Story in pictures :) Actualog is an innovative cloud-based social Product Information Management platform that brings together the expertise and knowledge of the manufacturers and most competent customers from around the world. Actualog helps companies to share information about products, materials and technologies focusing on complex technical products using the ideas of social interaction. Technology advances in connectivity and devices have changed the way we access and consume information. Companies are faced with a unique challenge of aggregating content from thousands of suppliers using disparate formats and processes into one user-friendly catalogue. Then the challenge of providing customers with rich product information that is current is next. Since each customer uses the content to drive their own procurement initiatives, accuracy is mission-critical. A breakdown in reliable data can have a negative or positive ripple effect on profit margins as it flows across multiple enterprises. To be effective in marketing, selling, manufacturing, distributing, and sourcing products requires more consistent and higher quality product information. The development of new and sophisticated technical products significantly increases the amount of product-related data and content. Organizations increase the number and diversity of products they offer and range of procured products and components. 80% of companies are not satisfied with the quality of information available about the products they purchase. - procurement professionals need up-to-date and accurate information about products; - engineers and designers are looking for information about new products and technologies; - sales and marketing specialists need to provide information about the products to their clients; - companies around the world need to share information about their products with unified multilingual material descriptions and conform to national technical standards. In summary, companies are faced with the following problems: - Data Incompleteness; - Duplicates of product records; - Wrong, unreliable or outdated data; - Inconsistent formats for product characteristics; - Missing information about analogies, alternatives, and comparable products; - Missing text and media product information such as instructions and manuals; - Incomplete and erroneous product translations from foreign suppliers. Product information management (PIM) addresses these challenges and enables companies to optimize processes around sourcing, managing, and distributing product information.

1. ACTUALOG
a cloud platform
that helps companies around the world to share
information about products, materials, and technologies
www.actualog.com

2. ACTUALOG provides complete,
accurate, and relevant information
about products, materials, and
technologies by using knowledge and
expertise of producers and
manufactures

3. New products, materials, and
technologies appear on the market
every day…

4. Consumers need
complete and up-to-date
information about
products

5. 80% of companies are not satisfied
with the quality of information about
products they purchase

6. Only producers know absolutely
everything about their products

7. ACTUALOG consolidates expertise and
experience of manufacturers by using
ideas of social communications

8. Master data management solutions:
total costs of ownership are extremely
high…

9. Best practices of product
information management
are affordable only to large
corporations

10. ACTUALOG MISSION
To allow business worldwide regardless their
size benefit from the best practices in
product information management

11. It is difficult to choose among similar
product…

13. ACTUALOG facilitates effective
work of the international
community of experts

14. ACTUALOG Expert Network is the
international team of experts
who know all about products,
materials, and technologies
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15. To create a catalog or a
purchase order becomes
easy and enjoyable as a
stroll along the beach…

16. Categories, attributes, and rules are
created by experts!

17. Multilanguage classifiers and catalogs
break barriers to international trade

18. International, national, and industrial
standards are used to describe
products and materials

19. ACTUALOG integrates resources of
three systems
1. Product Information Management
2. Catalog Management 3. Business Data Integration

20. Master Data Management reduces the
direct costs of purchasing and logistics
by 15%

21. Master Data Management reduces
inventory and surplus stock by 20-40%

22. ACTUALOG helps producers and
consumers to find each other

23. ACTUALOG adapts itself for the
needs of every industry, every
company, and every user

24. ACTUALOG maintains all
product lifecycle stages:
from the conception, thought R&D, design
and manufacture to withdrawal from usage

25. Consumers can find and select
products with best parameters

26. ACTUALOG β-version will be
launched in December, 2013
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