ApparelMagic integration

ApparelMagic + Le New Black integration overview

ApparelMagic is a cloud-based ERP and PLM software specialized for the apparel industry. Le New Black acts as a collaborative B2B portal for your team and resellers and a sales rep facing iPad app that sends B2B orders back to ApparelMagic.

	The connector uses ApparelMagic API to exchange data (read docs)
	Le New Black is the master system for all data flows (eg. triggers all push/pull operations)
	The connector requires basic configuration in Le New Black and ApparelMagic

Data flows

Data flow: Customers

Reference 

• Full file template: see in Google Drive
• Data flow: from ERP to LNB

Facilities

• Your customer data will reflect the master customer data hosted in ApparelMagic.
• You will click a button in Le New Black to import customers from ApparelMagic.

Data flow: Products

Reference 

• Full file template: see in Google Drive
• Data flow: from ERP to LNB

Facilities

• Your product data will reflect the master product data hosted in ApparelMagic.
• You will click a button in Le New Black to import products from ApparelMagic.

Data flow: Prices

Reference 

• Full file template: see in Google Drive
• Data flow: from ERP to LNB

Facilities

• Your prices data will reflect the master prices data hosted in ApparelMagic.
• You will click a button in Le New Black to import prices from ApparelMagic.

Callouts

• Price lists have to be configured in Le New Black first by your account manager.

Data flow: Inventory stock levels

Reference 

• Full file template: see in Google Drive
• Data flow: from ERP to LNB

Facilities

• Your inventory data will reflect the available-to-sell quantities from ApparelMagic.
• Inventory will be imported into Le New Black according to a schedule that you determine.
• You will be able to trigger this import manually by clicking a button from Le New Black if you need to refresh your stock level earlier.
• The inventory is based on either EAN13s or SKUs.

Data flow: Orders

Reference 

• Full file template: see in Google Drive
• Data flow: from LNB to ERP

Facilities

• You will be able to select orders to be exported from Le New Black.
• Orders will be transferred from Le New Black according to a schedule that you determine.
• You will be able to trigger this export manually by clicking a button in Le New Black if you need to send orders earlier.

Callouts

• Products without EAN13/SKU codes won't be exported.
• Customers without a valid ApparelMagic customer reference will block the order export.
• After the order has been exported from Le New Black, any further changes must be done directly into ApparelMagic.

Image flow: Product images

Reference 

• Data flow: from ERP to LNB

Facilities

• Your product images will be imported from ApparelMagic.

Callouts

• The connector works in 2 steps:
  • first, image URLs are imported into Le New Black. This can be done by an automated task.
  • then image URLs are downloaded into Le New Black and dispatched in their product. This is to be done from the Integration center / Import images by URL
• Images are limited to 8 per product variant: additional images beyond 8 URLs will be ignored.

Integration project

Who's assigned from your team

Your ApparelMagic Administrator, or someone technical who is familiar with your specific setup. A Sales Manager who understands your business, and your merchandising strategies. 

Who's in charge at Le New Black

Your account manager will be taking care of the whole process from day 1. He/she'll be doing:

• Asking questions about your specific ApparelMagic setup and sales process.
• Working with ApparelMagic as they configure the data files to import & export to our system.
• Generating and exporting test orders to ApparelMagic.
• Making sure your team is updated throughout the process and addressing delays occurring on either side.
• Working with you and ApparelMagic to troubleshoot any unexpected issues that arise after launch.

Timeline

A standard integration of the products and prices data flows will take approximately 4-6 weeks to get up and running. 

Integration monitoring

Once the connector is set up, you will have access to the Integration center to manage and monitor your integration with a set of tools:

• access to task logs files for continuous monitoring and troubleshooting (e.g. see if a missing EAN13 or retailer reference is preventing an order from being exported)
• triggers task manually to push and pull data on-demand
• preview data before actual import (only available on some connectors)