The catalog tax: how poor catalog data quality slows growth
Last Update: July 16, 2026by Divyesh Wani
Most procurement leaders treat the product catalog as operational plumbing, something a category manager maintains rather than a steering-committee concern. That instinct is expensive. Poor catalog data quality does not just slow the procurement team. It taxes the entire business, and the bill keeps growing the longer it sits. When buyers cannot find what they...
