Development of a Microservices-Based Procurement Automation Platform with Centralized Authorization and Analytics Dashboard

The client faces inefficiencies due to manual procurement research and analysis tasks, limited system scalability, and security vulnerabilities stemming from monolithic legacy systems. They require a robust, secure, and scalable digital solution to automate procurement processes and provide real-time analytics.

A large, global procurement consulting firm seeking to modernize its software ecosystem to automate manual processes, enhance security, and improve analytics capabilities.

• Transition existing monolithic procurement software to a microservices architecture to improve scalability and flexibility.
• Implement centralized authorization mechanisms to enhance security and system performance across multiple applications.
• Develop background processing systems to optimize data analysis and automate business logic execution.
• Create an internal analytics dashboard for monitoring background tasks and overall system health.
• Integrate data visualization tools to support customized reporting and insights generation.
• Automate quality assurance processes to accelerate deployment cycles and increase software reliability.

• Modular microservices architecture supporting independent deployment and scalability.
• A centralized authorization system supporting high-performance authentication across all applications.
• Background task processing with queuing systems to handle intensive data analyses asynchronously.
• A native monitoring dashboard to oversee background job execution and system health.
• Integration with data visualization and reporting tools (e.g., Tableau or similar) for customizable report generation.
• Automation of test cases and QA workflows to ensure rapid, reliable releases.

• Data visualization platforms (e.g., Tableau) for reporting and dashboarding
• Identity and access management systems for centralized authorization
• Data sources and analytics tools used in procurement research
• CI/CD tools for automated testing and deployment

• High performance: authorization requests processed with minimal latency, utilizing layered data storage strategies.
• Scalability: ability to support increased load by adding more microservice instances.
• Security: implementation of centralized authorization for all applications with robust access controls.
• Reliability: 99.9% system uptime with monitoring and automated alerting systems.
• Automation: 99% test coverage for automated QA processes, enabling quicker releases.

The new platform is expected to significantly streamline procurement processes, reducing manual effort and analysis time, improving data security, and enabling real-time insights. Anticipated outcomes include faster deployment of new features, increased system reliability, and enhanced analytics capabilities, leading to improved operational efficiency and decision-making.