Service_Category: Functional Testing

Automate Pricing Computation and Optimization for SKUs with AI for Inventory Scenario Planning

Use Case

Automate Pricing Computation and Optimization for SKUs with AI for Inventory Scenario Planning

Overview

A typical challenge faced by most retail manufacturers is often due to information being captured differently by their field service management software, ERP, and CRM. Due to an absence of cohesion between different systems, most Retail and FMCG manufacturing companies can’t identify clients, respond to changes in the demand, or address customer trends on time.

Sun Technologies’ solution architects are partners to some of the largest retailers in the US for solving this problem. Our experts are able to show retailers how a mixed bag of technology can be made more cohesive using workflow automation to distinguish between – active customer interest, customer demand, online buyers, and payers.

Our award-winning RPA solution is helping top Fortune 500 companies to accelerate the following:

Financial Planning

Resource Allocation

Expense Control

Performance Evaluation

Decision Making

Goal Alignment

Cash Flow Management

Contingency Planning

Demand Planning

Inventory Management

Production Scheduling

Resource Allocation

Sales and Marketing Strategies

Budgeting and Financial Planning

New Product Launch

Campaign plans

Replace or automate human touch with robotic bots and software at significantly lower costs. Join us for a quick-sprint workshop that will leave you inspired with real RPA use cases that will – Reduce turnaround times by 80%, improve productivity using the same resources by 200%, reduce spending on IT resource and licensing by 50%.

Our Solution

  • The new system is much more efficient and easier to develop and maintain. The on-boarding process for new clients is also now much easier and faster.
  • Our initial diagnosis can reveal opportunities in automating spreadsheet inputs that can result in incorrect invoicing, inaccurate inventory reporting, discrepancies in deal pricing, and wrong shipping details.
  • A rigorous order management system can be easily set-up for non-technical users using automated, multi-level interventions and workflow routing
  • Cascading workflows were created to ensure that data entered once need not require manual input in another system, once again
  • Implemented one source of the truth to view all historical data related to sales, supply-chain, customer segments, and more
  • Placed predictive algorithms for analysing the impact of price change, discounts, and stocks in transit or in production
  • Implement algorithms to enable effective assortment planning and tailoring inventories to meet the demand of specific customer segments
  • Enable end-to-end visibility by combining all ERP, CRM, and data spread over different tools you can significantly reduce lead-times

Challenges

  • Product portfolio restructuring is done by combining multiple spreadsheets manually
  • Poor master data management was causing mistakes in demand planning
  • Retail operations either faced excessive inventory or had to deal with stockouts
  • Inability to take timely decisions for pricing change or to ensure sufficient stocks
  • Orders valued in millions are placed on hold monthly due to manual order management
  • Losses due to manual process for refactoring stock availability after order cancellations

How we can help

  • By deploying AI-driven models, you can identify optimal product offers for category or SKU bundle
  • Automate the analysis of data such as past sales, customer demographics, and competitor offerings
  • We can help you to established a governance framework that will help devise forecasting strategies based on your profit objectives and thresholds
  • Upgrade to microservices and leverage the cloud. This will bring all critical data and visibility in one place
  • Create forecasting and data views that are easy to maintain while handling large data volumes
  • Because the demand calculation flow consists of particular ‘steps’, our experts can separate existing logic and created a microservice for each one
  • Connect and integrate data that’s spread in systems such as – AWS, SAP, Oracle, Tally, Outlook, G-Suite, Sharepoint, and more
  • Data from files will be divided into chunks that are sent and processed using user validations as required by the business
  • We will also develop an internal balancer that ensures messages are processed using logic and database as required

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Automate Demand Forecasting and Planning in FMCG and Retail

Use Case

Automate Demand Forecasting and Planning in FMCG and Retail

Enable savings in millions with predictive order fulfillment forecasting and real-time sales visibility

By using demand forecasting automation, you can become 400% faster speeds in predicting demand for particular products or services. This generally entails looking at specific data sets that characterize inventory status and sales to estimate all future needs. 

Forecasting automation can also help maximize profits by speeding-up the cycle-time for predicting inventory of high-demand products and preventing the depletion of high-demand product stocks. 

Using Sun Technologies’ award-winning workflow automation solutions, you can implement an end-to-end automated, demand forecasting process. The solution can be easily integrated into any aspect of your operations – email, ERP, CRM, Databases, etc. to provide prediction for all SKUs with impeccable accuracy. 

