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Staff Augmentation & Platform Refactor for Energy Consumption Company

Services Covered:

Staff Augmentation

Industry

Energy & Natural Resources

Duration

75 months

Budget

200K - 999K

Start Date

1 September 2016

Team Size

Confidential

Engagement Model

Onshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

73/100

Good

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Client

Confidential

Santa Fe, Argentina

Project Summary

Crombie provided long-term staff augmentation to an energy consumption company, supplying talent skilled in MongoDB, AWS, Node.js and JavaScript to support and refactor an existing platform. They supported the platform with maintenance and later delivered a refactor that connected the product to the client's ERP via APIs. The engagement ran for nearly seven years and helped the client shift sales online, with online sales growing from 20% to 300%.

Key Challenges

Develop new features for the existing platform.
Refactor the platform to a new tech stack (Node.js, Express, MongoDB and AWS).

Project Deliverables

Support and maintenance of the existing platform.
Refactored the platform using Node.js, Express, MongoDB and AWS.
Connected the platform to the client's ERP system via APIs.
Provided talent resources (staff augmentation) to enable the refactor.

Project Solution

Crombie provided staff augmentation and engineering support, initially handling support and maintenance of the legacy platform and later supplying developers to perform a refactor. The vendor helped migrate the platform to a stack built on MongoDB, Node.js and JavaScript (with Express) and integrated it via APIs with the client's ERP system. Crombie supplied the talent resources needed to complete the refactor and continued to support continuous improvement.

Project Outcome

The main goal of the project was accomplished.
The team moved phone sales to online sales, and online sales grew from 20% up to 300%.
The product entered continuous improvement and benefited from an effective long-term workflow lasting almost seven years.
The client highlighted the vendor's loyalty and responsiveness.

Platforms

Tech Stack

MongoDB
Node.js
JavaScript
Express.js
Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“Thanks to Crombie's work, the client grew their sales from 20% to 300%. They communicated effectively, ensuring a smooth and seamless workflow for more than seven years. Their loyalty and responsiveness were hallmarks of their work.”
Cristian David
IT Manager
Date: 12/27/2022