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.
"We've been working with Acro Commerce since 2016, building a critical sales system, and their performance continues to impress us year after year.
As we look back on nearly a decade of collaboration, we can confidently say that choosing Acro Commerce was one of the best decisions we've made for our ecommerce infrastructure. Their reliability, especially during critical periods like Black Friday, gives us the peace of mind we need to focus on our core business operations.
We wholeheartedly recommend Acro Commerce to any organization seeking a dependable, skilled, and responsive partner for their digital commerce needs."
Iain Briscoe — Technology Architect EPP, TELUS Consumer Solutions
Overcoming Limitations With Custom Development
Custom development throughout a long-term 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.
"Acro Commerce’s breadth of technical expertise and DevOps competency helped us both build a solution and establish best practices around a web hosting technology that was new to us. Their emphasis on crisp project management focused the team and delivered real value with each milestone."
Dave Rogers, eServices Web Architect, Government of Yukon
"Working with Acro Commerce has been a great experience over the years for myself and our organization (Northern Health). Their expertise in custom web development and site security has significantly enhanced our online presence and streamlined our operation. The team at Acro Commerce continues to demonstrate exceptional professionalism and dedication, ensuring our needs are always met with innovative and timely solutions. We are grateful for their support and highly recommend Acro Commerce to any organization seeking to elevate its digital capabilities."
Darren Smit - Regional Manager, Web, Intranet and Design, Northern Health
"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
“We wanted an agency that had the technical and design ability we needed, but more importantly, we wanted an agency that we could work with and who would be invested in the project's success. Acro Commerce worked alongside us every step of the way, and especially towards the end, they bent over backwards to make sure we finally got the website over the line.”
David Hart, Concept2
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.