Understand and prepare
A connected catalog must present the right products, apply the trade rules and leave their data to the teams. We work on this continuity between the shop, management and suppliers.
References, characteristics, images and prices can come from several tools. The project begins by specifying where each piece of data is created and who can correct it. Prices intended for a professional customer and public prices may follow different rules. A multilingual catalog also requires distinguishing common information from translated texts. These choices structure the exchanges and prevent an import from replacing a modification made by the team.
Creating a product, publishing its images, updating availability and resuming an order are separate operations. We specify the meaning, trigger and controls of each exchange. Processing can be scheduled, triggered by an action or subject to validation. Errors should make it possible to find the file concerned and decide on a restart. Connections are prepared with the interfaces and possibilities of the version used, as well as with the other editors concerned.
The choice of a variant, the search for a reference, the restrictions of a product and the delivery information must remain consistent until the order is prepared. The tests are based on representative articles, including cases that require special control. Test environments are used for payment methods when the project provides for them. The recipe reconciles the displayed result, the recorded data and the information received by the management tools.
The transmission concerns updating content, exchange controls and how to deal with anomalies. The graphic designer can provide the visual models, the business team the data and rules; Dtouch organizes their integration and the agreed application adaptations. Cloudlab prepares the hosted environment and Agedis the stations, access or associated systems. Responsibilities and follow-up points are clarified with the people who will run the store.
