B2B Product Catalog Management System In 6 Weeks
Capitalizing on prebuilt B2B eCommerce functionality for X4 faster development
PROJECT IN BRIEF
Client
Global-scale industrial machinery and tools manufacturer, multinational conglomerate member
Industry
Manufacturing
Supply Chain
services
Website redesign
Integrations
Headless implementation
Platforms
Imagine you’re a whale, and everybody’s watching. You need all of your maneuverability, now! That’s what the situation was for the client, in a nutshell.
The giant producer needed their heavy B2B portal refabricated into a power-added product cataloging machine. Handling the challenge with a sprinter speed, Amitech Group rolled out a headless solution with minimized TCO, geared towards marathon business competitions.
PROJECT BACKGROUND
Inefficient resource allocation
The client markets a wide range of products on a continental scale across a continuously growing distributor base. Therefore, governing their massive B2B portal content and navigating product lists is an intensely effort-consuming job.
CLIENT’S OBJECTIVES
To facilitate their website management and support while streamlining product cataloging and comparison, the client needed the existing portal revamped, ASAP.
CHALLENGE
Progress roadblocks
The difficulties in product choice and matching were time-sensitive, blocking the overall efficiency of the client’s supply chain process.
To ultimately accelerate the solution makeover, the team has sealed the deal to reuse the earlier project code. This helped finalize the delivery 4+ times faster as compared to the previous cycle.
VENDOR COMPETITION WIN
Our previous project with this client focused on migration of one of their B2B distributor portals, which was a success. Since Amitech Group has proved a trusted partner and gained the client’s assurance by delivering on the promise, the team got the second contract in a row.
SOLUTION
Headless catalog platform
Amitech Group has redesigned the client’s existing subsidiary portal into a headless BigCommerce-based manufacturer catalog platform. Other than promoting marketing materials via static pages, it serves as a highly flexible B2B catalog management system.
CAPABILITIES
- Instant distributor search and easy navigation
- Builder.io-powered content management
- Table view for the product listing page
- Dynamic attribute extraction from the catalog
- Instant product feature comparison
INTEGRATIONS
Enables homepage and static pages content management
Powers supply chain workflows and data analytics
Arranges product details, images, and specifications
Brings in B2B functionality beyond BigCommerce core
ENGINEERING STACK
TECH UNDER THE HOOD
BigCommerce, BundleB2B, Catsy, PeopleSoft, AWS Lambda, AWS S3, AWS EC2, AWS ECS, Builder.io
JavaScript, TypeScript
Next.js, Node.js, Tailwind CSS, Headless UI, REST API, GraphQL
Elasticsearch
“Builder.io helps easily introduce rich content and interactive elements while changing styling and adding new pages with zero engineering effort. It smoothly supports any tech stacks, templates, code components, and design systems. Meaning, one can autonomously administer the entire website lifecycle.”
FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS
- Electronic catalog
- Feature comparison chart
- Multiparameter distributor search
WORK DONE
- Existing eCommerce website redesign
- Product catalog template development
- Catsy PIM configuration
- Custom transactional emails development
- Internal and external platform integration
- Next.js headless implementation
Results
6
weeks
Beyond-the-expectations delivery time frame
Minimized TCO
With off-the-shelf code components and flexible tech integrations
Zero-code updates
Builder.io CMS ensures intuitive website support and improvement
Futureproof architecture
Headless Next.js implementation rules out continuous replatforming
Smooth B2B supply chain
No bottlenecks within product cataloging, selection, and comparison
Solution extendibility
The entire conglomerate can potentially piggyback on the premade software
FURTHER COLLABORATION
Amitech Group was honored to become the client’s exclusive eCommerce tech provider.
THE UNDERLYING MASTERY INGREDIENTS
Engagement model
Time and Material NTE, Dedicated Team
Team composition
- Full-time full-stack Software Developer
- Part-time Software Developer
Methodology
Agile
Application security
Oracle PeopleSoft
Infrastructure security
- BigCommerce-Certified Tier 1
- Amazon Web Services
Last updated: April 15, 2024
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