Case Study: SLV - Experience Light

SLV developed a digitization strategy, which called for the company to select a PIM solution. During a company-wide digitization workshop, team members rated Akeneo PIM as “intuitive, simple and fast.”

Next, SLV underwent a short but convincing trial with Akeneo Community Edition. The positive experiences seen during this trial paved the way for the implementation of Akeneo PIM Enterprise Edition.

80% less time required to enrich specific eCommerce data

SLV was able to save an immense amount of time and resources due to Akeneo’s active support of users during the onboarding process. by providing default attributes, translation management, workflows, approval processes and other helpful features.

Real-time, global access to up-to-date product information

As a result of introducing Akeneo PIM, the number of Excel sheets required was drastically reduced. A central entry point was created for all the requisite product information and data. Changes to a product are now implemented immediately across the globe, and can be accessed from any of the 38 countries SLV operates in.

The system was also designed to enable SLV employees, subsidiaries, and customers to access up-to-date information in real-time.

Display industry-specific features with PIM

As a unit of measurement, SLV uses the numerical default attributes of PIM.

Although the unit of measurement attribute does not cover all industry-specific requirements for lighting manufacturers, it was “very easy and extremely intuitive to expand it accordingly.” The additional requirements included aspects such as candela (luminous intensity), CRI (color rendering index), and the light and color temperature in Kelvin.

All energy-powered products also legally require an EU energy label, which must be available in all EU languages. For these tasks, the Assets feature in PIM is extremely helpful, as it allows the user to create area-specific assets. For SLV, this was a “huge additional advantage in processing, and a deciding factor in favor of Akeneo PIM.”

Catalog presentation made easy

Using “Dynamic Publishing”, combined with the support of Akeneo’s technology partner inBetween*, SLV was able to drastically shorten the amount of time required to enrich data and create the print version of the catalog. This helped free up resources for other tasks (e.g., creating product videos) and increased the level of satisfaction and productivity within the team. Even though they had to handle more products and more comprehensive product data, the team hardly batted an eye!

In addition, the swift handling of the product data saved SLV money as soon as they implemented the solution. When PIM was first introduced, 170 users were trained during the first month and learned to filter, navigate, and use the category trees and product data they needed for their daily work.

In fact, managing and enriching data is so simple that even “newbies” find they can work with product information within a very short period of time. “New staff can be trained to use Akeneo PIM in just 90 minutes.”

*(inBetween is an expert in dynamic database publishing)*