Our award-winning RPA solution is helping top Fortune 500 companies to accelerate the following:

Order Management

Warehouse Management

Distribution Management

Retail Planning

Microsoft Dynamics Integration

Sage Integration

NetSuite Integration

Quickbooks Integration

Multi-entity Accounting

Project Accounting

Production Scheduling

Resource Allocation

Sales and Marketing Forecasting

Budgeting and Financial Planning

New Product Launch

Campaign plans

Replace or automate human touch with robotic bots and software at significantly lower costs. Join us for a quick-sprint workshop that will leave you inspired with real RPA use cases that will – Reduce turnaround times by 80%, improve productivity using the same resources by 200%, reduce spending on IT resource and licensing by 50%.

Our Solution

  • Automate Data Collation: Engineer an automated data pipeline to collect and cleanse the data 
  • Machine Learning: Use machine learning techniques to predict the demand for specific product SKUs 
  • Data Integration: Gather data from various sources, including customer usage patterns, historical sales, market trends, and competitor information 
  • Advanced Analytics: Implement advanced analytics techniques like time series forecasting and predictive modelling to capture demand patterns accurately 
  • Segmentation: Categorize customers based on usage, demographics, and preferences to create more accurate forecasts
  • Collaboration: Collaborate with marketing and sales teams to gather insights on upcoming promotions, offers, and campaigns that may impact demand
  • External Factors: Consider external factors like economic indicators, competitor moves, and technological advancements that influence demand

Challenges

  • High volume of historical data from sales and inventories for each SKU and distribution channel 
  • Disparate systems with different aggregation logic that add to the complexity of predicting demand 
  • Predicting demand for new products/models that do not have any history in the market 
  • Allocating better inventory of models to optimize overall cost structure 
  • Forecasting demand for products at the SKU level 
  • Predicting future trends for every model at the SKU level 
  • Find a way to cull appropriate data from relevant data sets 
  • Not having a consistent method of identifying devices across systems

Our experts will create a roadmap for demand forecasting automation based on:

  • Current state of affairs and future plans
  • Analyzing system limitations vs. Order Management process automation needs
  • Identifying the best UI/UX for Data input, data visualization, and demand forecasting dashboards that also connects with users’ spreadsheet-driven processes

How we will automate demand forecasting processes

  • We use our expertise of legacy systems to recommend the most cost-optimized way for realizing automation
  • We use our expert diagnosis to quickly gain an understanding of your multiple SKU, Styles, Stores, and more
  • We analyze the manual dependencies in your process to get the required information for inventory forecasting

Download Complete Forecasting, Budgeting, and Demand Planning Checklist for FMCG
and Retail Leaders

The top choice of Fortune 500 Finance and Operations leaders.

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Automate Budgeting and Forecasting in FMCG and Retail

Use Case

Automate Budgeting and Forecasting in FMCG and Retail

Overview

We specialize in automating Demand Forecasting and CAPEX/ OPEX Planning for diverse industries. Our solution architects are building automation layers that pull data from e-mails, POS, CRM, CDP, ERP, warehouses, documents, files, folders, and any device – to create automated forecasting & planning workflows.

Without proper financial models and technology in place, it is hard for business leaders to keep a track of overhead and business costs. Sun Technologies’ workflow automation layering and data connectors represent the fastest way to gain valuable insight into how its business activities impact the bottom line.

Our award-winning RPA solution is helping top Fortune 500 companies to accelerate the following:

Financial Planning

Resource Allocation

Expense Control

Performance Evaluation

Decision Making

Goal Alignment

Cash Flow Management

Contingency Planning

Demand Planning

Inventory Management

Production Scheduling

Resource Allocation

Sales and Marketing Strategies

Budgeting and Financial Planning

New Product Launch

Campaign plans

Replace or automate human touch with robotic bots and software at significantly lower costs. Join us for a quick-sprint workshop that will leave you inspired with real RPA use cases that will – Reduce turnaround times by 80%, improve productivity using the same resources by 200%, reduce spending on IT resource and licensing by 50%.

