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Case StudiesDynamics CRM 4 integration with SharePoint 2010
Mobile App to advertise Real Estate
Healthcare Practice Management App for Android Tablets
Collaborative Portal for nurses in SharePoint
Online Fitness Management System
SaleBuild Application in FileMaker
Marketing Campaigns for Sales Executive - A Dynamics On-line CRM Solutions in LAMP Platform
SharePoint Governance Assurance System
Salesforce.com – Powered CMS
PQRI-QRDA Module Development
Online Statistical Sports Data System
Patient Transition Software
Online Weight Management System
Model Converter Service
Automation of Logistic Management System
Quality & Business Management - Automation Testing
Sports Management System
Environment Health & Safety Application - A QTP test case
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4 System Improvisation
E-Transport System
Survey/List replication Tool
Product Testing across various platforms
Police Scanner for Android
MFSCombo Plug-in
Web Based Practice Management System  Our client was worried about manually maintaining proper records of their patients regularly. All they needed was an automated hassle free system that can very well help them organize and maintain records with proper tracking, scheduling, insurance verification, claims processing and billing functions of their patients who visitded them regularly. They wanted a reliable partner who can stand upto their expectation and deliver what they wanted to achieve. Mindfire Solutions provided them with a feasible and robust system that solved their purpose. Read MoreMagazine Publishing Software  The client was one of the publishing software provider in the USA looking for reliable partner to deliver them with a web application which would act as content management system for accomodating magazines for their publishing house. They had demanded various features to be incorporated into the application such as planning, organizing and monitoring of magazine package. They also required someone to walk through their legacy application and database in detail and propose a solution to them. Mindfire took the responsibility to work on it and finally developed an application that had all the modules which the client wanted. Read more Creation of an e-learning management system was something that the client was after. They desired to develop it in order to help the people to develop knowledge and keep themselves safe at all times while driving. Their primary market were kids for whom they wanted to develop something that would motivate as well as create excitement in them. Targeting this objective, they discussed their requirements with Mindfire Solutions. Mindfire's technical team was fast enough to act upon it and laid the architecture of the system to be developed. Read moreTournament Management System  This is a case study about porting an exisiting web application to a desktop windows application. Mindfire helped a Golf Tournament Service provider regain confidence of its client by delivering this application. The client had a web application which was a high quality display application with great look and feel for the users. But, due to its web nature, overheads increased at the time of installation which resulted in decreasing popularity of the service provider. Mindfire delivered a valuable application to the client which regained the lost confidence of his customers. Read moreManage Office - A SharePoint Solution
 A SharePoint site developed by Mindfire for one of its client, that provides complete business solutions to customers to manage day to day tasks at office like Contacts Management, Projects Management, Sales Lead Management, Customer Service Management and Time Sheet Management etc. The client aimed at developing the site and selling it to various companies. Requirements involved customization of the existing Microsoft Server Admin templates to meet specific needs. Read moreChocolate Recipe Builder System
 The Chocolate Recipe Builder System, was requirement from one of our USA client, aiming to automate the process of building up recipes to get the perfect flavor and taste. It helps in storing records of the numerous recipe tests conducted and also helps to finalize the ideal recipe. It was designed in FileMaker to be used by chocolate factories to keep track of the chocolate making process with the system performing cross platform usability, fonts, graphics and formats made available for touch screen monitors. Read moreiPhone Fashion App
 Our USA client wanted us to develop an iPhone app which would be a replica of their existing flash-based web-application related to fashion encompassing all the features of the web-app. User can create account, register/login, and then play around with the dummy models by creating makeovers with the available accessories. User even has the facility to save/upload their makeover as well as vote for other makeovers by participating in daily/weekly contests. Mindfire responded well to create an app for this mobile platform that contained 20,000 individual dress-up elements without loosing quality or speed. Read MoreTravel Management Portal - A SharePoint Solution  Searching for an efficient and reliable partner, this client - a global IT Service provider approached Mindfire Solutions. Their objective was to develop a Travel Management portal using SharePoint, that would help them in designing packages and preparing estimates for their customers taking into account their corresponding services and associated traveler and service component details. As they were inexperienced in SharePoint, Mindfire's team was offered the project. Our team of experts provided a solution whcih served the client's purpose. Read moreWeb based e-ERP Business solution - A complete Supply Chain Management System
