asamblo

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the Chief Commercial Officer of a digital marketing company.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

We hire Asamblo for the development of a mobile app that works on specialized devices on Android. This application had to capture barcode information and integrate with other offline external components.

In addition, we had to develop the system that captures the information obtained by the devices and achieve an improvement in the inventory taking process of a minimum of 60% of the time it took until then, being carried out manually.

SOLUTION

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

We found Asamblo through a recommendation. We chose them because of the good proposal they did.

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

For frontend development we implement our design by using React Native, against endpoints developed on API’s in PHP 7.3. All endpoints were documented and tested using the Swagger tool.

For the mobile application, we use Android Studio 3 on Kotlin and SqlLite for handling the offline data, which are then synchronized through endpoints with Token security.

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

There were 4 people in the dev team, including 2 mobile developers, 1 backend dev and 1 project leader.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We work together with the team creating the tool Indepo, which allows you to eliminate the spreadsheets from the inventory taking process and let you perform the counting by scanning the barcodes of the products. This tool reduces the inventory taking process by up to 80%. It also allows real-time monitoring of the process and is compatible with any ERP.

We also developed InStock, the mobile application that works together with Indepo, which allows scanning of barcodes from any Android device. You can use a specialized handheld or any cell phone by connecting a wireless barcode reader using an OTG cable.

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

The project communication was great, they always met the deadlines without gap. We used Skype, GitLab, Slack, and emails.

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

The whole team works flexibly. They are not only concerned with generating code, but with generating a solution for the customer. I consider that a great value in today's market: an excellent result orientation.

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

I don't really find that there is an area of improvement, at least in our overall experience. They met all the objectives of the project as agreed.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I was the CTO of Argentine smiles for 2 years

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

We hired ASAMBLO to develop a web application that allows us to streamline our business model. We had an old system that did not guarantee the correct functioning of all our business areas. The objective was to develop an application that allows us to scale the business as we need to create new branches

SOLUTION

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

We chose to work with asamblo, thanks to the fact that they have a team of young functional analysts with great capacity to understand the operations of a dental company.

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

We worked for 2 months with mockups that arose from numerous interactions and meetings between us and the analysts. Then we were establishing priorities that the business demanded. And scheduling updates throughout the 2 years that the project lasted.

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

I and 2 functional analysts work in the first 2 months. Then I continued together with the asamblo functional analysts for the remaining time of the project.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

As the updates were deployed to production, we reached 100% in a few days of corrections

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

The communications were recurring every day, even after hours, via whatsapp, skype, phone, and project applications like trello.

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

The ability of your functional analysts to easily interpret what the business requires was impressive.

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

In the effort to provide quick solutions, using various communication methods can be confusing.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the CTO of Baluwo. We’re a small startup with a development department of four people. Our aim is to offer African immigrants an alternative to sending money to relatives at home by buying them services and goods through our platform.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with asamblo?

We had an existing Android app and were looking to create a new version for Android and iOS. We didn’t have the resources to do it in-house, so we hired asamblo.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

asamblo took the main code and documentation from our existing application and rebuilt it in React Native.

What is the team composition?

We worked with three people from asamblo. I talked a lot with Luciano (President & Co-Founder) and with one of the two developers.

How did you come to work with asamblo?

They contacted our CEO through LinkedIn, looking for new business. We were looking to start this project at the time and I contacted asamblo along with 2–3 other companies. I’m from Argentina as well, and I’ve worked as a freelancer there. I contacted a company I used to work for, but they were too expensive. It came down to a local company in Spain, which had a better price, and asamblo. I felt comfortable talking to Luciano, so I chose them. I have no regrets about it.

How much have you invested with them?

The cost of their work was around €8,000 ($9,300 USD).

What is the status of this engagement?

They gave us a proposal in July 2019, and we started the project in mid-to-late-August of that year. They delivered the work in December 2019, and we continued working on it with our own resources after that.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?

