Stearns Digital

Success stories

Operational systems. Built where the work gets difficult.

Inventory planning, warehouse execution, connected commerce, data platforms, and product development—explained through the features we built.

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Experience, made concrete.

Client identities and sensitive operating details are omitted. The work, systems, APIs, and technical decisions are not.

Inventory planning · Consumer products

From multichannel demand to a purchasing plan people can use

A consumer-products business needed one purchasing process across ecommerce channels, warehouse stock, incoming supply, and changing product demand.

Systems & technologiesPython · MySQL · Shopify · Amazon · Google Sheets · Excel

Inventory planning · Apparel ecommerce

Planning apparel inventory across styles, colors, and sizes

An apparel business needed to translate sales expectations into style, color, and size decisions while keeping purchasing and inventory visible.

Systems & technologiesShopify Admin API · PHP · MySQL · Google Sheets · Excel

Warehouse execution · Distribution

A barcode-guided picking system connected to inventory

A tablet workflow validated every carton against the active order and returned shipment status to the inventory platform.

Systems & technologiesZoho Inventory API · barcode scanners · tablet web application

Supplier automation · Promotional products

One integration layer for multiple supplier protocols

Supplier orders, invoices, products, and shipments were normalized before being written into the inventory system.

Systems & technologiesFinale Inventory API · PromoStandards SOAP/XML · REST/JSON · FTP · Python · PHP · MySQL

Inventory allocation · Multichannel consumer products

Replenishing Amazon without consuming stock needed elsewhere

We built a replenishment workflow that distinguishes warehouse transfers, future transfer availability, and direct supply to Amazon.

Systems & technologiesPython · MySQL · Amazon FBA · Shopify · ShipHero

Purchasing and inbound logistics · Consumer-products supply chain

Connecting purchase orders, shipments, and actual receipts

A purchasing portal links supplier commitments to shipment lines, receipt evidence, shortfalls, and the inventory planning process.

Systems & technologiesPHP · MySQL · JavaScript · Python · CSV

Launch and lifecycle planning · Consumer-products ecommerce

Planning new collections before sales history exists

Launch readiness combines future assortment, demand assumptions, product availability, and incoming inventory in one reviewable workflow.

Systems & technologiesPython · MySQL · Google Sheets · Shopify · PHP

Forecast evaluation · Apparel and consumer products

Testing inventory forecasts against the decisions they support

We built repeatable forecast evaluations that compare historical predictions, simple baselines, error, bias, and assortment coverage.

Systems & technologiesPHP · Python · MySQL · CSV

Inventory integration · Apparel ecommerce

Making Shopify inventory usable for operational planning

Inventory snapshots and movement reporting separate physical stock, reservations, incoming units, and preorder exposure.

Systems & technologiesShopify Admin API · PHP · Python · MySQL

Replenishment planning · Specialty distribution

Turning distributor stock projections into practical order quantities

A distributor’s stock-planning tools connect warehouse availability, expected demand, and replenishment quantities that operators can act on.

Systems & technologiesZoho Inventory · PHP · MySQL · JavaScript

Warehouse receiving · Specialty distribution

Receiving stock against the right order and warehouse

We connected purchase orders, packing documents, and warehouse location context so receiving work follows the actual destination of the stock.

Systems & technologiesZoho Inventory API · PHP · MySQL · JavaScript

Warehouse execution · Specialty distribution

Making picking progress resumable and measurable

We extended a barcode-guided picking workflow with saved progress and session-based operational reporting.

Systems & technologiesPHP · JavaScript · MySQL · Zoho Inventory API

Data engineering · Commerce operations

One analytical foundation for sales, stock, and incoming supply

Bringing operational feeds into a layered data platform without losing the meaning of the source records.

Systems & technologiesDatabricks · Python · SQL · Delta Lake

Conversational analytics · Commerce analytics

Giving conversational analytics a governed business vocabulary

Making natural-language questions resolve to defined business measures, instead of plausible but inconsistent calculations.

Systems & technologiesDatabricks Genie · SQL · Metric views

Retail operations · Specialty retail

Keeping in-store checkout and online inventory in sync

A point-of-sale workflow connecting physical retail transactions with an existing online storefront.

Systems & technologiesPHP · JavaScript · MySQL · Shopify API · Python

Trade-in operations · Collectibles and specialty retail

Turning trade-ins into a controlled retail workflow

Connecting product intake, condition, store credit, and resale inventory in the same retail system.

Systems & technologiesPHP · JavaScript · MySQL

Catalog automation · Specialty retail

Enriching a specialist catalog with AI and a reviewable queue

Using structured AI output to reduce repetitive catalog work while keeping incomplete and questionable records visible.

Systems & technologiesOpenAI API · Python · pandas · Jupyter

Catalog integration · Music retail

Connecting a music inventory workbook to an online catalog

A historical integration that combined inventory records, specialist music metadata, and storefront updates.

