Building a digital platform for sustainability assessment of wineries

Positive Impact Concept offers tailored services to help wineries achieve sustainability and positive impact. Based on its data analysis methodology and circular economy indicators, they have created a tool for evaluating and improving circularity in winery operations.

Challenge

Partnering with Deployflow to develop and MVP (Minimum Viable Product) will enable wineries to assess their sustainability, receive a sustainability score, and gain actionable recommendations for improvement.

Positive Impact Concept aimed to transform its existing framework from an Excel sheet into a fast, modern, and efficient platform. They also needed to build and test the entire user journey, from sign-up and login to navigating the dashboard and interpreting each framework, ensuring users clearly understand the value each framework provides.

Deployflow’s collaboration with Positive Impact Concept unfolded into a project that required broad expertise, a clear understanding of a complex and highly specialised domain, and a deep knowledge of the latest technologies including front-end React, back-end Node, and AWS, the cloud platform.

Goals

Build a digital platform to collect data form a simple questionnaire, perform complex calculations, and generate a readable report to the user

Find a software company that understands sustainability and recognises the importance of a platform for assessing winery sustainability

Look beyond the complexities and technical difficulties of the domain

Deliver an advanced digital solution tailored to the client’s needs

They were able to give us another vision, another way of doing things. It took only a couple of days for them to understand the whole methodology. And it was amazing, because not many people are able to do that. I can see Deployflow as a long-term technological partner that will bring a lot of innovation.
Marta Juega PhD, MBA
Co-Founder, PI Concept

We were lucky to find Deployflow because they understand the algorithm and were able to create a digital product suitable for the purpose. They are part of our business family. They seamlessly embed into your team, giving you the feeling that your business matters to them.
Lilla O’Connor
Co-Founder, PI Concept

Solution

The first step was a discovery phase with Positive Impact Concept, during which Deployflow thoroughly reviewed the sustainability assessment to understand the product's objectives and target audience. Based on this understanding, Deployflow designed the entire solution, aligning it with Positive Impact Concept's specific requirements. This included guiding Positive Impact Concept in defining the commercial aspects of the platform and determining what kind of product they wanted to develop. Deployflow also incorporated the entire user journey into the solution, detailing the features and functionalities users would need to navigate the platform.

  The second step focused on the UI and UX design, emphasising simplicity and usability. Deployflow implemented advanced technological solutions to create an easy-to-use platform that presents information clearly. The result was a highly relevant product that effectively addresses user needs while providing an engaging experience.

The next stage was developing the full MVP. Deployflow built a platform featuring an intuitive questionnaire that wineries can complete to receive a sustainability report. The platform performs complex calculations based on the submitted data and generates an easy-to-understand report. Additionally, it provides tailored recommendations to help wineries enhance their sustainability practices.

The final stage involved hosting Positive Impact Concept's product on a cloud platform.

Deployflow's comprehensive solution for Positive Impact Concept included:

Building a PI Concept’s sustainability platform

Delivering a user-friendly UX and UI design

Building the MVP from the ground up

Hosting the product on a cloud platform for scalability and growth

Impact

By developing this MVP based on Positive Impact Concept's vision within a 10-week timeframe, Deployflow actively promoted the circular economy—a crucial model for modern production and consumption. The circular economy focuses on extending the lifecycle of products, minimising waste, and creating additional value. The platform designed for sustainability assessments helps wineries improve their operations across economic, social, and environmental dimensions, driving transformative change within the wine industry.

Sustainability is a key focus in today’s business landscape. By leveraging the Positive Impact Concept platform to enhance their sustainability efforts, wineries can now attract customers who prioritise quality and eco-friendly practices. Additionally, the platform's features support long-term growth by helping wineries meet their sustainability goals and establish a strong reputation in the competitive wine market.

Deployflow’s services have made a significant impact by:

Enhancing sustainability practices within the wine industry

Driving innovation and transformation in traditional wine production

Promoting the principles of a circular economy, enabling wineries to optimise their economic, social, and environmental performance

Supporting wineries in achieving sustainable growth and standing out in a competitive market

This successful collaboration marks the beginning of a continued partnership with Positive Impact Concept. The next project will focus on developing a roadmap for another tool to be added to the Positive Impact Concept platform, with Deployflow committed to delivering innovative solutions that empower Positive Impact Concept to further impact the digital era of sustainable winemaking.

The numbers supporting the impact we have made together with the client