Streamlining Material Search for a Manufacturing & Trading Client

The challenge

One of our clients in manufacturing and trading managed a large, fast-growing catalog of materials with inconsistent naming and specifications. Staff spent far too long hunting for the right item, and mismatches occasionally led to wrong orders and costly delays.

Our approach

We treated findability as a first-class product problem rather than a data cleanup task:

• Standardized and structured the material catalog so every item was described consistently.
• Built a fast search experience with fuzzy matching, so near-misses and typos still surface the right result.
• Added filters and facets for category, specification and availability.
• Designed a clean, focused interface that fits the way the team actually works.

The results

Finding the right material became a matter of seconds rather than minutes. With fewer mismatches and a smoother daily workflow, the team could move faster and trust the system to point them to the correct item.