As a company admin when you logged in to Mattermaps for the first time, you need to edit your company information.

Click on the gear icon at the top bar, this takes you to the Company Configuration settings.

You will find a panel on the left: “User Management”, “Company Information", "Network Connections" and “Manage Certifiers” among others.

Click on “Product Portfolio” section on the left panel, to add your Factories, Business Units and Product Identifier types (this is needed before you can start building your company portfolio, without adding your Product Identifier Type you cannot respond to a PCF request).

To share Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) with your customers, start by adding your products.

If you're unsure which products to add, check the task(s) requested by your customer to identify the product for which you need to create a PCF.

Go to Product Portfolio tab > +Add . You can first create a product family or directly create a product. The product will land on the “Uncategorized Products” family if unassigned but can be moved later.

Fill out the fields for adding a product. You can do it manually or via a bulk upload; by downloading the excel template within the tool. Don’t forget to “Save”.

Go to Product Portfolio tab, navigate and choose a product for which you are interested in creating its Product Carbon Footprint.

Click on the Create PCF button on the right side. This takes you to the standardized PCF form, which guides you step-by-step through the PCF declaration process.

You can add the PCF form manually or via an excel upload file. You can upload one PCF at a time for each product.

The PCF form guides you through a data collection process in a clear manner. First, select the standard you would like to choose for the PCF exchange declaration. You can also decide whether you want to create a limited or a full declaration for the selected standards. If you choose "mandatory inputs only", you will create a limited declaration, while choosing "mandatory and optional inputs" you can fill in extra fields providing a full declaration.

The PCF form via Mattermaps: you can manually fill out each page of the questionnaire, the Save button in the bottom area of each page of the PCF form, can save the entered data as a draft. You can retrieve and finalize it at any time later, when you click on the Create PCF button.

Using the excel upload function: You can download the excel template by choosing “Upload PCF Form” from the dropdown when clicked “Create PCF” button. Fill in the necessary fields in the excel sheet. Upload the PCF form to Mattermaps, make sure to review it. You can save it and go back to it later, or you can create it directly.

After creating your Product Portfolio and creating a PCF. You can then respond to your customer PCF request.

Under My Task tab > Product Tasks sub-section, click and open the specific task from your customer.

You can decide if you want to respond now or close the request and respond later. You can also deny a PCF request.

In order to respond to your customer's request. You need to link this request to the right product. 

You can do this within the task itself. Click and open the specific task from your customer.

Mattermaps will show you a list of your products that you have added. Link the Product if it is not yet linked.

After creating your Product Portfolio and creating a PCF. You can then respond to your customer PCF request.

After linking your product, under the PCF Info section, select the PCF to be shared. Click on Share PCF. You can add comments to your customer in the Comments sub-section.

You will get a small summary, then click on Share PCF.