// case studies

Selected case studies.

Anonymized where the NDA requires it. Metrics are real and checkable on request.

• Kitchen furniture manufacturer — quoting workflow

  Digital TransformationManufacturing

  Challenge

  A 14-tab Excel macro was the single source of truth for a 3D kitchen quoting process. One employee understood it. Quote turnaround was days.

  Approach

  Shadowed the operators for a week, built a thin-slice replacement in Next.js + Postgres with an ERP write-back, trained the team in parallel, cut over workflow-by-workflow.

  Outcome

  • Quote turnaround 3 days → 40 minutes
  • Quoting errors down 85%
  • Operator onboarding 3 weeks → 2 days
  • Production-ready in 10 weeks end-to-end

  Stack

  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • Prisma
  • Postgres
  • Redis
  • Three.js

• LATAM installation and integration of Thales Luna HSM in production for a certification authority

  Technology Consulting + Dedicated TeamsFinancial services

  Challenge

  A LATAM certification authority needed a production Thales Luna HSM rollout integrated with its certificate signing services, key ceremonies, and audit evidence without interrupting issuance.

  Approach

  Designed the Luna partitioning, PKCS#11 integration, key ceremony workflow, backup and restore runbooks, and staged cutover plan. Two Craton engineers embedded with the client's team through staging validation and production go-live.

  Outcome

  • Thales Luna HSM integrated into the production CA signing workflow
  • Zero downtime during cutover
  • Key ceremonies, backup, and operator runbooks documented for audit
  • PKCS#11 integration validated against staging and production workloads

  Stack

  • Thales Luna HSM
  • PKCS#11
  • Certificate authority
  • HSM operations

• Global Sports Apparel Vendor — Headless E-commerce Platform

  Digital TransformationRetail & E-commerce

  Challenge

  High-traffic, limited-edition sneaker "drops" were crashing the client's legacy monolithic platform. Combined with a clunky mobile checkout and batched POS inventory syncing with physical stores, they faced severe cart abandonment and chronic overselling.

  Approach

  A Craton-led pod engineered a composable headless architecture decoupling the front end from the commerce engine. We built a custom Node.js middleware for real-time in-store inventory syncing and shipped the mobile-first storefront in 14 weeks.

  Outcome

  • Mobile conversion rate increased by 45%
  • Zero downtime while processing 5,000+ transactions/minute
  • Page load times dropped from 4.5s to 1.2s
  • Real-time ERP sync eliminated out-of-stock cancellations

  Stack

  • Next.js
  • Shopify Plus API
  • Node.js
  • AWS
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Redis

• US Logistics Provider — Fleet Management Dashboard

  Custom Software DevelopmentLogistics & Supply Chain

  Challenge

  A North American logistics company was tracking a 400-vehicle fleet across three disconnected legacy systems. Dispatchers were copying data manually, leading to delayed routing and missed SLAs.

  Approach

  Built a unified React/Node.js dashboard pulling real-time telematics. A Craton-led pod mapped the legacy databases, designed the new API layer, and shipped the dispatch view in 12 weeks.

  Outcome

  • Dispatch time reduced by 45%
  • Unified view of 400+ vehicles
  • Zero data loss during legacy migration
  • Replaced 3 paid vendor tools

  Stack

  • React
  • Node.js
  • PostgreSQL
  • AWS
  • WebSockets
  • Redis