows and AI agents, and publishes accurate catalogs to websites and marketplaces.
With so much time and effort invested in manufacturing, brands often expedite their go-to-market strategies. As a consequence, errors in product data can occur, leading to incomplete information being distributed across sales platforms, failing to promptly meet the demands of retailers or distributors, and presenting challenges in supplying quality data that adheres to industry standards. This ultimately delays the product's time-to-market.
Dispersed product information can lead to inconsistencies throughout your business and supply chain. Sales Layer enables the centralization of your product catalogs through the simple copy-and-paste functionality from spreadsheets. Authorized users within your organization can add, manage, and edit data without sacrificing catalog quality. This guarantees that suppliers, retailers, and end consumers all access correct, updated, and enriched product information across all touchpoints.
Manufacturers may sometimes overlook the quality of product data, resulting in a negative buying experience and an increase in sales returns. Sales Layer PIM enables manufacturers to enhance their data, leading to an improved buying experience that facilitates purchases and exceeds expectations. It allows users to identify gaps and errors, integrate with Chat GPT, edit data in bulk, track all changes, reverse edits, restore previous versions, maintain functionality in Excel mode, and pinpoint areas for improvement with the quality score.
Whether you want to add new products, variants, or step into a new marketplace or e-commerce platform, Sales Layer PIM scales with you. With import and export connectors, you can move data from multiple sources to the PIM and transfer it to where your customers are. Leverage integrations with external e-commerce platforms, marketplaces, and in-house software like ERP systems and CRMs. Additionally, by centralizing product information and automating tasks, manufacturers can scale their operations, adapt to market changes, and offer a wider range of products.
Sales Layer’s PIM for manufacturers is an indispensable B2B marketing tool, helping you connect your optimized product catalogs to multiple selling channels. Launch product catalogs four times faster and share complete, accurate data with your marketplaces, suppliers, retailers, and other platforms. Changes to data can be automated across all connected platforms, such as Amazon Vendor and Google Shopping, while also centralizing and managing data for your printed catalogs and marketing materials.
With our PIM, manufacturers can ensure that all product data is accurate, up-to-date, and consistent across various channels and regions, thus reducing the risk of non-compliance and associated penalties. By maintaining a comprehensive record of product attributes, certifications, and compliance documentation within the PIM system, manufacturers can efficiently demonstrate adherence to regulatory requirements during audits and inspections. This approach not only fosters trust with customers and partners but also enhances the company's reputation and competitiveness in the market.
For manufacturing companies, implementing workflows enhances team collaboration by providing a structured framework for coordinating and executing tasks related to product data management. These workflows enable teams to define clear procedures, assign roles, and monitor the progress of tasks throughout the product information lifecycle. Moreover, automated workflows reduce manual errors and ensure consistency in data management practices, leading to improved efficiency and accuracy.
Drastically reduce your product launch time with our PIM software for manufacturing, and create customized product catalogs for specific buyers and platforms, including print catalogs. You can choose to share only the product information you wish with your suppliers and retailers by selecting the families, categories, and tags for your products. New product lines can be automatically added. Additionally, you can create public catalogs for open access and private catalogs with password protection. Commercial teams can also generate orders in real-time by activating online orders for your products.
With multilingual capabilities, manufacturers can easily translate product information into different languages. Moreover, Sales Layer PIM facilitates the localization of product attributes, such as pricing and language, and ensures compliance with specific market regulatory requirements. By providing a single source of truth for product data, manufacturers can manage and adapt their offerings to various regions, ensuring consistency and accuracy across diverse markets. This boosts their competitiveness in the global marketplace.
Product Information Management (PIM)
A PIM is the system that turns product data into commercial content. It centralizes specifications, descriptions, translations, images, and channel attributes, then marketing and sales teams publish accurate product information to websites, marketplaces, distributors, print catalogs, and procurement platforms.
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
An ERP is the operational system that keeps the business running. It manages SKUs, inventory, pricing, orders, purchasing, finance, billing, and logistics, giving teams control over transactions, stock, and availability.
It usually feeds core product records into a PIM, but is not made for product content, media, or channel copy.
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
A PLM system manages the product before it reaches the market. It gives engineering and product teams control over design, technical requirements, materials, changes, and compliance.
The PIM takes approved product data from the PLM and prepares it for sales and marketing use.
Ecommerce Platforms
An ecommerce platform is where products are presented and sold online. It manages the storefront, product pages, cart, checkout, and online orders.
The PIM feeds ecommerce platforms with complete and accurate product content
Manufacturing companies that trust Sales Layer
“The PIM system is a very worthwhile
investment because with this tool we
can centralize all the products,
generate the documentation
automatically, and maintain all of the
information, always up to date and in
its latest version.”
“A customer was requesting information for 1000s SKUs, and we were able to provide it in less than 5 min and in an orderly manner.”
"We launched 90 websites in one year. That was only possible after centralizing all our product information in Sales layer's PIM."
PIM software centralizes all your product data SKUs, specs, images, documents into one platform. For manufacturers managing large, complex catalogs, a PIM ensures accuracy, speeds up product launches, and reduces manual errors across every channel.
Sales Layer connects your product content to ecommerce platforms, ERPs, marketplaces, and print systems. With plug-and-play connectors and real-time sync, you can manage all updates from one place no IT tickets or manual re-entries.
Yes. Sales Layer includes catalog automation tools and built-in DAM. You can create and update spec sheets, price lists, and PDF catalogs directly from your PIM cutting production time by up to 80%.
Teams often struggle with scattered data, inconsistent updates, and time-consuming manual processes. Without a PIM, it’s hard to maintain control, launch quickly, or meet channel-specific content requirements.
Yes. Sales Layer is designed for marketers and product teams to use independently. It’s easy to onboard, intuitive to use, and doesn’t require developers to manage content or updates.
Sales Layer is fast to deploy with most customers live in 6 weeks or less. It’s built for product content, includes guided onboarding, and offers native integrations with no custom development or long setup required.
Sales Layer replaces spreadsheets and siloed systems with a centralized platform. Features like bulk editing, validation rules, and automated imports help teams update thousands of SKUs in seconds with fewer errors and less effort.
Sales Layer makes it easy to launch D2C storefronts by connecting centralized product data to platforms like Shopify, Amazon, or your own site. You can manage B2B and D2C channels from the same system with no duplicates, no added tools.