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Montage Furniture Services provides furniture protection plans and claims processing services to a wide selection of furniture retailers and consumers.

Montage Portal
Montage was looking to build a new web portal for both Retailers and Consumers, which would integrate with Dynamics CRM and other legacy systems. The portal needed to be multi tenant and support branding and configuration for different Retailers. Trailhead architected the new Montage Platform, including the Portal and all of it’s back end integrations, did the UI/UX and then delivered the new system, along with enhancements to DevOps and processes.

Trailhead stepped into a challenging project – building our new web architecture and redeveloping our portals at the same time the business was migrating from a legacy system to our new CRM solution. They were able to not only significantly improve our web development architecture but our development and deployment processes as well as the functionality and performance of our portals. The feedback from customers has been overwhelmingly positive. Trailhead has proven themselves to be a valuable partner.

– BOB DOERKSEN, Vice President of Technology Services
at Montage Furniture Services

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NorthStar is a mobile workforce optimization platform. A dispatcher can upload work orders for route drivers, and then sequence the stops optimally for traffic, service windows and other factors. The dispatcher can view progress in real time throughout the day, and access reports and analytics afterwards. The driver uses a native mobile app to manage their stops and tasks, and can perform surveys, which allow for actions like scanning bar codes, taking pictures, getting signatures and providing other input.

Web + Mobile + Logistics
Trailhead built the web front end, along with a back end service that uses a combination of routing and sequencing APIs paired with custom algorithms to plan and analyze routes. The solution is multi-tenant and hosted in the cloud, with tenants paying a monthly subscription fee per route. Trailhead also built a cross platform mobile app, and a completely dynamic and flexible survey feature, which allows the app to record whatever data the tenant needs to collect, including biometrics, GPS location, signature, photos, videos, and text or voice input.

Trailhead worked together with our company for many years, and after a while, it became apparent what we were doing together could be spun out as a product of it’s own. We worked together to design the features of the product, and then jointly launched our NorthStar platform. Trailhead has done a great job building NorthStar with today’s leading technology and they work extremely well with our sales and product development teams to help guide our product road map. The team is extremely smart, they communicate very well, and they are great to work with. I am very happy to have found the Trailhead team many years ago and I am thrilled about all the exciting opportunities that lie ahead in our new joint venture.

– JOHN KEANE, Principle Partner at NorthStar

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JDi Data has built several insurance related products, and found a recurring need to configure actions that happen when various events occur, for instance, sending emails of faxes, updating database records, or FTPing files. They wished to build a product, FlowBot, that would be a configurable workflow engine that could serve all these needs and be sold as a standalone, multi-tenant cloud service.

FlowBot
Trailhead built the front end web application that allows management of FlowBot tenants and users, as well as a custom workflow design surface to allow events to be connected to tasks and actions. Trailhead also did the UX work, an API that the web app uses, and assisted with porting existing workflow engine code to .NET Core. The API runs in a Docker Container on Linux, and can dynamically operate with either SQL Server or MySQL databases.

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Jewelers Mutual Insurance wanted to deliver a new version of their LINK tablet app that would be built from the ground up. The new version needed to provide in-app administration, support iOS, Android, and Windows, and reflect new corporate branding standards. It would integrate with their Salesforce implementation and existing Jewelers Mutual APIs.

Cross-Platform Tablet App
Trailhead architected and developed the cross-platform tablet app using Xamarin.Forms which allowed for significant code sharing between the iOS, Android, and Windows apps. Trailhead assisted the Jewelers Mutual team with Salesforce API development and brought them up to speed on Xamarin development and app DevOps and deployment.

Trailhead provides unparalleled agility in execution and scaling to have the right level of resources to deliver quality technology. Their proactive approach in seeing the bigger picture is welcomed and uncommon. Trailhead’s on time and on/under budget estimates are consistently met–I always clearly understand what I can expect from them.

– BENJAMIN DeBOER, Director, Corporate Innovation at
Jewelers Mutual Insurance

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Avail Technologies builds software and hardware systems for every aspect of public transit. Their driver interface application, the Mobile Data Terminal, ran on legacy platforms that were becoming difficult to update and maintain. Avail wanted to upgrade the MDT application to the latest technology and leverage the platform flexibility that .NET Core and Angular offer.

Touchscreen Web App
Trailhead worked closely with Avail product managers and engineers to design and develop a modern touch interface web application that closely resembles the legacy application from the user’s perspective, but is built using the latest technologies including .NET Core and Angular. The new application architecture is built with future capabilities in mind and alleviates many of the constraints and complexities of the legacy system.

