Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Data

Commodities Trading Decision Support Platform

A cutting-edge platform that combines qualitative feedback with quantitative data, empowering commodities traders to make informed, strategic decisions.

Technologies used:

React, Node.js, D3.js, AWS

Commodities Trading Decision Support Platform
The Client
A commodities trading company specializing in ocean freight commodities
PromptShifts focuses on helping traders understand market conditions by gathering diverse insights. They required a solution that integrated qualitative opinions with hard data to provide a fuller picture of market dynamics, enhancing operational intelligence and decision-making processes.
The Challenge
Bridging the gap between qualitative insights and quantitative data
PromptShifts faced difficulty in capturing and visualizing qualitative insights alongside existing quantitative metrics. This limitation hindered decision-making and reduced their ability to act on internal discussions effectively. The need was clear: a streamlined tool to integrate qualitative feedback into their decision-making process while ensuring accessibility and usability for internal teams.
The Solution
A comprehensive, AI-driven feedback and data visualization platform
Materialize Labs delivered PromptShifts, a robust web application designed to blend qualitative feedback with quantitative data. The platform includes a structured feedback system, interactive data visualizations, and extensive administrative tools, transforming how the organization collects, analyzes, and applies feedback to decision-making.

Product Strategy

Empowering smarter decision-making in commodities trading.

By integrating structured prompts with real-time data visualization, we redefined PromptShifts’ approach to feedback collection and analysis. This strategy enabled a unified process for understanding market trends, leading to better-informed trading decisions and operational improvements.

Our tailored strategy ensured the platform met PromptShifts’ unique needs, providing a scalable solution for seamless data integration.

UI/UX Design

Designing a user-friendly interface for actionable insights.

We focused on creating an intuitive interface that simplifies prompt creation, feedback collection, and data visualization. The dashboard allows users to access historical data, generate new prompts, and navigate visualizations with ease.

Our designs prioritized clarity and user engagement, ensuring team members could quickly adapt to the platform and derive value from its features.

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Digital Platform Development

Building a powerful and scalable web solution

Developed using React and Node.js, the platform offers dynamic features such as prompt management, advanced graphing tools powered by D3.js, and secure user management functionalities. The infrastructure, hosted on AWS, ensures reliable performance and scalability.

The application was built iteratively, incorporating continuous feedback from the client to refine features and address emerging needs effectively.

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Data Visualization

Data Visualization

Transforming data into meaningful insights

The integration of D3.js enabled the creation of dynamic visualizations, including line graphs and box plots. These features allow users to analyze feedback trends and make connections between qualitative insights and quantitative metrics, enhancing the organization’s ability to forecast and strategize.

Web-application development

Technology Stack To Reach Excellence

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