CUSTOM DEVELOPMENT
Overcoming Manufacturing's Unique Challenges
Large, popular software systems are built for the masses. But your business has unique, complex needs that don’t always fit into those pre-built boxes. Custom software lets B2B manufacturers solve unique challenges by adding features that fit their business needs, giving them more control and confidence in their operations.
What All-in-One Platforms Don't Want You to Know
The hard truth is that a manufacturer will not find a single platform that perfectly fits all of their needs, regardless of what the marketing messages of big, all-in-one platforms claim. These businesses try to be everything to everybody, and they check as many feature boxes as possible with the most basic functionality.
For example, a standard PO workflow doesn't meet most of a manufacturing organization’s needs. With custom software development, you no longer have to sacrifice functionality to suit the platform. This brings a sense of relief and reassurance, knowing that you can focus on improving customer satisfaction, demand generation, operational efficiencies, and competitive edge.
Overcoming Limitations With Custom Development
Custom development throughout a digital transformation project can look different for every organization’s requirements, goals, and objectives. You do not need to develop fully bespoke applications if you only need to add to existing functionality or enhance features. Let’s explore different levels of custom software development for B2B manufacturers.
Recommendation: Embellish existing features.
Custom software does not have to be a full-blown rip and replacement of a platform if the system mostly works for your business needs. Instead, we can leverage the data from your existing tools and bulk them up to get more out of them, such as:
- Custom Pricing: Custom pricing models can be developed to support complex pricing structures, such as customer-specific pricing, tiered pricing, and volume discounts. This can be integrated with the ERP system to ensure accurate pricing is applied to orders.
- Complex Product Catalogs: Custom development can create and manage complex product catalogues, including products with numerous variants, customizable options, and related products. This can be integrated with the ERP system to display accurate product information.
- Seamless Checkout: A custom checkout process can be developed to give customers a smooth and efficient checkout experience. This can be integrated with the ERP system to ensure accurate order information is captured.
- Custom Reporting: Custom reports can be developed to provide insights into sales trends, customer behaviour, and other critical business metrics. This can be integrated with the ERP system to ensure accurate data is used for reporting.
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Custom Development with Acro Commerce
Creating bespoke software solutions that accommodate the systems your business cannot live without while improving business agility and operational functionality is a journey, not an overnight trip.
Our comprehensive Discovery & Strategy process outlines an iterative plan for achieving your company’s long-term goals while giving you time to fine-tune your strategy.
Suppose you already know custom development is the route your organization needs. In that case, Gesso, our composable commerce accelerator, can get your project to market faster so you can start changing the face of your business online sooner.
Discovery & Strategy with Acro Commerce
Uncovering detailed information about your company, its goals, objectives, and overall desires for your development project helps us build a better plan for project success.
Acro’s Discovery & Strategy process ensures businesses get the most suitable tech solutions tailored to their specific needs and objectives.
Composable Commerce Accelerator
An accelerator minimizes the effort required to get to market without sacrificing functionality or customer experience.
Meet Gesso: By connecting best-in-breed platforms for ideal customer experiences, Gesso reduces time to market, complexity, and costs for B2B Manufacturers.
Acro Commerce’s Digital Transformation Differentiators
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Andrew Gordon, Executive Relationship Manager, Discover Global Network.
"Acro Commerce’s team offers 3 – 4 times greater value than other 3rd party vendors and even our own TELUS internal development teams."
Roi Ross, Vice President — Marketing, TELUS Business Solutions
Custom solves manufacturing woes
Designing development solutions that fit your business is what we do.
Learn how working with Acro Commerce can:
- Improve your operational workflows.
- Future-proof your tech stack.
- Increase scalability.
- Optimize sales processes.
- Create exceptional customer experiences.