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How a distributor built a portfolio of more than 90 business applications

Pricing and rebate work can become harder to coordinate as a distributor grows. This organization built a connected portfolio of internal applications. Explore the supported figures and the delivery decisions that keep high-volume workflows and AI assistance manageable.

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RESULTS REPORTED IN THE SOURCE

90+

business applications in the reported portfolio

4

applications incorporating AI-assisted development

90+

major pricing import jobs completed

THE BUSINESS CHALLENGE. THE CHANGE. THE RESULT.

The challenge

A distributor needed connected workflows for pricing, rebates and other internal operations.

The change

The company built an OutSystems portfolio and introduced AI-assisted development in four applications.

The outcome

The source reports more than 90 business applications and over 90 major pricing imports spanning millions of item and price-group records.

Source: customer case study published by OutSystems. Brief prepared by Digital Alchimia.

DIGITAL ALCHIMIA’S DELIVERY PERSPECTIVE

What could this approach unlock for your business?

The useful next step is to connect the story to your own operating reality. Here are the questions we would bring into that conversation.

01

Treat a pricing import as an operational decision.

A large import needs validation, ownership and a clear response when some records cannot be accepted. Define how the team checks an input, reviews an exception and understands what was applied. Those decisions help an OutSystems application support high-volume work without making the result harder to explain.

02

Use AI assistance inside a deliberate delivery process.

Generated application work still needs business requirements, architecture decisions and acceptance checks. Agree where AI assistance can accelerate an implementation and how professional developers review the outcome. A shared approach gives additional OutSystems professionals a useful foundation without confusing generated output with a production-ready business solution.

START WITH THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE

You bring the business challenge. We help shape the delivery team.

Digital Alchimia provides OutSystems professionals and delivery expertise for application development, modernization and evolution. Whether you need to reinforce an existing team or explore a new initiative, we can discuss the capabilities, responsibilities and next steps that fit your context.

A useful starting brief

✓ The process or customer journey you want to improve

✓ Where work waits, repeats or depends on disconnected systems

✓ The expertise already available in your team

✓ The outcome you want to measure and the timeframe to explore

Turn a promising idea into a useful conversation.

Tell us where your business needs to move faster and where your team needs additional expertise. Let’s explore an OutSystems approach shaped around your requirements.