FHIR-ing up Data Interoperability

Just last month, our team participated in the Virtual HL7 FHIR Connectathon. Across three days, more than 600 senior engineers and healthcare specialists shared instances and implementations of FHIR. Much of the focus centered on quality measurement, and ensuring a consistent understanding of FHIR terminology.

We are particularly enthusiastic about the future of FHIR and the value it will bring to our customers.

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Streamlining Nithio’s Data Pipeline Using Databricks

Nithio needed to scale their data infrastructure, to sustain both their business development and their AI R&D initiatives that help bring Africa closer to universal energy access.

Using our data engineering experience, we helped Nithio apply ModelOps concepts and switch to Databricks, thus adding structure into their data flows, building reliable data pipelines, and bringing all the data into one place, allowing their data scientists to focus on improving algorithms and delivering valuable insights to stakeholders.

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A full system upgrade, without unpleasant surprises? Yes, it’s possible.

This Vitamin customer needed to upgrade the software components that power their platform, with minimal disruptions to their activity. We put our engineering, reverse-engineering and communication skills to good use and prepared a detailed plan for the upgrade and subsequent QA.

Our approach provided transparency and predictability, which translated into minimal involvement and a more manageable stress level for our customer, for a typically daunting task.

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Building a product is less risky when you have a robust tech plan

Medicine Value Partners was preparing to build a tool that would provide a global perspective on how medicines are sourced, produced and distributed, based on ratings and analytics developed by their experts.

To demonstrate the tool's technical merit, feasibility, and commercial potential, MVP partnered with Vitamin Software to create the technical plan that described all the necessary steps for scaling and automating MVP's data and insights.

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Transitioning to a new vendor doesn’t have to be complicated

SquashSkills needed a new technical partner that would ensure their online squash coaching platform kept up with business requirements and users’ needs. Leveraging our team’s communication skills and CTO capabilities, we prepared a detailed action plan and performed a smooth transition from the previous vendor. We then used our reverse-engineering skills to quickly become familiar with the custom platform and take it to the next level.

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Vitamin Software is now Cyber Essentials Plus certified

Under the watchful eye of our CISO, Vitamin Software implements cybersecurity best practices that enable us to keep sensitive data safe. Customers can entrust us with patient, legal, or consumer data and rest assured that we process it under the highest security standards.

We create a safe space where customers can focus on the essentials: building a solid business and generating revenue.

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How Vitamin partnered with IFPRI to scale an Investment Analyser that reached critical mass

IFPRI developed the Agricultural Investment for Development Analyzer (AIDA) – an innovative tool that helps governments and analysts design agricultural investment plans. Vitamin Software expanded AIDA to additional countries and provided a replicable process for IFPRI to manage the increase of country implementations.

This enabled IFPRI to grow AIDA from a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) to a flexible platform tailored to the governments' needs.

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How Vitamin Software Helped Thread Buy Clothes Just-in-Time

Thread (backed by YCombinator in 2012) is an e-commerce platform that uses Artificial Intelligence to innovate the online shopping experience. Using various methods to gather information about their customers’ fashion style preferences, Thread sends personalised outfit ideas that can be purchased directly by consumers.

To make the most of their business model, Thread uses a Just-In-Time (JIT) buying strategy that allows them to keep inventory costs to a minimum. Thread partnered with Vitamin to build intelligent robots using Robotic Process Automation that perform the task of buying products from some of their suppliers.

Vitamin Software helped set up, operate, and maintain JIT Shoppers that transfer orders placed by customers on Thread’s website further to suppliers, decreasing costs, delays, and errors. In addition, Vitamin Software optimized the ordering process for each supplier, lowering Thread’s shipping costs.

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Vitamin Software Launches Support Program for Women Entrepreneurs

We want to pay it forward to women that have inspired us, and encourage more women entrepreneurs and executives to join the ranks of the disruptors and innovators. As a result, effective immediately, we’re launching a support program for tech companies that are either women-owned or employ C-level female executives.

Our promise is simple: we’ll deploy the full power of the Vitamin machinery behind your idea / prototype (and we do have a very solid track record!), so that you can focus on growing your business and becoming successful.

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