BMEcat, DATANORM, GAEB & Co. in use at Gebr. KEMPER GmbH Co. KG
Olpe, 26/03/2015: Gebr. KEMPER GmbH + Co. KG is an independent, standalone family-owned company rich in tradition, which since its founding in 1864 has grown to become a modern brand with high international esteem. KEMPER is one of the world's most respected specialists for precise and high-quality non-ferrous metal products and semi-finished metal products. KEMPER has 7 subsidiaries in Europe, North America and Asia. More than 800 employees work in the three business areas of building technology, casting technology and rolled products.
Gebr. KEMPER GmbH + Co. KG decided to use the PIM, MAM and cross-media solution from crossbase for managing product data, automating print publications, and providing data for its online catalog and online portals.
Central functions of the solution
All-round solution – generating a large number of different electronic catalogs from one database
KEMPER uses the PIM, MAM and cross-media solution with interface to Baan to automate catalogs and price lists. It is also frequently used as a data hub for online catalogs, trading partners and portals for planners and architects. This involves the following media, sales channels and formats:
Flexible exports
Since the structure for XML formats can be configured flexibly, crossbase works with a wide range of formats. In addition, every format can be flexibly configured by the user in relation to the content (known as XML mapping). For example, SHK and DATANORM require invitations to tender split into blocks of max. 40 characters and without formatting, while the ausschreiben.de portal supports a continuous text, which may also be formated.
Automated content generation
Different media and sales channels require different content, but sometimes the differences between them are very slight. The following crossbase functionalities, which can all be flexibly defined by the user, help with the automatic preparation of content:
- Conversion of numbers and texts using numerical and string formulas
- Text generation from existing text modules using text templates
- Conversion of image formats following format templates
The application modules and further information
