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by Stephanie Neil, MA Editorial Staff
Posted on Thursday, October 09, 2008 4:45:57 PM Sign Up to receive Daily News Alerts in your E-mail Inbox    | Abstract: | The purveyor of B2B software adds functionality to its master data management offering, including workflow management, content support, and tighter integration across enterprise systems. |
| Keywords: | GXS B2B software, business-to-business software |
B2B e-commerce provider GXS, Inc. today rolled out a new version of its master data management (MDM) product that the company says provides better visibility across workflow processes, tighter integration between enterprise systems, and the ability to manage new types of content.
GXS Product Information Manager (PIM) version 8.3 acts as a central repository for all of a company’s product data that can be replicated across business and supply chain systems. The principle behind the GXS MDM initiative is to ensure the consistency and accuracy of data shared across internal systems or delivered to an external network. The result, according to GXS, is accelerated time-to-market for new products, an empowered sales staff, and a reduction in order errors.
To that end, the latest version of GXS PIM includes business process management (BPM) functionality for workflow escalation. A manager can set actions to automatically escalate if not completed within user-defined timeframes, for example. In addition, PIM can now manage extended content related to customer information in addition to product information, which includes warranty specifications, ingredients, marketing content, pricing, and locations.
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