Case Studies – CREATIVE

AWS-Based IoT Solution For Material Handling

creative — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 07:02:06 +0000

Learn How We Developed AWS-Based IoT Solution For Material Handling With Predictive Maintenance

Client:

Global Material Handling Leader

Industry:

Logistics

Services:

Systems Engineering, Design And Development Of Data Acquisition Hardware And Gateway, Integration With AWS-Based IoT Solution

Project Background

The client mandated CREATIVE to develop an IoT solution for material handling systems. The solution was required to feature data acquisition IoT nodes, a gateway system connecting the AWS-based IoT platform and be EMI / EMC and ROHS Compliant

Our Scope

Complete design of battery operated IoT node communicating with the gateway
Complete design of gateway with GSM/GPRS backhaul
Software for collection of metrics at nodes and integration of data on the gateway
Gateway integration with AWS-based IoT platform which was scalable
Nodes were made waterproof, EMI / EMC, ROHS compliant

What we did

IoT nodes acquired multi-sensor data and converted them to useful domain-dependent metrics. The time series data from various nodes was concentrated at the gateway and was backhauled by GSM / GPRS to the cloud through IOT protocol. The streaming data was handled in the cloud and analyzed online. Data could also be visualized and analyzed on mobile devices through API interfaces on the cloud. A predictor system forecasted the functional degradation of the material handling system and communicated the alerts to the operator. An innovative system design for the communication protocols considering the necessary throughput was conceived. Our team leveraged their rich experience in system design, distributed IoT infrastructure on AWS, effective handling of real / near real-time data, upstream compatibility and storage, streaming requirements of real-time data on AWS IoT infrastructure, AI/ML algorithms for time series data to deliver a deployable solution.

Cost savings

40%

Calendar time savings

60%

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End-To-End Test Automation

creative — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 06:56:21 +0000

Learn How We Enabled End-To-End Automation For A Suite Of Test Services

Client:

Leading Fleet Safety Solutions OEM

Industry:

Transportation Logistics

Services:

E2E Testing Including Test Automation

Project Background

Our client, a prominent leader in integrated fleet safety platforms, provides smart solutions for a wide range of industries such as law enforcement, school buses, transit buses, fire and EMS vehicles, work trucks, trucks and trailers, waste and recycling vehicles, construction equipment, agriculture machinery, and military vehicles. The client had requirements for a comprehensive suite of E2E test services, which includes test automation, performance testing and engineering, security testing, as well as cross-platform and cross-browser testing. The daily validation of multiple builds across various environments, involving code changes and new feature implementations, demanded a dedicated team to invest significant effort in identifying regression issues. Tight timelines and the significant cost of validation restricted regression testing for APIs only to individual sprints. Additionally, each release required 15 person-days to complete a full cycle regression across multiple environments, causing delays in releases due to reported regression issues. Furthermore, the performance and security aspects of the applications had not been adequately addressed. The frequency of code changes resulted in a degradation of performance over time, severely limiting the application’s usability while exposing it to potential vulnerabilities

Our Scope

Develop A robust, scalable and cost-effective solution to validate daily builds across diverse environments
Accelerate the execution of comprehensive regression cycles by automating regression scenarios using A combination of API and UI transactions
Implement multi-threaded, unattended automation executions
Ensure easy access to test automation results, including gherkin-formatted test cases, actual / expected results and step-by-step images
Identify and address application performance bottlenecks and security vulnerabilities

What we did

We developed a daily unattended automated API regression testing process integrated into the build pipeline to eliminate sprint wise manual API regression testing. Our automated system yielded results within 45 seconds for each environment. We enabled the delivery of test results within 3 hours eliminating the time, effort and cost associated with 15 person-days of release-level functional regression testing, incorporating daily rotation testing across all environments. Our approach significantly reduced the time required to initiate automation, monitor the progress of test execution, and analysis of the results by leveraging a test automation solution web-interface. By leveraging test automation and detecting regression issues early on, we were able to expedite planned releases by at least 2 weeks.

