Fortsys
We built Fortsys end-to-end: a Rails 7 + Hotwire application that turns IT procurement from a 2–3 week back-and-forth into a guided online flow. Buyers configure servers by spec, send a single solution request, and receive structured offers from Russian and Chinese distributors — all inside one bilingual workspace with built-in chat, document generation, and admin tooling.
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The challenge
IT procurement in the Russia–China corridor lived in spreadsheets, WhatsApp threads, and PDFs. Buyers had no way to compare offers side by side, distributors lost time re-quoting the same builds, and admins had no visibility into where deals stalled. The market needed a single, multilingual workspace that respected how both sides actually negotiate.
Our approach
We modelled the request → offer → chat → contract cycle as first-class objects in Rails, kept the UI server-rendered with Hotwire so the team could iterate without a frontend split, and made the admin panel a real product surface — not an afterthought — so operations could intervene on stuck deals before they died.
“TechSprout took our procurement idea from whiteboard to a working platform our distributors and buyers actually use. Six months in, deals that used to take weeks of email are closing inside the product.”
What we shipped
- 01Multilingual catalogue (EN / RU / CN) with faceted search and dynamic filters
- 02Solution request flow — buyers configure, distributors offer, both sides chat in-context
- 03Admin tooling on Motor Admin + Blazer for analytics and ops review
- 04Role-based dashboards for buyers, distributors, and internal admins
- 05Document generation for contract packets and offer comparison sheets
- 06Dockerised CI/CD pipeline shipping to Yandex Cloud container registry
Process
- 1DiscoveryMonth 1
Mapped the existing procurement workflow with the Fortsys founders, audited supplier touchpoints across Russia and China, and locked the MVP scope.
- 2ArchitectureMonth 1–2
Domain modelling for products, properties, solution requests, offers, and multi-role users. Settled on Rails 7 + Hotwire to keep the SPA feel without a separate frontend.
- 3BuildMonth 2–5
Iterative delivery in two-week sprints — catalogue, filters, request/offer flow, chat, admin panel, document generation, and bilingual UI.
- 4InfraMonth 5
Containerised the app, set up GitHub Actions for image build + deploy, provisioned Yandex Managed PostgreSQL and Object Storage, wired up Sidekiq + Redis.
- 5LaunchMonth 6
Soft launch to a closed pilot of distributors and buyers, then opened registrations once the offer SLAs were holding.