Our Solution

  • Automate enterprise-wide data consolidation made possible by ETL (extract, transform, load) process integration
  • Enable collaboration between the finance team and the operations team
  • Complete training and hand-holding assistance for all budget owners using the forecasting template
  • Implement a monthly rolling forecasting system to replace a static budgeting process
  • Enable scenario modelling by ensuring timely sales, costs, and revenue inputs from different business lines
  • Get dedicate experts to ensure all non-technical users learn to do their part I the automation workflow action triggers and next steps
  • Consolidate the entire transaction database covering millions of transactions, pricing values, locations, SKUs, and business lines
  • Get an innovative layer that consolidates transaction-level details from multiple models into a whole new analytical representation

Challenges

  • Considerable overhead costs and no visibility to allocate the cost out to each business line
  • Manual dependency to input data from different teams – Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, Procurement, Sales, Marketing, Customer Service, etc.
  • Manual tracking of the entire budgeting lifecycle from scratch
  • Manual pulling of data from disparate systems and databases
  • Manual routing of spreadsheet to other team members for validation
  • Multiple spreadsheet versions and inability to collaborate
  • Inability to do accurate forecast scenario modelling
  • Manual mapping of data sets to run comprehensive reports
  • Manual currency conversions and lack of ownership
  • Cost of employing resources to import, export, and input such data

Our experts will help uncover key forecasting and budgeting processing opportunities based on:

  • Current state of affairs and the IT landscape
  • Understanding of how many different tools and apps different users navigate to get any required information
  • How many exchange of hands takes place and how many manual dependencies are there for any type of forecast
  • System limitations/ Accounting process improvements required
  • Current Budgeting/Forecasting Process
  • Understanding current reporting tools and how it is used for manual spreadsheet and email, and/or chat driven reporting and report sharing
  • Financial Operations Pain Points and Difficulties with the use of spreadsheets

Our forecasting automation implementation approach

  • We use our expertise of legacy systems to recommend the most cost-optimized way for realizing automation
  • We use our expert diagnosis to quickly gain an understanding of your multiple business lines, budget owners, and the different tools used to collect data
  • We analyze the manual dependencies in your process to get the required information for cash-flow forecasting

Download Complete Forecasting, Budgeting, and Demand Planning Checklist for FMCG
and Retail Leaders

The top choice of Fortune 500 Finance and Operations leaders.

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Intelligent documentation software for a hands-free and automated Contract Lifecycle Management

Use Case

Intelligent documentation software for a hands-free and automated Contract Lifecycle Management

Key objectives you can fulfill

Eliminate financial loss:

Prevent revenue leakage – overpayments, dispute resolution, and support costs.

Eliminate off-contract spend:

Get more visibility to effectively manage spend and avoid spend leakage

Improve Compliance:

Reduce risk exposure, improve governance, comply with agreed terms

Faster contract cycles:

Close contracts faster, remove bottlenecks and inefficiencies

Improve customer experience:

Meet all contract SLAs to meet customer expectations

 

Example of Intelligent Document Automation in action

Our Solution

  • Effective supplier governance
  • Streamlined supplier performance monitoring
  • Set-up timely supplier reporting
  • Centralized contracts in a structured format to enable quick computation, validation, comparison, and analytics.
  • Automated obligations management, SL management, invoice auditing, and value tracking against contracted business case.
  • Enabled effective management of supplier risks and issues on a single platform
  • Enhanced compliance through automated compliance tracking

Challenges

  • Compliance Management
  • Obligation Management
  • Risk Management
  • Performance Management
  • Relationship management
  • Essential reviews/approvals skipped for speed
  • Long approval cycles lead to delays
  • Tedious manual tasks result in errors and higher risks
  • Resubmissions for contract amendments often missed
  • Missing or incorrect customer, invoice data
  • Missing invoices or incorrect recipients
  • Poorly constructed invoices, invalid schema/format
  • Lack of visibility and tracking for internal teams

Impact you can on-board

  • 44% reduction in manual supplier governance efforts
  • 42% reduction in person days spent on manual contract management
  • 42% reduction in person days spent on manual Performance Management
  • 49% reduction in person days spent on manual Financial Management
  • 44% reduction in person days spent on manual Relationship Management

How we can help

  • Integrate the entire IT environment with the intelligent documentation program
  • Enable auto extraction, auto-intake, and auto-population of all the required information.
  • Integrate document automation workflow designer with different data sources including emails, ERP, CRM, CDP tools, files, folders, and shared storages
  • Enable the automation workflow to auto-generate parts of required content and data
  • Enable auto-generation to create POs, invoices, contract renewals, quotations, and more
  • Set up event-triggers, routing, and cascading workflows that mirror the documentation process
  • Create buttons in and collaboration tool, e.g. slack for a timely review and approvals
  • Create data map for data extraction from a tool e.g. Salesforce leading into an event trigger
  • Create audit tables to keep track of when and to whom any information is sent
  • Also track the progress or lifecycle of a contract and set up reminders for renewals, quality checks, etc.

