Get to know Platforme¶

Platforme is a Portuguese technology company founded in 2015, counting with Farfetch's founder and CEO José Neves and Net-A-Porter founder Natalie Massenet among its founders and investors. Headquartered in the heart of Invicta, with offices in London and Guimarães, currently counts with 25+ employees.

Our technology brings a new way for people to perceive, customize and buy across several channels (e-commerce, retail, embed experiences, among others). Powering at scale customization, personalization and digital collections across industries, promoting sustainability and revolutionizing the way brands capitalize on inventory with MTO.

Diagram

Acting from the factory to the final customer, Platforme supports the supply chain by defining standards and processes to be used across all value chains (from the transformation of raw materials, and components into a finished product that is delivered to the customer).

Additionally, Platforme can also support marketing activities with new ways to obtain visual assets (photorealistic/illustrated), making it possible for the creation of digital collections, promotional video, and other marketing media assets.

Modules¶

Platforme current offering is listed as follows:

Module	Service
ID	Auth services	Federated identity infrastructure for the Platforme’s ecosystem. Handle authentication and authorization Manage organizations' ACL OAuth2 compatible
RIPE Core	Core Engine	Platforme’s customization engine, responsible for business logic, management of the production supply chain business logic for MTO. Handling of the RIPE API entry-points Routing of the composition process to RIPE Compose Management of the production supply chain business logic for MTO (among others, the following configs: availabilities, CITES, DDPs, extra duties, HS codes, inventories, shipping costs) Back-end async integration with e-commerce systems Management of front-end plugins for the customization experience
RIPE Compose	Composition Engine	Pre-Render and Compose engine for RIPE Core. Either as a stand-alone master and slave independent system or embedded as a library Relies on P(NG) Convert for slices blending and PNG conversion Server Side Initials composition
RIPE CSR	Render Engine	Client-side rendering engine for RIPE Core. Real-time runtime Data model glTF based Relies on Three.js and Babylon.js
RIPE SSR	Render Engine	Server-side rendering engine for RIPE Core. Real-time runtime Hyper Realism (Ray-tracing ready) Relies on Eevee Engine Cinematography capabilities
RIPE Building	Build engine	Creation of the build packages. The final stage in the Production Workflows Processing raw pre-rendered slices Ensures that data is ready for the Composition and Render Engines
RIPE API	API	HTTP REST API endpoints for digital integrations with 3rd parties.
RIPE SDK	SDK	Leveraging a lot of business logic implementations and UX components Vanilla ECMAScript v6 Objective-C for iOS Kotlin for Android API clients library
RIPE Retail	Application	Interface to be used by traditional brick and mortar stores. Extendable by nature via plugins Provisions order processing into RIPE Core Manages employees workflows Re-usage of RIPE Commons Pluginus Powered by RIPE SDK, RIPE ID JS and RIPE Components Vue
RIPE Pulse	Application	Dashboard to monitor production and fulfillment status. View and Manage Production Order lifecycle (activity log, update status, production report, etc) Query language capabilities Easy to navigate within search scoped orders Powered by RIPE SDK, RIPE ID JS and RIPE Components Vue
RIPE Robin	Application	Application for production management control, to be used at the factory floor. Fast production order search Production order details and Activity log tracking Production Order subscriptions Cross-platform: iOS and Android
RIPE Copper	Application	Application for shipping control. Quick access via in place search Quick shipping data update Powered by RIPE SDK, RIPE ID JS and RIPE Components Vue
RIPE White	Application	Application for supporting continuity, loose e-commerce go-to and failover interface. Simple neutral design Customization support for brand context (background colors, fonts and logo) Complete web responsive experience Extendable via plugin by nature Re-usage of RIPE Commons Pluginus Powered by RIPE SDK, RIPE ID JS and RIPE Components Vue
RIPE Registry	Assets Registry	The registry for the RIPE (3D) builds, to be used by centralized authority.
RIPE Orchestra	Render orchestrator	3D job orchestrator for In Cloud 3D Render.
RIPE Blender	Application	Blender plugin for RIPE's 3D process optimization, enabling RIPE Building pipeline integration.
RIPE Maya	Application	Maya plugin for RIPE's 3D process optimization, enabling RIPE Building pipeline integration.
RIPE Sputnik	Application	Scanbox software for easier acquisition of textures and materials assets.
RIPE Bridge	Application	Platforme Application to integrate MTO within e-commerce engines.
RIPE Salesforce	Integration	Enrichment of Salesforce's sales data and linking with RIPE services.
RIPE Scripts	Utilities	Set of scripts for support of RIPE-Core (build management, font creation, among others).
RIPE Util	Utilities	A collection of web-based production ready.