Xyxle
How Xyxle operates and develops a complex B2B platform with a small in-house organization
Xyxle operates a B2B platform for exchanging structured product information between manufacturers, suppliers, retailers, and digital marketplaces.
BitStone has supported Xyxle for around 14 years as a comprehensive technology partner, from consulting and architecture to development and testing, infrastructure, operation, security, and support.
Think. | Build. | Grow.
Industry: Retail & e-commerce
Challenges: Digital products & platforms | Integration & data | Scaling & performance | Modernization | Operation & continuous development
The challenge
Different product data must be brought together reliably.
Manufacturers and retailers work with different formats, languages, and data structures.
These include product descriptions, item numbers, images, ingredients, nutritional values, allergens, and packaging data.
The challenge is to exchange this information between different market participants and systems in a structured, validated, and scalable way.
Our journey together
Think. Build. Grow. as a long-term technology partnership.
Think.
BitStone supports Xyxle with consulting, business analysis, architecture, and ongoing development of the platform.
Build.
The platform enables, among other things:
- data imports through different formats and interfaces
- multilingual product information
- configurable data models
- validation and translation processes
- integrations with retail and partner systems
Grow.
BitStone also handles operation, infrastructure, security, support, and continuous development of the platform.
The value for the customer
Comprehensive software with a small in-house tech team.
With a small in-house organization, Xyxle can operate and develop a complex commercial platform.
For Xyxle, this means:
- scalable exchange of large volumes of structured product data
- integration of new product categories, suppliers, and retailers
- less technical complexity in-house
- continuous development of the platform
- technological expertise secured for the long term
The platform is used by more than 400 companies.
A long-term digital partnership
Xyxle and BitStone have worked together for around 14 years. BitStone takes on a large share of the overall technological responsibility, effectively providing the technical organization behind the platform.
Xyxle demonstrates how software engineering evolves into a long-term technology partnership across the entire lifecycle of a digital platform.
Technologies used
Node.js | PHP | React | AWS | Microservices | REST APIs | GraphQL | SQL | MongoDB | Docker | Automated Testing | Product Information Management
