The Bearing Services Association (BSA) and the Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA) have partnered with Blue Meteor to launch the PIE Technology Platform to transform the way industrial manufacturers and distributors exchange rich content product information.
The PIE Technology Platform is powered by Blue Meteor’s Amaze Data Xchange platform, a turnkey, configurable, Cloud-based platform for member communities, ecosystems, and marketplaces to automate the exchange and governance of product content based on industry-developed standards.
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Based on the industry standard, the PIE Template, the PIE Technology Platform simplifies the sharing of rich product content between industrial bearing and power transmission manufacturers and their authorized distributors. Rich product content includes the images and product attributes that will enable BSA and PTDA distributors to fuel their digital growth by offering more complete product stories on their digital channels.
BSA and PTDA member companies such as Applied Industrial Technologies, B&D Industrial, BDI, IBT Industrial Solutions, Bearing Service Inc., NSK Americas, IKO International, Inc., Schaeffler, and Scheerer have already adopted the PIE Template standard and the PIE Technology Platform. “Enriched product data is a necessity to compete in today’s digitized world,” says BSA and PTDA member Tracie Longpre, VP of Supply Chain at Applied Industrial Technologies. “This ensures the data content, including images and attributes used internally or presented to customers, is always robust and current.”
“The PIE platform provides a tremendous opportunity for manufacturers and distributors to deliver a new level of collaboration and alignment regarding product data, images, and ongoing data synchronization,” adds BSA and PTDA member, Bill Shepard, Vice President of BDI.
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Industry associations, co-ops, and buying groups are beginning to recognize that another way to bring value to their membership and to their communities at large, is by facilitating the creation of a digital product catalog or data pool that can be shared across the community. Leveraging Blue Meteor’s Cloud based Amaze DATA Xchange, it is now possible for these member-based organizations to affordably automate, standardize, and govern the collection of product content from their manufacturer community and make it readily available to their membership with a simple download or API call.
“We have been extremely pleased with the Amaze Data Xchange platform,” says Jerilyn Church, Executive Secretary of BSA. ”It has enabled us to very quickly get the PIE Technology Platform program off the ground and has allowed our communities of Bearings and Power Transmission product manufacturers and distributors to see the value of the initiative very early on,” Chuch adds, “What has been equally impressive has been the know-how and support that the Blue Meteor team has provided. They have made the entire process of launching an industry data exchange far easier and economical than if we had tried to go about it alone.”
“We have been honored to support these two great industry associations in their efforts to improve how their industries collaborate on and exchange product content,” says Sanjay Agarwal, Founder and CEO of Blue Meteor. “The investments that we have made and are continuing to make in data science, advanced automation, and Cloud technology are enabling companies, member communities, and ecosystems such as BSA and PTDA to build more meaningful product experiences at scale – which ultimately enables these organizations to have happier customers and sell more products.”
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