PIM Operations

Onboard Suppliers in Minutes, Not Weeks

FeedPrep is the pre-processing layer before your PIM. Suppliers send whatever format they use. FeedPrep normalizes it to match your canonical schema. Your PIM gets clean imports.

Why Supplier Onboarding Takes So Long

Your PIM Needs Structure

Your PIM has defined attribute families, controlled vocabularies, specific unit standards. Supplier data has none of that. It arrives as free-text columns with inconsistent naming and mixed formats.

Every Supplier Is Different

Supplier A uses Farbe for color, Supplier B uses colour_name, Supplier C has clr. Each needs mapping to your canonical color attribute. Manually. Every time.

Your PIM Team Does Cleanup, Not Enrichment

The people who should be enriching product data and managing your catalog spend 70% of their time transforming raw supplier files into something your PIM can accept.

FeedPrep Sits Before Your PIM

We don't replace your PIM. We make sure data arrives ready for import.

Supplier Files
CSV, XLSX, XML
→
FeedPrep
Normalize & validate
→
Your PIM
Akeneo, Pimcore, etc.

What FeedPrep Does

Define Your Canonical Schema

Set up your attribute definitions, types, units, and allowed values. This becomes the target that all supplier data maps to — matching your PIM structure.

Map Each Supplier Once

First feed from a new supplier: map their columns to your attributes, set value translations, configure unit conversions. FeedPrep saves this as a Supplier Adapter. Done once.

Auto-Apply on Every Future Feed

Next time that supplier sends an update, upload it. The adapter handles the transformation. You review the output, approve, and export a PIM-ready file.

Export to Your PIM Format

Pre-built export templates for Akeneo, or create a custom format matching your PIM's exact import spec. CSV, XML, JSON.

What This Means for Your Team

Before FeedPrep

  • New supplier onboarding: 2-4 weeks ×
  • Monthly data updates: 2 hours per supplier ×
  • PIM team: 70% cleanup, 30% enrichment ×

With FeedPrep (after month 1)

  • New supplier onboarding: 15-30 minutes ✓
  • Monthly data updates: 2-5 minutes per supplier ✓
  • PIM team: 20% review, 80% enrichment ✓

Catch Format Changes Before They Break Your Import

Suppliers change their file format without telling you. FeedPrep's feed monitoring detects structural changes and alerts you before bad data reaches your PIM.

Feed Structure Change Detected
Supplier: Nordic Furniture Co.

⚠ Column renamed: "colour" → "product_color"
⚠ New column: "eco_rating" (not in adapter)
✓ 14 columns unchanged

Action: Update adapter to map new columns

Let Your PIM Team Focus on Enrichment, Not Cleanup

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