Efficio's Digital Transformation: Streamlining Procurement Processes with IoT

Efficio is a UK-based consulting company with offices worldwide. The company helps its clients identify, deliver, and sustain improvement opportunities in procurement. It also offers digital solutions to enhance and automate procurement operations. Efficio's key objective was to eliminate a lot of manual work their consultants spent on conducting research and analyses. To achieve this, they needed to extend their technological capabilities to build efficient and secure software products. However, they lacked the necessary resources and expertise to develop these solutions in-house.

Efficio, a UK-based consulting company with a global presence, was facing challenges in streamlining its procurement processes. The company was heavily reliant on manual operations, which were not only time-consuming but also prone to errors. The company's key objective was to eliminate the manual work involved in conducting research and analyses. To achieve this, Efficio needed to extend their technological capabilities to build efficient and secure software products. However, they lacked the necessary resources and expertise to develop these solutions in-house. Therefore, they needed a reliable tech partner to help them develop a number of automation solutions.

Efficio partnered with N-iX, a software development company, to overcome their challenges. N-iX dedicated developers worked closely with Efficio's on-site team to introduce a myriad of tech innovations. They migrated the software products to a microservices architecture, modernized the tech stack, and delivered robust applications. The team developed a system internal stream and the backbone technology of Efficio's solutions. They also implemented a centralized authorization system, developed a background processing system and a background monitoring tool. Additionally, they developed a content builder system for reporting and integrated it with Tableau-based data visualization. To ensure the highest quality of the software, N-iX testers automated a lot of quality assurance processes and test cases, covering around 99% of different cases.

• The partnership with N-iX brought significant operational benefits to Efficio. The migration to a microservices architecture modernized their tech stack and delivered robust applications, eliminating manual operations and streamlining procurement processes. The centralized authorization system enhanced the security of the entire infrastructure. The background processing system and background monitoring tool not only sped up the analysis but also provided prompt results to the client. The content builder system for reporting and data visualization based on Tableau allowed users to create fully customized content without support from engineering. The automation of most test cases and effective quality assurance services accelerated the release of new functionality, increasing productivity and reliability of solutions.

• Automation of most test cases and effective quality assurance services accelerated release of new functionality, increasing productivity and reliability of solutions.

• Migration to the microservices architecture improved the performance of the whole infrastructure and brought flexibility to the development process.

• Development of a content builder system for reporting and data visualization based on Tableau, allowing users to create fully customized content without support from engineering.