Product onboarding & data readiness

Catch product data problems before they reach your PIM.

Catalogue intake, attribute validation, correction requests and review, so that only products that meet your requirements move downstream.

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Catalogue review listing blocked products and the reason for each

The problem

Product data is usually fixed downstream, at the most expensive point.

Supplier catalogues arrive in their own layouts and units. Data teams map them by hand, import them and then discover missing attributes, inconsistent formats and absent regulatory declarations.

By then the product is in the PIM, the ERP or a channel feed, and every correction is a round trip to the supplier. Product onboarding moves those checks to the point of intake.

How it works

Product onboarding & readiness in Skuvet, step by step.

01
Catalogue intake
Suppliers upload catalogues as spreadsheets, CSV, XML or JSON. A layout is mapped once per supplier format and re-used for later submissions.
- Supplier column A
- Supplier column B
- Supplier column C
- Product name
- Brand
- Material
- Mapped once per supplier format, then reused
02
Completeness and validation
Rules check required attributes, formats and category requirements, including regulated fields such as CE or UKCA marking and food contact declarations where they apply.
03
Blocked with a reason
Items that fail are blocked first in the review queue, each with the attribute or rule that failed. Proposed corrections wait for a person to confirm.
04
Review and correction
Reviewers approve, reject or request a supplier fix. The supplier sees the fields marked in red in their catalogue. Waivers are recorded against the individual rule.
05
Readiness and publishing
Approved products can be published to a connected PIM. Publishing again updates the existing record, found by SKU or barcode, rather than creating a duplicate.

Capabilities

What is included, and what depends on your setup.

We separate what is available in the product from what is configured for each customer and what needs integration with your systems.

AvailableConfigurableRequires integration

Catalogue file intakeAvailable

Spreadsheet, CSV, XML and JSON layouts.

Category rule packsConfigurable

Required attributes and checks by product category.

Review queue with reasonsAvailable

Blocked items first, each with the specific failure.

Supplier fix requestsAvailable

Fields marked for correction in the supplier's catalogue view.

Rule waivers recordedAvailable

Exceptions to a rule recorded against the rule and product.

Publishing to PIMConfigurable

Approved products sent to a connected PIM.

ERP and MDM hand-offRequires integration

Approved records passed to other systems through integration.

Product onboarding is relevant where the supplier relationship includes products or catalogues. Organisations that onboard only service providers can use Skuvet without it.

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