Systems & technologiesPython · Shopify API · Discogs API · MySQL

Warehouse integration · Consumer products

Bringing third-party warehouse inventory into a planning workspace

A historical inventory feed connecting a fulfillment provider with the team's planning tables.

Systems & technologiesPython · Flowspace API · Airtable API

Material requirements planning · Supply-chain planning

Putting a repeatable planning engine behind spreadsheet inputs

A workbook-driven planning application that connects file intake, a calculation engine, and reviewable outputs.

Systems & technologiesPython · PHP · MySQL · Excel

Product development · Collectibles

Building an exchange platform around what people have and need

A product platform connecting collection records, reciprocal matching, conversations, and completed exchanges.

Systems & technologiesPHP · JavaScript · MySQL

Mobile development · Consumer software

Taking an existing web product into a native mobile experience

A mobile companion built against an existing product backend, with its own navigation and recovery states.

Systems & technologiesExpo · React Native · TypeScript · PHP API

Member operations · Community organizations

Bringing membership, events, and community participation into one platform

A community platform connecting member profiles, local chapters, events, and participation workflows.

Systems & technologiesPHP · JavaScript · MySQL

AI workflow development · Creative commerce

Making AI-assisted creative production reviewable and repeatable

A creative workflow combining research, generation, evaluation, and human approval before publication.

Systems & technologiesOpenAI API · PHP · MySQL · JavaScript

Commerce publishing · Creative commerce

Connecting approved artwork to a print-on-demand product workflow

Connecting creative assets with provider products, variants, mockups, and publication state.

Systems & technologiesPrintful API · Shopify · PHP · MySQL

Financial data tooling · Internal finance operations

Classifying financial transactions without losing human decisions

A transaction-review application that separates imported facts, classification rules, and deliberate overrides.

Systems & technologiesNext.js · React · TypeScript · MySQL · CSV

Opportunity research · Professional services

Turning marketplace searches into a deduplicated review queue

A research pipeline connecting saved search criteria, collected opportunities, fit checks, and human review.

Systems & technologiesPython · Airtable API · OpenAI API · Upwork API

Market intelligence · Professional services research

Turning a marketplace sample into a defensible demand report

A research workflow that preserves query provenance, separates pricing models, and makes classification reviewable.

Systems & technologiesPython · Jupyter · JavaScript · Upwork API

Operational monitoring · Shared operational systems

Detecting stale data and stuck work before a workflow quietly fails

Monitoring that checks whether recurring operational work is actually progressing, not just whether a service responds.

Systems & technologiesPython · Scheduled jobs · Health checks

Web development · Local businesses and professional services

Building focused websites around the next customer action

Corporate pages, professional-service concepts, and local-business demos designed around a clear service and contact path.

Systems & technologiesHTML · CSS · JavaScript · PHP · Google Places API

Knowledge management · Internal delivery operations

Keeping project context usable across repositories and handoffs

A versioned knowledge system connecting project scope, operating decisions, source evidence, and unresolved work.

Systems & technologiesGit · Markdown · GitHub pull requests

Interactive prototypes · Product experimentation

Testing interactive ideas before committing to a full product

Small browser experiences and mobile experiments that make an interaction concrete enough to evaluate.

Systems & technologiesHTML · CSS · JavaScript · Expo · React Native · TypeScript

Ecommerce fulfillment · Historical system

Enriching ecommerce orders for a 3PL workflow

A recovered system moved Shopify orders into a fulfillment platform, then generated QR codes and PDFs for warehouse use.

Systems & technologiesShopify Admin API · Packiyo API · Node.js · MongoDB · PDFKit · QR codes

Traceability · Manufacturing & distribution

Following a serial number from factory box to sales order

A practical model for connecting manufacturing, cartons, warehouse activity, and customer-facing validation.

Systems & technologiesNode.js · Express · React · MySQL · Serial identifiers

Data pipelines · Manufacturing

Building factory file intake that survives duplicates and delays

Turning recurring box files into a visible, retryable process instead of a fragile upload folder.

Systems & technologiesNode.js · Express · React · MySQL · CSV intake · Retry queues

Inventory planning · Decision systems

Turning a forecast into a repeatable decision system

The real product is a trustworthy process for deciding what to buy and when.

Systems & technologiesForecasting models · planning controls · exception workflows

Commerce integration · Order operations

Why order synchronization must be designed for replay

Overlapping exports, late updates, and partial retries are normal. A durable integration assumes they will happen.

Systems & technologiesCommerce APIs · idempotency keys · reconciliation logs

Product operations · Multi-SKU commerce

Making the product catalog an operational source of truth

How a style, colorway, and SKU hierarchy can support sales, inventory, planning, and controlled maintenance.

Systems & technologiesPHP · MySQL · Google Sheets · CSV imports · Validation rules

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