Business Needs
Understanding your business needs, one solution at a time.
Manual Bidding Process
High Turnaround time
Limited Resources
Defining The Problem
We have an itch to do deep research about the problem.
- The client identified a pain point in the Machine Parts Supplier market in the USA.
- Industrial machine manufacturers faced a lengthy process of identifying, contacting, and obtaining personalized quotes from suppliers.
- Suppliers took their time to send quotations, and there was no standard format for quotes.
- Customers had to manually compare quotations, making the process even more challenging.
Bidding Platform
Quotation Request
Standard Quotation Format
Understanding The Need
Our versatile portfolio makes this easy for us.
- The client wanted to develop an online platform that would allow customers to search for Machine Part suppliers and request quotations.
- A bidding platform for suppliers was required to analyze and submit quotes.
- The client intended to establish a commission-based business model to earn from each transaction.
- A priority-based bidding process was needed for repeat customers.
What Zealous Proposed ?
Research. Understood. Proposed.
Single Intermediate Platform
Instead of creating multiple systems, we proposed a single intermediate platform that would serve both customers and suppliers.
Role Definition
Platform users can be a customer or supplier and based on that, customers can request quotes and suppliers can bid on the quote requests made from the customers.
Payment Intermediary system
Instead of forming a direct transaction between customer and supplier, all the payments by would be first made on the platform and then later distributed to the suppliers.
The Journey
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Client Meetings
A senior business analyst and a project manager were dedicated to understand the client requirements.
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Scope Documents
Based on the various meetings with clients, a detailed scope document was prepared.
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Backend Development
Our technical experts designed the UX and based on that entire backend of the system was developed.
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Frontend Development
Our best designers were assigned on the project and engaging UI was prepared of the system.
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System Deployment
Once the whole system was developed and tested, it was then deployed and hosted on the client’s server.
The fight was tough but so fun to crack!
In order to ensure the platform's security, it was decided that customer and supplier names and information would not be revealed until a quotation was finalized by the customer. However, this posed the biggest challenge in determining the payment flow for the transaction. Additionally, since suppliers were unaware of the customer's identity, it was crucial for them to trust the platform when bidding for a customer's quote.
- To address these issues, Zealous proposed a solution where customers would first make complete payment to the platform.
- Payment to the supplier would be transferred by the platform after the transaction was completed.
- The platform would deduct its fee from the transaction.
- This approach ensured security and established trust between customers and suppliers.
What We Delivered
From nothing to a star!
Quote Requests
The customers can use the platform to request quotes from different suppliers.
Bid Quote
The suppliers can analyse the quote and bid on the quote with their best offers.
Quote Review
The platform allowed customers to easily review and compare all the bids that were made by the suppliers.
No Subscription
Customers do not have to pay any subscription amount for using the system.
Upload Documents
Customers must upload supporting documents while requesting for a quote.
Award or Reject Quotes
Customer will have an option to award or reject the quotes which are given by the shops.
Re- Ordering
Both customer and shop will be able to re-order the order which they have made in the past from this system.
Consecutive Failures
If a shop fails to submit a quotation consecutively 10 times, then the system will automatically remove that shop from the system.
Notification
If the customer approves or rejects the bid, then the shop will be notified.
Verification
The system must verify all the documents which are uploaded such as ISO and other certificates.
Technology Stack
C#
MVC .NET
System Workflow
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Client Testimonials
I have used Zealous for several of my projects, I have found the team to be very professional yet personable. When I work with Zealous, I know I am getting the best developers who understand my requirements before they start.
Andrew Arlington
Sales Director at Digital DilemmaI was retained by a client as a Software and Cloud Architect to support internal and customer-facing products. The client had existing mobile apps of poor quality built by another provider.
john bentley, II
CTO at 10XTSFrom day-1 Pranjal and his team have been very good at delivering quality work on time to budget. They are dynamic, if resources need to be shuffled around depending on what work needs to be done.
