Catalog in SRM

HI Gurus,
Could you please let me know that which is the best method to maintain the catalog: employee maintained, 3rd party maintained, or vendor managed?
Thanks in advance,
Regards,
Ankur

Hello Ankur,
My personal view.
No best method as such.
depends upon the resources available and business requirements
Internal employee managed - Buyer company gets better control and visibility on catalogs but has to employ addiitonal resources to manage CCM
Vendor managed - Releives the load on internal employee but not good control also vendors need to be tech savy.
Third party managed - Look better option as buyer and vendor both don't have to bother on catalog management. But service fees can be constraint.
BR
Dinesh
(Reward if helps)

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All,
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