WWG

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Founder CEO of Whable

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Our Mobile app helps Disabled people on a wheelchair to know which places are accessible for real instantly

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire WWG to accomplish?

• Help to lead our innovative project from concept to product-market fit

SOLUTION

How did you find WWG?

• Online Search
• Clutch Site

Why did you select WWG over others?

• High ratings
• Great culture fit
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from WWG were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

Whable is a platform that provides a service to people with physical limitations. The main objective of the application is to collect information about accessible places and display those places based on the user's current location.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

The Whable.it project exceeded expectations, raising in just one week over$2800 from 21 backers in its crowdfunding campaign. This outpouring of support from the community demonstrated the strong demand for the app and the team's ability to execute on their vision. The team also attracted the right investors, who shared their commitment to making the web more accessible to everyone. 

These investors brought valuable expertise and resources to the table, which will help the team to achieve their ambitious goals. With the funds raised from the crowdfunding campaign and the support of their investors, the Whable.it team is on track to make the app a reality and to help people with disabilities live more independent and fulfilling lives.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

WWG'S project management was a symphony of efficiency and collaboration. They used a combination of agile and waterfall methodologies to deliver all items on time and within budget, with a keen eye for detail and a commitment to meeting our needs. Their agile approach allowed for quick iteration and feedback, ensuring that the app was constantly evolving to meet the needs of users. 

Their waterfall approach provided a solid foundation for managing the crowdfunding campaign and tracking progress. The team was also highly responsive to our needs, always willing to go the extra mile to ensure that we were happy with the results. When we asked for changes to the design of the app, they were quick to implement them. 

When we asked for feedback on the crowdfunding campaign, they provided us with valuable insights. And when we had questions about the project timeline, they were always prompt with updates. Overall, WWG team's project management was exemplary. They delivered a complex project on time and within budget, with a commitment to quality and customer satisfaction. We are grateful for their professionalism and dedication.

What was your primary form of communication with WWG?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

I find WWG to be incredibly impressive and unique for several reasons. First, they are passionate about making a difference in the lives of people with disabilities. This is evident in everything they do, from the design of the app to the marketing of the crowdfunding campaign. Second, they are highly skilled and experienced in project management, web development, and social media marketing. 

This has allowed them to execute on their vision and deliver a high-quality product that is meeting the needs of users. Third, they are incredibly responsive and customer-centric. They are always willing to go the extra mile to ensure that their customers are happy with the product and the service they receive. Finally, they are a collaborative and innovative team. 

They are always looking for new ways to improve the app and to make it more accessible and helpful to people with disabilities. Overall, I am very impressed with WWG. They are a group of talented and passionate individuals who are making a real difference in the world.

Are there any areas for improvement or something WWG could have done differently?

I think they were mostly very helpful in developing our mobile application. At times, I thought they were too fast pacedI think they were mostly very helpful in developing our mobile application. At times, I thought they were too fast paced and I would have preferred to slow little bit down.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

My name is Alessandro Prest, I am from Belluno, I have a degree in computer science and a PhD in artificial intelligence at the Eth in Zurich. Together with Luca Boschin I founded Logograb. The idea behind this technology company was to find solutions capable of capturing a brand. It’s possible to focus your smartphone on a logo and it can directly access the content that a certain company has reserved only for those who connect to the system. In a world increasingly characterized by overloading images, in other words, we have set our work on involving users with brands. Logograb became operative in Q2 2014 and thanks to WWG did a long trip... Today, it offers state-of-the-art solutions that help companies monitoring, monetizing, and protecting their products, brands, and digital assets. Our artificial intelligence feeds world-leading platforms such as Brandwatch, eBay, Red Points, MVP, and Tveyes.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire WWG?

At one point, we noticed a growing interest in visual versus text. Many social networks, especially Facebook or Snapchat, were growing exponentially in the usage of images and videos. We noticed an opportunity on the market and we tried to verify the possibility of creating a sort of "visual hashtag". The right vehicle to do all this, we’ve come to say, is certainly the corporate brand. Instead of creating unique codes or URLs and in fact changing often the product to go with, we focused on corporate brands. The logo, we immediately thought, is the reference point for all the strategic communications of a company: discounts, promotions, competitions, loyalty campaigns, etc. It’s possible to frame the logo of a company and you then have an access to it. Instead of resorting to a QR code (Quick Response Code) which must be printed in advance, why not try to imagine a smarter service? Logos, in fact, are already everywhere, on shirts, signs, shoes, packaging, posters, newspapers, trams, taxis... We needed very direct, effective, transparent communication to encourage people to test this. WWG undoubtedly responds to all these requirements.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

