SEAMLESSLY EXCHANGE PRODUCTDATA WITH INDUSTRY DATAPOOLS.
Manufacturers, suppliers, wholesalers, and retailers increasingly rely on datapools to exchange standardized and up-to-date product information across the supply chain.
As one of the co-creators of the ETIM standard, and with more than 20 years of experience in product data standardization and exchange, we help organizations efficiently manage, enrich, and distribute product data to industry datapools, ensuring trading partners always have access to accurate and complete information.
Whether you work with 2BA, InstallData, EDATA, Data Yard, or other industry-specific datapools, Etimix helps you automate and streamline the entire process.
What Is a datapool?
A datapool is a centralized repository where manufacturers, suppliers, wholesalers, and retailers exchange standardized product information.
Suppliers publish product data to a datapool, after which trading partners can access, retrieve, and import this information into their own business systems. This ensures that all parties in the supply chain work with consistent, up-to-date, and validated product information.
Datapools play an essential role in maintaining high-quality product data across increasingly complex digital sales channels.
Why us a datapool?
As product portfolios continue to grow and sales channels multiply, maintaining accurate product information becomes increasingly challenging.
Datapools provide a standardized way to share product information across the supply chain, enabling organizations to:
Improve product data quality
Reduce manual data maintenance
Ensure consistency across channels
Accelerate time-to-market
Increase online conversion
Reduce returns caused by incorrect product information
By working with standardized data formats and industry classifications, organizations can synchronize product information quickly and efficiently with their trading partners.
Datapools and Etimix
PIM systems and datapools go hand in hand. Etimix acts as the central source of truth for all product-related information, enabling organizations to manage, enrich, validate, and distribute product data from a single platform. Product data, classifications, digital assets, and commercial information can all be maintained within Etimix before being automatically distributed to one or multiple datapools.
By integrating Etimix with ERP systems and leveraging the built-in DAM functionality, organizations can ensure that all relevant information, including technical specifications, images, manuals, certificates, and other digital assets, is always connected to the correct products. This creates one centralized environment where product information remains accurate, complete, and consistent.
Once product information has been enriched and validated, Etimix can automatically export data to datapools using industry standards such as BMEcat, DICO, and FAB-DIS, all of which are natively supported within the platform. Businesses can define how frequently data is synchronized and choose whether to exchange complete datasets or only changed records.
By automating these processes, organizations reduce manual effort, improve data quality, and ensure that wholesalers, retailers, and other trading partners always have access to accurate, complete, and up-to-date product information across every sales channel.
Connect with leading industry datapools
Etimix integrates seamlessly with leading industry datapools such as 2BA in the Netherlands, InstallData in Belgium, and EDATA and Data Yard in the United Kingdom.
Thanks to its flexible integration framework and native support for industry standards, Etimix can easily connect to additional datapools and custom industry platforms as well. Whether you need to publish product information to a single datapool or synchronize data across multiple international platforms, Etimix ensures a consistent, automated, and reliable flow of information throughout the entire supply chain.
Etimix is also certified for the standards defined by Ketenstandaard, ensuring reliable and compliant data exchange within the construction and installation industries. Combined with native support for standards such as ETIM, BMEcat, DICO, and FAB-DIS, organizations can confidently exchange high-quality product information with trading partners.
By centralizing product information in Etimix and automating data exchange with datapools, organizations reduce manual effort, improve data quality, and ensure trading partners always have access to the latest and most accurate product information.
Supported industry standards?
Etimix supports various industry standards and exchange formats that enable seamless communication with datapools and trading partners.
These include standards such as:
BMEcat
DICO
FAB-DIS
ETIM
GS1
By supporting these standards, Etimix simplifies data exchange while ensuring compliance with industry requirements.
Why ETIM is the most important?
ETIM is an international classification standard used in more than 20 countries to classify, categorize, and describe technical products. Widely adopted in industries such as electrical, construction, and marine, ETIM enables manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers to exchange complete and standardized product information throughout the supply chain.
As one of the co-creators of the ETIM standard, we bring over 20 years of hands-on experience in helping organizations implement and work with ETIM effectively.
By using ETIM, organizations improve data quality, simplify product data exchange, and ensure consistency across systems, trading partners, and sales channels. ETIM is deeply embedded within Etimix, enabling organizations to efficiently manage and distribute standardized product information.
Want to know more about ETIM and how it can benefit your organization? Visit our dedicated ETIM page to learn more about the standard, its applications, and how Etimix helps organizations work with ETIM efficiently.
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