E-commerce system for auto parts and accessories vendor

About the end client

Project goals

To fulfill the company's goal of becoming a market leader in the auto parts supply and repair market, DasParts company has updated its major operations. The underlying stack was built on our Kentico development services — the same foundation we use for B2B portals where inventory complexity is the core challenge.

Our goal was to build an e-commerce website that would provide an excellent experience both to customers and company staff. Having this in mind, we were thinking of building a system that will automate day-to-day processes and will reduce order processing time to a minimum. For that purpose, we were supposed to create several integrations like Scandit, Flagship, QuickBooks, and PayPal.

Key challenge

• A great deal of time pressure was involved in implementing the new design templates.
• Database migration challenge. DasParts needed a flexible CMS that would also support future upgrades, challenges, and additional functionality.
• To boost sales, DasPart company would need to implement state-of-the-art customer dialogue. 

Our solutions

The Das Parts e-commerce platform was delivered in collaboration with Mawazo Marketing, who led product strategy, UX and visual design.

Bits Orchestra acted as the Kentico development partner, taking full responsibility for the technical delivery, including the Kentico-based e-commerce architecture, inventory workflows, system integrations and performance optimization.

At Bits Orchestra, we enhanced the DasParts site with new Content Management software to command the various images of vehicles, models, and accessories.  

We coordinated with Mawazo Marketing to automate parts searches on the DasParts site using Kentico search modules. The modules provide DasParts customers with easy searchers for suitable parts for their automobiles. We further provided DasParts staff with the ability to add, edit, and delete parts listings.

Additionally, our new software automates a large portion of the manual work. Potential site users can benefit greatly from the added site functionality when appropriately used.

We help users get a report of what parts they need to order from manufacturers based on information about their vehicles. With Barcode scanning, it is very easy to manage warehouse inventory from anywhere. Typically, this type of content management is handled through Kentico CMS (Content Management System).

We also created several integrations like Scandit, Flagship, QuickBooks, and PayPal: 

• QuickBooks is used for tracking inventory, sales, and invoices on the website. QuickBooks is an ideal tool to synchronize things in real time, ensuring all actions on the website are reflected accurately and promptly.
• Scandit enables users to create and scan barcodes. Users can use Scandit to scan barcodes to add new information or update existing ones. Adding or updating information is as simple as scanning the barcode.
• Flagship is a courier solution offering efficient and cost-effective delivery options for users, ensuring speedy and reliable order delivery.

By implementing these solutions, we significantly enhanced the operational efficiency of DasParts, enabling them to provide superior service to their customers.

Result

The new platform reduced manual inventory and order-processing work, improved data consistency across systems, and enabled customers to place orders online without staff intervention. This resulted in measurable operational efficiency gains for the Das Parts team.