How To Find Product Data Management Software

Product data management (PDM) is the keeping and management of information pertinent to a product and its entire lifecycle. Such information would include manufacturing and marketing data; comparison data (or how that product compares with others of the same kind); and the product's effectiveness rates and potential areas for improvement. In other words, PDM involves getting a true picture of the product and its performance.

Modern software and tools used for PDM serve to enhance the company's efficiency, as they allow for important data to be instantly stored, classified, retrieved and distributed; for better control on product information exchange (for example, determining who are the only ones in the company authorized to access sensitive product information); and for ability to further improve a product based on acquired direct data on the product's performance.

That being said, what are some examples of PDM software available in the market today?

1. Express Data Manager; Acseni Configuration and Data Management System. These visualization software specialize in design analysis to help you in analyzing the different physical attributes of your product. These software tools aid in such product improvement projects such as product reengineering and revision, analysis of regression data, and structure management.
   
2. Gain Data Management. Gain Data Management is a widely-used software tool specializing in reference data and reporting data management. It allows for selective importation of pertinent data from an extensive datafeed system, and exportation of such data directly to applications such as Excel.
   
3. Enterworks Enable. Enterworks Enable allows for efficient integration of all pertinent product information to ensure it is all accurate, up-to-date and easily retrievable. With its consolidated and synchronized data management system, there will be fewer delays and mistakes in business transactions and catalog creation, and all employees within the company will be at the hub of product information exchange and have access to the current true picture of product status.
   
4. Solidworks Product Data Management Software. This software tool by Javelin Technologies is a very simple tool that aids in managing data and product information, all by integrating its systems into the current systems your company is already working with. It is good for basic individual usage as well as large diverse workgroup usage and allows for several features such as multi-site data access, online support, and customizable security options.
   
5. PIM Accelerator by Zoomix.  This software allows for on-field and record-level data synchronization and an automated, intelligent identification of equivalents to ensure a single version of product truth to emerge. It aims to address typical PDM issues such unreliable data reporting, channel difficulties, unconsolidated product data (such as brand name, prices, store availability, market demand, profitability, etc). This system can also be easily and fully integrated into existing processes and systems.

There you have it! Those are just five of the available software tools for Product Data Management. Feel free to browse the internet for the websites of these tools for contact and support information. Good luck!