Maturity Model May Aid Product Data Accessibility
January 10, 2012
Finding product data is not always efficient, but it is essential to manufacturers. Productivity and innovation are stunted when data is lost or not easily found. Jim Brown from Tech-Clarity tackles the issue by offering his “Maturity Model for Product Data Accessibility.”
He classifies product data accessibility into five levels – The Wild, Wild West, Basic Search, Advanced Search, Access and Aggregate and Search Based Applications. Each level describes a specific way to search for product information. Brown says his model:
Needs some work in order to really be robust. And no maturity model should really include a level called ‘the Wild, Wild West.’ But I hope it serves as a way to get people thinking about the different ways companies can access, aggregate and use their product data to drive more business value.
Brown’s Access and Aggregate level may be the most important for manufacturing growth. This level pulls disparate data together to get a more full view of the product. He mentions that Inforbix uses semantics to intelligently discover relationships between data. A company like Inforbix who finds, re-uses and shares product data could certainly boost innovation and productivity. Though Brown’s maturity model has several strong points, his view on disparate data is vital to manufacturing future.
Jennifer Wensink, January 10, 2012
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