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Website & Akeneo Integration for M&Co

Services Covered:

Custom Software Development • System Integration

Industry

E-commerce & Retail

Duration

9 months

Budget

1M - 10M

Start Date

1 January 2022

Team Size

6-10 Employees

Engagement Model

Nearshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

78/100

Good

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Client

M&Co

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Project Summary

Finture delivered legacy system and Akeneo integration services for a large retail brand (M&Co), building modular order integration components and connecting custom applications to legacy product systems. The team used .NET Core and RabbitMQ, integrated with a legacy Oracle database, and worked in an agile process with daily meetings and Slack communication. After launch, the client reported the best order ingestion and dispatch times they had seen, with timely delivery and positive stakeholder feedback.

Key Challenges

Integrate new applications and services with existing legacy product systems
Integrate with a new Akeneo setup and ensure minimal disruption during a hard deadline switchover
Implement a modern, flexible design to allow quick changes with minimal operational disruption

Project Deliverables

Order importer, order updater and orchestrator components
Akeneo integration
RabbitMQ message queuing integration
Legacy Oracle database integration

Project Solution

Finture split the project into focused areas (Akeneo, website order integration, legacy event interaction, reconciliation) and implemented a modular order integration comprised of an Order importer, Order updater and an Orchestrator. The implementations were built primarily in .NET Core, integrated with RabbitMQ for messaging, and connected to the legacy Oracle database while keeping the core features database-agnostic. The team used agile practices, daily standups and Microsoft Dev Ops for sprint management.

Project Outcome

Achieved the best order ingestion and time-to-dispatch results ever recorded by M&Co
Delivered key features and smaller projects on time with positive stakeholder feedback
Maintained stable staffing with timely communication via daily meetings and Slack

Platforms

Web
API/Integration Platform

Tech Stack

.NET Core
Oracle
RabbitMQ
Azure DevOps

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“Finture's work on the existing legacy systems helped the client have better data ingestion and dispatch times. Deliverables were also completed on time, which received positive feedback from key stakeholders. They had an agile methodology, regularly communicated via Slack, and had daily meetings.”
Alan English
Software Development Manager
Date: 01/27/2023