Memsource Integration — business view

1. Business Summary

Authenticates against Memsource per user/brand, creates/syncs projects and TMs, runs file analyses, and retrieves deliverables.

2. Business Value

Automation of TM-driven workflows in the primary TMS.

3. Users / Stakeholders

PMs, engineers.

4. Workflows

• Acquire a token and cache it.
• Create projects, upload TMX, run analyses.
• Pull deliverables.

5. Sub-Features

• Token caching; brand-scoped credentials.

6. Business Rules

• Falls back to a hard-coded admin credential in some paths (operational risk).
• Tokens are reused while still valid.

7. Data Entities

Memsource user record (token cache).

8. Entry Points

• TMS controller / Memsource controller.

9. Inputs & Outputs

• Inputs: credentials.
• Outputs: tokens, projects, analyses, deliverables.

10. Integrations

• Memsource API.

11. Calculations / Logic

• Token TTL handling.

12. Status Lifecycle

• Token valid/expired.

13. Permissions

• PMs/engineers; brand-scoped.

14. Reports & KPIs

• Memsource sync success.

15. Risks & Observations

• Hard-coded fallback credentials.
• Long synchronous waits in the TMS pathway.

16. Source Code Evidence

• app/Controller/MemSourceController.php.