In today's complex global life sciences marketplace, the ability to manage product information is a daunting task. The ability to ensure greater control over this critical product information has led to the development of a standard for product information throughout the European Union. If your company as not begun to think about PIM, now is the time, download this white paper immediately.
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Table
of
Contents
Overview
...............................................................................................................3Who
Should
Read
This
Document
...........................................................................3Executive
Summary...................................................................................................3What
is
PIM?
..........................................................................................................4Why
a
Standard
for
Product
Information?
.................................................................4Typical
PIM
Submission
Pre-DES
............................................................................4PIM-DES
Submission
..........................................................................................5Background
of
PIM-DES
............................................................................................5Development
of
Specification
-
Phase
1
Proof-of-Concept.............................................5Development
of
Specification
-
Phase
2
Proof-of-Concept.............................................5PIM
Core
Team..................................................................................................6PIM
Content...........................................................................................................6Structured
vs.
Non-structured
Documents
.................................................................6Benefits
of
XML
in
Life
Sciences
.............................................................................7PIM
Industry
Rollout.................................................................................................7Steps
Required
to
Achieve
Compliance......................................................................7Approaches
for
Producing
DES-compliant
Submissions..................................................7Retain
Current
Processes
................................................................................8Integrate
Microsoft
Word-based
Tools
................................................................8Migrate
to
XML
Environment...........................................................................8Enterprise
Benefits
of
Structured
Product
Information.........................................................8PIM
Resources.........................................................................................................
11Conclusion.............................................................................................................
11Definition
of
Acronyms
and
Terms.................................................................................
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