Business Services

Date: 2018-04-01

Scope

Architecture

Status

Proposed

Context

We want to reduce complexity breaking our application into multiple services, instead of a single monolithic app.

Decision - Candidate business-services

WRE Core Services

• Order Processing / Purchasing -
• Receiving - identify customer, verify item, release to mailbox, storage
• Customer Account Management - reset password, change email, update address, ban, etc.
• Billing - A/R and A/P ledgers which sync to Quickbooks

Blackship Core Services

• Package Receiving - receive, photograph, check contents, customs?, weight/measure?, storage
• Consolidation - does this get delegated to fulfillment service? (probably not)
• Account Verification - manage verification procees
• Customer Account Management - reset password, change email, update address, ban, etc.
• Billing - A/R and A/P ledgers which sync to Quickbooks

Shared Business Services

• Fulfillment - pick, customs, pack, ship, stage, reports, notifications?
• Shipping Rates (microservice) - Japan Post, FedEx shipping rates. Domestic rates. Could include DHL and others.

Consequences