 A web based “B2B and B2C Supply Chain and Content Management” framework was needed by one of our e-business client that had to drive online shopping sites and the back-end business process to support the management of their supply chain. They wanted their legacy system on Progress and PHP to be re-built using .Net 3.5 and My SQL/MS SQL Server with the ability to work on multiple databases and support multiple language. Mindfire took up the challenge to deliver the client with a stable and effective system. Read moreSocial Networking - A video sharing community website
 The client was keen to enhance couple of its social networking - video sharing community websites that were hosted using a freely available open source codebase via the web. Security issues with the code base was major concern for them. On top of it contracting work to an offshore firm was a challenge for them. Mindfire's expertise in video streaming and community/social application development was intrumental in gaining trust and confidence in the client. Read moreResource Management Administration  Just think of the level of complexity involved in effectively managing resource. Intending to resolve this issue, client approached Mindfire Solutions. Their exisitng website had certain issues in a page which degraded their website performance. They were a bit hesitant about Mindfire's capability of providing solution. But, Mindfire's technical team delivered with an on time and perfect solution that not only increased their performance but also resolved their major issue of effectively managing resource. Read moreReport Management System - A solution for Insurance Agents
  This client an Insurance firm, was in search for a development partner who could help them build a user friendly and quick access application for their agents. They had different types of business engines on variety of insurance policies built with Excel applications, which were driving the complete business logic. Mindfire took the responsibility to understand their requirement and delivered a feasible and robust solution on time. Read morePTO Workflow - A SharePoint 2010 Solution
 Mindfire was approached by a client who was worried about its existing Leave Management System. They had issues in managing and approving leave applications of their employees. Therefore, they wanted to automate the process by developing a custom workflow in SharePoint 2010. Mindfire brainstormed the existing scenario and provided a perfect solution for their problems. Read more CRM & Sales Automation Software
 This was for the first time when the client was outsourcing its work. Therefore Mindfire had to build its trust and also provide best service in order to prove its worth. The client had an existing product which was only compatible with Sage's Act CRM. Further it was not stable. They wanted to extend the compatibility of the product to other CRM's and also to develop a similar product for other CRM's like MS Outlook, MS Exchange Server & Salesforce. Mindfire proposed with the development of CRM & Sales Automation Software. Read moreSales Force Management Application  The client had an exisitng application for B2B managers to manage their sales team which allowed tracking of sales force activity and performance. The client wanted to optimize and rewrite modules for it. Mindfire understood their intentions and provided them with solutions which resulted in increased sales of their product. Read more The client was after a single software system for building live TV shows for a retail shopping TV network which would facilitate multiple different operations (activities and communications) to air a show successfully on Live TV. So they came up with a solution which Mindfire Solutions designed and developed. Read moreEMR Dashboard - A Silverlight Solution
 Healthcare Industry professionals are used to EMR systems. But, the client's EMR system's dashboard was prone to errors, was bulky and had performance issues. Mindfire provided the client with an easy to use, fast,and flexible dashboard helping them improve their page load time and achieve them their goal. Read moreOnline Photo Uploading Module  The customer was looking to develop a module where an user can upload photos alongwith its description as well as the description of the photographer. He also wanted to have a module developed for multiple photo upload with an option to transfer the photographs to the administrator. Mindfire team provided a perfect solution to achieve his objective. Read moreE-Commerce Site Re-design
 Our client, who has a customer base spread across in the USA and Canada, had clear goals to increase brand awareness, brand loyalty and customer delight of their existing e-commerce website by using the latest and cutting edge technologies. Mindfire responded to it by providing a perfect solution and laying out a Commerce Server schema to best fit in their entire system. Read moreGroupware Meeting System - Web Conference Prototype
 As per our customer’s requirement of having an online groupware text based meeting platform for the web to discuss matters, wherein the control would lie at the hands of the facilitator, Mindfire came up with astonishing end results overcoming some of the profound challenges of implementing Reverse AJAX to the application. Read moreDocument Management Portal
 Mindfire Solutions provided an end-to-end result to the client worried about managing its huge number of documents generated daily by developing an extranet Document Management Portal based on MOSS 2007. As a result the customer was able to better manage information, thus reducing time, cost and increasing productivity. Read moreMMORPG Game Testing on Windows, Mac & Linux
