What is Akeneo?
Akeneo is a system making product information management easier for non-technical users. It will compile, enrich and centralize all your marketing data and prepare it for exporting. Akeneo integrates product information effortlessly into the eCommerce suite and enriches the data when it gets there.
The platform is flexible and can adapt to your product and processes. Akeneo provides plug-ins to automatically export your product data to whatever platforms you need, including eCommerce platforms like Mirakl, Magento, Demandware, OroCommerce, Shopware, and Prestashop. The large ecosystem of integrators is continuously creating new connectors and can quickly accommodate custom platforms.
Who is using Akeneo?
Akeneo is widely used by various organizations across different industries to manage their product information efficiently. Some notable companies and sectors that use Akeneo include:
- Retailers and E-commerce Platforms:Forever 21: The fashion retailer uses Akeneo to manage its vast product catalog across multiple regions and languages.
Sally Beauty: A global beauty retailer that relies on Akeneo for consistent product information across its e-commerce and brick-and-mortar stores.
Franklin Electric: A leader in the production and marketing of systems and components for the movement of water and fuel. - Manufacturing:John Deere: The agricultural machinery giant uses Akeneo to streamline its product data management and ensure accuracy across its various channels.
Rossignol: A manufacturer of winter sports equipment, which uses Akeneo to manage and distribute product information globally. - Luxury and Fashion Brands:Sephora: The cosmetics retailer uses Akeneo to manage its product data across different markets, ensuring consistency and high-quality information.
Levi's: The iconic denim brand uses Akeneo to manage product information across its global network. - Food and Beverage:Nutrabolt: A nutritional supplement company that uses Akeneo to centralize product data and streamline the distribution of information to various sales channels.
Bacardi: The well-known spirits company uses Akeneo to maintain consistent product information across various markets and languages. - Automotive:Mazda: The automotive company uses Akeneo to manage its extensive range of products and parts, ensuring accurate and consistent information across different channels.
What is Akeneo stack?
Akeneo web application stack includes the most necessary tools, such as a pre-configured MySQL database server, SMTP server, Redis server running in docker containers. Docker volumes on the host machine will store all data and assets. TryDirect also provides useful features for the easiest container management like Portainer, migration tools, automatic backup and some more.
This stack version is based on pim-community-dev is for development purpose only
What do you get with this installation?
Akeneo stack includes following application containers:
- PHP
- Nginx
- MySQL
- Elasticsearch
- MinIO
- SMTP server
What are the benefits of using Akeneo
- π Leading PIM ecosystem with a comprehensive set of pre-built connectors and extensions
- π§βπ» Intuitive user interface for non-technical users
- π οΈ Open source technology stack
- π Multi-language, multi-currency, multi-region
- βοΈ On-premises, SaaS, or PaaS deployment
- π Sales conversion rates increase
- π Fast time-to-market
- π Data centralization
- π Consistency across multiple channels
- π Streamlined localization efforts
- π Painless updates and easy rollbacks
Configuration settings
Once the deployment is complete, you will receive an email with all the configuration settings required for post-installation steps. Be attentive when you fill-up the server hostnames. See some examples below:
SMTP Host: smtp
SMTP Port: 25
Number of servers required: 1 dedicated server or a VPS
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