Case Study: Metric Specialties achieves real-time 30M-SKU Shopify performance with MLveda

Metric Specialties cuts data sync latency to 5 seconds with MLveda

Metric Specialties, a nationwide distributor of fasteners and industrial hardware, faced significant e-commerce challenges managing its 30 million SKU catalog on a legacy platform. Their custom storefront relied on slow nightly data syncs from their INxSQL ERP, resulting in 12-hour upload delays, poor user experience with 4-second page loads, and a 3% data discrepancy rate. To modernize operations, they partnered with vendor MLveda for a Shopify Plus migration and real-time integration.

MLveda engineered a solution featuring a new Shopify Plus storefront, a real-time Node/Python sync microservice to replace nightly batches, and a zero-downtime data migration. The results were transformative, reducing data sync latency from 12 hours to under 5 seconds and cutting data errors from 3% to under 0.2%. This eliminated manual reconciliation work, saved the operations team ~500 hours annually, and halved page load times, providing a stable foundation for future growth.

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