Partnership creates an industry-best practice
backbone data model and promotes enhanced utilization of
PIM
TORONTO, Sept. 27,
2022 /CNW/ - Pivotree Inc. (TSXV: PVT) ("Pivotree''
or the "Company"), a leading provider of frictionless commerce
solutions, announced today it has been selected by Gourmet Foods to
boost data capabilities, accelerate PIM platform utilization, and
enhance data management proficiency. Gourmet Foods International
(GFI) is a full-service specialty food distributor to a wide range
of customers including retailers, restaurants, hotels, and cruise
lines. GFI carries both domestic and imported artisan products, and
operates warehouses throughout southwestern United States, including warehouses in
Georgia and Florida.
"From the digital merchandising standpoint, we needed a partner
to support us in taxonomy build, deployment to our MDM, and then
develop a unique solution to use rules to auto assign items to a
category hierarchy in an optimized and efficient way," said
Natalie Scott, Data Governance and
Business Process Manager, Gourmet Foods. "That is why we turned to
Pivotree, who have a foundational understanding of data management
in the food industry, and who helped us realize the goal of
boosting our capabilities to implement a data-centric model to
build and revitalize our functional data design."
Pivotree supported Gourmet Foods by building an industry-best
practice backbone data model, including updated categories and
category-specific attribution and meta-data, converting existing
SKUs and SKU values into the new data standard developed by
Pivotree and migrating the full data set into Gourmet Food's PIM
platform.
"Our approach was to work collaboratively and immerse our team
in our client's needs, so we were able to develop a project plan
and define style standards for this initiative that best addressed
the needs of increased efficiency and optimization their PIM
system," said Derek Corrick, General
Manager, Data Management, Pivotree. "We're excited about our
current success and look forward to continuing to support the
future growth of Gourmet Foods, including providing advanced
modeling support and configuring their data model to support future
enterprise data needs."
With expert Information Architects and Data Analysts, Pivotree
has deep expertise in building functional data standards across a
multitude of industry verticals, including the food industry.
Pivotree's end-to-end data management group allows customers to
work with the Pivotree team to not only integrate best of breed PIM
& MDM platforms, but also to manage end-to-end data stewardship
of product information.
Pivotree's portfolio of digital products, as well as our managed
and professional services help provide B2B2C digital businesses
with true end-to-end service to manage complex digital commerce
platforms, along with ongoing support from strategic planning
through product selection, deployment, and hosting, to data and
supply chain management.
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Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of
this release.
About Pivotree
Pivotree, a leader in frictionless
commerce, designs, builds and manages digital platforms in
Commerce, Data Management, and Supply Chain for over 250 major
retail and branded manufacturers globally. Pivotree's portfolio of
digital solutions, managed and professional services help provide
retailers with true end-to-end solutions to manage complex digital
commerce platforms, along with ongoing support from strategic
planning through platform selection, deployment, and hosting, to
data and supply chain management. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada with offices and customers in
the Americas, EMEA, and APAC, Pivotree is widely recognized as a
high-growth company and industry leader. For more information,
visit www.pivotree.com.
About Gourmet Foods
Gourmet Foods International (GFI) is a full-service specialty
food distributor. They distribute to a wide range of customers
including retailers, restaurants, hotels, and cruise lines. GFI
carries both domestic and imported artisan products. For more
information, visit https://www.gfifoods.com/
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