Data collection is gathering comprehensive information about your products and entering them into the Product Registry Supplier Portal as follows:

• Marketing Data Pool (MDP): Marketing Attributes (e.g. Marketing copy, number of handles for a faucet, number of volts for a cordless drill) and Standard Digital Assets (e.g. images, schematics, warranty pdfs)
• Private Data: Private data differentiates a single retailer's content (e.g proprietary brands, pricing data)
• GDSN: Logistic Attributes (e.g. size, weight)

The Collection Methods

Once enrolled, there are three methods for entering data into the Product Registry data pools:

• Product Registry Web User Interface (recommended for suppliers with less than 50 items)
  • Log into the Product Registry to use this process
  • Once logged in to the site you can use the User Interface to load product data into the Product Registry
• Smart Spreadsheets
  • This process requires a Microsoft Excel template provided by Big Hammer through the Product Registry
  • This template is populated offline at the users own pace and returned to the Data Collection Team
• Direct XML Feed "Click here for Enrollment and EULA"

Don't worry, the Product Registry Supplier Portal makes it easy to follow exactly what you need to do with its workflow capability. All data collection efforts require access to the Product Registry.