B2B trade & distribution · Scheduling & internal operations
New supplier range set up in the product master overnight
A new supplier's 800-item catalogue arrives as a PDF and a spreadsheet; the AI creates every SKU with barcode, pack size, weight, HS code, VAT rate and category in your own structure, matches items you already stock from another source and lists what is still missing.
- Avg. time saved
- 6–12 h/week· ≈ 39 h/month
- Rollout
- AdvancedDay 36+
- Who it is for
- Wholesalers, importers, distributors
In short
New supplier range set up in the product master overnight: A new supplier's 800-item catalogue arrives as a PDF and a spreadsheet; the AI creates every SKU with barcode, pack size, weight, HS code, VAT rate and category in your own structure, matches items you already stock from another source and lists what is still missing. It typically gives back 6–12 hours a week to whoever does this by hand today. Built for: Wholesalers, importers, distributors.
Typical hours saved per week for the people doing this by hand today, from the 2026 report's ranges. The AI writes what that time makes possible.
Example
Comes in
Distribution deal signed with a German hand-tool brand: 820 items, catalogue PDF plus price list
The AI
- Extracts 820 lines, assigns categories, finds 64 items already stocked under another code
Comes back
756 new SKUs ready for import review, 64 mapped to existing ones; 31 missing weights go to the supplier in one query
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