Sepia Alterra PIM with Supplier Portal functionality at Partner XXI

The "Supplier Portal" functionality, enabling business partners to manage product data, was one of the key reasons for choosing the solution we proposed. Equally important was the task of creating a single source of information for both e-commerce systems and the application automating DTP work for subsequent editions of the product catalog.

 

 

Partner XXI is the largest Polish retail network in the stationery and office supplies sector. It has been operating continuously since 1996. Its offer consists of products from leading suppliers in the office supplies segment, including BiC, Energizer, Samsung, HP, and many others.

Main objectives of the project:

• Engaging a number of suppliers to manage product information for their supplied products
• Improving communication with the DTP studio by automating the transfer of product data (texts, technical specifications, images)
• Reducing the time required for product catalog production
• Ensuring consistency of data between the product catalog and B2B systems
• Providing high-quality product data to e-commerce systems, including essential information for advanced product search methods, dynamic links between products, and a complete set of images

Scope of implementation:

• Designing the structure of the product database based on the Sepia Alterra® PIM system
• Creating a custom product classification
• Programming an automated export and import mechanism for end users using Excel files
• Preparing templates for automated DTP composition in Adobe InDesign and Easycatalog
• Exporting data to the B2B system
• Integrating with the ERP system