Take a look at these high-priority workflows that are fit for document automation.

The top choice of Fortune 500 Finance and Operations leaders.

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Reimagining UI/UX for a large bank to modernize advance transfer processing and transactions

Case Study

Reimagining UI/UX for a large bank to modernize advance transfer processing and transactions

Overview

A large US-based community bank wanted to reimagine user experience offered to their network member banks and community lenders. Sun Technologies helped build an online platform that enables authorized users from member banks to remotely and securely obtain account balances and perform business transactions (Advances, Wire Transfers and Book Wires).

While the bank wanted to modernize online banking experience for the end-users using the latest technologies such as Representational State Transfer (REST) Application Programming Interface, their legacy backend was built on Service Oriented Architecture Protocol (SOAP).  and the other with traditional frameworks. After examining the time taken by the techniques to render the web page to the user, and the availability and scalability of the software, we will understand the need for the new technologies in the banking and financial sectors.

The time taken by the legacy framework to render the web page to the user was a challenge that made the migration necessary. Modernizing, upgrading, and supporting the legacy applications is an extremely time-consuming, expensive, and risk-prone process. Sun Technologies helped the bank to connect the banks legacy data and framework with a modern UI/UX.

Our developers helped the client introduce new-age digital experiences that allowed the bank’s network of lender financial institutions to make advances to their local community of loan seekers. Faster transaction time required changing the operating model and migrating from an older tech stack to a new one. To fulfill this objective, Sun Technologies implemented – Angular (Frontend), Springboot (Backend/server side), Hibernate (ORM layer), Security (LDAP authentication).

Our Solution

  • Architected an intelligent frontend design strategy and migration roadmap
  • The new Frontend is more “human readable”, better performing, easier to debug, and easier to consume
  • The roadmap was used to connect the legacy data/framework with a modern UI/UX
  • Used REST APIs to enable silent login capabilities and assign user roles
  • The newly deployed connector layer offers different representations of the legacy resources including JSON, HTML, or similar
  • Implemented a modern navigation for the end-users, taking them on a pre-determined routing journey
  • This pre-determined user-action based journey is modernized with quick re-direction to the respective webpages and login pages
  • The new navigation which is mapped to the users needs, takes them to the respective reporting dashboards
  • The new mapped navigation is designed to help end-users access certain widgets on the re-directed pages
  • These widgets are integrated to hep the end-users perform financial calculations and analysis
  • The new modern front end has helped the bank to enhance their web-based internet banking portal
  • It has improved user experience and brought various functionalities such as transactions, wires, and advances, under a single dashboard
  • The customized portal is easy to use and provides intuitive navigation for user queries
  • Newly enabled functionalities help in automated report delivery to end customers

Challenges

  • Slow and clunky dashboards, navigation, and log-in process for advance tranters
  • Inability of the legacy system to provide modern, intuitive features
  • Slow response time and clunky dashboards that look archaic
  • Frustration among end users as they are expecting better services
  • Legacy UI/UX impacted navigation and effected speed of information retrieval
  • Converting the legacy framework into a new modernized front-end
  • Integration with multiple third-party apps was essential for many widget-driven self-service features
  • The implementation team had to ensure business continuity while migration to the new tech stack is on-going

Impact

  • Seamless migration with zero-disruption and 100% business continuity
  • Launched alternate channel for accessing information and reports
  • Reduced steps and processing time of online transaction requests
  • Real-time postings for all reporting functions
  • 6X increase in transaction processing volumes since launch
  • 2X increase in new customers on-boarded by the bank
  • 400% surge in online customer traffic
  • Increase in revenues with new cross-selling opportunities

How we helped

  • We started the journey by spotlighting the need for operating model changes.
  • Next, we communicated with the organization’s core teams and prioritized the strategic actions.
  • Further, our experts built a digital roadmap that is secure and scalable in line with the digital strategy with reduced risk of non-compliance.
  • The team managed access control and permissions as per a new set of protocols as required by the bank
  • Our team re designed the entire portal and connect the legacy framework and data to the revamped new portfolio.
  • Finally, we helped them enhance their digital services, leading to exponential growth in core services revenue.
  • We also helped them address their digital priorities to enable growth in disconnected markets.

