endorsedCompleted

Beverage Supply & Inventory Platform (Suppliers, Distributors, Retailers)

Services Covered:

Custom Software Development • Software Product Development

Industry

Food & Beverage

Duration

15 months

Budget

200K - 999K

Start Date

1 September 2018

Team Size

6-10 Employees

Engagement Model

Offshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

68/100

Good

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Client

Beverage Excellence LLC

Denver, United States of America

Project Summary

Artkai developed a software product from scratch for an alcoholic beverage software company to connect suppliers, distributors, and retailers, leveraging JavaScript, Vue.js, and PostgreSQL. The engagement included research and R&D followed by a 14-month design and build phase, resulting in a platform with a super-admin site and hourly POS feed integration. The product received positive reception from target users and the vendor provided strong project management and collaborative input.

Key Challenges

Need to build a new platform to connect suppliers, distributors, and retailers
Support three tiers of the alcoholic beverage supply chain and a super-administrator site
Integrate hourly point-of-sale feeds to manage orders and inventory

Project Deliverables

Web platform connecting suppliers, distributors, and retailers
Super-administrator (admin) site
PostgreSQL database
Hourly point-of-sale data feed integration to manage orders and inventory

Project Solution

Artkai served as the initial development partner and built the client's software product from scratch. They conducted an R&D phase (~3 weeks) to understand requirements and then designed and built the platform over approximately 14 months. The scope included supporting three tiers of the alcoholic beverage supply chain and creating a super-administrator site; the team implemented the system using JavaScript, Vue.js, and PostgreSQL and integrated hourly point-of-sale feeds to enable order and inventory management.

Project Outcome

The platform received positive reception from roughly 50 stores, with widespread interest among those presented to
The product achieved pilot-status approval from a large US buying group's board, enabling potential deal progress
Project management and regular communication were cited as strong aspects of the engagement

Platforms

Tech Stack

JavaScript
Vue.js
PostgreSQL

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

4.88

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“Artkai – Interfaces that make sense delivered a successful product that functions well and has received positive feedback from the target audiences. The team understood the project thoroughly to support streamlined collaboration. They offered valuable insight to encourage platform improvements.”
Kevin Byrne
CEO
Date: 12/30/2019