GXS has a team of expert Professional Services Consultants who can help you to plan and prioritise the best way to implement and extend your PDQ investment.  Our experts can help you with a wide range of options including which PDQ solution is best for you, product data management services such as one-off data cleansing or legacy rationalisation, Global Data Synchronisation (GDS) initiatives, hosted and managed services options.  Here are a few examples of how we can help you:

• PDQ Audit gives you visibility into the current quality of your product data. We begin by assessing the state of your product data and identify where that data is inaccurate, incomplete, or inconsistent. GXS then highlights the areas of your business that may be adversely affected by the issues identified, and proposes proven solutions appropriate to your needs, objectives, and budget.
• PDQ Business Case Development helps you to quantify the benefits, such as the cost savings and revenue increases you can expect from embracing higher PDQ standards. After your PDQ Audit, GXS works with your internal departments to build a business case for addressing PDQ within your business.
• Legacy Data Rationalisation Service enables you to leverage existing data by making it accurate, consistent, and complete. This can be an effective first step towards integrating multiple legacy systems, such as those resulting from mergers and acquisitions. Moreover, legacy data rationalisation is crucial to the successful implementation of new Product Information Management (PIM) and ERP systems.
• Internal Data Alignment Consultancy ensures that you are creating and maintaining an optimal range of product information. GXS advises you on what product data you need and how best to organise that data.
• External Data Alignment Consultancy assists you with synchronising internal data with buyer requirements. GXS maps your internal data against external trading partner requirements and identifies where the data is not aligned. GXS then helps you address any resulting issues using the appropriate PDQ solution.
• PDQ Awareness Training brings your personnel up-to-speed on all PDQ issues effecting your organisation. GXS educates your staff with specially designed training modules that include approaches that help to maximise ROI by leveraging the PDQ capabilities within your current systems.
• Product Classification Consultancy ensures your product classifications are optimised for clarity and revenue generation. GXS has significant product classification expertise and can advise you on classification setup, mapping, and migration.

Global Data Synchronisation (GDS)

• GDS Consultancy helps you maximise returns on all your GDS initiatives and ensures that you have a comprehensive and topical understanding of GDS. The GXS PDQ Professional Services team will guide you through the complexities inherent in GDS, and provide services tailored to your specific business goals and objectives, thereby ensuring short term ROI as well as long-term standards compliance.
• GDS Readiness Audit lays the groundwork for effective adoption of GDS. GXS will identify how ready you are for GDS, and advise you on what actions can bring you into full compliance.
• GDS Awareness Training accelerates the dissemination of GDS expertise throughout your organisation. GXS provides standard and customised training on the scope, benefits, and requirements of GDS.
• GDS Advocacy Services ensure that your concerns are voiced within the standards development community. GDS is managed and developed through the Global Standard Management Process (GSMP). There are a number of issue specific committees that drive this process under the auspices of GS1. GXS has representatives on these committees who can monitor activities for you and raise issues on your behalf, saving you valuable time and money while ensuring you are kept fully up-to-date with developments.
• GDS Business Case Development quantifies the benefits, such as cost savings and revenue increases, you can expect as a result of GDS. GXS works with your internal departments to build a business case for implementing GDS within your business.

GXS supports your deployment and implementation of GXS PDQ solutions, helping to ensure the fastest possible ROI.

PDQ Management Additional Services include:

• GXS can help you to efficiently implement PDQ throughout your organisation, including training, project management, testing, maintenance and support.
• PDQ Reporting Services deliver the visibility you need to optimise your PDQ processes. GXS provides you with custom reports that help to manage the process of improving the quality of product data.
• Data Preparation Assistance helps you to deliver PDQ Certified data faster and more effectively. GXS provides the expertise you need to get data ready for PDQ Certification. Services include advice on product classification, attribute and trading partner requirements, and attribute value consistency.
• PDQ Training helps you to accelerate your ability to exchange PDQ Certified data with trading partners.  Our training ranges from bespoke to standard training courses for all size of company and all levels of experience. 
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Data Synchronisation and Professional Services
GXS has an unmatched track record as a driving force behind product data standardisation efforts, in conjunction with GS1, UCCnet, and the Global Data Synchronisation Network (GDSN).  By leveraging the skills, knowledge, and insights of the GXS Professional Services team, you too can realise the cost and revenue benefits of improved PDQ.

Multichannel Plans?

One of the biggest challenges facing retailers with a multichannel strategy is getting fully accurate product information across web, catalogue, store and other relevant channels.  Consumers now shop with ease across these channels and expect to find the product information they are looking for, and also expect that information to be totally accurate.  Retailers are finding to their cost that getting it wrong isn’t just about managing increasing numbers of returns; consumers quickly lose confidence, shop elsewhere and don’t return.  Click here to talk to one of our experts on how to successfully adopt a multichannel product data quality strategy.