Inventory Management System for retail giant

Client

The customer is a retail giant based out of UK, whose primary domain of service is listing all affiliate businesses and products.

Executive Summary

The client needed a single inventory management application to manage the movement of finished products for more than 26 depots around the country.

Technology

• ASP.NET,
• VB.NET,
• MS SQL Server 2000
• DTS Package

Solution

• Developed a framework which would ensure that there is a centralized server which would have the status of all the branches.
• To ensure seamless transfer of data a failover mechanism was built.
• Open ended system architecture for accommodating constant changes.
• Home grown agile development methodology implemented.

Challenges

• Modernization from a legacy system.
• Eliminating single point of failure with limited infrastructure at certain depots.
• Constant requirement changes.
• Time crunch.

Business Impacts

• One stop for picking products and managing them across depots.
• Entire supply chain is made robust and manageable.