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/fm
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May 18th 2016
Learnings after introducing a product information managementsystem (PIM)
incl. connecting it to Magento 1.9Hartwig BrandlMay 18th 2016
Magento Meetup Wien Scott Mels - https://flic.kr/p/fmajwY
May 18th 2016
May 18th 2016
Learnings after introducing a product information
managementsystem (PIM) incl. connecting it to Magento 1.9
1
May 18th 2016Hartwig Brandl
Magento Meetup Wien
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
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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)
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Output channels
►Magento 1.9
►Digital catalogues (TecDoc, BMEcat)
►Snowchain configurator (Which chain fits onto my car / tire?)
►Print catalogues (InDesign)
►PDFs
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What is a PIM?
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PIM @ pewag group
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Learnings
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You don‘t know your requirements at the beginning
Learning 1
Scott Mels - https://flic.kr/p/fmajwY
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3 Request for Proposal
2 Proof of Concepts
12 Request for Information
45 longlist of PIM systemsScott Mels - https://flic.kr/p/fmajwY
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Learning 2
Believe nothing.Proof-of-Concept
Dennis Wegnerhttps://flic.kr/p/cdaj4G
CC by-nc-sa 2.0
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Learning 3
Your data is not as good as you think it is.
But that‘s ok.
Fotos_von_Carloshttps://flic.kr/p/sAGLm8
CC by-nc-nd 2.0
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Learning 4People are gonna underestimate the time it‘s gonna take themto get the data ready.
R/DV/RShttps://flic.kr/p/4JYvg5CC by 2.0
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Learning 5Pictures are hard.
Jennifer Murthahttps://flic.kr/p/jYnVhe
CC by-nc-nd 2.0
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Learning 6Build your Magento connect yourself.
Per Goschehttps://flic.kr/p/rr2fLh
CC by 2.0
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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
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Learning 7Build all your connections yourself or let them be build by your preferred agency.
PIM companies build PIM systems
Per Goschehttps://flic.kr/p/rr2fLh
CC by 2.0
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Learning 8You don‘t need a big team.
greenzowlehttps://flic.kr/p/9UBGen
CC by-nc-nd 2.0
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Learning 9You‘re not only introducing a new software.You‘ll be changing the company.
Ipk 90901https://flic.kr/p/7CQ6Js
CC by-nc-nd 2.0
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Learning 10A PIM will pay for itself faster than expected.
Kai Friishttps://flic.kr/p/pFC3wt
CC by-nc-nd 2.0
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