Who this is for
Operations owner or technical lead at a distributor whose supplier import is a tangle of scripts and spreadsheet steps that nobody trusts.
The import has failed or corrupted data more than once, only one person understands it, or a new supplier cannot be added without copying the same fragile steps again.
The result
You buy the finished pipeline, not its parts. For one supplier feed and one target import, a documented pipeline fetches the file, checks it, maps its categories and checks its images where the feed has them, compares it with the previous file and either holds it with reasons or releases it for your import, and it passes the agreed tests on synthetic and redacted files.
What is included
- One supplier feed and one target import path, in an environment you own
- A written specification of each stage, its input, output, checks and what happens to a failing file or row
- The pipeline code for the stages agreed, built from the outcomes listed below where your feed needs them. The fetch stage uses the scheduled-fetch outcome for SFTP delivery; for HTTP download or e-mail delivery it is specified in the proposal and tested on synthetic files
- A test set of synthetic files for each fault class, and a run book your maintainer can follow without us
- A hold-or-release report for each run, with row counts that reconcile
You receive
- The specification, pipeline code and tests in a repository you own
- The test set and the hold-or-release report for an agreed sample run
- A run book covering scheduling, alerts and what to do when a file is held
- A final summary showing each stage and how it was accepted
What is not included
- Switching your live import to the pipeline, which stays with your team
- Holding supplier credentials, keys or live access
- Rebuilding your store, ERP or product database
- More than one supplier feed or target import, unless added in writing
- Cleaning or correcting product data already stored
What we need from you first
- A short description of the supplier feed, how it arrives and what the current import does
- The faults you have seen, in a sentence each
- Who owns the supplier relationship and who would accept the result. No supplier files, credentials or private code in the first enquiry
Never send passwords, keys, customer records or confidential code in the first enquiry. Secure handover is agreed after scoping.
How we check it is done
- For each fault class in the agreed test set, the pipeline holds or rejects the file or row as specified, with a reason, and releases the clean files.
- An end-to-end run on the agreed redacted sample produces a hold-or-release report whose counts reconcile: rows read equal rows released plus held plus rejected.
- Every required stage has been accepted by you, and your maintainer has run the pipeline from the run book without our help.
You accept each stage, then the finished pipeline, in writing. Applying and deploying it stay with your team.
When we would stop or decline
- Safe testing would need supplier credentials or production data that we would have to hold
- The feed contains personal data that cannot be removed from the samples
- Nobody can accept the specification on your side
Questions
Do I buy parts or a result?
A result. You agree the stages and a price, and you accept the finished pipeline. How we build each stage is our job.
Will you switch my live import over?
No. You make the live switch-over. We hand over tested code and a run book.
What if my feed needs only two of the stages?
Then the proposal lists only those, plus the compare-and-hold stage every pipeline has. Category mapping and image checks are included only when your feed has categories or image addresses. A smaller job may fit one of the single outcomes better.
Price and terms
From £4,500 · untested offer price. The payment schedule is set in the written proposal. Nothing is charged until you have agreed it.
This is a new service with no published client results. The price is a starting point we have not yet tested with buyers. Nothing is ordered or charged by the enquiry. The full specification is on the Synthetic Industry catalogue.