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Glossary term

What is Product Specifications?

Definition

Specifications describe the technical and functional characteristics of a product, such as dimensions, materials, and performance. They guide manufacturing, compliance, and customer decision-making. PIM ensures specifications remain accurate and up-to-date across channels.

Specifications express measurable or defined product facts with units, conditions, and sources. For example, an autonomous product data operation could take a technical sheet listing rated power and operating voltage, extract those specifications with their applicable units and conditions, and flag conflicts with the current approved record.

Product Specifications in an autonomous operation

  1. Step 1:

    Input

    A technical sheet listing rated power and operating voltage

  2. Step 2:

    Product Specifications

    Extract those specifications with their applicable units and conditions

  3. Step 3:

    Outcome

    Flag conflicts with the current approved record

Specifications express measurable or defined product facts with units, conditions, and sources.

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