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Ensuring timely App launch to support a critical Housing Loan Program

Case Study

Ensuring timely App launch to support
a critical Housing Loan Program

Overview

A large US-based government-sponsored bank providing housing subsidies to the local community, member banks, and construction companies required a business-critical app.
The app was in production since a year and the project had suffered multiple delays caused by mistakes and coding miscalculations of their IT vendor. The client sought to replace the incumbent vendor who eventually backed out without a proper handover.

Our Solution

  • We helped the client in launching the app on time and enable online access to business-critical workflows
  • The team implemented a maker-checker process flow by structuring complex data that was scattered in multiple tables and folders
  • Successfully created and tested the maker-checker workflow by unifying data and making it visible on the app for the users to view
  • Users with the maker role access are now able to raise requests, examine requests, and seek timely approvals
  • Users with the checker role access can approve or reject requests while validating data based on set rules
  • The app brings accuracy in performing subsidy grant eligibility calculations based on these rules
  • The project needed constant repairing of broken codes and testing to monitor the app’s functional performance
  • We worked with client-appointed vendors who raised frequent change requests regarding code functionality
  • More than 300 tickets were resolved by making corrective changes in the code after the analysis

Challenges

  • The project was at first given to a large IT vendor who was unable to provide quality code and missed multiple deadlines
  • They delivered a dysfunctional app that was unable to deliver even the basic functionality offered by the legacy system it meant to replace
  • The condition in which the project was delivered was not stable and it suffered from wrong calculations and data retrieval failures
  • It was largely caused by broken code structures and faulty microservices architecture implemented by the previous vendor team
  • When a particular task or a command is executed, it would lead to breakage at some other place and result in a breakdown

Impact

  • Up to 4-5 hours per day of savings on employee time spent on manual validation
  • Construction partner retention enabled by a vastly improved online service desk
  • Complete automation of data collection, approvals, validation, and report generation
  • 90% reduction in manual paperwork by transitioning to a frictionless online process
  • Customized dashboards to monitor data in real-time by the partnered banks
  • 5X times faster app development cycle time
  • 10X faster bottle necks identification
  • 200+ test cases
  • Up to 70% reduction in hard parses
  • +60% reduced regression time
  • Improved business continuity
  • 100% accuracy in calculations and data retrieval
  • 10X improved response time
  • Vastly improved ROI

How we helped

  • Solving functionality issues caused by breaking codes and errors
  • Providing maintenance and support for multiple legacy business application
  • Enabling error-free implementation of new rules to perform complex calculations
  • Using unstructured data housed in undocumented tables and folders
  • Handling CI/CD while managing multiple change requests
  • Mitigating the impact of change on the codes with testing automation
  • Repairing faulty codes that do not integrate properly with the app’s microservices architecture
  • More than 300 tickets were resolved by making corrective changes in the code after the analysis

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Enabling smooth legacy software migration and upgrade to modernize a Mortgage Asset Management Program

Case Study

Enabling smooth legacy software migration and upgrade to modernize a Mortgage Asset Management Program

Overview

A large US government-sponsored bank was dealing with a complex migration from an older version of Java and Angular to the new update.

The coding architecture, names, styling, front-end UI, etc., are subject to change after any migration or upgrade. Hence, our team had to ensure that the business logic of the existing solution and its functionality wasn’t impacted due to this upgrade. It required knowledge of legacy coding language models to prevent any disruptions causing malfunctions in the system.

Our Solution

Migration and upgrade of Angular and Java often require rewriting an entire app from scratch. A lack of understanding of Java and Angular coding structures can lead to overall system breakdowns.

We had four key stages in which the solution was implemented:

  • Each major version introduces its share of breaking changes including dropping some components.
  • So, as a first step, we reviewed the breaking changes introduced by each major release
  • Then we started importing custom code into new app and started performing all required tests
  • We used the right Java and Angular libraries and frameworks to fix name changes and broken codes in the system
  • We carefully chose libraries and frameworks to facilitate further maintenance.

