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As an older system, it couldn\u2019t keep up with growing sources and volumes of data and was difficult to integrate with store point of sale (POS) systems, mobile devices, and other modern technologies.<\/p>\n<p>The company experienced several challenges that put it at risk of losing customers and potential new stores to competitors with lower prices, better product selection, and more advanced technology:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Outdated and inaccurate inventory data<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Slow, multi-step ordering process<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Limited or no visibility into competitive pricing<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Print catalogs that are quickly outdated<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cloud-based order management portal<\/h2>\n<p>The client engaged Wavicle to build a modern ordering solution that makes it faster and easier to evaluate and optimize prices, search and order products, and manage inventories. The solution includes a web-based order management portal powered by cloud technologies that enable faster integration and analysis of more data from more sources.<\/p>\n<p>The company now draws product data from the original mainframe database into a cloud data warehouse, where it is combined with competitive pricing data that is updated regularly.<\/p>\n<p>It uses machine learning algorithms to match the company\u2019s products with other vendor products and pricing, which not only shows competitive pricing but eventually will enable them to optimize pricing models based on the ever-growing data history.<\/p>\n<p>This high-performance system allows the use of more digital product images and scanning technologies, which improve and accelerate the users\u2019 ordering experience. It also integrates with store point-of-sale systems, which greatly improves their inventory management.<\/p>\n<p>The solution included several components:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Amazon S3 data lake<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Amazon Redshift data warehouse<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Talend data integration<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">React JS and .NET framework for order management portal with web and mobile access<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Content management system to personalize stores\u2019 home pages and easily update content<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Solution delivers rich product and pricing insights<\/h2>\n<p>The new order management system delivers a more accurate, personalized, and meaningful ordering experience for stores and gives customers the confidence that they will find the products they need when they need them.<\/p>\n<p>Store managers and owners spend less time ordering products and managing inventory thanks to faster and more accurate search results, more digital product imagery, and integration with modern technologies such as scanners and mobile devices.<\/p>\n<p>The company\u2019s leadership is thrilled with the results:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Faster, easier, and more accurate ordering process leverages digital scanners and mobile technology, rich digital imagery, and better search results<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Simplified inventory management with POS integration<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Readily available competitive insights and historical pricing data<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">A user-friendly online catalog that is quick to customize and eliminates the need to print and ship 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