Panelco
Panelco Ltd is one of the leading specialist panel product distributors in the UK. Cergis were asked to produce a web site that would stand out from their competitors and deliver detailed product information for their extensive, highly specialised product ranges.
Cergis worked with the Panelco IT department to produce the web site based on the supplied designs.
Panelco Ltd is one of the leading specialist panel product distributors in the UK. The company has established a renowned reputation for its excellent and personal customer service along with a vast range of products in stock.
Cergis have been working on the Panelco content managed web site for a number of years now and have helped develop a strong web presence over that time.
After initially launching the product brochure section of the web site Panelco got feedback from a number of customers that either there were new products available which were not on their web site or products listed which were no longer available (or in stock).
Cergis liaised with the Panelco IT department to see if it was possible to get real-time stock data from the warehouse and present that in a usable form, with images, on the web site. Although this was not immediately available we worked closely with the internal development team to integrate the two systems.
As with all system integration scenarios, the first question raised is how can the web site access the centralised data without compromising their security? Fortunately Panelco were very closely aligned from a technology perspective and were able to publish a small subset of their data to a public area within their head office network. Cergis developed a system that imports that data in to the web site product database on a daily basis.
Cergis then produced the web based interface to allow customers to search the Panelco product database as well as the product database of their sister company Meyer Timber.
Cergis have been working on the Panelco content managed web site for a number of years now and have helped develop a strong web presence over that time.
After initially launching the product brochure section of the web site Panelco got feedback from a number of customers that either there were new products available which were not on their web site or products listed which were no longer available (or in stock).
Cergis liaised with the Panelco IT department to see if it was possible to get real-time stock data from the warehouse and present that in a usable form, with images, on the web site. Although this was not immediately available we worked closely with the internal development team to integrate the two systems.
As with all system integration scenarios, the first question raised is how can the web site access the centralised data without compromising their security? Fortunately Panelco were very closely aligned from a technology perspective and were able to publish a small subset of their data to a public area within their head office network. Cergis developed a system that imports that data in to the web site product database on a daily basis.
Cergis then produced the web based interface to allow customers to search the Panelco product database as well as the product database of their sister company Meyer Timber.