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2020 Company Confidential

Best Practices

2020 Company Confidential Agenda Introduction Setting Linkcodes Setting variables Catalog hierarchy Setting add-ons relations Pricing Questions Challenges

2020 Company Confidential Introduction Establishing best practices improves the quality of the catalogs and improves consistency between catalogs; leading to ease of use of the catalogs for the designers and reduces time effort to create designs. In this webinar we will talk about some of those best practices. Setting Linkcodes Setting variables Catalog hierarchy Product Codes/Descriptions Defining message records Setting add-ons relations Pricing

2020 Company Confidential Setting Linkcodes Linkcodes have two main usages: Switch items Between catalogs Updated version of same catalog (e.g. KIT file created using original catalog version). FHD cabinet from original catalog will switch with the FHD of the updated catalog version. Catalog for another line of products (e.g. Standard & Premium construction). FHD cabinet from "Standard Construction" catalog will switch with the FHD of the "Premium Construction" catalog. Same size within the same catalog Modification of dimensions correspond to an existing cabinet. Assure 2020 global options work properly Upcharges (door & drawer styles), premiums (species & finishes), hardware, etc.

2020 Company Confidential Setting Linkcodes Linkcodes should be unique Duplicated linkcodes will cause 2020 to not function as expected. It is very important to follow the list of linkcodes to define appropriate linkcodes per type of cabinets to insure same type of items are switched properly. First 7 digits are used for cabinet types Last 4 digits represent the height and the depth of the products within the category (e.g.: 3424). Last 4 digits for add-ons, global options/upcharges & accessories should be set to ''1111'' as these categories may include different product/options heights & depths or may not be applicable.

2020 Company Confidential Setting Linkcodes Specific Linkcodes: Add-Ons: from AT to AT1111 Species: AC1111 Finishes: AC1111 Door Hardwares: AC1111 Drawer Hardware: AC1111 Accessories: from AC to AC1111 Base Door Upcharges: AC1111 Wall Door Upcharges: AC1111 Tall Door Upcharges: AC1111 Drawer Upcharges: AC1111

2020 Company Confidential Setting Variables Set common or most common variables at highest level. More efficient when troubleshooting catalog issues ; When a modification is required it will be quicker to edit one level. Document usage of "User" variables Many "User" variables are used creating a catalog, especially for add- ons. It is important to document those variables within the catalog ; Manuf info, caption string feature or use records in hierachy ; Document will help troubleshooting ; Will also help quickly identify which user variables are already used when a new one is required.

2020 Company Confidential Catalog Hierarchy Importance to have a good TOC: A good hierarchy makes navigation in the catalog much more fluid; Quick access to the different items of the catalog; Enhanced user experience; Designer will much prefer working in a well organized catalog.

2020 Company Confidential Catalog Hierarchy What is a good TOC: A good TOC is not agressive to the eye; It does not contain multiple groups/records in disorder/pell-mell in both the Drag & Drop and the Add-Ons dialog; Spaces are inserted to divide the groups and reduce/lighten the list; Items are grouped by type, configurations, different heights & depths; The order of groups is logical and convenient for the designers; Hierarchical levels are kept to a minimum; we suggest a maximum of 4 levels; Messages records are used sparingly and are grouped under a record on which we double click instead of cluttering the hierarchy of messages.

2020 Company Confidential Catalog Hierarchy To improves consistency between catalogs and help designers to easily find products, we suggest the following recommendations: Main products categories should be listed in the following order: Base Base Corner Vanity Tall Wall Wall Corner Moldings Counter Items Add-Ons Accessories

2020 Company Confidential Catalog Hierarchy Different heights & depths should be created as sub- categories under the respective product type and listed/combined together to avoid too much hierarchical levels; Different heights should be listed in ascending order; Different depths should be listed in descending order. 84" High/24" Deep 90" High/24" Deep 96" High/24" Deep 84" High/12" Deep 90" High/12" Deep 96" High/12" Deep

2020 Company Confidential Catalog Hierarchy Product type descriptions under main categories should start with "Base", "Base Corner", "Vanity", "Wall", "Wall Corner" to align descriptions properly; Base Full Height Door Base Door/Drawer Base Sink Base Drawers Base...

2020 Company Confidential Catalog Hierarchy Product type sub-categories descriptions should not contain repetitive information: Base Full Height Door Base Full Height Door w/Roll-Outs Base Full Height Door w/Waste Baskets Base Full Height Door...

2020 Company Confidential Catalog Hierarchy Add-ons & Accessories categories should be listed in alphabetical order to facilitate products/options search; Categories descriptions should be written in Proper Case (1st letter of each word in capital); complete descriptions in capital letters are too agressive to the eye (ex.: BASE FULL HEIGHT DOOR). Ex.: Base Full Height Door We suggest using the singular form for all categories descriptions to preserve a consistency through catalogs.

2020 Company Confidential Catalog Hierarchy Base drawer cabinets should be grouped under the same category: Base Drawers 2 Drawers 3 Drawers 4 Drawers Desk Drawer Drawer File Combination Drawers...

2020 Company Confidential Catalog Hierarchy Appliance cabinets should be grouped under the same category: Base Appliance Base Oven Base Warming Drawer Base Microwave...

2020 Company Confidential Catalog Hierarchy Special accessories should be grouped under the same category: Base Decorative Accent Corbel Column Bracket Feet...

