Catalog Management Overview
Catalog Management allows you to create and manage an online catalog, used by
your buyers when they purchase goods, manage their contracts, or create tenders.
Define product lines (logical groupings of like items), set SKU attributes either
per SKU or globally, and import your catalog via a specially-designed Microsoft
Excel spreadsheet with our easy to use interface.
SKUs
Once you have created a product line, you can start building your catalog SKUs.
You can add SKU descriptions, units of order, default prices, SKU, images and extended
notes.
Product Lines
You must create at least one product line before adding to your catalog SKUs.
These are logical groupings of items (e.g., a commodity named Food contains foodstuffs,
a product line named Computer Software contains software programs). All SKUs are
associated to product lines, and that assignment can be changed as necessary. These
also can be renamed and deleted, though deleted product lines will also take their
associated items with them. Use the “Create a new product line“ to create and maintain
product lines. After you've created one, you can populate it with items.
You can also edit the visibility permissions of all your product lines to limit
the number of users who can reference your SKUs.
Catalog Attributes
Using Catalog attributes, you can further customize your online catalog by manually
adding SKU details relevant to your industry standards.
You can also customize the visibility of your catalog. Display your catalog
to:
- GroupRFX network with default pricing
- GroupRFX network without pricing, but still showing prices to your clients
- GroupRFX network without any pricing
- Your clients only
- No one
Import Catalog Items
The import feature uses a specially-formatted Microsoft Excel spreadsheet to import
SKU data. Use Microsoft Excel or a compatible spreadsheet editor to open and populate
this spreadsheet. Use the Import Items link to begin the SKU import process. If
you do not have Microsoft Excel or a compatible spreadsheet editor, contact Ormed
for assistance.