 MMORPG (Massively Multiple Online Role Playing Games) genre are not only highly addictive but also are equally complex and challenging to develop and test. When your business depends on the success of the game, you would leave no stone unturned to select experienced Game testers who not only have the expertise but also have the passion and the right environment at the workplace to test the game thoroughly. Even if you get a expert offshore company, then also you would be thinking atleast a hundred times before you send the testing work to an offshore company. Our European client thought the same initially before he stumbled upon us. Read moreDigital Asset Management System - Quality Assurance Testing
 The zestful thought “Constructive Ways to destruct an Application” and a combination of various testing techniques including Manual and Automated services helped us to make the product very stable. With over 2500 bugs reported for 2 products, Mindfire astounded the client with its expertise. The tests were carried on Cross Platform (WIN XP, 2000 server, Vista, Mac OS X etc), Cross Browser (IE 6, 7, FF 2x, 3x, safari etc), including the Web and Desktop environment. Read moreHansoft Bug Tracking System
 When your business needs to release a beta version of a product and you want users to test it from across geographies, in their own native languages, you need to have a robust Bug tracking system which users find comfortable to use. Getting such a system is a complex task and your software vendor needs to have the top notch expertise not only in your domain but also in testing and development. One of the major game development providers was facing a similar situation. Read moreBi-Directional Interface between EMR and Quest
 One of our EMR clients approached us to setup a bidirectional interface from their EMR with Quest Diagnostics®, the world's leader in diagnostic laboratory testing, information, and services. They had a very tight deadline in mind and also this was of primary importance to get their business expanded. This case study describes the successful implementation of a solution to meet this requirement. Read moreNetSuite® Quote Records Integration
One of our clients, an ISV, approached us with a tricky task which was to integrate Quote requests that originate from a third party website to be sent to NetSuite quote records database whenever a new quote request is added in the third party website. This project attempts to detail out the successful implementation of the same by Mindfire. Read more SMS Solutions Improves Enterprise Productivity
Automated Education Evaluation System
Activity Management System
Project Management Portal Webparts Implementation
Display Calibration Software : Migration - Windows to Mac OSX
Dynamic Document Management System: A nimble SaaS solution
Online Gaming Applications Suite: Porting from Windows to Mac OS platform
QA/Test Automation using QTP: Extensive Workflow-based Software Systems
Cross-Media Software Suite Development: Virtual Product-Development Team - Excellent Experience & Talent at Reduced
Wholesale Distribution Reporting System: For Sales Managers and Sales Representative
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Our client is a leading service provider in the field of renewable energy and is operational in biomass and energy projects in Europe.. They have managed their business with cutting edge technologies like SharePoint 2010 and Microsoft Dynamics CRM etc. They have developed their application to support their employee workspace in SharePoint 2010, and maintained all sales related activity in Dynamics CRM 4 which helped their business build profitable customer relationship by shortening sales cycles and improving customer loyalty through day-to-day tasks for sales, customer service, opportunity etc. 
The aim of this case study is to illustrate the development of an iPhone/iPad application that helps in identifying available rental estates in Norway. The idea behind developing this app was to have an application that allows users to view the list of available rental estates. Using the app the users can filter the list of available properties by location, area and size. It allows the available properties to be displayed as a pin in the Google maps for ease of location. All this makes it possible for the interested users to narrow down their search for properties. If the users find some property to be of their interest, they can view the complete details of that property and go ahead and contact the agent via email or phone. The users can also be guided to the location of that property via Google maps. 
This case study illustrates the way of securely providing a Web based practice management application to hand held Android tablets. The application includes case studies of patients in DICOM format. Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) is a standard for handling, storing, printing, and transmitting information in medical imaging. It includes a file format definition and a network. DICOM files can be exchanged between two entities that are capable of receiving image and patient data in DICOM format. All DICOM images needed to be securely exchanged over network. 
This case study describes the development of a portal wherein healthcare professionals especially neonatal nurses nationally and internationally could share knowledge, ideas and experiences with each other. The client was interested in developing such a portal in order to help these group of professionals to participate in provincial, federal and international health care decision making and policy development regarding the care of newborns and their families through different events.Mindfire was able to prepare a proposal for the client, suggesting him to develop the portal using SharePoint 2007. The final portal developed consisted of two different zones: Internet & Intranet. 