They were really proactive in asking for clarifications for the documentation we provided, and in researching and replicating the old code. They finished every sprint perfectly on time. The only delay was caused by some issues we faced publishing the iOS app. I’d recommend asamblo to anyone. They’re serious, hardworking, and great communicators.

How did asamblo perform from a project management standpoint?

I was responsible for following the project from our side, and I talked to Luciano most of the time. We agreed to a standard workflow and they always delivered successfully. We didn’t need to use project management tools. They sent us code every two weeks. We use Slack internally, and I created a channel for asamblo there. We chatted there daily and used email outside of working hours. We were working across different time zones.

What did you find most impressive about them?

They’re proactive and strive to solve all the problems they’re presented with.

Are there any areas they could improve?

I’m sure there are improvement points, but I can’t think of anything right now.

Do you have any advice for future clients of theirs?

I have no advice in particular. Clients should just tell asamblo what they need. I’ve worked as a freelancer, and I’ve recommended asamblo to one of my former clients.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the CEO of Dr. Contact Lens. It is a contact lens ordering platform, allowing patients to order directly from their doctor’s office.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Asamblo?

We wanted to make it possible for patients to order contacts online while they are still at their doctor’s office.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

Asamblo built the entire software from the ground up, developing various features for the company. To make it a reality, they first did an integration with three electronic medical records. Next, they crafted an integration with two distributors for contact lenses.

The team also built an API on the company’s end and connected it with another system. After that, they placed all the deliverables on an entire web-based app, allowing the company to manage everything there and to connect with doctors. Other features and functionalities including the integration of credit card processing were also conducted by them.

Basically, when a doctor puts in a patient’s prescription, we pull that data into our system. Subsequently, patients can log in, order contacts, and get notified when it’s time to reorder.

What is the team composition?

We are working with four people from Asamblo's team.

How did you come to work with Asamblo?

Our CTO found Asamblo through his connections. For the first year, he worked with them directly and as things stabilized, I joined in the collaboration.

How much have you invested with them?

So far, we’ve already spent $250,000 on the project.

What is the status of this engagement?

We began working together around January 2018 and it’s ongoing.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement? 

We have seen exponential growth in our company. We were able to expand from 30 locations to 120 locations since March 2020. They work hard and fast. The team is a breath of fresh air compared to others we worked with previously. 

How did Asamblo perform from a project management standpoint?

They are always responsive and meet deadlines. It is incredible to work with Asamblo. They always answer calls and emails, and quickly fix issues that come up. We mainly use GitLab for issues and communicate via Skype, WhatsApp, and email. 

What did you find most impressive about them?

They heard us, grasped our vision, and works hard to make our goals a reality. We are able to scale quickly because of how they prepared us in the backend. Moreover, they’re also not easily frustrated, especially with programming, which makes it nicer to work with them.

Are there any areas they could improve?

I have no suggestions for improvement. I’ve been extremely happy with them.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Start with the end in mind so you can try to predict growth and where it needs to go.  

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I worked as a Business Development and Project Manager at a boutique software company.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Asamblo?

We staffed part of our development team with Asamblo.

What were your goals for this project?

We had to migrate a solution from one technology and add customizations to the new one in a short time.

SOLUTION

How did you select Asamblo?

We did some interviews with companies of similar size to evaluate the quality of their engineers.

Describe the project in detail.

Migrate a platform in php to .net and add custom fields and pages requested by the client. Asamblo worked with our Architect, managers, designers, devops, and QA engineers to provide a solution in a record time.

What was the team composition?

The team was initially of 2 engineers from Asamblo and grow to 3 over time.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Client satisfaction was great, we were able to deliver in excellent time and with great response from the team.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Working with Asamblo's engineers was as smooth as if they were part of our staff. We centralized everything using Jira.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Asamblo was always suggesting things to improve the current solution. Their quick response and commitment were one of the things I'd like to highlight.

Are there any areas for improvement?

No, all was good.