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Marcopol: automated catalogues and documentation
A solution integrated with Pimcore that automates the ToolsWorld catalogue, safety data sheets and declarations of conformity from central product data.The ToolsWorld catalogue, safety data sheets and declarations of conformity, generated from Pimcore data.
- Client
- Marcopol
- Scope
- ToolsWorld catalogue, safety data sheets and declarations of conformity
- Platform
- Pimcore PIM + DAM
Context
Over half a million products in many document versions
Marcopol manages a range of more than 531,000 active products in more than 2,600 product groups. A range this large needs catalogues and technical documentation prepared efficiently for many markets and languages.
The goal was to bring product data, DAM assets and the publishing process into one environment, so documents could be produced without retyping information by hand.
- More than 531,000 active products
- More than 2,600 product groups
- Publications for many markets and languages
Challenge
Preparing documents by hand did not scale with the range
The information needed for publications was spread across the ERP system, Excel sheets, image files and earlier PDF documents. Every update meant collecting data from many places and putting the material together again.
With more products, variants and languages, the process became slow, costly and prone to inconsistencies.
- Scattered data sources and materials
- Manual layout of catalogues and technical documents
- Hard updates after product and legal changes
Diagnosis
Data and documents should work as one process
The starting point was a central data source in Pimcore PIM connected with assets in DAM. A document is not a separate copy of the information but a current view of the product data, prepared for a specific purpose.
The model allows adding context for a specific publication without changing the product's source data. One set of information can then safely serve different documents and markets.
- One data structure for products, variants and parameters
- Images and materials from DAM
- Context added without overwriting source data
Delivery
From choosing products to a finished PDF
LemonMind built a repeatable document process in Pimcore. The editor chooses the publication type and the products, and the system pulls the data, lays out the content and prepares the file for approval.
- 01
Document type
The editor starts with a catalogue, a safety data sheet or a declaration of conformity in the Pimcore Documents module.
- 02
Product selection
Specific products, groups or variants are added to the publication.
- 03
Data from the PIM
The system pulls descriptions, parameters, variants, relations and the images linked in PIM and DAM automatically.
- 04
Context
If needed, the editor adds information specific to the document without changing the source records.
- 05
Automatic layout
Rules generate the page layout, feature tables, descriptions and images according to the chosen template.
- 06
Approval and publishing
The finished file can be approved, downloaded, printed or passed on for distribution.
Result
Faster updates and more control over publishing
Automation shortened the preparation of materials, reduced errors from retyping data by hand and made new language versions simpler to create.
Changes in product data can be carried over to catalogues and documentation quickly, and the same process serves both large publications and single product sheets.
Solution
Three tools integrated with Pimcore
The solution combines Pimcore PIM and DAM with document editors, automatic PDF generation and dynamic feature tables. Each of the three modules uses the same product data structure and a shared asset library.
Distribution and wholesale
Olgierd MrozikCEO, LemonMind
Automated product documentation
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