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Italian Craft and Modern Technologies – Cooperation between PRT Group and Inetum

Gabriela Dumin — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 04:59:03 +0000

Customer Communication Management system

The company’s core service is the mass distribution of documents in the fields of generation, serial printing and shipping. PRT Group’s clients are large organizations and public institutions who send massive quantities of documents to their clients, such as notices, invoices, contracts, advertising brochures and catalogues.

Complementing this service is the company’s flagship product PostaPronta, a Customer Communication Management system that facilitates the management of outgoing Communications. The system allows you to send all documents automatically by means of any selected distribution channel: apart from traditional mail, documents may also be sent by e-mail and certified e-mail Electronic Invoice, as well as on Facebook Messenger.

This is a solution designed for smaller companies, allowing them to handle all outgoing mail using a desktop application that works with end devices such as scanners and printers. Documents can be sent directly to the delivery house using the application, then printed and sent electronically or by post.

Inetum specialists’ tasks

The Inetum team’s goals are to update the system architecture, add new functionalities, and develop a portal with an administrative panel for clients – a so-called Customer Area – which allows users to manage outgoing serial messages (invoices, contracts, notifications, etc.) using various communication channels.

Functionalities implemented by Inetum include:

sending by e-mail and certified e-mail;
an e-mail editor in the application (rich text format implementation),
serial correspondence with the possibility of creating templates,
an OCR function that allows data to be read from scanned documents,
a licensing system which provides users with different sets of functionalities depending on the type of license,
shadow copy, which is a functionality dedicated to the American version of the PostaPronta system (MyMailHouse), facilitating two types of sending correspondence (regular and priority shipment) in order to make sure that the parcel will reach the recipient.

Additional tasks:

the transfer of data relating to shipments to the cloud (Azure) from a local server,
concept work – an analysis of architecture and the assumptions regarding the introduction of new functionalities, the search for optimal solutions, and work on the concept of the new system architecture,
modernization and optimization.

Customer Area

The Customer Area is a web application designed for clients who order mass document shipments, and is used to verify data before printing.

The earlier solution was based on the Joomla system and PHP technology, which meant that the application was not efficient. Inetum specialists have implemented more modern technologies, such as ASP.Net, Web API and Angular 4, as well as asynchronous calling and Ajax, which made it possible to significantly speed up the application.

Electronic Invoice

A web application used to generate electronic invoices, integrated with an external service that verifies the data, as well as certifying the invoice. The application is also integrated with the PostaPronta application.

The Inetum specialists were tasked with creating an application together with a set of the most important functionalities and integrating it with the certification service and the PostaPronta application. Integration with the CCM system was challenging due to the fact that the data entered in the desktop application had to be sent to two web applications – the Fattura Elettronica application, which validates the data format, and then to a separate application to certify the invoice. The solution was to “sew” the Fattura Elettronica application directly into the desktop application, which guarantees efficient communication between the two.

Because a huge amount of data has to be processed and archived in the process of generating and sending invoices, and errors in file management on physical disks may occur, the company decided to migrate to the cloud. After analyzing their requirements, the Inetum specialists proposed the Azure Blob Storage service, which guarantees low costs while meeting all the system’s needs, including the need to process invoice files multiple times.

Messenger Bot for PostaPronta

The PostaPronta application was extended to incorporate a bot in Facebook Messenger, which allows users to send documents directly from Messenger. All data is sent in the chat window, and the bot automatically verifies it and suggests the next steps. The prepared document can then be sent by post or in electronic form. Inetum specialists were tasked with implementing a bot provided by an external company and testing its operation.

Business benefits:

Modernization – implementation of the MVVM model (Model-view-viewmodel), which guarantees the simplification and testability of the code, and facilitates the subsequent development of the system.
Optimization of the app’s operation – the implementation of newer technologies and more efficient architectural solutions, as well as transferring data loading to other threads, made it possible to significantly accelerate the operation of the app.
Development of system functionality – which made it possible to meet the clients’ expectations in terms of the company’s services and the capabilities of the software provided.

About the client:

PRT GROUP is an Italian company which operates on the global printing and business communication market, offering its clients a variety of solutions based on modern technologies.

Application for a Media Service Platform

Pawel Brzezek — Sat, 04 Feb 2017 11:03:14 +0000

Custom web application

The custom .NET application enables production companies to digitally upload movies and series. The application enables the user to handle hundreds of multimedia projects simultaneously. Companies can supply their own content format – the application ensures that the content will appear in the format required by the recipient.

“I must say that we are very happy with our cooperation with JCommerce. They are service minded and have good focus on their client and their needs. Our need has changed over the time period we have worked together, and I have the feeling and experience that JCommerce always goes the extra mile to accommodate us. I have had the pleasure of visiting the main office of JCommerce in Katowice last November and they give the right impression in being a professional provider of development resources to be used worldwide.”