I met Mohamed Deramchi a few years ago and for the experience gained in different industries, and for having worked on software development projects also very different from each other, I immediately thought he was the right person for Logograb. WWG, his company, therefore, was the right partner for a complex project, that requires simple messages. WWG proved to be not only a service provider but a company capable of understanding the potential of the idea even at a very delicate stage. Thanks to WWG, in fact, in addition to technical support we understood the commercial opportunities of the artificial intelligence service we were working on. Everything was made possible with clear explanations, very direct messages, and registration forms that facilitated interaction with our image recognition software.

Describe the project in detail and walk through the stages of the project.

We started thinking about the consumer positioning of the service. Logograb basically had to be an app available to anyone, able to scan logos instead of the usual QR codes. A very effective communication work has been done to get across these benefits. We have worked well. To the point that today the technology that allows this type of recognition also affects corporate companies. We moved to the b2b market because there are many companies that want to measure the performance of their logos. An important goal of Logograb was to create an open database of logos. We immediately differentiated from those closed services. In our case, from the very beginning, anyone could be present on our archives of logos. The goal was therefore to enrich, add new assets to the platform. In fact, the flows that Mohamed proposed to us were immediately lean, fluid, and simple that brought many users on a really easy-to-use online platform.

How many resources from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

While creating the Logograb website, the agile approach of WWG was of great utility because one cycle after another faced one by one the list of things to do. Mohamed put at our disposal a cloud expert, an expert in DevOps practices. His background as a developer was crucial but to prioritize the development of the front-end and back-end, we had two dedicated developers. Once online the site of Logograb, the feedback received was so positive that since the first version, our activity has changed a lot. Proof that even those who dealt with UX design offered an excellent contribution. A year ago we were forced to start a rebranding process because the interest in our services was such high to justify an internal reorganization. Some of our initial ideas, those shared immediately with Mohamed laid the foundations for the creation of a new series of value-added services. Paradoxically, we didn’t even consider some of them. Today the recognition of logos is one of the services we offer but there is much more. Companies use our technology to understand how many times their brand appears during a marketing campaign or a football match. Social media monitoring analysis, for example, is much more in-depth than semantics through hashtags and keywords.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Our Logograb technology in 2013 was decidedly new to the market. We needed to understand what was the case of communicating externally to give the correct information about the platform and its uses. WWG started with a feasibility study of the website and had analyzed the competitors and the companies already present on the market with a type of service at least similar to Logograb. This first step was undoubtedly useful because it made it clear to us how it was more correct to introduce ourselves to those who did not know us. Another fundamental step of the project was the cloud infrastructure that allowed us to scale immediately the number of accesses to the tool that managed our service.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

WWG is fast, lean, agile and attentive to details. Was ideal for working with all our resources, however, in the beginning, we were a fairly small team. However, we managed to have a number of services that we can consider fundamental today. WWG has thought us the best practices of software development and has given us new awareness regarding concepts such as sharing knowledge, documentation, code convictions. All this helped the implementation of kpi during the code review phase and positively influenced the simplicity, understandability, and scalability of the source code. All state-of-the-art approaches for communication between different teams and scalability.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

The WWG style was of great importance for the success of the Logograb project. Some functions during time have been taken over by our in-house teams. It’s true that the word startup does not refer only to a type of company, thanks to WWG’s 360º consulting, which has put the cloud at the centre of every aspect, we have understood that startup is above all a mindset that tends to results such as operational excellence and continuous innovation. Thanks to WWG we were able to to grow quickly.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

Nothing relevant to report.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

My name is Daniel Tombini and together with my three brothers I run the family business “La Selleria Tombini” which deals with horse riding products. In general, my family linked its name for four generations to the world of horses.

The group currently deals with offering on the market all the equipment for horses and everything the rider needs, so we talk about many different disciplines and really many articles. The business started in the Bergamo area in the distant 1920.

The “La Selleria Tombini” has been expanding its stores for some years by opening a new store and showroom in Lissone. A large space where you can find products of the highest quality and have useful technical assistance for your purchases.

I can confidently affirm that precisely because of this growth over time, La Selleria Tombini has become a point of reference for enthusiasts and for anyone who wants to get closer to the fantastic world of horses.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire WWG, and what were your goals?

