{"id":15536,"date":"2026-10-21T23:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T21:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pim-consultants.com\/pim-wiki\/time-to-market\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T23:45:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T21:45:31","slug":"time-to-market","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pim-consultants.com\/en\/pim-wiki\/time-to-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Time-to-Market"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"15536\" class=\"elementor elementor-15536 elementor-15455 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" 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 class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e050581 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" 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-26d4ea6 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"26d4ea6\" 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\">Time-to-Market<\/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> Time-to-market is the time it takes for a new product to become available in sales channels with all the necessary information. Missing or scattered product data is one of the most common reasons why new products are not ready for sale on time.<\/p><h2>What slows time-to-market<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Data is entered more than once across multiple systems and Excel spreadsheets.<\/li>\n<li>Copy, images and translations are created sequentially rather than in parallel.<\/li>\n<li>Approvals are handled by email and informal conversations.<\/li>\n<li>Each channel requires its own format.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How a PIM system helps<\/h2>\n<p>A PIM system brings data together, uses workflows to coordinate tasks in parallel, shows the status for each channel and automatically syndicates the finished data. This is why many companies measure time-to-market as a key performance indicator for their PIM project.<\/p>\n<h2>See also<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pim-consultants.com\/en\/pim-wiki\/workflows\/\">Workflows<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pim-consultants.com\/en\/pim-wiki\/completeness\/\">Completeness<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pim-consultants.com\/en\/pim-wiki\/product-data-distribution\/\">Product data distribution<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pim-consultants.com\/en\/what-is-pim\/\">What is PIM?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/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-ee94c1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ee94c1a\" 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 well is your product data set up?<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 20px;\">Our vendor-independent assessment evaluates your data model, governance, processes and systems, showing how ready you are for PIM and AI.<\/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-cf66c4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"cf66c4a\" 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\":\"Time-to-Market\",\"description\":\"Time-to-market is the time it takes for a new product to become available in sales channels with all the necessary information. 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