Article posted on January 30, 2014

See how you can save up to 70% of your costs for data management

AV-iQ offers the perfect software solution for product data management of all pro AV products. This solution has been created by InfoComm International, the international association of the AV industry. The consistent orientation towards the requirements of the AV industry created a highly specialized software solution that can be used immediately and directly leads to cost reductions in data management.

Currently there is no standard for product data management in the AV industry like it is already in other tech industries like IT or Automotive. All is based on individual communication between the manufacturers and their distribution partners.

Manual data maintenance leads to high efforts and unnecessary costs

The lack of standards to communicate product data leads to high efforts for all participants in the AV industry. The product data is provided manually to all distribution partners like distributors, system integrators, dealers and service providers.

For manufacturers it is very important, that all product data including descriptions, specifications and further information are correctly communicated to their distribution partners. And of course they want their partner to update the product data promptly. This is the only way manufacturers can be sure that their latest products and technologies are presented to the end customers and in fact of that effective distribution process the defined sales goals can be achieved.

Data maintenance is a huge challenge for distributors and system integrators

Product data are currently not transmitted automatically and standardized from the manufacturers to their distribution partners. Data entry and maintenance are a huge challenge for every sales partner and their employees. It is not unusual to have a full time employee taking care of these tasks and putting the data into the companies own ERP system after the transmission from the manufacturer. Of the data has to be always up to date. This manual maintenance leads to high efforts and a lot of costs for distributors, system integrators and resellers.

AV-iQ now has solved especially this problem of data maintenance in the AV industry.

Manufacturers benefit from efficient structures of their distribution partners

Due to the new AV Product Data Service the effort for data handling for system integrators and dealers will be minimized. Manufacturers will benefit directly from that reduction because their distribution partners will work a lot more efficient and that will lead to more sales.

Of course the new AV Product Data Service is useful for the manufacturer, too. They just have to put the data one into the AV-iQ system. After that this data is automatically pushed to all distribution partners participating in AV-iQ. There is no more manual sending of data sheets.

New AV Product Data Service can be used instantly and leads to cost reduction up to 70%

The new AV Product Data Service can be used immediately after the system integrator or reseller purchased a time limited license. The product data will be transmitted standardized and periodically to the license holder and can be easily imported into the ERP system. The product data in the AV-iQ data base, which are important for the ERP systems, are kept always up to date by the manufacturers.

• Product ID
• Descriptions
• Specifications
• Related Documents like PDF

The whole data can be integrated be an easy import into the own ERP system. In fact of that there is more manual and time-consuming data maintenance of single products. This efficient and lean process leads to reduction of costs and time for system integrators and dealers. Resources can be used more efficient which leads to more sales and better service.

Join us at the ISE 2014 in Amsterdam

Make an appointment with us at the ISE 2014 in Amsterdam. We will demonstrate you the new AV Product Data Service at our booth 12-N100. So you can see how easy it is to reduce you costs for data maintenance and how you can benefit from more functions of AV-iQ.
Please send an email including your name and preferred date to contact@avipool.com