“La Selleria Tombini” carries on a tradition and, like all companies, it has a growth project, but first of all it is a reality driven by a great passion. “La Selleria Tombini” is faithful to strictly artisanal methods. The family workshop deals with saddles, bridles, harnesses and leather goods.

In the artisan workshop, leather processing is performed according to the traditional cutting and sewing techniques. Everything is done strictly by hand. A tradition handed down from generation to generation that offers, for example, tailor-made customization of all saddles. That’s why Tombini products are excellent in the territory.

For years we have been present with our stands at many events: from obstacle jump to other horse competitions. Horses fill our working days and even our weekends. Three years ago, together with my brothers, we decided to embark on a digital transformation that would support all our businesses.

WWG suggested a real path of change in the field of digital transformation that seemed immediately successful. It goes without saying that we wanted to expand our customer base and also get our products to areas that our physical showrooms could not reach.

WWG showed us that through the right setting we could not only build an e-commerce channel but also a modern and functional website. In this way, “La Selleria” Tombini” could begin to open up to new technologies to continue updating, improving in its work and continuously testing new solutions.

I don't know if it’s too much to talk about operational excellence, but it was correct to accept the challenge offered by digital to satisfy even more customer needs and be closer to potential customers. To those, for example, who was approaching the world of the horses for the very first time.

SOLUTION

How did you select WWG and what were the deciding factors?

We chose WWG for its approach to managing our projects. It was the third technological partner that “La Selleria Tombini” tried to involve in its projects. It was necessary to record success because those who preceded WWG did not know how to understand our needs and our desires.

WWG, on the other hand, immediately got in tune with our way of doing things. It is as if the flow were "pulled" by us and not imposed by external society. WWG understood the requests. The product development flow accelerated and eliminated waste. Focusing on what creates the most value has overcome all our foreseeable resistances.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

From the very first meetings we thought in terms of product quality. We were all on the idea to focus on what “La Selleria Tombini” does best: creating and sometimes selecting saddles, harnesses, clothing and accessories without forgetting the horse's diet, supplements and even zootechnical items.

That’s is why the key step was the labeling, between variants and related products, of the more than 30,000 items in the warehouse. Later, once everything in the entire catalog was codified with a barcode, we uploaded it onto the system to manage, in addition to the sales channels, also the presence in storage and all phases of the customer journey.

Stages on which we continue to work and perfect. In a second phase, the adventure of the online store and a communication campaign began, to warn everyone that the Tombini brand gets in to the web. Thanks to a process of continuous improvement, we were able to put the e-commerce platform in communication with the warehouse and product collection management program.

The two systems work in synergy: from the online store you can understand in real-time the availability of all products in stock. What WWG has managed to implement is a process that allows us to have an evolved logistics center in all respects.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

I was in touch with four different figures who followed me for the three phases of the project: warehouse reorganization, labeling and creation of an e-commerce platform. In detail, I worked with a Project Manager, a Developer, a Content Manager and an Administration manager.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

WWG made it possible to expand the volume of sales, reach new segments (for example Southern Italy), and manage most of our internal processes more efficiently. However, what is fair to acknowledge to the kind of services a software development company like WWG offers, is the power of ideas.

WWG turned on the light and made us understand that we had many business opportunities to seize, and moreover helped us to put ourselves in a position not to lose them. This is something that is worth every day. So much so that in every meeting we try to reason with the proper mindset.

We listen to Mohamed Deramchi, CEO of WWG, talking about new projects and new challenges and not just about the percentage of new customers who have known “La Selleria Tombini” or the incidence of online sales for the year. However, after three years together with WWG, these indices are more than satisfactory.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timelines.

They have always been present, prompt in solving our problems and proactive. For those involved in e-commerce, time is often a fundamental resource. As described above, many of our activities are valuable because they are changeless, as a sign of continuity with the past.

A technological partner like WWG, which has customers in different product sectors, is an advantage. We like their style which, respecting the timing, manages to solve a problem at a time, but allows us to learn something new. In this way it is possible to respect our values, but also look to the future and to the evolution of the markets with great confidence.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

We liked how WWG introduced itself to our family, promising interventions that seemed right to improve some business flows, and how it was able to put in place a strategy to implement everything.

