Set up Norce Commerce

This is a guide on what is needed to set up a brand new Solution using Norce Commerce.

This guide is aimed at architects, developers, and super users who need a birds-eye view on all the different configurations and business logic that must be set up prior to using Norce Commerce.

Overview

Norce Commerce can be configured for many different business processes and uses, below we describe how to set up all the different business rules and configurations that is possible.

To make it easier to set things up, Norce provides a couple of different Templates or Sample Clients, that are use cases that can act as a start off point for clients that are have similar requirements.

Every configuration guide will give information on how to set up its the function for the different templates.

The rest of this document points to different setup guides that goes into depth on what is needed to be done for each function in Norce Commerce.

1 Core configurations, applications, markets, brands

Id	Action	Description	Pre-requisites
1.1	Create a client	The initial creation of a new client in Norce sets up an empty client on all environments. A client must have at least one application, so one application is always set up in the same step	none
1.2	Set up application(s)	Add more applications, if needed. Set up each application for the market, brand (or online store) it represents.	1.1
1.3	Configure Admin’s look and features	Add and remove functionality, set up access rights, users, etc.	1.1
1.4	Set up Physical stores	If the client has physical stores and wants to show f. ex. inventory data from them.	1.1, 1.2
1.5	Configure market price lists for each application	Each application should have its own market price list.	1.1, 1.2, 2.3, 2.4
1.6	Set up product feeds and adapters	For omni business and other exporting needs.	1.1, 1.2, 2.4

2 Products and pricing

Id	Action	Description	Pre-requisites
2.1	Set up a product classification structure	Configure manufacturers, categories, flags, types etc.	1.1
2.2	Set up the Product content structure	Configure parametrics, categories, flags, relation and variant types etc.	2.1
2.3	Set up the Price list structure	Configure a pricing rule model that fits the business	2.1
2.4	Configure inventory and availability rules	Set up warehouses and locations, lead times and other availability rules.	2.1
2.5	Set up competitor pricing	Add competitor pricing to the pricing rule model	2.3
2.6	Set up product status automation	Automate business rules on the product catalog with the build-in status automations.	2.3,2.4
2.7	Set up automation rules	Automate business rules on product relations, popularity, etc.	2.2
2.8	Create products in Norce	How to create the actual products in the product catalog	2.2, 2.3
2.9	Define the product enrichment process	Set up workflows in admin for product enrichment	2.2,2.3,2.4

3. Suppliers

Id	Action	Description	Pre-requisites
3.1	Set up new Suppliers	Configure suppliers, warehouses, locations and price lists	1.1,2.4
3.2	Configure business rules for supplier data	Decide how Norce treats supplier information on products	3.1
3.3	Create supplier products in Norce	Manually create or import from file	3.2
3.4	Maintaining a mapping structure	How to maintain mapping rules for supplier manufacturers and categories	3.3

4. Customers

Id	Action	Description	Pre-requisites
4.1	Set up the customer model	Configure flags, account roles, info types, etc	1.2
4.2	Configure business rules for customer and companies	Decide how Norce treats customer and company information	4.1
4.3	Create Customers and Companies in Norce	Manually create or import customer or companies	4.2
4.4	Customer or Member pricing	Private price lists, customer/company price lists, company discounts	1.2,2.4

5. Shopping

Id	Action	Description	Pre-requisites
5.1	Extend the basket and order models (optional)	Add info types to basket and order	1.2
5.2	Set up a freight framework for an application	Create delivery methods	1.2
5.3	Configure payment methods	Create payment methods	1.2
5.4	Configure business rules for order integration	ERP integration, sendgrid	1.2
5.5	Create campaigns	Campaign price lists, promotions	1.2,2.4
5.6	Configure admin for your shopping processes	Filter, reports, dashboard	4.3

6. Miscellaneous

Id	Action	Description	Pre-requisites
6.1	Document your solution	Pointers to how to document your solution with Norce in way that might be shared with Norce support, when needed	continuously