MultiVendorInfrastruktur

MultiVendorInfo (MVI) is a term used to describe a multi-vendor information platform that aggregates product data, pricing, inventory, and related metadata from multiple vendors to present a unified catalog for buyers, marketplaces, and procurement systems. The approach supports standardized data exchange, quality controls, and interoperability across participating vendors and downstream applications.

Core components include a vendor registry, a catalog ingestion subsystem, a data model that supports common product attributes, and mapping engines to align vendor schemas to a common schema; enrichment services add images, classifications, and translations; synchronization mechanisms keep catalogs up to date; and APIs and event streams enable consumption.

Architecture typically features a central data hub or distributed services with vendor connectors, ETL/ELT pipelines, data quality checks, identity management, access controls, audit logs, and monitoring. Data flows from vendor feeds to the hub and then to consumer systems.

Use cases: online marketplaces, retailer procurement, price comparison platforms, and supplier portals benefit from MVI. Benefits include faster onboarding, consistent product information, reduced manual curation, improved search and pricing accuracy, and better governance across supplier data. Challenges include ensuring data quality, handling schema diversity, latency for real-time updates, and maintaining security and privacy.

Governance and standards: MVI implementations often adopt data standards and taxonomies (for example GS1, UNSPSC) to improve interoperability, along with data quality metrics, change management, and compliance with regulatory requirements.