Product catalog management system and method

A computer-implemented method for managing product data stored in one or more databases associated with a plurality of products, said method comprising:

• providing a product information database for storing product data associated with a plurality of products therein, said product information database including a plurality of product templates, each product template corresponding to a product category and having a plurality of product attribute fields, where a particular product template can be associated and linked with other templates to thereby effectively reference a plurality of templates within a product template, and a plurality of instantiated product templates, each of said instantiated product templates being associated to a particular product, with said product attribute fields being populated with attributes of the particular product;
• generating by a computing device a plurality of tasks for processing said product data;
• and
• assigning by a computing device said generated task for processing said product data for completion.

At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by one or more computing devices, cause at least one of the one or more computing devices to:

• provide a product information database for storing product data associated with a plurality of products therein, said product information database including a plurality of product templates, each product template corresponding to a product category and having a plurality of product attribute fields, where a particular product template can be associated and linked with other templates to thereby effectively reference a plurality of templates within a product template, and a plurality of instantiated product templates, each of said instantiated product templates being associated to a particular product, with said product attribute fields being populated with attributes of the particular product;
• generate a plurality of tasks for processing product data;
• and
• assign said generated task for processing product data for completion.