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Client work · workwear

Architect and advisor, not the builder.

A workwear B2B distributor needed a B2B portal, an ERP evaluation, and a storefront replacement. I ran a Clarity Audit, then Deliver Consultancy: vendor requirements, procurement, and integration architecture.

SHAPE The engagement shape
Role
Architect and advisor. Third-party team builds.
Stack
Open-source commerce stack
Structure
12-month minimum retainer
Status
Live and ongoing

I scope and oversee it. The partner team builds it.

decodedops.co.uk · DO-ART-955 · Rev 01
Architecture · DO-ART-956

Trade ordering, target state.

The customer-facing, business-systems and production zones feed into one specified spine. I scope and oversee it. The implementation partner builds it.

Customer-facing · business systems · productiondecodedops.co.uk · DO-ART-956 · Rev 01
What the engagement covers

Three dimensions of an advisory-only build.

01 · Vendor selection

Choosing the implementation partner

I evaluate who actually builds it. The stack was chosen deliberately as a flagship reference build, not a one-off. The third-party team was selected against that brief.

02 · Process design

Vendor requirements and procurement

I write the requirements the B2B portal and ERP evaluation actually need to answer, then run procurement against them, rather than accepting the first plausible platform.

03 · Implementation oversight

Integration architecture, ongoing

I stay involved weekly across the build, checking the integration architecture holds as the implementation partner delivers. Not a one-off sign-off at the start.

The commercial shape

Restructured from Deliver's usual six months to a twelve-month minimum for this engagement, given the scope: the full build across the first four months, then ongoing weekly involvement. I name it here only as a shape, not a price. Pricing detail stays out of public case studies.

What's still in progress

The engagement is live and ongoing, not a completed, closed project.

Related

Relevant sectors and problems

Sector

Workwear

B2B ordering portal and ERP evaluation for a workwear distributor, the same sector and challenge.

See the workwear page
Sector

Teamwear & clubwear

Squad numbers, sponsor logos, and the same B2B ordering complexity at a different scale.

See the teamwear page
Problem

Wrong ERP software

Choosing the wrong platform and needing an independent evaluation: exactly what this engagement addressed.

Read about wrong ERP software

Evaluating an ERP or platform decision?

For a diagnosis of what your own ERP or platform situation needs, book a Clarity Audit.