Challenges

  • Functionality failure can occur as the code needs a manual upgrade
  • It does not automatically update in many places and leaves the system broken
  • When a new upgrade package is installed, changes in the code lead to a visually broken application
  • Wrong colors, margins, and paddings can appear in the frontend UI if the codes are not refactored
  • It can mess up all the styling completely and fail to deliver the way the app and software backend/dashboards must appear (impacted by changes in: text color, font, themes, and sizes)

Impact

  • Successful database update resulting in zero-failure of critical retrieval of mortgage loan evaluation status updates
  • 8X faster processing of all mortgage asset risk management and analysis calculations based on accurate data
  • Complete code monitoring and functionality tests ensuring zero instances of data break or complete loss of data

How we helped

  • Using our knowledge of the component library, we defined components that are used in multiple places in the applications.
  • For example, buttons, input elements, progress-bar, etc. Those components have no business logic besides visualization, user interactions, and validation.
  • Our experts possessed knowledge of coding components that are directly related to the business logic of the application.
  • We knew how the changes impact the business logic of the application.
  • We laid out a time-bound plan and roadmap for the applications accessibility testing 
  • We created a unified automated application process without affecting everyday business operations
  • Our dedicated offshore team was supporting the testing of mobile and web applications
  • Our team evaluated the existing accessibility practices and cross-compared results using the best-in-class testing tools
  • Our web accessibility testing helped the client to take advantage of agile processes to handle mortgage asset management, risk analysis, documentation, and processing. 
  • Our continuous testing methodology and knowledge of legacy coding frameworks have enhanced data security and quicker liquidity provisioning on mortgage asset loans

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Scriptless Test Automation Solution with AI

scriptless test automation
Scriptless Test Automation Solution with AI

Decades ago, enterprises developed and used heavyweight, script-based automation solutions with traditional software development models. The evolution of scriptless automation tools have changed the ways in which we analyze software and makes the process easier, with a faster turnaround time for users. Scriptless test automation solutions with artificial intelligence approaches help businesses deliver software more efficiently while increasing reusability and reducing manual coding. Excluding the complexities of low-level implementation details, such as learning programming languages and building/maintaining automation frameworks, teams can concentrate on high-level strategic work that adds business value with increased efficiency and collaboration.

Is Scriptless Test Automation the same as Automation Testing

Automation testing is the method of automating user test activities on an application using an automation tool. The automation engineer uses these automation tools to develop test scripts with a programming language. Contrarily, scriptless test automation simplifies the test automation process without actual coding. Scriptless test automation is an effortless and easy way to learn compared with other automation tools. Scriptless test automation aims to solve many challenges that testing teams have been facing. A few of the challenges include:

  • Manual test engineers cannot automate test cases
  • Test scripts can be reviewed and changed only by people who developed them
  • Management and maintenance of test scripts and test data in an agile environment
  • The more the scripts, the more time for execution

How Does Scriptless Test Automation Work?

The basic idea of scriptless test automation is that the test creation needs no coding. There are multiple scriptless test automation tools available in the market. The general mechanism is converting front-end representation to machine-understandable code in the back-end to make it work efficiently. For example, IntelliSWAUT uses the test cases written based on UI objects. These simple test objects are compiled and converted into code in the back-end for execution.

IntelliSWAUT — Home-grown Scriptless Testing Tool with AI that Addresses all of your Coding Challenges

IntelliSWAUT is a scriptless automation tool that can automate Web, Windows, API SOAP/REST, Database, and Mobile Applications without writing a single piece of code. The installation process of IntelliSWAUT is simple and can be used by multiple users by accessing the URL to develop and execute tests.

IntelliSWAUT also enables software testers to develop test cases using a user-friendly interface while the actual code is written automatically in the back-end. Using this method, testers can now concentrate on the product’s functionality more efficiently.

Where & How Do I Get Started?

Supported platforms: Windows, Mac

Supported Browsers: IE, Chrome, Firefox

Integration: Jenkins, Jira, Bamboo, Teamcity

Unique features of Sun Technologies’ Codeless Test Automation Solution

  • Testers can develop tests without prior coding knowledge
  • Applications under automation, which include the frames in UI, are managed automatically by the tool with smart intelligence
  • Manual driver updates for browsers are not required since drivers are auto-updated based on the version changes of the browsers
  • IntelliSWAUT can automate applications such as Web, Windows, API SOAP/REST, Database, and Mobile Applications
  • Test execution results are shared to the stakeholders through email notifications
  • Easy integrations with Jenkins for smoke and regression testing
  • Testers can execute the scripts on any machine without automation scripts (installation of agents in those machines is required)
  • One of the significant advantages is that the projects share the same code base, so upgrading the library is simple (selenium version, reports)

Business benefits of using IntelliSWAUT

IntelliSWAUT is built with the philosophy of bringing development, testing and business-user communities together. In a high power agile environment, this tool helps to bridge the gap among technical and non-technical teams. The incorporated intelligent automation can accelerate performance, maintain speed & quality, and enable real value and ROI.