WWG dedicated time and resources to overcome the resistance to changes we must take when it comes to innovation.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

Nothing significant to point out. We are already thinking about a project for next season.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am Luigi Boschin, entrepreneur born in Friuli, Italy and I have worked for a long time for a major international group active in the field of telecommunications, operating both in Italy and abroad. I have a great passion for the world of finance and, in the course of my life, I have dealt so much with wine in each and every way as I am also an oenologist expert. All these experiences made me think of the LIQUIDVINEYARDS project that will allow anyone to own a vineyard, even those who live in an area where it is not possible to cultivate the grapes.

I have traveled a lot and I know for sure that many people across different continents think about how nice it would be to own a vineyard in Italy. The dream is made possible thanks to digital technology that, another fundamental thing, will allow even the smallest vineyard to have the strength to compete with the largest producers. I am well aware of the value chain in the wine sector and all its constituent elements. For this reason, I did not think of an alternative way to sell bottles by mail order and not even the way how to get them everywhere.

This startup is based on the idea of creating a product of the earth as if it were a financial product based on digital rights.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire WWG, and what were your goals?

LIQUIDVINEYARDS was born with the idea of putting wine producers in direct contact with end-users. The former are entitled to financing which helps their production. The latter can boast the benefits of a financial service whose income is linked to land, not fragile financial algorithms. The goal was to bring out a local market and deliver it to the global level through a decentralized technology platform, without intermediaries and absolutely transparent.

Transparent, it really is! All the people involved in this startup wondered if in the era of the so-called web 2.0 it was possible to create a network without third parties that would allow financial operations and stipulate contracts in a clear, safe and reliable manner.

SOLUTION

How did you select WWG and what were the deciding factors?

We chose WWG because we needed a real technology partner. For LIQUIDVINEYARDS we did not look for a company capable of providing simple platforms or developing tools, but a player who understood our objectives well and could master he type of services we wanted to promote in making a new and ambitious project a reality. Mohamed Deramchi, CEO of WWG, is undoubtedly the best person to enable technological innovations to find solutions to concrete problems.

His team immediately grasped the possibilities of a Peer2Peer technology that would allow financial transactions, and the exchange of unlisted shares.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

WWG has created a mobile app that allows end-users to purchase the digital rights to vineyards and view their details and remaining constantly updated on processing progress, but also a Web App in which producers can feature their vines in a digital showcase available to investors around the world.

The idea was to generate "Securrencies (TM)", or digital assets with the characteristics of a "security" (e.g. equities, bonds) combined with the characteristics of a "currency" (e.g. exchangeability, fungibility, medium of exchange, and measure of value). The "securrencies", a mix of securities and currencies, derive their characteristics from being supported by a physical collateral asset.

The system, supported by a cloud architecture, therefore had to be stable, immediate, usable, and with a high-security standard.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

We were constantly in touch with a Solution Architect, a Project Manager, Front-end and Back-end developers, a UX/UI Manager, a person capable of implementing the DevOps methodology, a Blockchain engineer, and a QA expert. All team members were equally critical in their contribution.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

The startup LIQUIDVINEYARDS has been able to rely on a platform that offers the guarantee of access to a certified and quality product from world-renowned countries for their wine culture. A system that has really connected winemakers and end-users without having to resort to middlemen or third parties. Cutting costs, but not services through a highly technological profile (LIQUIDVINEYARDS EXCHANGE™️ based on blockchain and a smart label system for 5G tracking ).

WWG has achieved all this by enabling every stage of development focusing on transforming our inputs into truly valuable realistic solutions.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timelines.

WWG is an agile company. It is perfectly accepted, interpreted, and capable of putting into practice the beautiful phrase of its founder and CEO, Mohamed Deramchi: "Developing software is simple, but developing simple software is the hardest thing". The team members were able to deliver a fully functional platform that responded to all our demands in a short time. The approach to working together has been linear and I think this style is the most effective way to open up to innovation.

Ideal for those who are busy today to transform traditional business, create technological startups, or simply tring not to miss some trends of the moment. Companies today need to solve some real problems: software houses like WWG know how to do it using the best technologies available on the market.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

WWG contributed to the project by demonstrating a deep know-how of the innovative principles present in LIQUIDVINEYARDS and a great openness to the innovations involved. The platform offers finance experts and winegrowers the best access to services and great online web experience. In addition to the brilliant UX/UI, however, the tools developed by WWG were put in place immediately with all the distinctive elements that every social innovation project should have in order to be scalable.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

Not really, they are reliable and professional.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am Head of Digital Marketing at Manifattura Colombo & C. spa - COLMAR. The company I work for really comes from afar and tells a family story, made of technology and respect for tradition. Born as a laboratory in 1923, after a series of successful products in the field of sportswear has become a global brand and a group that sells garments worldwide. 

