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Website Case Study - Alimco

Project Overview

One of the website systems we’re most proud of is the one for Bulgarian food ingredients wholesaler Alimco. Their website is not only a beautiful showcase of their business, but also a boundary-pushing technical feat. Because of their large product portfolio of nearly 4000 products, special measures need to be taken to ensure a smooth and fast browsing experience. Additionally, the large catalog requires special organizational capabilities so that any prospective clients can easily find what they are looking for.But, comparatively, displaying 4000 products is the easy part. Maintaining and editing them was the real challenge. Through the use of an open-source content management system (CMS), we’ve created a framework for Alimco employees to easily control and modify large swaths of products. The information can then be queried by the custom website frontend. This approach allows for hand-crafted bespoke visuals and no reliance on a website builder or e-commerce platform, while still allowing clients to manually edit business-critical parts of their websites in an intuitive and efficient manner.Additionally, seeding the product database was an incredibly interesting journey through the depths of corporate data management, manipulation, and storage. In a sense, we didn’t just build Alimco a website, but helped them digitalize the way they manage their products. Before their new website, their product information was spread around countless unstandardised spreadsheets. With the introduction of a robust CMS, they now have a single source of truth for all their business critical product data.

Client Profile

Company Name: Alimco LTDLocation: Sofia, BulgariaIndustry: Food & BeverageSize: 11 employees, 3.9M BGN Revenue (2021)

Challenge

Handling a Large Product Range: Efficiently managing and displaying nearly 4000 products.
Ease of Navigation: Ensuring the vast catalog is easily searchable by clients.
Product Catalog Maintenance: Simplifying the process for updating and editing a large number of product listings.
Custom Visuals Without Builders: Achieving a bespoke aesthetic without relying on standard website builders.

Solution

Strapi: Utilized as the core content management system to enable intuitive control over a large product catalog, facilitating easy updates and organization with a user-friendly interface, enhancing scalability and customization.
Python (data processing): Employed for automating data migration, cleaning, and updates, interfacing with Strapi's API for efficient management of the product database, and performing advanced data manipulation for insight generation.

Conclusion

The development of Alimco's website represents a significant leap forward in how small to medium-sized enterprises can manage vast product inventories while providing a seamless user experience. By leveraging Strapi as a flexible and powerful content management system, combined with advanced data processing through Python, Alimco has not only streamlined their product catalog management but has also set a new standard in digital presence within the food and beverage industry. This project showcases the potential of combining open-source technologies and custom development to create a solution that is both user-friendly for the client and their customers, and robust enough to handle complex data management tasks. It exemplifies how digital transformation, when executed thoughtfully, can profoundly impact business operations and customer interaction, paving the way for future growth and innovation.

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