Using IntelliSWAUT, anyone can automate business process scenarios with 0% coding knowledge, which indirectly saves the cost of hiring skilled developers. By bringing efficiency and agility, the testing standard is easily established among various groups.

The self-healing mechanism of IntelliSWAUT saves 80% of the engineer’s time cutting maintenance, debugging, and fixing change of elements properties in the application on each build.

IntelliSWAUT is a one-stop solution for all of your automation needs. Investment is not required for your diversified automation requirements such as mobile applications, web applications, windows based applications, and API/Web services Automation. 

IntelliSWAUT’s smarter reporting capabilities deliver the executions results in reports to the stakeholders automatically, through emails and SMS notifications.

Conclusion

Every QA organization should focus on test automation areas by finding the greatest constraint/ challenges in their software development life cycle (SDLC). The risk of not investing in a particular test automation solution can lead to a loss in your competitive advantage and reduced agility and innovation.


With scriptless test automation versatility and ease of use, it is the perfect fit for projects with tight deadlines and a dynamic scope. The process makes automation simple and helps stakeholders to concentrate on a high business context.
Our testing experience has seen an overall increase in software quality by identifying defects early and improving accuracy in future defect classifications. Swift test automation techniques identify and isolate hard-to-detect quality issues such as overall user experience, quality of service (QoS), availability, scalability, and performance. IntelliSWAUT provides decision support by automatically correlating test metrics to corresponding business metrics.

Vaidyanathan Ganesa Sankaran

Vaidyanathan Ganesa Sankaran

Vaidy is an experienced lead Solutions Architect heading sales and project delivery for Cloud (AWS, Azure), DevOps and legacy Modernization projects with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. He is a strong engineering professional with a Master of Science (MS) focused in Computer Software Engineering from BITS Pilani. He has the capability to manage bigger teams and generate revenue through new Sales and Account Mining.

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Accessibility testing solution for one of the Leading Insurance Companies in the USA

Case Study

Accessibility testing solution for one of the leading insurance company in USA

Whom we worked with

Our client is a large, fortune 500 insurance company. 

Our Solution

  • Performed testing according to the WCAG 1.0, 2.0. 2.1 guidelines that include accessibility parameters in the application development life cycle
  • Our experts used the right processes and tools to deliver the best quality of service for the target audience
  • Cost-effective with a leveraged offshore model and Open Source tools. For example, WAVE from WebAIM
  • Certification of releases vis-à-vis A, AA, AAA criteria as published by WCAG 1.0,2.0 and 2.1.
  • Trained the business analysts and other stakeholders in accessibility guidelines

Challenges

  • To automate the testing of the applications with new features 
  • To deploy a safe, efficient, economical, and simple accessibility solution that removes the possibility of lawsuits and penalties while parallelly creating the final user experience for any end-user, including those with disabilities

Impact

  • Developers and Testers were well aware of the process, technology, and culture during the testing of the applications
  • Suggested some initial program conversion be tested and moved into production
  • Built a flexible and high performing environment between different architectures and platforms for a more manageable process

How we helped

  • Understand the applications and timelines for accessibility testing 
  • Created a unified automated application process without affecting everyday business operations
  • Dedicated offshore team to support the testing of mobile and web applications
  • Our team evaluated the existing accessibility practices and analyzed the data produced by the automated accessibility tool currently in use by cross-comparing its results with other tools
  • Performed an in-depth analysis of the results
  • Our web accessibility testing helped the client to achieve benefits such as increased website traffic, enhanced search engine ranking, reduced maintenance cost, and faster ROI
  • Our experts performed the testing by following the guidelines WCAG 2.0 AA to ensure content is accessible to everyone, with no regard to their disability (visual, hearing, physical, etc.)
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Agile Testing Trends to Watch Out in 2021

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Agile Testing Trends to Watch Out in 2022

Technology is continually changing. What was ultra-modern a few years back might be obsolete now. Presently, the software development and testing industry is innovating ways to include evolving technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data, etc.

Be it browser compatibility testing, selenium test automation, or any other kind of testing process, each of these testing processes is consistently transforming with the vision to bring better products. Presently enterprises concentrate more on agility to align better testing methodology based on agile principles.

