Product Information Management in SAP Business One
Perfion gives you Product Information Management (PIM) – 100% integrated into your SAP Business One ERP solution. With Perfion PIM, you can work directly with real-time ERP information such as prices and inventories from the same place that you manage all other types of product data.
Using the Perfion PIM system directly in SAP Business One enables you to:
- Manage all of your product data in Perfion – descriptions, technical specifications, pictures, video materials, etc. – TOGETHER WITH transactional data from SAP Business One, all in one place.
- Dynamically generate brochures, data sheets and other marketing materials with always-updated data in a print-ready PDF format.
- Easily export product data from Perfion and SAP Business One to apps, websites, webshops and online portals.
The advantage of 100% PIM integration in SAP Business One
Working with Perfion directly in SAP B1 keeps your ERP system simple and streamlined. Only transactional data is stored in your ERP system – all other data is stored in Perfion. This ensures a higher degree of standardization and fewer adaptations in your ERP solution, while giving you the power to work with data from both systems at the same time.
The advantage of fewer adaptations in SAP Business One
Limiting the number of adaptations in your ERP system lowers the system’s operating costs, and storing only transactional data in the ERP system improves its performance. It is also faster and easier to upgrade to new versions when you have fewer adaptations to consider.
The advantage of creating publications directly in Perfion
When dynamically creating brochures, data sheets and other publications with Perfion integrated in SAP B1, Perfion retrieves data from the ERP system at the very moment it is to be used. This ensures that all data in your
new publication is valid and up-to-date.
You can also quickly generate catalogs, price lists and data sheets with content and prices adapted for specific customers. Perfion retrieves prices, products, customer and inventory information directly from SAP B1, which minimizes the risk of error.
Sales-ready products are easily released from Perfion to SAP Business One
Given that the life of a product typically begins long before it should be registered in the ERP system, it is often useful to register new products in Perfion first.
The Perfion Release2ERP for SAP B1 module makes it quick and easy to configure a release process that automatically releases products to SAP B1 when they meet predefined criteria. The required fields in SAP B1 can either be filled in automatically, or a process can be triggered so that the product is released when all business-critical information is available.
The advantage of registering products in Perfion first
During the development and evaluation of potential new products, you often need to collect and store a lot of product information. However, it is important that the product avoid contact with the ERP system until it is actually ready for sale. With Perfion as a connecting link, you avoid registering a lot of irrelevant products in SAP B1, which further helps to keep your ERP system simple and streamlined.
Master Data Management with the PIM system
All product data from Perfion is also accessible in SAP B1. Some types of business data must be stored in a specific way in SAP B1 to ensure optimal performance. You can either:
✓ Use Perfion to link to live data from SAP B1, or
✓ Use Perfion as a source of master data to keep SAP B1 updated.