2020 Company Confidential Catalog Hierarchy Specialties cabinets should be grouped under the same category: Base Specialty Spice Drawers Plate Rack Glass Holder Wine Rack Bench Seat...

2020 Company Confidential Catalog Hierarchy Fillers should be grouped under their respective main categories: Base Filler Vanity Filler Tall Filler Wall Filler

2020 Company Confidential Catalog Hierarchy Different panel types should be grouped under the same category: Base Panel Finished End End Skin Decorative False Door Back/Peninsula...

2020 Company Confidential Catalog Hierarchy End/Transition cabinets should be grouped under the same category: Base End & Transition Angled Triangle Angled Square Angled Transition Open End Shelves...

2020 Company Confidential Product SKUs & Descriptions Left/Right product codes should end with "-L" and "-R", nevertheless the manufacturer codes can be representative of the customer product codes; Product user codes should not contain specific symbols as ". ; :" to avoid problems during the import process to other platforms; Product codes should have a maximum of 16 characters to be entirely displayed in reports (for v8 & v9 only); Product descriptions should not include product codes (redundant information); Product descriptions should not be too long, a maximum of 40 characters is suggested to be entirely showed in reports (for v8 & v9 only ); Product descriptions should be written in Proper Case (1st letter of each word in capital); complete descriptions in capital letters are too agressive to the eye (ex.: BASE FULL HEIGHT DOOR). Ex.: Base Full Height Door

2020 Company Confidential Product SKUs & Descriptions Limit the duplication of SKUs e.g.: items with different SKUs per wood; Use of control string feature for product codes; Use of Look Up tables for pricing; Duplication of items per wood implies that when the wood specie is modified in design these items needs to changed.

2020 Company Confidential Message Records Message should be written between curly brackets {Message} preceeded with ">>>": >>> { 4-1/2" Toe Kick Shipped Loose } Limit quantity of message records to not load the catalog hierarchy. Use the ">>> { Important: Double Click Here }" message to list the message records when you have more than 2 message record lines. An empty message record should be added between message record(s) and product list to separate and identify these more easily.

2020 Company Confidential Message Records Cabinets with different door/drawer quantities may be identified with message records within the same category to avoid additional hierarchical levels. Help designers to find these products easily; Much more cleaner category hierarchy. >>> { One (1) Door/Drawer } >>> { Two (2) Doors/(1) Drawer } >>> { Two (2) Doors/Drawers } >>> { Three (3) Doors/Drawers }...

2020 Company Confidential Message Records Products not graphically represented (shape limitation) should be identified with a message to notify the users that this is intended. All products/add-ons (within a same category) should be identified with a record message: >>> { Not Graphically Represented } For specific items/add-ons within a category, a message/notification should be added in the product description. { No.Grap.Rep. } Pedestal Feet Corner

2020 Company Confidential Pricing When an item is not available we set pricing to $ If it is required to set an expression in a price, do not set the price directly in the expression. Use a derivative/intermediate variable to set the pricing and refer to that variable in the expression; Use Look Up tables; Pricing updates will be easier and quicker if the expressions do not need to be edited manually.

2020 Company Confidential Relations Add-ons should be grouped by type to facilitate and expedite the creation of relations: Base Modifications, Base Internal Accessories & Base External Accessories; Vanity Modifications, Vanity Internal Accessories & Vanity External Accessories; Tall Modifications, Tall Internal Accessories & Tall External Accessories; Wall Modifications, Wall Internal Accessories & Wall External Accessories;

2020 Company Confidential Relations Only relevant add-on groups (e.g.: Base Modifications, Wall Internal Accessories...) should be linked to the respective and applicable product main categories(e.g.: Base, Base Corner, Vanity, Tall, Wall, Wall Corner). e.g.: all of the "Base Modifications" category should be linked to the "Base Cabinets" level; Removing a lot of add-on constraints; Offering much more flexibility to the designers in applying add-ons; However limiting unpractical combinations; A lot more intuitive for users when looking for a specific add-on; More efficient when troubleshooting add-on relations issues; When modifications are required, quicker to edit these few limited levels and much more easier to understand the links between the products and their add-ons.

2020 Company Confidential Relations Base Modifications Base Internal Accessories Base External Accessories Vanity Modifications Vanity Internal Accessories Vanity External Accessories Tall Modifications Tall Internal Accessories Tall External Accessories Wall Modifications Wall Internal Accessories Wall External Accessories Base cabinets Base Corner cabinets Tall cabinets Tall Corner cabinets Wall cabinets Wall Corner cabinets Vanity cabinets

2020 Company Confidential Relations When needed, unrelevant options can be excluded using conditions where appropriate; We do not suggest creating add-on relationships between the owner and both add-on items & add-on groups to avoid disorganization within the Add-Ons dialog. Make sure to create "mirror" relations for all cabinets to assure proper functioning of mirror items or group of items in Design.

2020 Company Confidential Relations Menu Entry relations must be defined at the catalog level to assure proper functioning of global menus (e.g.: Countertops & Trims, Accessories & Extra Costs...) Base Base Corner Vanity Tall Wall Wall Corner Toe Bases Top Moldings Bottom Moldings Wall Moldings Wall Soffits Add-Ons Accessories

2020 Company Confidential Conclusion Questions? Challenges for next webinar sessions?