Development

Platform and System Development

Turn processes scattered across spreadsheets and inboxes into dependable software.

Typical timeline12–24 weeks (phase one)
Core modules8
IndustriesManufacturing / Technology and SaaS / Healthcare / Education and Training

01Overview

As businesses grow, critical processes often still run on spreadsheets, chat groups and manual hand-offs: orders copied between sheets, weekly reports compiled by hand, customer and supplier data held by individuals. Off-the-shelf software covers only part of the need or will not talk to existing systems.

This service spans industry portals, SaaS products you sell, internal management systems, executive dashboards and the APIs that connect everything. All of them need a solid data model, clear permissions and an architecture that can evolve.

We map business objects, workflows and roles before choosing technology, and plan multi-tenancy, audit logs, background jobs and API authentication from the first release.

02Who it is for

Growing companies run on spreadsheets

Orders, projects, inventory or customers still flow through Excel and chat; they need a system that fits.

Teams launching a SaaS product

Domain expertise and a product idea; need multi-tenancy, subscription billing and permissions from scratch.

Associations and vertical portals

News, company directories, supply-and-demand listings or member services at scale with tiered management.

Companies with siloed systems

ERP, CRM, OA and commerce systems that do not share data, needing integration and unified dashboards.

03Core modules

01

Domain modeling and workflows

Orders, contracts, tickets and projects modeled with configurable states and approvals, so process changes need less code.

02

Organization and permissions

Org charts, roles and data permissions down to field level, with WeCom, DingTalk or LDAP single sign-on.

03

Multi-tenant SaaS

Tenant isolation, per-tenant settings and branding, plans and feature flags, subscription billing and renewals.

04

Dashboards and reports

Agreed metric definitions, filterable drill-down dashboards and scheduled reports pushed to WeCom or email.

05

APIs and integration

REST or GraphQL APIs connecting ERP, CRM, payments, SMS and e-signature, with published documentation.

06

Background jobs and queues

Imports, exports, batch calculations and syncs run asynchronously with retries, progress and failure alerts.

07

Audit logs and data security

Traceable key actions, encrypted sensitive fields, regular backups and restore drills for compliance baselines.

08

Portal content management

News, directories, listings and member services managed together, with sub-sites, tiered review and search.

04How we deliver

  1. 01Business discovery

    Interview users in each role; map objects, workflows, reports and existing systems to find real priorities.

  2. 02Architecture and design

    System architecture, data model, permissions and API plan, with phase-one scope defined.

  3. 03Iterative development

    Working features delivered roughly every two weeks, reviewed with you to correct misunderstandings early.

  4. 04Migration and integration testing

    Historical data migrated, external systems integrated, and functional, performance and security testing.

  5. 05Rollout and iteration

    Phased rollout with training and support, then roadmap planning based on real usage.

05Deliverables

  • Requirements spec and process diagrams
  • Architecture and database design docs
  • Full front-end and back-end source code
  • API documentation
  • Test reports
  • Deployment scripts and operations manual
  • User guide and training

06Technology

  • NestJS
  • Java Spring Boot
  • React
  • Vue 3
  • PostgreSQL
  • Redis
  • BullMQ
  • Docker

07What drives the quote

Every scope differs; we quote once we understand the requirements.

Modules and complexity

More modules, workflow branches and approval rules mean more design and build effort.

Roles and permission granularity

Simple roles versus field- and data-scope permissions differ markedly in cost.

Integration and migration

Number and quality of external APIs, plus the size and cleanliness of historical data.

Non-functional requirements

Concurrency, availability, security classification and on-premise deployment shape architecture and testing.

08FAQ

Can we start with unclear requirements?

Yes. We recommend a paid discovery and design phase that produces workflows, prototypes and phase-one scope before committing to a build plan.

Can it run on our own servers?

Yes. Deployments are containerized and can run in your Alibaba Cloud or Tencent Cloud account or data center, with scripts and runbooks provided.

How are later changes handled?

Volatile parts such as approvals, fields and reports are configurable; anything beyond that is estimated and built in iterations.

Who owns the code and IP?

On acceptance and payment, the custom source code and documentation are yours to maintain, extend or register. Open-source components keep their own licenses.

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