// case studies
Selected case studies.
Anonymized where the NDA requires it. Metrics are real and checkable on request.
Kitchen furniture manufacturer — quoting workflow
Digital TransformationManufacturingChallenge
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 servicesChallenge
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-commerceChallenge
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 ChainChallenge
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
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