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire WWG, and what were your goals?

COLMAR has a dense network of agents and retailers, a vast ecosystem of partners, an e-commerce channel in continuous expansion, and sees progressively increase in exports.

All of these activities involve precise cycles and include a range of services completely different from each other and often disconnected.

Working closely with WWG we had to find a way to integrate different streams of information that necessarily are continuous, automate the collection of data and optimize the sharing of information from our ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) or from our PLM (Product Lifecycle Management).

The real challenge, what we thought of while collaborating, was to get a solution that could keep all this data as synchronized as possible.

SOLUTION

How did you select WWG and what were the deciding factors?

It was not difficult to find in a software house "agile" the appropriate interlocutor to analyze all the operation and to provide us with evidence only analysis capable of improving our activities. WWG has been developing software for many years following the Lean philosophy.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

In order not to add entropy, confusion, or revolutionize processes started long ago, we needed usable, immediate, effective tools, but at the same time very customizable depending on the production team involved in the life cycles of COLMAR products.

If a new feature does not represent added value, does not improve the work, or does not save time, money, or errors it is useless to implement it.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

To handle carefully the quality-control issue there was a project manager, or a dedicated engineer in case, to manage different revisions in the development process of a building and update the data accordingly.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

Having state-of-the-art tools to manage our activities and an infrastructure that connects all the people involved in our processes, these were undoubtedly two priorities.

It can be seen more easily considering two projects completed together with WWG in which the need to assist the business functions is perfectly combined with the need to choose scalable and robust tools whose adoption immediately guaranteed an improvement intended to be continuous:

COLMAR store locator and the COLMAR catalogue for the b2b market. In the first case the purpose was double: users could find the nearest boutiques or authorized retailers

• it should be said that today more than 2,500 stores in the world sell our clothing!
• and at the same time the tool was structured to import from our systems data of interest always updated (physical address, contact details, lines sold, for example) of each individual point of sale to return it to the user.

In the second case, instead, we worked to create a platform to give visibility to the new collections during the emergency COVID in which the meetings in presence have become a bit more complicated. We wanted a tool that would allow potential customers and not to see high-resolution images and videos of the next season’s garments.

Articles on which, it will be understood, we normally want to focus attention. We thought of an interactive catalog that would offer a very immersive browsing experience, since it actually allows those who have access to it to watch the dresses of the different lines COLMAR or see worn clothes from models.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timelines.

Since WWG started working with us, we started a process of analysis of our flows, of the cycles that distinguish our activity. Activity that has a very fast pace and often customer journey that refer to collections designed for the following season.

Operational meetings were held between all COLMAR teams, including marketing, operations, administration, and accounting. The analysis of the requirements was a key aspect, but it was above all the philosophy that guided the project that made the difference.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Business people and developers have worked together in a simple, concrete way to maximize the amount of work done. Each problem is unique and requires a unique solution in software development and maintenance. The infrastructure released and currently in use is certainly an expression of this harmony of WWG teams with those of COLMAR.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

Only positive feedback here. Project management was efficient and quick to fix any issues. Agile processes essentially exploit change to gain customer competitive advantage. WWG is a company that has very well introjected this idea which is a good prospect to collaborate with a company like COLMAR that actually, is constantly evolving.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CEO of Qualeagenzia.it

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Online Platform to compare, select and contact real estate agencies according to their services and market results

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire WWG to accomplish?

Develop full website: 

• frontend
• backend
• design

SOLUTION

How did you find WWG?

• Online Search
• Clutch Site

Why did you select WWG over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fit our budget
• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from WWG were assigned to this project?

6-10 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

Develop and design the full website of our company. It includes: 

• UX and UI preliminary analysis
• GoogleAPI integration
• Backend design 
• Frontend development

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

• full website 
• still ongoing 
• right now following the schedule (even ahead)

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

• They showcase good project management skills, following a structured approach in line with expectations.
• Very fast reply (<2h)
• collaborative approach
• smart solutions proposed to outcome issues

What was your primary form of communication with WWG?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

• Collaborative approach
• very keen on proposing solutions

Are there any areas for improvement or something WWG could have done differently?

We are completely satisfied with our collaboration.