Sample workflow

Northstar Supply · July update

Watch one risky supplier file become a safe approved release.

This example follows the ProductCatalogs.ai process: understand the supplier file, catch costly changes, approve only what is safe, and update every destination from the approved version.

northstar-price-list-july.xlsx

1,284 products · supplier mapping remembered

1,279

Safe

3

Review

2

Blocked

Step 2 · Risk review

The system explains what changed and why it matters.

Each finding includes the supplier source, the approved value, and the proposed value. The team never has to trust a mystery recommendation.

VALVE-210 · Industrial Valve

Proposed sell price is below supplier cost

Supplier row 18 · cost $84 · proposed sell $79

Rejected

GAUGE-300 · Pressure Gauge

Sell price increased 50%

Approved $120 · proposed $180

Held for review

FILTER-400 · Replacement Filter

Product disappeared from the supplier file

Active in approved version 11 · absent from July file

Preserved

METER-500 · Digital Flow Meter

New product with all required fields

Supplier row 26 · complete pricing and specifications

Approved

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Step 3 · Selective approval

Approve the good changes. Keep the bad ones out.

Digital Flow Meter added
Below-cost valve price rejected
Missing filter stays active

Approved result

Version 12 created

Version 11 remains recoverable. Rejected changes never enter the approved catalog — this is the audit trail if anyone asks what changed and why.

Step 4 · Reliable delivery

One approval updates every managed output.

CSV & Excel exports

Version 12 current

Catalog PDFs

Grid and line sheet ready

ERP & product feed

Exact approved data

All managed destinations point to version 12

Signed API delivery requires production integration setup.

Run this workflow with your own supplier file.

Start with CSV, Excel, or PDF. Nothing changes until you approve the exact changes.