Customer case: Sika-Design

Scandinavia’s oldest manufacturer of rattan and wicker furniture, Sika-Design, has minimized errors, saved time and created an easier workflow for employees by replacing their file and image sharing with the user- and integration-friendly DAM-system from Kontainer.

Improved workflow for both colleagues and customers

Today the traditional family business has various furniture collections, where you will find iconic furniture designs by well-known Danish architects such as Arne Jacobsen, Nanna Ditzel and Viggo Boesen.

As a well-known and recognized Danish design brand, it is essential for the company that the correct and updated material is used. As well as anything from product images, 3D drawings to sales material is distributed as easily and efficiently as possible to physical stores, webshops, interior designers and the press. Sika-Design switched to Kontainer’s DAM-system in the beginning of 2020, and the number of different functions taken into use is increasing continuously.

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"Previously, a big problem of ours was that when we had to send out press releases with certain material, it was often hard to find and associate. We desperately needed a filtering function in the system where the images were located, so we didn’t send our entire image bank, but instead could select and send links to specific products or materials directly to a dealer or a customer. Kontainer has solved that for us."

Kristina Makholm

Brand and Marketing Manager, Sika-Design

Get faster and easier access to the correct material

“We save valuable time by having optimized to a DAM-system, but the most important thing for us is that Kontainer removes a lot of irritation from our work life. Previously it was very frustrating not being able to find the right images or creating links for customers, it was a time-consuming and difficult process. We often had fairly simple tasks that took too long to solve. Now we have solved it in a nice and functional way, so there is a lot of job satisfaction in having implemented Kontainer.”

Kristina Makholm / Brand and Marketing Manager / Sika-Design

A screenshot of the furniture and accessories page.

A system in constant development

“Since we sell furniture, we have a lot of different collections with many different products in each – our dealers are aware of this, but when the press have to find a specific table for an inspiration magazine, it can be difficult since they do not have the knowledge of all our collections, names and products. With Kontainer, an image is uploaded as a main file in one place, and from there we can create subcategories, descriptions and tags, which makes it easy to find what you need. It has been very useful to us. We have made it easy to find our way around both for our dealers and for our press people.”

Kristina Makholm / Brand and Marketing Manager / Sika-Design

"It has shown subsequently that the function of being able to choose which format to use and whether to have it in high or low resolution are some good options that our customers make use of. It’s nice that we can share and distribute things so fast now.”

Kristina Makholm

Brand and Marketing Manager, Sika-Design

Kontainer does the work for you

Kontainer carries, among other things, many options for searching and segmenting in the company’s diverse content, which makes it easier to distribute and update content to retailers, sellers, webshops and the press. This has given Sika-Design a more manageable workflow, where trivial tasks are automated and employees’ frustrations are reduced, while customers get a better user experience.

The design company’s many collections – and replacements thereof can sometimes present challenges when both the press, retailers and sellers must work with and distribute visual material. With Kontainer, they have, according to Kristina, secured a system that everyone in the organization can understand and use.

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A product in constant development

“As a design company, we of course focus on how we appear, and therefore it is very important that we can give Kontainer our own touch, for it to match the universe our website is built around. It is important for us as a brand that we do not send them into a completely different universe when we share our image bank. It all comes together and is also very user-friendly.

Working with Kontainer has been great! It has been a good experience that they are constantly developing on their product and trying to adapt the solution so that it suits our needs. They are quick to find solutions for us and are very proactive.”

Tells Kristina, who also sees great future prospects in the DAM system

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