Henning Dahl, Project Manager Mediateket Consulting AS

About the client

Mediateket Consulting AS is a Scandinavian provider of products, solutions and support for broadcast and media industry that offers the very latest in technology, consulting and managed services.

Skywriting Website Development

Pawel Brzezek — Thu, 01 Aug 2013 05:35:19 +0000

What is the skywriting’ project?

This unique advertising solution delivers a new channel for communication for those who need to reach a wider audience, no matter where the message sender is located. Within the scope of programming work, a dedicated website was created which functions as a gateway for people interested in that form of advertising. The website offers compelling functionalities such as:

Skywriting a message – the instant creation of any customer’s message
Preview of the message – the virtual presentation of the message
Interactive world map – service representatives
Skywriting timeline – historical outline of the company

The scope of work

Design of the website
Creation of a new administration panel based on Symfony2 framework with dynamic elements using the JavaScript jQuery library and AJAX technology
Design of the Front-End panel, using Twister Bootstrap framework
SEO website optimization

About the client

CURB Media is an award-winning entrepreneurial brand experience and innovation agency.

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Mobile Application for an Online Newspaper

Pawel Brzezek — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 11:52:15 +0000

Mobile application

The purpose of the “Android news apps” project was a source code audit, bug fixing and the development of new functionalities for an existing Android OS application. The application offers a mobile version of an online newspaper. The changes which we implemented improved overall performance and the user experience. We also obtained a merged source base for multiple vendors: hln.be, 7sur7.be, vk.nl. This simplified support for multiple branding applications.

Key technologies and components used in creating Android news apps were Android API, Simple XML, Facebook API.

During the course of our collaboration, the experts from JCommerce showed their strong commitment to and knowledge of the project context and requirements. We can confirm that JCommerce is a company of hard-working people, highly committed to quality and meeting deadlines.

Luc Verbist, Chief Information Officer De Persgroep

About the client

De Persgroep is one of the largest media companies in Belgium and has expanded from a local, Flemish media company to a leading bi-national organization with more than 3000 employees in Belgium and the Netherlands, with several television and radio stations, magazines and newspapers available in paper and electronic form. The company’s portfolio also includes services based on mobile applications.

Online Game Development – Gouden Klessiekers

Pawel Brzezek — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 08:57:04 +0000

Development of new version of browser game for cycling fans

The project scope was the development of a new version of online cycling game. The core application consists of: player rankings, team edition, application for administrators, etc. The Game allows importing data from third party providers (Infostrada Sports, Global Sports Media).

About the client

Olympic Medal Application

Aleksandra Gronostaj — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 08:04:22 +0000

Development of Olympic application

An application representing the Olympic medal standings and a calendar of the entire event. The service is a classic information application made in Java (web and mobile version) which uses an external data provider. Due to the slow response times from servers, a local cache layer has been applied, which gives the effect of lightness and also a high level of responsiveness of the user interface.

After close cooperation in web and mobile android development, we can confirm that JCommerce is a highly professional company with the right mix of technical and project management skills.

Gert Francois, Group Manager New Media De Persgroep

About the client

Internet and Mobile Portal for the Tour de France

Aleksandra Gronostaj — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 09:53:23 +0000

Internet and mobile portal creation

The portal is a complete guide to the Tour de France, with functionalities such as stage descriptions, rankings, overviews, and a description of participants, and allows users to follow the tour live. All functions are available on both mobile and web versions.

The service is a classic information application designed with Java technology, which uses an external data provider.

All tasks on the project were undertaken in accordance with functional specifications. JCommerce experts demonstrated their strong commitment to and knowledge of the project context and requirements – with an absolute minimum of communication overhead.

Gert Francois, Group Manager New Media De Persgroep

About the client

Online Games Development – Gouden

Pawel Brzezek — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 09:58:27 +0000

Gouden 11

The goal of the project was the development of a website, administration backend and a mobile version for Gouden 11, a fantasy football game based on a popular model where participants create a team that consists of actual football players and get points for their performance. Along with the core application with player rankings, a team edition etc., JCommerce has worked on data importing from third-party providers (lnfostrada Sports, Global Sports Media) and an application for administrators.

Gouden Cross

Development of a new version of the e Gouden Cross Cross game, which is dedicated to cyclo-cross racing where participants create a team that consists of actual cross-bikers or cross-biker teams, and get points for their performance. The core application consists of: player rankings, a team edition, and an application for administrators.

Within the framework of cooperation, all project tasks were undertaken in accordance with functional specifications. During our collaboration, the experts from JCommerce showed their strong commitment to and knowledge of the context and requirements of the project – with an absolute minimum of communication overhead. We can confirm that JCommerce is a company of hard-working people, highly committed to quality and meeting deadlines. I am very grateful for the commitment and the perseverance of JCommerce!

Gert Francois, Group Manager DE PERSGROEP