Executive Summary
The client is a leading publisher of eMedia and manufacturer of eMedia Devices. The clients existing eStore was developed using .NET platform which was catering to online sales but never met their expectation, at the same time the website’s architecture (design and navigation) is not user- friendly, thus client understood that successful ebusinesses needs adoption of eCommerce trends, Technology and decided to change the application platform.
Sigma Infosolutions leveraged its expertise on Magento, an Open source eCommerce platform and other web technologies to develop a comprehensive eCommerce solution. Built on Magento, the application extends numerous customization capabilities. Custom extensions were developed for a better user experience, extend admin functionalities, revenue drivers and extensions that improve checkout & navigation.
The Client
The client provides services that is dedicated to enriching lives by enhancing media consumption and language communication and is specialized in creating tools to help people around the globe effectively connect with a technologically diverse and dynamic world. The clients’ mission is to reliably make anyone’s language interaction successful. The client has built a reputation throughout the world for its commitment to language learning and reference. The client is based out of North America.
Business Case
The client had the vision to develop a comprehensive solution with an easy user interface for their existing eStore. The current eStore was built on .Net platform which had no option to improve the online shopping experience and was not the most preferred way for an user to shop (no user-friendly navigation). The admin module was too heavy to post and update product information because the solution was built on dot net where there were support issues for maintenance and upgrades.
The client wanted to restructure their eStore that can leverage the evolving and innovative global eBusiness models. With this vision the client approached Sigma Infosolutions to achieve maximum operational efficiencies, reduce costs, and increase return on investment. Sigma Infosolutions proposed to use Open Source Magento e-commerce platform to build the eStore from scratch.
Business Benefits
- Monthly technical availability is more than 99%.
- An empowered solution to optimize processes across the eRetail.
- 40% cost savings on functionality development.
- Complete set of data, functioning alarms in real-time.
- Ongoing operating costs at or better than budget.
- Low system overhead and lower.
Client
Leading eMedia publisher headquartered in North America.