Welcome to #DelogueUncovered - We receive many questions from our community about best practices, industry insights, and how to get the most out of Delogue PLM. That’s why we created #DelogueUncovered - a knowledge-sharing series where we address some of the most frequently asked questions from our community.
If you ever feel like you’re building the same thing again and again in product development - you’re not alone. Item lists, size charts, measurements, labels, certifications. The work is necessary, but repeating it manually every time slows teams down and increases the risk of mistakes.
That’s exactly where templates come in.
In this month’s Q&A, Ulla and Serina walked through how brands can use templates in Delogue to create structure, save time, and make sure the right information is always in place - without limiting flexibility.
In Delogue, a template is simply a style, but a very intentional one.
Instead of starting from scratch every time, templates allow you to store recurring setups that can be reused across collections and styles. Think of them as your internal standards, ready to be applied whenever you need them.
There’s no single “correct” way to use templates. The key is to set them up in a way that reflects how your team actually works.
During the session, a few use cases stood out as especially powerful...
Item lists and packaging
If all your styles require the same labels, hangtags, barcodes, or packaging components, there’s no reason to rebuild that list every time. With templates, those items are already there - including placement notes and quantities - and can be imported into new styles in seconds.
Size charts and measurements
Many brands reuse the same point-of-measure structure for similar garments. A T-shirt is a T-shirt - at least in terms of how it’s measured. Templates make it easy to reuse those base measurements and gradings, then adjust where needed instead of starting from zero.
Construction instructions and “how to measure” drawings
Templates can also hold visual and technical guidance. Standard construction steps or measurement drawings can live in a template and be imported into new styles, ensuring consistency across suppliers and seasons.
Certifications and compliance
For certified styles, templates help ensure nothing is forgotten. Certification-related items, labels, and even custom fields (like “GOTS: yes/no”) can be predefined, making it easier to stay compliant and consistent.
As Serina explained, templates are especially useful when something must always be present - not optional.
One of the most important takeaways from the Q&A wasn’t technical - it was structural.
Templates work best when they’re clearly separated from “real” styles. That’s why Ulla recommends creating a dedicated season called something like Templates, using clear naming conventions, and assigning distinctive style numbers.
Just as important: ownership.
Templates shouldn’t be edited by everyone. Size chart templates, for example, should be maintained by the pattern team - not design or sourcing. Clear responsibility ensures that templates stay trustworthy and up to date, season after season.
The goal is to trust your templates - not fix them every time you use them.
When using templates in new styles, Delogue gives you flexibility:
Import item lists, size charts, or construction details
Add template data on top of existing work
Replace existing data entirely (with a clear warning before doing so)
Copy a full template style when custom fields or combined setups are needed
The takeaway? Templates adapt to your workflow, not the other way around. But reading system messages and pop-ups matters. A replace action is powerful, and understanding it avoids unpleasant surprises.
Templates aren’t static. And when something changes - like a new barcode label or updated packaging - you don’t need to update every template manually.
Instead, Delogue lets you replace items across multiple template styles in one action. Select the styles, choose the new item, confirm and the update is applied consistently.
It’s a small feature with a big impact when standards evolve.
The Q&A also covered several everyday questions from users, including:
1. How to set out-of-office messages for suppliers
2. Why messages might appear “missing” (hint: filters)
3. Why certain sizes don’t show up (inactive sizes)
4. How to track certificate expiry dates and set notifications
5. How to update certificates correctly without creating duplicates
And for those curious about what’s next: supplier management and supply chain overview features are on the way as part of Delogue 2.0 - with guides, videos, and webinars to support the rollout.
Templates aren’t about locking teams into rigid systems. They’re about removing friction where it doesn’t add value, so teams can spend more time making decisions, not rebuilding structures.
As Ulla and Serina summed it up:
Sit down, map your needs, decide what should be standardized and let templates do the heavy lifting.
We have monthly Q&A's, check out when the next one is here. They will continue to balance hands-on product questions with updates on regulatory requirements. Invitations will follow soon, and until then, Knowledge Base guides are available for deeper step-by-step instructions.
We hope this gave you some clarity!
Do you have any questions you'd want us to dive into? Send us an email to marketing@delogue.com or DM us on LinkedIn or Instagram with your question(s) and we'll bring it in the next edition of #DelogueUncovered.
Best,
Your Delogue team