Pocketknife can pull the original product list from your ERP, match each item by SKU or another unique identifier, enrich the product from your PIM and push the finished title, description, imagery, files and attributes into Shopify.
ERPs are good at item codes, pricing, availability and accounting fields. A PIM is usually where the product story, imagery and technical content belong. Shopify needs both.
Pocketknife can start with ERP product and variant records, then use a code you already have, like a SKU, to keep every downstream update matched.
The PIM can supply the richer product content that does not belong in the ERP.
Pocketknife can build and sync the Shopify product payload once the ERP and PIM data have been joined.
When the PIM is the place your team maintains images, product copy and technical files, Shopify should not rely on manual edits or one-off imports.
Pocketknife uses a code you already have, like a SKU, stock code or supplier code, to match the ERP item to the product record in the PIM.
Product titles, long descriptions, image URLs, variant imagery, size guides, PDF spec sheets and custom attributes can be added before Shopify is updated.
Pocketknife builds products, variants, images, metafields and collection assignments using the combined ERP and PIM data.
Shopify receives the product update without your team re-entering the same copy, files and image changes in the admin.
The goal is not to make the ERP pretend to be a product content tool. It is to use the right source for each part of the Shopify product page.
Answers for Shopify Plus teams connecting PIM, ERP and product content workflows across systems like Pronto Xi, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Apparel21, ASW, Exact, Oracle E-Business Suite, Akeneo, Salsify and Plytix.
Yes. Pocketknife can start with the ERP product list, match each product by SKU or another unique identifier, then enrich the Shopify update with PIM content.
Most ERPs are not built for ecommerce content. They usually hold item, pricing and stock data, while product descriptions, imagery, spec sheets and attributes often belong in a PIM.
Yes. Image URLs or managed product media can be included in the Shopify product payload so updated PIM imagery can flow through to Shopify.
Yes. Spec sheets, manuals, safety files and other product documents can be pushed as links, metafields or file references depending on how the Shopify theme uses them.
Yes. Titles, descriptions, product copy and other customer-facing content can come from the PIM instead of relying on short ERP item descriptions.
Yes. Once the PIM is connected into the product sync flow, changes to images, descriptions, attributes or files can trigger Shopify updates instead of manual admin edits.
Yes. Pocketknife is built for Shopify Plus teams using ERP product data from systems like Pronto Xi, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Apparel21, ASW, Exact and Oracle E-Business Suite.
Yes, if the PIM can provide product content by API, feed or another reliable export. Pocketknife can map that content into the Shopify product update flow.
Yes. Product specs, dimensions, compliance fields, files and custom attributes can be mapped into Shopify metafields when the storefront needs structured product data.
Yes. Variant data can be matched by SKU or item code so variant images, sizes, colours, barcodes, dimensions or custom attributes can be sent to Shopify.
Yes. Product image ordering can be handled carefully so syncs do not unnecessarily undo the way your team wants images arranged in Shopify.
Yes. Product sync can use SKU matching and block unsafe syncs when product data cannot be matched cleanly, so bad product records do not get pushed blindly into Shopify.
We will map your ERP product feed, PIM enrichment fields, Shopify product payload, metafields, images and files so product updates stop becoming duplicate admin work.
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