Automated eCommerce for Manufacturing Tool Distribution
Enabling efficient supply chain via B2B eCommerce web platform
PROJECT IN BRIEF
Client
Leading producer of industrial machinery and equipment, part of a multinational conglomerate
Industry
Manufacturing
Supply Chain
services
System migration
From-scratch engineering
Platforms
Migration is truly a journey that is especially challenging when you’re a giant. However, getting over it didn’t take standing on the giant’s shoulders this time.
A good portion of engineering drill, a couple of powerful integrations,—and a legacy eCommerce platform got rejuvenated and kicked into overdrive. And just like that, x3 growth, tens of thousands of products elegantly listed, all with rock-steady performance.
PROJECT BACKGROUND
Technology scaling
All across North and South America, the client used to market and source their products through a custom eCommerce platform for distributors. Running on nopCommerce, the web portal enabled efficient ordering and shipment to local stores.
Yet, given the plan to extend the distributor base from 100+ to 300+ partners while onboarding new target markets, they risked struggling with adding those massive tech landscapes. The limitations abounded with scalability issues and cloud failures to support overly complex B2B logic.
CLIENT’S OBJECTIVES
Build an optimized BigCommerce-powered B2B distributor portal enabling seamless scalability, and driving tech performance and business growth.
CHALLENGE
ERP restrictions
Data inaccuracies and search difficulties occurred within the existing ERP, as it imposed character limits in the product name and description fields.
It was crucial to rule out similar issues, as the end solution was to process a broad product catalog with up to 30,000 items and thousands of custom specifications.
VENDOR COMPETITION WIN
Amitech Group was a hands-down winner for the team’s proven BigCommerce expertise, industry-certified engineers, and successful tech partnerships to its name.
SOLUTION
A brand-new B2B portal
From scratch, the Amitech Group team has built a brand-new distributor web portal underlying BigCommerce.
Tying together multilayer tech structures, the B2B ordering platform now serves a single source of truth all across the eCommerce process: product search and selection, order management, shipment, and back-ordering.
INTEGRATIONS
Governs business operations and data turnaround
Organizes product descriptions, images, and specifications
ENGINEERING STACK
TECH UNDER THE HOOD
BigCommerce, BundleB2B, Catsy, PeopleSoft, AWS Lambda, AWS S3, AWS EC2, WordPress
JavaScript, TypeScript
NextJS, Node.js, Tailwind CSS, Headless UI, REST API, GraphQL
Elasticsearch
“Granted the way we’ve smoothly taken the project to success, this marked the beginning of a longstanding collaboration between Amitech Group and a true manufacturing giant, which was overly exciting for the team.”
FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS
- Fully automated B2B functionality
- Full-cycle eCommerce process support
- Quick order and requisition list generation
- Quotation and order management
- Multiparameter search and filtering
WORK DONE
- The client’s existing system audit
- eCommerce software engineering
- Internal and external platform integration
- System stabilization and onboarding
Results
6
months
Impressively fast delivery path for a fully functional eCommerce solution
X3
growth
Advanced scalability to administer 300+ accounts
30K
products
Steady performance to manage anything, in thousands
COMPLEMENTED WITH
Ultimately orchestrated and automated eCommerce process
Dramatically reduced human error and increased time efficiency
The tech groundwork to extrapolate across the entire conglomerate
FURTHER COLLABORATION
Amitech Group was honored to become the client’s exclusive eCommerce tech provider within yet another subsidiary project, which also was a success.
THE UNDERLYING MASTERY INGREDIENTS
Engagement model
Time and Material NTE, Dedicated Team
Team composition
- Software Architect
- Product Owner
- 3 BigCommerce-Certified Developers
- QA Engineer
Methodology
Agile
Standards compliance
GDPR/CCPA
Infrastructure security
- BigCommerce-Certified Tier 1
- Amazon Web Services
Application security
Oracle PeopleSoft
Last updated: April 15, 2024
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