{"id":86,"date":"2020-03-09T11:17:51","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T11:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demo.sidekick.be\/yellowground\/?p=86"},"modified":"2020-05-13T08:57:50","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T08:57:50","slug":"pim-mdm-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yellowground.eu\/en\/pim-mdm-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"The difference (or similarities?) of PIM and MDM"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The difference (or similarities?) of PIM and MDM<\/h2>
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Within the domain of Master Data there is a mixed-use of the terminology. Both PIM and MDM are acronyms that are used a lot in this context of Master Data. In theory there is a difference between the two. We\u2019ll try to explain it in hereunder.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

Similarity of acronyms<\/h2>\n

What is important to remember is that i<\/span>n the end both acronyms are about the management of data<\/strong>. Both refer to the process of\u00a0<\/span>importing<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>the data from different sources,\u00a0<\/span>enriching<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>the data in different ways so it can be\u00a0<\/span>published\u00a0<\/strong>and syndicated<\/strong> to different channels.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Difference of acronyms<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

Now that we have an understanding of similarity of both definitions, let\u2019s have a look at the difference. That can be easily done by looking at the acronyms itself:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n