{"id":15213,"date":"2022-04-13T11:36:43","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T09:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pim-consultants.com\/pim-wiki\/erp-systems\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T20:17:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T18:17:59","slug":"erp-systems","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pim-consultants.com\/en\/pim-wiki\/erp-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"ERP Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"15213\" class=\"elementor elementor-15213 elementor-4744\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" wpc-filter-elementor-widget=\"1\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-ha-partstyle=\"nasa\" data-ha-partcolor=\"#6EC1E4\" data-ha-partopacity=\"\" data-ha-partdirection=\"bottom\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e050581 ha-particle-yes elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default ha-particle-adv-no\" data-id=\"e050581\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c98ccfa\" data-id=\"c98ccfa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-512e2ef elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"512e2ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ERP Systems<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2aa320 elementor-widget elementor-widget-ha-breadcrumbs happy-addon ha-breadcrumbs happy-addon-pro\" data-id=\"e2aa320\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ha-breadcrumbs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ha-breadcrumbs\"><li class=\"ha-breadcrumbs-item ha-breadcrumbs-start\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pim-consultants.com\/en\/\" rel=\"home\"><span class=\"ha-breadcrumbs-text\"><span class=\"ha-breadcrumbs-home-icon\"><span class=\"fas fa-home\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/span>PIM Consultants<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00e39d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"00e39d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>In brief:<\/strong> ERP systems (Enterprise Resource Planning) manage a company&#8217;s business operations: purchasing, warehousing, production, sales and accounting. They are the primary source of master data for a PIM system, such as item numbers, prices and weights.<\/p><h2>ERP and PIM: which system does what?<\/h2>\n<p>The ERP system manages everything needed for logistics and billing: item numbers, descriptions, prices, inventory, bills of materials, suppliers and orders. It usually lacks the capacity for marketing content: long descriptions in multiple languages, hundreds of attributes per category, images, documents and channel-specific content. This is where PIM comes in.<\/p>\n<table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;\"><thead><tr><th style=\"text-align:left;border-bottom:2px solid #0F6E99;padding:6px;\">ERP<\/th><th style=\"text-align:left;border-bottom:2px solid #0F6E99;padding:6px;\">PIM<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody>\n<tr><td style=\"padding:6px;border-bottom:1px solid #DDE6EB;\">Item numbers, prices, inventory<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px;border-bottom:1px solid #DDE6EB;\">Descriptions, attributes, images, documents<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td style=\"padding:6px;border-bottom:1px solid #DDE6EB;\">Purchasing, warehousing, orders<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px;border-bottom:1px solid #DDE6EB;\">Enrichment, translation, approval<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td style=\"padding:6px;border-bottom:1px solid #DDE6EB;\">Business documents and accounting<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px;border-bottom:1px solid #DDE6EB;\">Delivery to online stores, marketplaces and print<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table>\n<h2>The integration<\/h2>\n<p>In most projects, an item is created in the ERP system and transferred to PIM. There, it is enriched and approved for use across channels. Prices and inventory levels often flow directly from the ERP system to the online store. It is important to define which system is the source of truth for each field. Read more in our article on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pim-consultants.com\/pim-und-erp-was-mehr-sein-muss-als-ein-einfaches-erp-system\/\">PIM and ERP<\/a>.<\/p><h2>See also<\/h2><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pim-consultants.com\/en\/pim-wiki\/master-data-management-mdm\/\">Master Data Management (MDM)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pim-consultants.com\/en\/pim-wiki\/collection-gathering-product-information\/\">Collection<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pim-consultants.com\/en\/pim-wiki\/product-data-management-pdm\/\">Product Data Management (PDM)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pim-consultants.com\/en\/pim-wiki\/pim\/\">PIM<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pim-consultants.com\/en\/pim-implementation\/\">PIM implementation<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-088233b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"088233b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"background:#F5F9FB;border-left:4px solid #0F6E99;padding:24px 28px;margin:8px 0;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-size:20px;font-weight:600;color:#2F3438;\">How ready is your product data?<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 20px;\">Our vendor-independent assessment evaluates your data model, governance, processes and systems, showing where you stand on PIM and AI readiness.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pim-consultants.com\/en\/agentic-readiness-assessment\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;padding:14px 28px;background:#0F6E99;color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;border-radius:4px;\">Request an assessment<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:16px 0 0;\">Or complete the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pim-consultants.com\/en\/pim-checklist\/\">PIM checklist<\/a> first.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bde6e9a elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"bde6e9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"DefinedTerm\",\"name\":\"ERP Systems\",\"description\":\"ERP systems (Enterprise Resource Planning) manage a company's business operations: purchasing, warehousing, production, sales and accounting. 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