This client of ours is a giant in healthcare industry in USA and wanted to develop a CMS system to manage the content and other frequently changed stuff easily in his website.The main focus of our client was to maintain a healthy food benchmark in a short period of time for his customer. They had an existing system which had functionalities that could not meet their expectations. So, they decided to migrate the application to a DNN (DotNetNuke) CMS with some additional features. Mindfire's DNN team worked on the client's existing system and developed newer modules to ensure smooth functioning of the application. 
This case study illustrates about the development of a database application that is used by sales and telemarketing teams of a company to manage the leads that they generate for their clients. The application streamlines their contact discovery and account profiling processes via the project management system built in the application. It also allows team to archive verified contacts and companies in a contact management module in the same application for future references. The intent of our client to develop such a kind of application was to streamline processes and eradicate the usage of spreadsheets. The numerous modules developed for the application primarily allows access to super users/admin to oversee various tasks. 
The client is a global player in the market of Sales and Marketing since '90s. His mission and vision is to develop product and service in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0v and 2011 which will help Managers and executives to understand business better and work on it. When the client came to us, his main objective was to automate a marketing campaign by using CRM 2011. He had selected Dynamics CRM 2011 On-line to help manage and track Marketing campaigns as well as assist Sales people to track qualified Leads through the sales process.But, he was bit concerned about the implementation of PHP with MS Dynamics CRM 2011 as his primary requirement was interaction of MS CRM with PHP page. 
This SharePoint case study focuses on the development of a unique system, namely Governance Assurance System, which can calculate Risks and Impacts faced by an organization at any given time. It is a set of tools for managing and understanding Risk and assisting the user to achieve good Governance and can only be operated and controlled by the users subscribed to it. The idea to develop such a system was the result of long discussions at the client side focusing upon the various challenges and demands that were being faced by sectors of the industry and, in particular, those that resulted in an increased financial burden or that placed increasing demands on resources.
This case study illustrates the development of a Content Management System (CMS) on Salesforce platform with custom functionalities like form generation, marketing automation, social networking service functions, database marketing functions, and various controllers to cater to the client’s evolving business needs. The client had discussed with many software vendors about the project and finally decided to go along with Mindfire Solutions. The development was done in phases as per the client’s evolving business needs.
One of our existing client had an EMR application. He approached us to develop a module that was to be appended to his EMR application. The module to be developed was PQRI-QRDA. PQRI is a governement based plan which requires every physician to report 10 quality measure files each of which consist of a denominator based on CPT, HCPCS, and ICD codes. The physicians were paid according to their quality. The requirements of the client were strict as they needed to follow Fed rules and a certain time frame. Mindfire delivered them with a module that was built using ASP.Net 4.0 and C# 4.0 which helped them populate QRDA (XML) files. 
Our client was one of the leading sports statistical media company for high school sports in the USA, focussing on providing data through recording, display and storage of events via multimedia outlets including online viewing and mobile phone access. They had recently developed an Adobe AIR stat recorder application and were interested in developing additional recorder types to link them to an online web server. In addition to that they desired to expand their website services. Mindfire analyzed their current code base for their AIR application, ColdFusion website and mobile website to deliver the client with a robust and efficient module that suited well with their existing process. 
This case study illustrates the testing effort which Mindfire's testing unit put up to deliver the client with an automated process. The client had an application for the healthcare domain, which was an amalgamation of many inter-dependent modules and was used by group of hospitals who agreed to share patient records into a common database. Mindfire analyzed the application, wrote automation test cases and designed a robust framework thus helping the client to overcome their difficulties. 
The application developed was an online health management system that helped users to lose obesity and stay fit. The application can track daily activities of subscribed users like: their diet plans, exercise frequency, online health training history, appointments etc. Mindfire has developed various modules namely, Appointment module, Doctor and health history module, Recipe module and has also integrated a number of third party DNN modules such as Dataspring's Dynamic Form module, Ultra Video Module, SunBlog, WhosOn Live. Mindfire's DNN team also did some database optimization work for the client. 
