Case Study: RS Components achieves scalable e-commerce growth with Advanced and JBoss

Customer Trends Make For New E-Commerce Delivery Model for RS Components

RS Components, a leading global distributor of electronic and industrial components, faced a challenge scaling its initial e-commerce platform, which had been developed in-house on a tight budget. The system, overwhelmed by a 40% monthly growth in revenue, lacked the agility and integration capabilities needed to support the company's rapid shift from a traditional paper-catalogue business to an online model. They engaged Advanced for its expertise in the JBoss application stack and to devise a new, robust application architecture.

Advanced provided consultants and technical architects to work alongside the internal team, delivering a proof-of-concept and enabling a full redevelopment of the e-commerce system using a scalable JBoss-based SOA. This solution provided the necessary agility and integration with the company's ERP system. The result was a flexible, extensible platform that supported continued healthy growth, successfully shifting RS Components' primary business channel from offline to online. Advanced's flexible resourcing and technical support were key to delivering the project quickly and cost-effectively.

RS Components

Andy Holyoak

Head of E-Commerce