Modernizing Inventory Management System for Automotive Parts Distribution

The client manages a vast inventory database with over 285,000 parts across multiple systems, featuring fragmented web platforms and inefficient reporting capabilities. The legacy system hampers operational efficiency and user experience, necessitating a comprehensive upgrade while ensuring uninterrupted business flows during transition.

A large automotive parts distributor managing extensive inventory and sales platforms across multiple websites and third-party solutions, seeking system modernization to improve efficiency and user experience.

• Refactor and upgrade legacy system components to modern technologies to improve system performance and maintainability.
• Implement a user-friendly UI/UX aligned with industry standards.
• Enhance inventory, stock, warehouse management, and reporting functionalities to support real-time data access and automation.
• Ensure system reliability, scalability, and security throughout the transition process.
• Accelerate the time-to-market for new features and improvements.

• A comprehensive admin interface for managing warehouses, stock levels, pricing, discounts, and financial data.
• A customer-facing online shop for browsing, purchasing, and payment processing.
• Role-based user authentication with single sign-on capability.
• Real-time inventory tracking, stock level alerts, and automated replenishment workflows.
• Advanced reporting modules for usage, stock, sales, and warehouse analytics, supporting manual and automated actions based on report data.
• Incremental migration approach to refactor existing systems using modern tech stacks like WebApi and React, with the use of containerization (e.g., Docker) for deployment efficiency.
• Support for multiple integrated applications ensuring seamless data flow.

• ERP systems for financial and inventory synchronization
• Payment gateways for online transactions
• Third-party logistics or warehouse management systems, if applicable

• System uptime target of 99.9% to ensure business continuity during migration
• Scalability to handle large inventories and high user traffic
• Response times of under 2 seconds for critical user actions
• Secure authentication and data encryption to protect sensitive information
• Maintainability and supportability through modular architecture

The modernization of the inventory management platform is expected to significantly improve operational efficiency, reporting accuracy, and user experience. Anticipated outcomes include faster system deployment cycles, improved data reliability, enhanced scalability, and a reduction in manual management efforts, leading to overall business growth and market competitiveness.