Being driven by the business outcome, Opinov8 started with a PoC approach to make sure that the presented concept has the potential and feasibility for a real-world financially viable platform. At that stage distinct processes with different objectives and participants’ roles were analyzed and defined.

A big bunch of work has been done from the business analytics perspective to make sure that all features and the overall platform functionality present uniqueness and, more importantly, usability. Building the flexible platform meant meeting users’ expectations and requirements, so they could seamlessly check all available transportation options with automatic price calculation for the delivery before the shipment booking, track the location of their goods in real-time, download invoices, and manage all the required documents. 

But there weren't just users but also platform admins who needed to have their own portal for managing all milestones for each order, uploading invoices and requests from company owners (users), managing invoices and tracking invoice statuses. Having the front and back office of the platform built, Beacon involved its first users to test it and provide Opinov8 with remarks, which was a big step forward in making it 100% user friendly.