The contribution of DevOps, Continuous Testing and other factors are expected to elevate agile testing soon. This article analyses some of the crucial agile testing trends expected to impact organizations wishing for quality software testing in 2021.

 AI & ML in Agile Methodologies

The coherent usage of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in agile methodologies creates an ideal data analysis method. Such collaboration allows software teams to achieve better productivity and efficiency associated with testers and developers. AI & ML together delivers real-time information. Ans also offers a precise prediction of the expected time of the release phase of the project. The inclusion of innovative technologies such as robotics, IoT, quantum computing, etc., is much possible with AI & ML in the software development process.

Sun Technologies’ agile approach with AI & ML provides a good understanding of the best methods for creating testing code. Our experts evaluate code and associated tests to remove bugs. We use innovative technologies for accelerating software development & time-to-market.

Software Quality Engineering 

When you manage testing tasks in an agile environment, the dependency on quality engineering is more. What is the dissimilarity between quality engineering and quality assurance? Quality engineering deploys continuous testing of the related product with the extensive implication of automation. It ensures that the product is placed under efficient testing to make it error-free.

Benefits:

  • Provides faster feedback on the software product because continuous testing is done across various platforms and operating systems
  • Minimizes software failures and availability of early feedback

Shift-Left Testing Approach

The shift-left process emphasizes various types of testing performed simultaneously with software development— testers collaborate with developers to frame test cases. The method also includes what-if scenarios, and the tests are used for streamlined development.

In the usual software development process, the incorporation of testing is seen as a blockage to the release process. Testers operate on less time due to tight schedules, thereby hindering testing efforts and identify errors. However, by the shift-left process, testers get a sufficient amount of time to test the software’s usability by comfortably teaming up with UI & API developers.

Benefits:

  • Faster time-to-market for early release
  • More rapid identification of bottlenecks to avoid software failures
  • Provides high performing software under minimal time

Agile Test Management

For any software testing services, the collaboration of testers and developers is a must. Such cooperation includes the structure, execution, and report of testing once the results are out.

The agile test management’s involvement helps determine the processes and tools that allow the overall team to maintain testing progress. The process brings together everyone on the same path. For experts working in distributed environments, a cloud-based test management tool’s availability confirms easy access to testing information anytime and anywhere.

Benefits:

  • Allows team members to trace testing efforts and increase collaboration
  • Minimizes the bugs and accelerates the release of high-quality software
  • Ensures real-time feedback

DevOps Process 

The concept of DevOps is based on lean management. It concentrates on combining development and operations to create a suitable environment. A DevOps approach refines the software development lifecycle and eliminates junk, and accelerates software delivery. The combination of Agile and DevOps can fine-tune team relationships and communication, thereby minimizing software failures. Moreover, DevOps skillfully combines continuous testing into the development process to ensure code quality.

Benefits:

  • Set up a proper collaborative culture
  • Integrates development and testing processes 
  • Combines operations within the team to reduce downstream testing concerns

Continuous Testing 

The process of Continuous Testing includes redundant executing tests that deploy testers into cross-functional teams. This arrangement helps refine testing functionalities and offers rapid feedback. Continuous testing supports early testing along with shift-left, agile test management, and quality engineering.

Benefits:

  • Reduces software failure by early detection
  • Enhances software quality through ongoing reviews and reports
  • Improve test suites to identify business risks

Lean Portfolio Management 

Lean portfolio management follows a different methodology that focuses on streamlining operations to measure outcomes based on organizational goals and planning. It mainly follows a continuous process used to assign tasks within teams based on the priority and well-organized strategy.

As per Lean portfolio management, the paramount importance is on the collaboration running from top to bottom, covering factors connected with goal measurement, planning, and work transparency.

 Benefits:

  • Enhances the relationship between organizational strategy and individual projects
  • Fine-tune business value to get clarity about the software 

Businesses cannot ignore the impact of agile testing in today’s progressive testing environment. Therefore, technological upgrades to enhance agile testing is the main motto for most software companies. At Sun Technologies, we deliver world class QA services. Get in touch with one of our solution consultants today to understand your business requirements and find suitable solutions. Discover more about the various attributes of agile testing with us

Tahir Imran

Tahir Imran

With over 18+ years of experience in Software design and development, Tahir's expertise lies in designing and developing high-quality products and solutions spanning multiple domains. He is versatile and always eager to tackle new problems by constantly researching and deploying emerging techniques, technologies, and applications.

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