Kyiv, Ukraine
The brief
Brain Computers is a large retailer of computer technology, electronic devices, and gadgets.
Over the course of more than 25 years in business, the company has become one of the leading sellers in Ukraine in both the B2B (wholesale and corporate sales) and B2C markets (retail for consumers). Currently, the company is expanding its product line to include home appliances, tools, sport and leisure goods, and children’s items.
Challenge
During the development of this project, we have created the engine for quick online sales point generation based on a global catalog. The application has its own management system for internal advertising, user segmentation service, category tree management module, product information management (PIM), analytics, and product availability calculation at the delivery point.
We chose microservices architecture for this project.
Solution
During the development of this project, we have created the engine for quick online sales point generation based on a global catalog. The application has its own management system for internal advertising, product information management (PIM), analytics, and product availability calculation at the delivery point. We chose microservices architecture for this project.
Software architecture model
Key features
Customers using the portal can:
- View the product catalog and prices (wholesale and also recommended retail prices);
- Find out about the availability of items in regional warehouses and the time of goods’ availability at issue points;
- Discover promotional offers;
- Place an order, view order history;
- Use the extended functionality: editing orders prior to shipment; booking, dropshipping, order invoicing, generating reports, service request processing, etc.
Results
Aside from the product’s successful implementation, we have been periodically working to enhance it for the past ten years. In order to keep the product up to date, we introduce new features and extend the product functionality on a regular basis.