Functions

In our previous blogs, we’ve documented how insurance is a complicated product for the traditional commerce process. Let’s recap what we’ve covered: It’s a product mandated by the state, financial institutions, and professions for many parts of life – driving, homeownership, rental, professional liability, and others. But it’s not a product that most of us […]

A recent Forbes article explored this and last year’s challenges pertaining to inventory stock levels and availability. In case you forgot, last year and the previous year offered tough times for retailers, as the pandemic increased the time it takes to get products from overseas, thus providing a below-average customer experience for folks looking to […]

The connection between technology and consumers in the insurance industry has never been more relevant. Although the insurance industry was already facing rising competition and customer expectations, the global pandemic forced our industry to take legacy processes and technologies, and transition to “digital” seemingly overnight.  With the rise in vaccination rates and a hopeful return […]

Implementing enterprise-level software has its challenges. Traditionally, a few of the most demanding and challenging milestones of an implementation project have been the conversions and integrations. Oracle has been quite generous about open “import” interfaces in E-Business Suite (EBS). The new generation of Oracle’s enterprise software solution, Oracle Fusion, especially Oracle Cloud Supply Chain Management […]

Azure Test Plans, a service launched with Azure DevOps, provides a browser-based test management solution for exploratory, planned manual, and user acceptance testing. Azure Test Plans also provides a browser extension for exploratory testing and gathering feedback from stakeholders An Azure DevOps test plan is divided into three sections: Test Plan – The container to group […]

Oracle Cloud Cost Accounting and Receipt Accounting (Costing) provide great improvements over the older Oracle tech stack, also known as the E-Business Suite (EBS) solution. Organization structure and period close Cost Organizations and Profit Center Business Units are new concepts in the cloud that gives the opportunity to track “inter business unit” profits and classify […]

When setting up an online store or marketplace, you must consider the complete business process system. You must determine which services your resource will use and examine third-party integration alternatives throughout the development stage. Please see below a list of integrations to add to a B2B marketplace website or any other ecommerce resource. Payment Integrations […]

When it comes to delivering exceptional experiences in 2022 and beyond, physical store locations will become a focal point for businesses. Now, I can hear and feel the skepticism as you read this – why the heck would someone still want to have a physical storefront when they could just build an ecommerce website and […]

On International Women’s Day, we recently recognized and celebrated women around the world. In honor of this day, Perficient and Adobe collaborated to host the sixth annual Women in Digital panel. While this event typically coincides with Adobe Summit, we were delighted to host 170 people during the live virtual event. (If you weren’t able […]

Optimizely B2B Commerce has recently introduced Spire CMS to achieve user experience (UX) and performance benefit for its content management system (CMS). Spire makes use of React/Redux technologies, which results in a faster page load time than the Classic CMS. The existing CMS, which is based on an older version of AngularJS, will now be […]

Consumers have more access to goods and services than ever with unlimited merchant options. These options have accelerated the shift in eCommerce as well as evolved the needs, preferences, and expectations of today’s digital-first consumer. Brands must pivot and stay on top of these behavioral changes to maintain a competitive advantage. To better understand the […]

Many people have tried to sum up what “digital transformation” means. For the most part, it’s defined as using digital technologies to create or modify processes, culture, and customer experiences to be more effective and competitive. However, this definition doesn’t address how to measure the effectiveness of a business’ efforts to digitally transform itself, nor […]