1. A method for improved voice ordering from a product catalog using a product information management (PIM) component, the method comprising: receiving, from a speech recognition component, one or more words corresponding to a voice input; searching, by at least one processor, the PIM component to identify at least one matching item and/or category in the product catalog based, at least in part, on the one or more received words and at least one item attribute associated with at least one item and/or at least one category attribute associated with at least one category in the PIM component; and outputting coded results to a voice synthesis component in response to the search, wherein the coded results indicate whether the search resulted in the identification of at least one matching item and/or category in the PIM component.