How a catalogue problem became piko.pro

Koha Group came to us in 2024 for the usual things: a logo suite and brandbook, printed catalogues and an online store. We made all of that. But at the start we asked one more question, the one we ask every client: what would make your work easier?

The real problem

The answer had little to do with design. Every time a price changed, the catalogue was out of date and had to be made again. Stock lived in a separate system, so someone had to check it by hand.

Keeping the catalogue, the prices and the stock in line took someone hours every day. Because it was all typed by hand, mistakes slipped in: a wrong price, an old photo, a barcode with one digit off.

What we built

• Prices and stock that sync with Koha's own system, so every number comes from one place.
• A branded PDF catalogue that makes itself: 57 pages in about 10 seconds, filtered by stock, category or brand.

What changed

Things that weren't possible before, even with time, now just happen. There is an up to date catalogue whenever someone needs one. The daily catalogue, price and stock work runs on its own. And because names, photos, prices and barcodes come straight from their system, the typing errors are gone.

No more typing errors. The work that took someone hours every day now runs on its own.

One more question

We could have delivered exactly what was ordered and stopped there. The catalogues would have looked good and been out of date a week later. Asking one more question turned a design job into a system that saves real time every day.

That system became piko.pro. Today we run it for other wholesalers too, and it powers Taffmed's wholesale site.

If your team spends hours keeping something in line by hand, write to us at hello@pikoagency.cc. We'll start with the same question.