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Input data and default values
Input data and default values

The first step to adding products in Pickler is knowing which input data you need right away - and which data you fill out later.

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Product details

Data

Description

Default value

ID*

ID that is used by customer. Is required at all times.

-

Product name

Product name

  • (no name)

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.

  • 1000 gram

Product category

Product categories

  • Unspecified category

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

For heat, Pickler applies line ‘B.050.01.101.230701 Industrial Heat, General’. Tonsists of: 50% heat from natural gas for chemical processes 50% heat from heavy oil for chemical processes.

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.

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.

When no continent is provided, Pickler uses an unspecified value.

Pickler applies the following tables for regions (literature references can be found at FAQ 2.21 of ecocostsvalue.com ):

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.

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