Product data management and workflow systems and methods

A system comprising:

• a processing module including at least one processor;
• and
• a product information management module in communication with the processing module and configured to direct the at least one processor to:
• maintain product data in a data store, the product data including a data entry comprising a question about a product,
• set a lifetime date for the data entry,
• receive data representative of an answer to the question authored by an author and at least one keyword designated by the author and associated by the author with the answer;
• provide data representative of the question and the answer for consideration by an approver;
• receive data representative of an approval of the question and the answer, the approval having been provided by the approver;
• publish the question and the answer about the product for access by at least one user in response to the approval,
• in response to the lifetime date being reached, automatically hide the question and the answer about the product from access by the at least one user and designate the data entry for a lifetime review, the lifetime review including determining whether the hidden question and the hidden answer about the product are out-of-date.