"80% of enterprises will shut down their unmanaged AI pilots due to data quality issues by 2025 - Gartner"


Is Your Product Data Ready for AI?

Our free 10-Minute Assessment Reveals Your Readiness Score Across 5 Critical Dimensions.

While boardrooms buzz with AI ambitions, IT departments face a harsh reality: Their product data isn't ready.

According to IBM's 2024 Global AI Adoption Index, data complexity and quality remain the primary barriers to AI adoption, cited by 24% of enterprises globally. Organizations with mature data practices are 3x more likely to see significant value from AI investments.

These observations are drawn from our 20+ years of enterprise experience and client assessments.

The Data Challenge in Australian Enterprises:

McKinsey research shows that organisations with high-quality data practices are three times more likely to report significant revenue growth from AI than those with poor data foundations.

Based on PiXCo's experience with Australian businesses, we commonly observe:

  • Incomplete product information across channels.
  • ​Lack of standardised taxonomy and classification.
  • ​Siloed, disconnected systems preventing AI access.
  • ​Informal or missing data governance frameworks.


Is Your Product Data Ready for AI?

Our free 10-Minute Assessment Reveals Your Readiness Score Across 5 Critical Dimensions.

While boardrooms buzz with AI ambitions, IT departments face a harsh reality: Their product data isn't ready.

According to IBM's 2024 Global AI Adoption Index, data complexity and quality remain the primary barriers to AI adoption, cited by 24% of enterprises globally. Organizations with mature data practices are 3x more likely to see significant value from AI investments.

The Data Challenge in Australian Enterprises:

McKinsey research shows that organisations with high-quality data practices are three times more likely to report significant revenue growth from AI than those with poor data foundations.
Based on PiXCo's experience with Australian businesses, we commonly observe:
  • Incomplete product information across channels.
  • ​Lack of standardised taxonomy and classification.
  • ​Siloed, disconnected systems preventing AI access.
  • ​​Informal or missing data governance frameworks.​

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IS YOUR PRODUCT DATA QUIETLY SABOTAGING YOUR AI AMBITIONS?

After years managing enterprise product data and watching AI initiatives struggle, the pattern is clear:

It's not the AI that fails. It's the data that feeds it.

IBM's 2024 Global AI Adoption Index found that data complexity and data silos are the top barriers to AI adoption for 24% of enterprises. Meanwhile, Gartner predicts 80% of enterprises will shut down their unmanaged AI pilots by 2025 due to data quality issues.

That's why at PiXCo we've launched our comprehensive AI-Readiness Assessment Tool – built from real experience managing 500,000+ SKUs in companies like Wesfarmers and implementing solutions for Australia's leading enterprises.

In just 10 minutes, discover:
  • Your AI-readiness score across 5 critical dimensions 
  • Where you sit on the maturity curve vs competitors
  • Exactly which data gaps are blocking your AI success
  • A personalised roadmap to AI readiness

The opportunity for prepared businesses: Companies that get their product data AI-ready see: 

Significant reduction in time-to-market

Decreased operational costs

Improved customer satisfaction

Greater, and sustainable, success in AI implementation

THE INVESTMENT PERSPECTIVE

Recent MIT Sloan Management Review research found that only 10% of companies achieve significant financial benefits from AI, with data infrastructure cited as the primary differentiator between success and failure.
Executives often ask about ROI. Based on our client experiences, organisations typically see:

  • Reduced time-to-market for new products through automated workflows
  • ​Decreased operational costs in product management and maintenance
  • Improved customer satisfaction from accurate, consistent product information
  • Better foundation for AI initiatives that actually deliver value

Note: Specific percentages vary significantly by industry, company size, and starting point.

THE COMPETITIVE REALITY

While you're reading this, your competitors are in one of two camps:

  • ​1. Struggling with AI because they ignored data quality (the majority)
  • 2. Succeeding with AI because they fixed their data first (your future threat)

The window for competitive advantage through AI-ready data is narrowing. Early movers in the Australian market have already built their data foundations. They're now scaling AI while others are still discovering the problem.

The Bottom Line

According to Gartner's prediction, 80% of enterprises will shut down their unmanaged AI pilots by 2025. The primary reason? Data quality issues.

Don't let your product data become the bottleneck to your digital transformation.

The gap between AI leaders and laggards isn't about who has the best AI technology. It's about who has AI-ready data. If you're serious about AI success, start with data reality.

The first step is understanding where you stand. Take our comprehensive AI-Readiness Assessment to:

  • Evaluate your data across 25 critical factors
  • ​See your position on the AI-readiness maturity curve
  • Receive a personalised roadmap for improvement
  • Understand which quick wins can deliver immediate value

Because in the AI race, it's not the smartest algorithm that wins. It's the readiness of the data to deliver!

OUR SERVICES

WHY OUR EXPERTISE MATTERS?

More than consultants. Lived expertise.

We’re not a software vendor. We’re Australia’s only specialist PIM/MDM company combining People + Process + Platform expertise. Together, we’ve helped enterprises like Harvey Norman and Super Retail Group simplify their product information challenges — delivering measurable ROI.

PiXCo stands at a unique inflection point. With genuine ASX executive experience, proven methodologies, and authorised partnerships with both Stibo Systems and Akeneo, they're positioned to capture significant market share in Australia's $450M MDM/PIM market.

Meanwhile as Australian enterprises rush to implement AI and automation, they're discovering that poor product data quality is their biggest blocker. With genuine ASX executive and hands-on data experience, proven methodologies, and authorised
partnerships with global leading platforms such as Stibo Systems, Akeneo, Entirely and HivePix, PiXCo is positioned to own the "AI-Readiness" category in Australia.

PiXCo is an Authorised Partner of Stibo Systems and implements solutions including Akeneo, Entirely AI, and HivePix.

Meet Your Experts:

Melissa Hayes

Melissa Hayes is CEO of PiXCo, Australia's leading product information management consultancy. With over 20 years' experience working with enterprise data at leading ASX and multinational companies, she now helps Australian businesses power their information experiences.

Connect with Melissa on LinkedIn or email melissa.hayes@pixco.com.au

Chris Irudayasamy

With 15+ years specialising in enterprise MDM solutions, business process management and service delivery. Chris leads our technical delivery excellence. His experience spans FMCG, agri-business, automotive, retail, manufacturing and distribution industry sectors.


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Sources:
IBM Global AI Adoption Index 2024
Gartner, "Predicts 2023: AI and Automation Require Active Data Quality Management" (2023)
Gartner, "How to Improve Your Data Quality" (2021)
IBM, "The Cost of Poor Quality Data" (2016)
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