Solution Design

Design the right retail architecture before you invest.

We translate business requirements into the right technology architecture — validated, secure and ready to implement — before you commit to a platform.

  • Business requirements translated into technology
  • Best-fit platform and architecture selection
  • Integration, data and security designed upfront
  • Clear roadmap from concept to implementation
Store
Operations
Head Office
& Analytics
Customer
Channels
Partners &
Suppliers
↓↓↓↓
ERP
POS
CRM
HR
Applications & Analytics
Integration Layer — Globriq
Cloud & Infrastructure
Security & Governance
3rd-Party
Systems
& APIs
A layered reference architecture — connecting store, head-office and partner systems through one governed integration layer.
Why Solution Design

Getting the architecture right before you invest

We help you make technology decisions in the right order — business priorities first, platforms second — so your investment holds up as you grow.

Align Technology with Business Priorities

Every platform and integration choice is anchored to your business goals, not the other way around.

Reduce System Fragmentation

Replace scattered, disconnected tools with one coherent architecture that fits together by design.

Build for Future Growth

Design an architecture that can absorb new stores, channels and systems without a rebuild.

Address Security & Governance Early

Bake security, data governance and compliance into the architecture from the outset, not as an afterthought.

Protect Technology Investment

Make platform and integration decisions that hold their value as the business and technology landscape changes.

The Real Question

The right technology is not always the right architecture.

Choosing a platform before the architecture is settled is how integration problems, workarounds and rework happen later.

StepWithout Solution DesignWith Solution Design
1Business requirementBusiness objective
2Vendor productRequirements
3ImplementationArchitecture
4Integration problemsTechnology selection
5Manual workaroundsIntegration plan
6Higher costControlled implementation
Good solution design reduces the decisions you have to undo later.
How We Work

Our Solution Design Approach

A repeatable, five-step process — from first conversation to a blueprint your team can build from.

Discover — Understand your business, current systems, challenges and goals. 1 Discover Design — Create the solution architecture, technology stack and integration blueprint. 2 Design Validate — Review with stakeholders and validate feasibility, security and scalability. 3 Validate Build the Roadmap — Turn the blueprint into a sequenced roadmap and implementation plan. 4 Build the Roadmap Handover & Enable — Enable your team with knowledge transfer and clear next steps. 5 Handover & Enable

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01

Discover

Understand your business, current systems, challenges and goals.

02

Design

Create the solution architecture, technology stack and integration blueprint.

03

Validate

Review with stakeholders and validate feasibility, security and scalability.

04

Build the Roadmap

Turn the blueprint into a sequenced roadmap and implementation plan.

05

Handover & Enable

Enable your team with knowledge transfer and clear next steps.

What We Deliver

  • Business and technology requirements
  • Target solution architecture
  • Application and system landscape
  • Integration and API design
  • Data-flow architecture
  • Security and governance requirements
  • Technology recommendations
  • Implementation roadmap
  • Key risks and dependencies

What This Helps You Achieve

  • Better investment decisions
  • Less system duplication
  • Lower implementation risk
  • Faster stakeholder alignment
  • Reduced integration complexity
  • Clearer deployment priorities
  • Lower long-term cost of ownership
  • Faster time to value
Designed Around Your Retail Ecosystem

One blueprint across every layer of retail technology

The architecture we design touches every layer of the business — not just the platform being deployed.

Commerce & POS

  • POS Modernisation
  • Unified Commerce
  • In-store Experience
  • Payment Integration
  • Order Management

Customer & Store Intelligence

  • Customer Data Platform
  • Loyalty & Personalisation
  • Store Analytics
  • Workforce Insights
  • Customer Experience

AI & Merchandising

  • Demand Forecasting
  • Assortment Optimisation
  • Price Optimisation
  • Generative AI
  • Merchandising Insights

Inventory & Fulfilment

  • Inventory Optimisation
  • Warehouse & DC
  • Order Fulfilment
  • Store Replenishment
  • Last Mile Integration

Enterprise Integration

  • API & Integration Design
  • ERP & WMS Integration
  • Data Architecture
  • Real-time Processing
  • Third-party Connectivity
The objective is not to deploy more systems. It is to make the right systems work together.
When to Engage Us

Engage us before major retail technology decisions

1

Replacing a Legacy POS

Moving off an ageing point-of-sale platform is the moment to rethink the architecture around it, not just swap the box.

2

Expanding into New Markets

New markets bring new regulatory, payment and localisation requirements that belong in the architecture from day one.

3

Connecting Disconnected Systems

When point-to-point integrations have become brittle and hard to maintain, it's time for a governed integration design.

4

Introducing AI

AI initiatives need clean, connected data and a clear architecture to plug into — not a bolt-on afterthought.

5

Building Omnichannel

Unifying store, e-commerce and customer data starts with an architecture that ties the channels together.

6

Starting a Transformation Programme

Any major, multi-year retail technology programme benefits from an architecture blueprint agreed before work begins.

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