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Premium Liquor Brand Mixes the Perfect Cocktail of Unified Marketing & Product Data

The world's third-largest premium spirits company. Home to iconic brands such as Jim Beam, Maker’s Mark, Courvoisier, Suntory, Knob Creek, Laphroaig, Bowmore, Canadian Club, Hornitos, Sauza, Roku, and…

Food & Beverage PIM/MDM DAM Data Centralization North America USA
+115 %
Shortened Time to market
On-demand printing of product sheets and brochures
Unified data across brands and regions
Challenge
Challenge Drowning in Data Beam Suntory manages hundreds of products, and thousands of bottle variations (including sizes, label variations, etc) across dozens of brands. Managing product images, approved language, product SKUs, labels, recipes, and cut sheets was a massive and inefficient ongoing e…
Solution
Solution Unified Data Goes Down Easy The client needed a product information and data asset management platform with interfaces that were extensible, flexible, and easily customizable. Pimcore was a natural fit. We started by helping the client build a proof of concept with some test data -- stakeho…
Results
Results A Single Malt of Truth The final result was a single source of information for each brand, and each brand’s products. No matter where this data is being disseminated, whether to the brand website, or to a distributor sales sheet, retail site, or a brochure, it all comes from the same place; …
Customer
Suntory Group
Industry
Products Used
PIM/MDM, DAM
Solution Partner
Lightning Jar

Customer Key Facts

4.800

Employees

21

Countries

2.6

Bn. Euro Turnover

Challenge

Drowning in Data

Beam Suntory manages hundreds of products, and thousands of bottle variations (including sizes, label variations, etc) across dozens of brands. Managing product images, approved language, product SKUs, labels, recipes, and cut sheets was a massive and inefficient ongoing effort. Beam wanted a unified solution that could be the source of all truth for marketing and product data, that everyone from marketing teams to sales reps, retailers, and distributors could access and easily get information from.

Beam Suntory brand portal showing an American Whiskey product listing with filters and download options

"As the eCommerce channel continues to grow at Beam Suntory, Pimcore has been a huge factor in driving product data and marketing content to internal and external partners. The ease of use and capabilities of the tool have created a streamlined process for the company and have been a huge factor in driving awareness for the channel."

Liz Sterrett Sr. Manager

eCustomer Marketing & Content Beam Suntory International

Premium Liquor Brand Mixes the Perfect Cocktail of Unified Marketing & Product Data

Solution

Unified Data Goes Down Easy

The client needed a product information and data asset management platform with interfaces that were extensible, flexible, and easily customizable. Pimcore was a natural fit. We started by helping the client build a proof of concept with some test data -- stakeholders were thrilled at the results. From there we implemented a full PIM / MDM / DAM solution with many integration points to other systems. On the front end we created multiple experiences for multiple user types. One of the outputs was a web portal for online retailers with easy access to brand logos, bottle photos, descriptions, bottle size info, etc. Again, with Pimcore that was easy. We also created interfaces for easily creating, customizing and accessing learning guides, portfolio guides and sell-sheets for sales reps and marketing teams. The solution continues to expand as we migrate in more data from additional brands and regions, and as we customize output for additional audiences.

Beam Suntory product file download list page showing two whiskey bottle assets queued for export

"From the first moment that project stakeholders saw the proof of concept -- Pimcore and its interface --they were excited by the endless possibilities and couldn't wait to move forward."

Premium Liquor Brand Mixes the Perfect Cocktail of Unified Marketing & Product Data
Alex Cantu

Director of Software Development & Technology

Results

A Single Malt of Truth

The final result was a single source of information for each brand, and each brand’s products. No matter where this data is being disseminated, whether to the brand website, or to a distributor sales sheet, retail site, or a brochure, it all comes from the same place; it all comes from Pimcore. Everybody knows where to find it. It’s there, it’s consistent and it’s dynamically distributed through all the different output channels.

Beam Suntory spirits portal showing a Hornitos tequila product page with brand information and download

Key Results

+115 %

Shortened Time to market

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On-demand printing of product sheets and brochures

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Unified data across brands and regions

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Reduced duplicate data

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