This case study is focussed towards heavy industries wherein engineers often create model/blue prints of sites. They always need a software with rich functionalities to process engineering data to prepare end user information. The standard developed by our Belgium client was named Rich Model which was heavy weight in nature. So, he decided to develop a lighter version that would have the same behavior as that of the Rich Model. They were in search of a partner who would understnad their needs and business scenario and provide them with a feasible solution. 
Our client is a leader in logisitcs industry. They deal in providing customized solutions for bulk mails and parcels. Their existing system had to keep track of all activities right from receiving the inventory till delivery. Hence, the system had to perform multiple tasks like clubbing homogeneous items, sorting and encoding via a number of different modules. In order to achieve efficiency, testing of modules was necessary so as to ensure that there is no such errors while chnages are made to the system. Manual procedure was being followed by the client, which was then changed to automated process by Mindfire Solutions. This change in scenario helped the client to reduce time, effort, and cost. 
This Canadian client of ours had to face huge challenge for maintaining the regression and functionality testing for their large set of test cases which covers functionality of very complex and dynamic application. A small code change affected other modules. To avoid these sort of issues, the client firm approached Mindfire Solutions for Automation testing. Mindfire's capable testing team provided their dedicated service to the client firm by developing large number of scripts that resolved the problem. The client was really happy about the kind of service they received and is continuing his project with us till date. 
One of our USA clients, from the education industry, was very much keen in developing an application for its customer that could easily manage games/sports played at schools. They were ready with their specification document but, were in search of an able offshore development partner who can meet their objective. After inquiring with Mindfire Solutions, the client was satisfied with our approach and level of expertise and immediately started work. Mindfire's Adobe team delivered a nice looking and robust product which included all the functionalities required by the client. 
This case study illustrates how Mindfire's QA team helped the client in efficiently managing their system which was a complex one. The QA team at Mindfire ensured that every functionality works per requirement, the application had better usability, and it performed better every time by automating the whole testing process. As a result the client received high quality testing scripts which reduced their effort and time by 80%. The client, very much appreciated Mindfire's testing team's effort. 
A Scottish client of ours was interested in upgrading the overall efficiency of their existing CRM System in place to manage data, better understand and serve their existing and future customers. They wanted Mindfire's expert CRM team to analyze the current system and propose a solution in order to improve performance of their system. Mindfire Solutions proposed to automate the process thereby introducing some customization and salient Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4 services. Certain extendable features such as integration of Yammer and a SharePoint site was also done for the non-users to have access to the server. 
The client had an application that could arrange transport providers for patients according to the availability of the provider and the preference of the user. They had a database that manages records of various transport providers across towns/states in USA. They were looking for an able offshore partner who can enhance the features and functionalities of their existing application to better serve transfer of patients. They required a three way communication process between who provides the service, who uses the service and who orders the service mutually. Mindfire did a good job implementing different features and functionalities to provide a stable application. Features like YUI library and advanced AJAX features were implemented to ensure efficient and faster usage. 
Creating same set of survey questionnaires for different users at different times was a tedious task for our client. To avoid such a problem the client wanted to automate the process so that, once the questionnaire is created it is kept as a template for other user's use. They wanted to create a tool that can extract the exact template for use upon request. Mindfire understood this objective of client and delivered a tool that was capable of doing the job. The project involved the replication of SharePoint Surveys / Lists from a list template based on the group names present within the Active Directory. 
This case study illustrates about the testing requirements of a client. The client had an existing software that was widely used by his customers across various platforms. So, he was looking for professional testers to take care of the testing part and to ensure that the product was tested with best of quality assurance process focusing on platform compatibility. The client was interested in performing the tasks remotely. Mindfire Solutions played a mojor role in testing the application at their end by designing test cases to come up with multiple scenarios, implementing them on the application, track the functionality and make changes if required. Thus the application proved to be a bug-free one running on various platforms. 
One of our client was interested in developing a kind of utility app for the Android users, that would alert/warn them in real time to stay informed about major disasters (happened/forthcoming) and also provide other alert services such as ambulance dispatch, highway patrol, fire departments etc. For this they required police dispatch frequencies of different countries along with city, county to be located, stream the media buffer of the radio channels over internet and then play it with a native media player. Their requirement also indexed certain other features like automatic updates for all of its users. Mindfire Solutions mobile team developed an application that was exactly what the client was looking for. Thus, initiating a long lasting relationship with the client. 
