Envision Outdoor Living Products leads the U.S. building material industry. Since 1999, this Pennsylvania-based manufacturer has crafted premium outdoor solutions. From their Mt. Joy headquarters, they offer extensive composite decking products, stylish railings, and matching accessories. As a result, their diverse brand portfolio serves contractors, dealers, and homeowners looking to enhance outdoor spaces.
Recently, the company partnered with Pagination to revolutionize their price book management system, marking an exciting new chapter in their operational efficiency.
The Challenge: navigating complex pricing documentation
Like many manufacturers, Envision manages a detailed list pricebook with hundreds of product SKUs, with specific codes, detailed descriptions, and pricing information. These documents serve as essential resources for the company’s sales teams, distribution partners, and other stakeholders.
However, manual maintenance had become problematic. Each update required multiple InDesign editing rounds, creating consistency issues. Meanwhile, frequent changes in market conditions and material costs made an efficient process increasingly necessary.
The Solution: embracing automation with Pagination
To revolutionize their price book creation process, Envision implemented an InDesign automated solution with Pagination, a cloud-based database publisher that automates data-driven document production. This strategic decision addresses a specific objective: minimizing manual effort while enhancing accuracy and reducing turnaround times.
By connecting their database to Pagination, Envision can now generate formatted InDesign and PDF versions in minutes instead of days.
How “Price Update Feature” transformed the process
A game-changing feature for Envision is Pagination’s “price update auto detect” capability. This intelligent system works through a streamlined process:
- The team uploads a refreshed price table with new values
- Pagination intelligently maps the updated prices to corresponding items in the layout
- The system instantly regenerates the document with all revised pricing, without requiring manual design adjustments
This approach ensures that even comprehensive updates affecting hundreds of SKUs across multiple product categories can be implemented with minimal effort. For a manufacturer with Envision’s diverse and evolving product portfolio, this will translate to quicker updates, reduced errors, and consistent brand presentation across all materials.
With Pagination, Envision expects to compress the time required to produce its comprehensive price lists. What currently demands several days of meticulous manual work will soon take less than an hour through an automated workflow. The team will be able to respond agilely to market-driven pricing changes, minimize risk, and promptly distribute updated documentation to all stakeholders.
This enhanced efficiency will prove particularly valuable in the building material sector, where price volatility and complex product offerings demand reliable, repeatable document creation processes.
Ready to Transform Your Price List Process?
If your company publishes a product pricebook or price lists, Pagination can help automate your process while improving accuracy throughout your documentation.
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