Now this is quite a data-technical question. One for the experienced data-PIM (Product Information Management) architect. A question however that many companies will have to answer to play in the modern era of online sales. Let me fist give some context: product sales companies promote their products, in catalogs, in a CMS-based promotional site, a webshop, the Point-of-sale system, etc. This data has to be stored somewhere in the companies' systems. Until a few years ago the question where to store it was easy. Via EDI or incoming files the product data would be imported into the ERP. The ERP would be the single source of truth about article-number, product dimensions, prices, descriptions, etc. In the mean time ourwebbased sales channel has multiplied the amount of attributes per product. Added promotional information, visual representations, etc. This is well beyond the capabilities of the average ERP. Try using the product description of an ERP-based product in your webs...
