Exciting New Project: Advanced AI Product Data Extraction for Leading Retail Client

We are pleased to announce that Logic Replace has commenced work on an ambitious new project for a major player in the home heating sector. This collaboration aims to revolutionize how product information is sourced, organized, and delivered for use in Product Information Management (PIM) systems and online platforms, using the most challenging forms of product source material in the industry.

Our client, known for their comprehensive range of stoves and fireplaces, faces a reality shared by most manufacturers and retailers: product data is scattered across dozens, sometimes hundreds, of bespoke PDF catalogues, legacy technical sheets, and other unstructured documents. Each document arrives in its own format, structure, and style, with every supplier presenting information in subtly (or drastically!) different ways. For a business that manages thousands of SKUs across multiple brands, bringing all this information together into a clean, consistent database is a monumental task.

Inputs: Real-World Product Documents

At the heart of this project are the very same source documents our client’s teams handle every day. These include:

• Multi-page PDF brochures containing complex tables, diagrams, and technical specifications.
• Scanned product sheets, many of which contain a mix of images, technical drawings, and technical data.
• Documents from numerous brands, each with their own way of presenting product attributes, certifications, and performance data.

It’s not unusual for these files to stretch across dozens or even hundreds of pages, each packed with dense technical detail, marketing copy, and regulatory information. The sheer volume and diversity of source material means that “one-size-fits-all” data extraction tools are rarely effective outside of laboratory settings. Our challenge is to bridge that gap in the real world.

Outputs: Actionable, Standardized Data

The end-goal of our work is straightforward yet transformative. For every new product document, we will deliver:

• A precisely structured set of product attributes, mapped to the client’s PIM and e-commerce requirements. This includes all the details that matter: product codes, dimensions, performance metrics, certifications, warranty terms, and more.
• Results that are “export ready” – output as CSV files that can be uploaded directly into the client’s catalogue or management systems, ensuring fast, error-free integration.
• Clear indicators whenever information is missing, ambiguous, or requires manual review, supporting efficient workflow for the client’s product management team.
• Optional value-adds like search engine meta data, automatically generated based on the newly-standardized product information.

A Complex Technical and Business Challenge

It’s important to recognize the scale and novelty of the challenge. Even with the latest advances in artificial intelligence, extracting accurate technical and regulatory data from real-world product documents remains a significant hurdle.

Unlike working from tidy databases or well-labeled export files, our source material reflects the chaotic, handwritten, and ever-evolving reality of manufacturing and supply. Each brand, and often each document from the same brand, can structure tables differently, use industry-specific jargon, abbreviate units in unexpected ways, and scatter key details across different pages or diagrams. Add in the frequent need to interpret context, such as regulatory compliance notes or variable warranty statements, and it’s clear this is not simply a cut-and-paste operation.

Our project will break new ground by addressing genuine industry obstacles to clean, accurate, and scalable product data. The result will free our client from countless hours of manual entry and verification, empowering them to reach the market faster and serve their customers and partners with the richest, most reliable information possible.

A Work in Progress with Big Impact

This engagement is currently underway, and we look forward to sharing updates as milestones are met and new solutions are developed. We thank our client for their vision and collaboration, and are proud to be setting a new standard in product data automation.

Stay tuned for more updates as we move from development into live deployment!