• Apps
    • Apps
    • Start building your App
    • Overview
    • Authentication and authorization
    • Design an App (UX)
    • Secure your App
    • Catalogs for Apps
    • Developer tools
    • App concepts and use cases
    • Custom Apps
  • App portal
    • App portal
    • Get started
    • Manage your team
    • Create an app record
    • App Publication Requirements
    • Manage your app's availability
    • Manage app notifications
    • Measure app performance
  • PIM APIs
    • PIM API resources
    • REST API
      • REST API reference
    • GraphQL API
      • Available queries & arguments
    • Event Platform New
      • Available events
      • Available filters
    • Extensions New
      • UI Extensions
    • Events API Deprecated
    • PHP API Client
    • PIM data concepts
  • SDM API
    • SDM API resources
    • Supplier Data Manager API New
      • Getting started
      • Common usage
      • API reference
  • Guided tutorials
    • Guided tutorials
    • Guided tutorials
    • How to get your App token
    • How to retrieve PIM structure
    • How to get families, family variants, and attributes
    • How to get PIM product information
    • How to collect product variations
    • How get PIM category tree
  • What's new?

    Summary

  • Start building your App
  • Overview
  • Authentication and authorization
  • Design an App (UX)
  • Secure your App
  • Catalogs for Apps
  • Developer tools
  • App concepts and use cases

  • Custom apps

App concepts and use cases

What are we going to connect to the PIM today?

A DAM

You may want to connect your Digital Asset Manager to the PIM in order to easily be able to link your product assets to the right product in the PIM.

An eCommerce solution

You may want to connect the PIM to your eCommerce solution in order to populate your eCommerce website(s) with your products, categories, assets...

A translation solution

You may want to connect your translation solution to the PIM in order to add a translation feature to Akeneo PIM and thus improve the user experience!

An ERP

Every day, new products are referenced in your ERP. You may want to automatically send them to the PIM in order to start with their enrichment process.

A syndication solution

Maximize the business’s revenue of your customers by creating an App to distribute PIM products to different channels via your syndication solution.

A print solution

You may want to connect the PIM to your print solution in order to automate the creation of paper catalogs, PDF documents, product sheets...

Synchronize PIM products with your App

Do you struggle to retrieve your PIM product data for feeding you amazing App? Don't worry anymore and follow this guide.

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