The Client
Infographix is a midsized supplier of marketing materials to large financial firms in Massachusetts. They have a sales office and a warehouse to handle this operation. They had a manual and labor intensive phone based order taking process , which they were interested in upgrading, to offer more customer self-service features.
So, they were intereste in building a web-based solution whereby their customers could place orders online and also track their order status online. Furthermore, they were interested in upgrading their old proprietary ERP system to a completely new web-based system.
They selected Inkriti for their proven expertise in delivering high transactional e-business systems on-time and on-budget.
The Skillsets Illustrated
|
WebObjects/.NET development
|
Medium
|
|
User Interface Design
|
Strong : Built the UI
|
|
SQLServer PL SQL
|
Strong
|
|
Database object modeling
|
Strong : Built datamodel from scratch
|
|
Global Delivery
|
Strong
|
The Inkriti Solution
The Inkriti team has deep experience in working with large projects which involve a fully structured Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) methodology.
This solution was designed to be a J2EE application and provides the following:
- Web Interfaces for the customers and customer service reps to enter orders
- A system to release orders to the warehouse and facilitate the order picking process
- XML based Integration with their internal accounting package
The Technology
- Java
- Resin Application Server
- Oracle
- Windows
The solution was provided to the client on-time and on-budget. The online shopping website has been operational since June 2003, and has not experienced any down-time.
