FieldBI - How we Helped a Field Management Startup go to the market 3x faster and become a market leader

title=FieldBI – How we Helped a Field Management Startup go to the market 3x faster and become a market leader

Who is the client?

FieldBI is a leader in innovative SaaS platforms for the advanced registry, visualization, and management of land used by numerous Ukrainian agricultural businesses.

The client chose to work with us because of our proactive approach during a business discovery phase and detailed delivery plan, which met the client’s deadline expectations.

Client site: https://fieldbi.io/en

Team Composition

React.js TechLead and three developers

Symfony/Node.js/Python Team Lead and three developers

Project Manager/Functional Analyst

UIX Designer

Manual QA Engineer

Technologies

TypeScript

Node.js

React.js

Symfony

ReactNative

AWS

PostgreSQL

Docker

Redis

Python

What business tasks did the client want to solve?

Private stakeholders’ sale and purchase of state- and municipal-owned agricultural land are banned under Ukrainian legislation

Agricultural businesses must lease lands from private individuals, leading to huge amounts of data and document processing

Create a SaaS solution that can optimize the operations with the data and document processing for the Agriculture companies

What pitfalls did the client face?

Lack of own development team and tech expertise;

High expenses and a significant amount of legal issues due to a lack of software solutions that could help with document processing;

High management costs due to the need to use old programs and manual instruments for the field operations.

What should an ideal solution look like?

Scalable SaaS application with Web and Mobile versions (iOS and Android), user-friendly interface, and high performance for all the filters and data processing.

Map

Current normative land evaluation

Map

Designated purpose

Map

Years of termination of agreements

Map

Subdivisions

Map

Village council/Amalgamated

Map

Current normative land evaluation

What we suggested

Business analysis

Project Set-up and Service Architecture

Team Set-Up and Development

Support

Step 1.

Business analysis

Initial idea description and presentation;

A detailed business analysis including WireFrames and Work BreakDown structure development;

The best matching technologies choice;

Detailed product estimation and roadmap creation;

Step 2.

Project Set-up and Service Architecture

Backend:

The SaaS platform is based on the micro-service architecture where each of the small services works in its own process and communicates with the others using lightweight mechanisms. This results in an absolute minimum of centralized management of these services and their autonomy.

PostgreSQL enabled the team to use the PostGIS module, a powerful tool for working with coordinates. As a result, the calculation of land fields and their coordinates has become very accurate.

Symfony with PHP-7.4 was used with regard to the smooth transition of the platform to PHP-8.0, which will speed up a number of features.

Python and Node.js microservices for different modules of the platform.

JWT Token was used for user authorization.

HTTPS protocols for security. The framework used in the system is protected from SQL Injection and other types of attacks.

Frontend:

We use React.js hooks and make sure our applications run quickly and reliably. They are straightforward to maintain as well.

Our team has implemented visualization of maps, charts, and tables with filters, ensuring smooth big data operation.

The same React.js team developed a mobile application using ReactNative for the convenience of users that has all the features of the desktop product version.

Step 3.

Development

Scale a team to 8 engineers: 4 backends and 4 frontends;

Set up work and compatibility with Government APIs;

Create a unique bot that analyzes maps in real-time;

Created the first working version in 6 months.

Step 4.

Support

Supporting new integrations and creation of new analytics dashboards;

Set up the platform in the first 60 large enterprises;

Solution support and clients feature request processing.

Fields

Land plots

Ground section

General data

Analytics

Years of termination of agreements

Analytics

General data

Main page

Fields, Plots

Contractors, Activity

Contracts

Land bank

Tasks

Land mapping

Results

Received a presidential grant from among 1,000 applicants

Acknowledged as one of the TOP-20 startups in 2020

The initial version of the product was finished and implemented for the first client in 6 months

The product reached the payback of the development team in 10 months

The product becomes profitable in 16 months

Today product helps hundreds of clients effectively manage millions of hectares of agricultural land

Client’s feedback

quotes

The team’s solution-oriented mindset has enabled them to deliver results aligned with expectations. Their active collaboration style allows them to offer valuable, relevant suggestions. Their transparent communication style has facilitated mutual understanding throughout the engagement.

Evheniy Kuguk, CEO FieldBI

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