USE CASE

Unify Product Data Across All Systems

Create your Product Master Data, once, then distribute it everywhere 

Chemical companies operate multiple internal systems, ERP, CRM, regulatory tools, customer portals, BI platforms, each requiring product data in a different format. 
Without a unified source, teams spend time reconciling conflicting information, duplicating updates, or correcting data issues that propagate across the organization. 

With ionicPIM, you create your Product Master Data (PMD) once, in a clean and validated structure, and automatically distribute it to all systems and digital channels. 
Everyone works from the same accurate, consistent, and up-to-date product information, across every department, market, and system. 

ionicPIM - Unify Product Data Across All Systems

ionicPIM is the result of 20+ years of experience in building the largest online catalogs of commercially available chemicals (5,800+ suppliers, 350k products)

ionicPIM brings unique benefits

All the capabilities of a standard PIM system, plus special features for chemical producers and distributors

About the product
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Designed for business users to create and operate

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Built-in chemical data models

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Producer - distributor PIM-to-PIM connection

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Chemical-specific nomenclatures

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Multi-industry product views

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Direct data export with SpecialChem

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Integration with Agilis Digital Commerce platform

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Support with product data input and maintenance

Powered by Agilis & SpecialChem

An information system designed BY and FOR chemical industry professionals

ionicPIM is the product of collaboration between SpecialChem, the world’s leading material selection platform, and Agilis, the premier provider of digital commerce solutions for the chemical industry. Both companies were founded by seasoned industry professionals with decades of experience working for companies such as Arkema and BASF, with the explicit mission of bringing digital buying, selling, promoting, and product information management practices to chemical producers and distributors.

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THE CHALLENGE

Too Many Systems, Too Many Versions

Every team, Sales, Marketing, HSE, Regulatory, Quality, IT, manages its own version of product information. 
Across years and multiple system updates, this creates major inconsistencies: 

  • Different product names and codes across ERP and CRM 
  • Conflicting or incomplete technical and regulatory attributes 
  • Outdated documents circulating internally and externally 
  • BI dashboards built on mismatched or missing fields 
  • Repeated manual updates in multiple systems 
  • Slow onboarding for new employees who must “guess the right version” 

This leads to operational inefficiencies, slower decision-making, and increased compliance and commercial risk. 
When product data is not aligned, neither are processes or decisions. 

 

THE SOLUTION

One Product Master Data for Your Entire Organization

ionicPIM becomes your company’s central, validated source of truth for all product data and documents. 
It structures, harmonizes, and governs product information so every system and team can rely on it. 

 

Build Clean, Complete Product Master Data 

ionicPIM formalizes and harmonizes all product attributes in one place: 

  • Technical, commercial, and marketing attributes 
  • Regulatory data and classifications 
  • Application, performance, and formulation relationships 
  • All product documents (TDS, brochures, certificates) 
  • Versioning, approval workflows, and change history 

Your Product Master Data becomes the reference, not an output scattered across systems. 

Distribute Data Consistently to All Systems

ionicPIM connects to all major systems, including: 

  • ERP (SAP, Oracle, Microsoft…) 
  • CRM (Salesforce, HubSpot…) 
  • Regulatory & HSE tools 
  • BI platforms (Power BI, Tableau…) 
  • Customer portals and digital catalogs 
  • Marketplaces and eCommerce platforms 

Any update in ionicPIM is automatically propagated, ensuring every tool uses the same validated information. 

Standardize Data for Reliable Reporting

When all departments share standardized names, codes, and attributes: 

  • Reporting becomes consistent across regions 
  • Dashboards are faster to build and maintain 
  • Data quality improves for strategic analyses 
  • Commercial, pricing, and supply chain decisions are more reliable 

BI teams stop cleaning data and start analyzing it. 

Power Every Digital Channel with Trusted Data

Your website, marketplace presence, distributor portals, online catalog, and AI assistants all rely on the same clean data. 
Customers always see accurate, up-to-date product information, regardless of where they search or interact. 

Improve Collaboration Across the Organization

Teams no longer debate “which version is correct.” 
With ionicPIM, everyone shares the same validated product data: 

  • Sales & Marketing: correct naming + technical details 
  • HSE & Regulatory: validated attributes + documents 
  • Supply Chain: clean product codes + packaging info 
  • IT: a system that feeds all tools reliably 

Alignment becomes the default. 

The Results

Data Consistency = Operational Excellence

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Consistency of product data across all systems

40%

Faster BI and commercial reporting

Zero

Duplicate or conflicting product records

Week Saved

On ERP synchronization and system integration projects

Better decisions

Thanks to clean, reliable data

Unified experience

Across digital channels and customer touchpoints

Why ionicPIM
Your Source of Truth for Chemicals 

ionicPIM was designed by chemical industry professionals to solve the data chaos unique to this sector. 
It combines chemical-specific modeling with proven integration flexibility. 

Chemical-Specific Advantages 

  • Preconfigured data models tailored for chemical attributes and classifications 
  • Built-in Digital Asset Management (DAM) for all product documents 
  • Seamless integrations with ERP, CRM, BI, and regulatory system
  • AI-assisted data cleaning, deduplication, and enrichment 
  • Complete auditability, approval workflow, and versioning 
  • Master data expertise from harmonizing 350,000+ chemical products 
  • Control over access rights and confidential product information 

Speed · Peace of Mind · ROI

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