Import & Onboarding
Every supplier feed has a different structure. Your data model stays the same.
Bring in supplier feeds, files and APIs, validate the data and map it to one consistent structure. Ready for your PIM and the rest of your product data flow. Without treating every new supplier as a separate integration project.
1 consistent structure
These organisations process supplier data with ConnectingTheDots
Supplier data in practice
The same product.
Three different data structures.
Name, size, price, EAN and stock arrive differently from every supplier. ConnectingTheDots brings those differences back to the structure you have defined.
| Attribute | Supplier A | Supplier B | Supplier C | Your data model |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product name | "Ball valve 1/2" brass" | "BallValve-DN15-MS" | "Valve 15mm: brass" | Type + size + material (separate) |
| Connection size | 1/2" | DN15 | 15 mm | DN + inch + mm (normalised) |
| Price | € 8.45 (incl. VAT) | 6.95 (excl. VAT) | EUR 8.45 | Purchase price excl. VAT |
| EAN | 8712345678901 | (empty) | 8712345678901 | EAN (required) |
| Stock update | weekly CSV | real-time API | daily XML | One daily snapshot |
The supplier changes. Your data model stays the same.
IMPORT & ONBOARDING
Onboarding lives inside the platform. Not in a separate integration project.
New supplier? Add the source, match products, map attributes, and validate the data in one flow. Your own team can onboard suppliers without starting a separate IT project for every feed.
Define mappings, rules and validations once, then reuse them for future deliveries.
HOW IT WORKS
The building blocks behind one onboarding flow.
Every supplier and source delivers data differently. ConnectingTheDots brings it together, identifies matching products and maps the data to your data model.
Suppliers
Manage suppliers and their assortments centrally.
Sources
Connect feeds, files, APIs and other data sources.
Matching
Identify which records describe the same product using identifiers such as EAN or supplier codes.
Mapping
Translate source data automatically into your own data model.
New supplier? Same onboarding flow. Same data model.
2 choices we make differently.
Discrepancies become visible before they reach your PIM. Clean product data flows through; your team only handles the exceptions.
The same onboarding flow scales from small feeds to high-volume catalogues, without rebuilding the process.
Supplier feeds already
flowing for our customers.
How much manual work is in your
supplier feeds?
Send us a feed from one of your suppliers. In 30 minutes we show you how it comes in, what can be mapped automatically and where manual work still remains.
- We run your own supplier feed through the import
- You immediately see which fields match and which don't
- A concrete view of what you can automate