Product details
Data | Description | Default value |
ID* | ID that is used by customer. Is required at all times. | - |
Product name | Product name |
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Description | Description of the product | - |
Image url | URL to product image | - |
Custom attributes | Additional fields for GTIN, SKU's, etc | - |
Product weight (in grams) | Weight of the product in grams, mU or Gsm. |
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Product category | Product categories |
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Supplier | Supplier where the product is purchased | - |
Raw materials
Data | Description | Default value |
Materials | All materials listed on the bill of material for this product. It’s required to include 98% of the materials in your product. | Unknown material. No value is applied. |
Material distribution | The distribution of the materials in shares or gram. | - |
Components | An individual part of packaging that groups materials, like cushioning, strapping, or labels, each with its own production location. | Default names: Component A, B, C, etc |
Component quantity | The number of individual units a single component entry represents, e.g., a “sleeve” component with a quantity of 25 refers to 25 sleeves. | Default quantity of 1 |
Production
Data | Description | Default value |
Production location | The location where the component is produced. | Unspecified location |
Production method | The production method | When the material is known, Pickler will try to assign a default production method for that material. For example, for a cardboard product, Pickler will assign default corrugated box making.
If Pickler can’t assign a specific production method, it will use a default value of 2kw of electricity per kg material |
Production energy | Heat and electricity used to produce the product. | When the location (country) of the manufacturing plant is known, Pickler will apply the electricity data of IDEMAT of that specific country: the IDEMAT data lines
‘B.042.02 Energy, electricity EU UK, CH, Norway consumption’ and data lines
‘B.044.01…. trough B.044.08….’ for the rest of the world (‘production’)
When the location is not known, Pickler will apply line ‘B.040.01.101.230701 Electricity General Industry’, being a global average |
Transport
Data | Description | Default value |
Transport unit dimensions | The dimensions of the unit load device. | 80x120 cm: This refers to the base dimensions of a standard Euro pallet, a commonly used pallet size in Europe.
180 cm height: This is the total height of the stacked goods on the pallet. When products are stacked up to 180 cm, it includes both the pallet base and the items on it. |
Transport unit weight | The gross weight of the unit load device. | 300kg |
Transport method | The transport of the product. | Market average Truck with container (1000km) + market average container ship (20.000) |
Transport distance | Distance between locations. | When locations are unknown, 21.000km is used. |
Warehouse location | Location of the warehouse. This is the end of the transport journey. | Unspecified location |
End of life
Data | Description | Default value |
End of life regions | Locations where the end of life of a product is expected. | Pickler uses regional scenarios to calculate the end of life per material category it has defined.
For example, when a metal is selected and the disposal region is EU, Pickler assumes 100% recycling.
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End of life scenario | Distribution of incineration, land fill, recycling or composting of a product. | Pickler uses default end of life scenarios for Europe, Asia, North America, South America, Oceania and Africa. |
End of life shares per location | How the end of life is distributed across the regions. | When no value is provided, Pickler uses 100% for a default region, which takes a value is Europe. |