Supplier Mapping Rules in Norce Commerce

Overview

This page explains how to set up and maintain supplier mapping rules in Norce Commerce. Supplier mapping ensures that product data from external suppliers is correctly integrated into your product catalog, enabling accurate categorization and manufacturer assignment for retail and business processes.

Prerequisites

Before you begin mapping suppliers, ensure the following steps are completed:

Configure suppliers in your Norce Commerce environment.
Set up business rules for supplier data handling.
Import initial products from suppliers into their respective catalogs.

Preparations

Before mapping, prepare by:

Verifying that all relevant suppliers are configured in the system.
Ensuring business rules for supplier data are in place.
Importing a full or representative feed of supplier products for the suppliers you want to map. This ensures all categories and manufacturers are available for mapping.

How-to: Set Up Supplier Mapping Rules

Follow these steps to map supplier categories and manufacturers:

Access Supplier Mapping

In the Admin UI, navigate to Suppliers → Supplier Mapping.
Select the supplier you want to configure.
Choose either Category mapping or Manufacturer mapping.

Map Categories

Review the list of unmapped supplier categories.
For each unmapped category:
1. Select the category.
2. Map it to the appropriate category in your own category tree.
Repeat until all relevant categories are mapped.

Map Manufacturers

Review the list of unmapped supplier manufacturers.
For each unmapped manufacturer:
1. Select the manufacturer.
2. Map it to the correct manufacturer in your system.
3. If a manufacturer is not relevant, mark it as "ignore".

Further Configuration

Configure auto-mapping rules to automatically map categories and manufacturers during product import.
Set up automation rules for supplier articles to streamline product creation and updates. See more about automation rules.

Important Considerations

Ongoing Maintenance: Mapping is a continuous task. New unmapped categories and manufacturers may appear as suppliers update their catalogs.
Latest Import: Only categories and manufacturers from the latest supplier import are shown as unmapped. Older or unused entries are not displayed.
Selective Mapping: Not all categories or manufacturers need to be mapped—only those relevant to your assortment.

Next Steps

After mapping supplier categories and manufacturers, proceed to:

Configure automation rules for supplier articles.
Continue with further catalog setup and product enrichment.