This jQuery custom combo plug-in was developed internally at Mindfire Solutions. Need of this plug-in arised, when Mindfire had bought a combo control as a license for one of its project from a third party wherein the control remained with the tird party. To get rid of this involvement of third party, Mindfire decided to develop a light weight and more efficient plug-in in-house. This plug-in was used as and when required during client's project thus reducing the coding time and also providing client with a cost effective solution cutting off third party involvement. 
When you have a business which is spread across geographies, as the business owner, one of your prime focus areas might be consolidation of data from various sources and then analyzing the same to determine the trends and predict the forecasts, as accurately as possible. It is needless to say that slight modifications to the data from the points of sale might prove disastrous. Doing business in remote diverse areas has its own advantages including lesser costs of operation, lesser costs of maintenance, lesser perceived risks but it comes with its own share of thorns. 
A fully automated web based Education evaluation and monitoring system was needed the client. Mindfire built a scalable and robust system built in Java, PHP and MYSQL 5.x and integrated Open source Java Optical Mark reader and Barcode scanner application. Benefits of such a system was immense. 
When you are in insurance industry with large number of agents, complex reporting hierarchies and each designation level having hundreds of people, you need a system which not only tracks information but should also be robust, scalable & user-friendly. Client needed a solution & were unsure if a web version of such a massive application would be feasible. 
The amazing flexibility and modularity which SharePoint Webparts can bring to the development of a highly sophisticated multi-tiered project management portal is our Project of the Month. An extranet MOSS 2007 portal with permission based user-access levels while automating the deployment process. 
The client firm (an OEM) had a great opportunity to sell 50 medical-grade display panels but its customer used Apple machines (Mac OSX based computers).The display-configuration management software for the panels required Windows OS – there wasn't any Mac version. Fortuitously, the customer willingly allowed a 6-month period for software migration, considering the quality of display panels on offer. Successful migration to Mac OSX thus became crucial to, what could possibly be a half a million-dollar deal. Client didn't have in-house Mac development expertise & six months was too short a time to do head hunting. Established IT vendors showed lack of willingness in taking up such a high-risk project considering strict timelines. Client contacted us at Mindfire Solutions at this time. 
The client firm (Leading Adobe Products, Graphics, Collaboration Software Company in CA, USA) had a vision of a possible product/system, which could help meet the requirements of its sales and marketing teams, who are the main people responsible for actual content in many significant documents. The rudimentary need was to focus on sharply reducing the turnaround time on getting the key updates made and delivering for publishing.
An online gaming client (World's Leading Listed Online Gaming Company), best known for its online Poker rooms, sought to increase their online players/users through an available Mac OSX platform user base. The idea was simple – migrate Windows gaming client applications to Mac OSX platform. The promise was enormous – multi-million dollar revenue opportunity for the client. The firm had a serious target to release the Mac versions – before World Series of Poker; all related advertisement campaigns were to ride on the event's popularity. Evidently, substantial budget and foolproof planning were required for definite and quick results. Client was wondering which offshore company to trust.
The client firm provides web-based environmental, quality, health & safety, and business-performance management solutions in Toronto, Canada, offering a library of over 65 unique software systems and modules, all of which strategically designed to address distinct specific business needs, to work either as stand-alone solutions or as seamlessly integrated combined solutions. Their software approach has high configurability, which allows the customers to build the perfect solution for their specific needs. How do they make sure it all works? The complexity implies tremendous QA/Testing efforts and respective/associated costs. A small change (any major/minor release to any software system/module) affects a considerable magnitude of workflows/scenarios. This gets worse if you consider the pure manual testing efforts. They needed to automate their testing efforts. The client firm was looking for an expert and reliable partner to help them with QA automation of various software systems and their interdependencies.
SME IT industry is seeing the same transformation which the Fortune 500 companies did about two decades back. Inexperience in outsourcing leads to apprehension about Offshoring which triggers fears. Mindfire used its unique remote development methodology based on critical success factors, with a strong understanding of the subtleties of distributed & synchronous / asynchronous collaborative efforts. 
.The success of any retail business depends on the efficient management of inventory and smooth functioning of the distribution channel. A wholesale distribution software-consulting firm based in LA , California required a makeover for their inventory system to make it more robust, modular and scalable. What made this project interesting was the integration of excellent visual aids for representation.