Trailhead continues to be an excellent partner to augment and complement our own internal Product Development team. They help us stay abreast of and current with the latest technologies. They are great to collaborate and work with, and they consistently deliver high quality solutions on time and within budget.

– RICK SPANGLER, CTO at Avail Technologies

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Jewelers Mutual Insurance wanted to bring to market an interactive holographic kiosk that would draw potential customers into retail jewelry stores and allow them to view custom jewelry in an exciting new way. With Holojem, kiosk users can search and interact with 3D models of custom jewelry and share them with friends.

Kiosk + Web + Azure Cloud
Trailhead architected and developed the full software stack to enable a scalable and distributed network of Windows 10 touchscreen kiosks backed by content delivery and web administration on Microsoft Azure. Jewelers are able to manage their jewelry catalog via a secure web application and new content is immediately distributed to their cloud-connected kiosks. Users can view, save, and share jewelry items through a responsive web application.

Trailhead provides unparalleled agility in execution and scaling to have the right level of resources to deliver quality technology. Their proactive approach in seeing the bigger picture is welcomed and uncommon. Trailhead’s on time and on/under budget estimates are consistently met–I always clearly understand what I can expect from them.

– BENJAMIN DeBOER, Director, Corporate Innovation at
Jewelers Mutual Insurance

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Prein and Newhof is a respected engineering firm doing civil engineering, environmental consulting, asset management, grants and funding, and more. They needed technical experts to update a legacy app built for project management through a custom database.

Mobile + Web Application
Trailhead interviewed users to determine the requirements for a replacement system and built a modern web application that would replace two existing systems. The team also implemented a data migration strategy and created a mobile cross platform companion app that would streamline workflow.

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Bradford Technologies specializes in providing appraisal technology for the real estate industry. With current software about to expire, they needed a team that could guide them in the vision and development of a new tablet appraisal application.

TABLET APPLICATION
Trailhead worked with business owners and appraisers to create a state-of-the-art iPad appraisal app, including a finger based property sketcher and a series of custom data entry features to streamline workflow, all integrated with the clients existing API.

The guys at Trailhead were an excellent group to work with…One of our requests was that it had to be super intuitive with a WOW type UX. The developers at Trailhead came through in flying colors with an app that exceeded everyone’s expectations.

– JEFF BRADFORD, CEO at Bradford Technology

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Dacsa is a Swedish software company that developed the BOLD eCommerce Suite for purchasing, selling, fulfilling, and delivering orders. They needed external expertise to build a mobile component that would seamlessly integrate with their product middle tier.

Mobile + Web Application
Trailhead augmented Dacsa’s desktop system with an iOS and Android app for managing inventory and a companion web based sales dashboard. Features of the app integrated with their existing back end system and services.

Trailhead has helped us develop an integrated mobile component and a platform for further
mobile development – an area where we have no experience and not enough time for research and training.

– ANDERS JERKERUS, CEO at Dacsa AB

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Arctic Express is Nestle’s largest and most efficient Small Format Ice Cream and Frozen Food Distributor in the United States. They needed greater efficiency and logistics insights with their mobile workforce to track shipments and assist drivers in delivering products.

Mobile + Web Application
Trailhead built a custom Android mobile inventory app to complement and connect with Arctic Express’s existing DSD software (through API integration), allowing dispatch to see drivers’ location in real time (with GPS tracking), assist with directions, and view ongoing operations from the Dispatch web app.

The Trailhead team developed a cutting edge GPS mobile application that has dramatically improved the visibility that we have into our distribution business. The team is professional, highly skilled, and specialized in developing custom software solutions that move the needle for your business.

– JOHN KEANE, VP at Arctic Express

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PDR Mobile provides paintless dent repair (PDR) businesses to estimate, repair, invoice and track payments from a mobile device. They needed a white label product that would integrate with their partners systems, be branded for partners, and include expanded features.

Mobile + Web Application
Trailhead worked with PDR’s existing mobile app, evolving the product with new features and across various technology components in order to make it ready for partner systems.

In Trailhead we found a long term partner that understands our business needs, can help us make technology choices, and swiftly implement new features across our solution. They helped us integrate our system with a B2C partner and streamlined our development process, continuous integration, and cloud deployment.

– GORDON KENASTON, CTO at PDR Mobile

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