Independent oversight of a PIM strategy and implementation — for the board that wants the data model right before the channel syndication goes live, not after.
You’re implementing or replatforming a Product Information Management system — Akeneo, Salsify, inriver, Pimcore, Agility, or similar — to consolidate product data and syndicate it consistently across channels. The platform selection gets attention; the underlying data model — attribute structure, taxonomy, governance of who can change what — is what actually determines whether the implementation delivers the consistency it promised. What you don’t have is independent oversight making sure that gets right the first time.
That is what this engagement is.
Two stages. A fixed-fee strategy review to establish the data model and governance framework, followed by ongoing oversight quoted on the actual scope of your implementation.
No implementation work. No commissions. No relationship with any PIM vendor or implementation partner that could compromise independence.
Why clients commission independent oversight
- Product data currently lives across spreadsheets, ERP exports, and channel-specific formats, and consolidating it into a single model raises real design questions no one internal owns end to end.
- Multiple sales channels — marketplaces, own e-commerce, retail partners — each have different data requirements, and the syndication design needs to satisfy all of them without becoming unmanageable.
- A previous attempt at product data consolidation stalled or produced inconsistent results, and the board wants this attempt governed differently.
- Marketing, e-commerce, and merchandising teams have different views on taxonomy and attribute structure, and need an independent facilitator to reach a workable model.
Who this is for
Boards and e-commerce or product leaders overseeing a PIM implementation who want independent oversight of the data modelling and channel syndication design specifically.
Organisations selling across multiple channels with genuinely inconsistent product data today.
Who this is not for
Organisations wanting the platform configured or the data migration executed. We govern and design; implementation is delivered by your team or a partner.
Organisations that haven’t yet selected a PIM platform — Vendor Selection & RFP Governance is the right starting point first.
Stage one: the Strategy Review
€15,000. Three to four weeks. An independent assessment of your current product data landscape, a proposed attribute and taxonomy model, channel syndication requirements mapped across your actual sales channels, and a governance structure for who owns and changes product data going forward. Delivered as a written report and board presentation.
Stage two: ongoing oversight
Where the Strategy Review surfaces a genuine need for continued independent oversight through implementation — validating the build against the agreed data model, confirming channel syndication is tested properly before launch — this is scoped and quoted separately, based on the implementation’s actual size and duration.
What this is not
Implementation. We design and govern the data model and syndication approach; we do not configure the platform ourselves.
Content creation. We govern the structure product data lives in; writing or enriching the product content itself is separate work.
Proof
References available on request.
What happens next
Start a ConversationThirty minutes. We confirm where your product data landscape actually stands and whether to start with the Strategy Review or discuss ongoing oversight directly.