Cost savings

65%

Calendar time savings

40%

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Fleet Management Platform For Video And Digital Evidence

creative — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 06:48:20 +0000

Learn How We Developed A Fleet Management Video And Digital Evidence Management Platform For Tracking Developing Situations In Real-Time

Client:

Leader In Fleet Management Safety Platforms For Law Enforcement And School Buses

Industry:

Fleet Management, Bus And Truck

Technologies:

Azure Cloud, Tunneling, C++, .NET, Video Libraries, MS SQL Server, SSO (OAUTH2.0, SAML, ADFS)

Project Background

The client mandated the development of a comprehensive integrated video and digital evidence management platform for smart safety solutions. The primary objective of the client was to record, archive and reliable share highly sensitive data with pre-authorized third-parties for review. The client also wanted to have functionality that would provide extremely secure access to live footage of developing situations in real-time. A significant challenge was to enable seamless flow of proprietary and sensitive data in a highly secure manner

Our Scope

Integrated platform to interconnect all hardware and software products
Substantially reduce liability and minimize fraudulent injury claims
Deter driver assaults and harassment
Reduce crime and vandalism through video monitoring
Reward safe driving practices and support coaching
Reduce preventable accidents, enhance onboard safety, implement safe driving practices
Prevent collisions and reduce risk of injury to pedestrians

What we did

We improved public trust and officer safety by implementing advanced video and digital evidence technology, enabling secure management of all digital evidence on an integrated platform. We enhanced and supported existing features, developed new capabilities and performed quality assurance, device setup and end-to-end testing. The solution increased access to historical data for more accurate incident re-creation and provided a complete digital evidence chain of custody to ensure evidence integrity.

Cost savings

55%

Calendar time savings

35%

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Business Intelligence Driven Configurable Fleet Management Review Dashboards And Reports

creative — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 06:45:00 +0000

Learn How We Developed And Deployed Business Intelligence Driven Configurable Review Dashboards And Reports For Fleet Management

Client:

Fleet Management Platform OEM

Industry:

Fleet Management

Technologies:

Tableau, MS Project, SQL Server

Project Background

The customer envisioned creating a data analytics tool to consolidate project management data from various source systems and create a central analytics dashboard to help make decisions based on trends. We were mandated to thoroughly understand the requirements of decision makers and empower them to access our online server and seamlessly review the status of any project and slice and dice the relevant data effortlessly. Creation of business intelligence driven configurable review dashboards and reports for fleet management was also a requirement. We were also entrusted to empower stakeholders with the ability to drill down project data, sub-project, tasks and resources data in addition to creating a unified platform for seamless exchange of ideas within the project teams to improve the quality, reliability and timeliness of deliverables.

Our Scope

Thoroughly understand the requirements of decision makers to access our tableau server / tableau online and seamlessly review the status of any project and slice and dice the relevant data effortlessly
Creation of business intelligence driven configurable review dashboards and reports for fleet management
Empower stakeholders with the ability to drill down project data, sub-project, tasks and resources data
Create A unified platform for seamless exchange of ideas within the project team to improve the quality, reliability and timeliness of deliverables

What we did

We delivered interactive Tableau dashboards and reports through separate workbooks for project and employee reporting. We extracted, transformed and loaded data from ERP systems and MS Project into SQL Server using ETL processes. We enabled decision makers to access Tableau Server or Tableau Online to monitor project status and analyze data seamlessly. The dashboards support detailed drill-downs into project, sub-project, task and resource data, while Tableau Server provides a unified collaboration platform for teams to share comments, concerns, recommendations and ideas to continuously improve reporting effectiveness.

Cost savings

65%

Calendar time savings

45%

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Drone Management For Last Mile Delivery

creative — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 06:41:05 +0000

Learn How We Enabled Scalable Drone Management For Last Mile Delivery

Client:

Drones And Telematics OEM

Industry:

Transportation Logistics

Services:

Application Development, Data Analytics

Project Background

The client’s delivery mission application was being employed to monitor, control and assign tasks to drones and trucks through an Azure hosted cloud portal. However, the application was difficult to scale since all the listed drones and trucks were connected to a single web socket. This constraint significantly affected the application’s performance during peak loads and additional stressors

Our Scope

Development of a web socket subscription service in node.Js
Connection of different web socket servers based on group ID
Enablement of horizontal scaling
Development of load sharing and fault tolerance abilities

What we did

We deployed our team of seasoned developers and project managers with proven expertise in addressing scalability roadblocks. The team built a web socket subscription service based on Node.JS. We used a pub-sub based TCP communication method, along with Redis stream with HA proxy for implementation. The result was a robust and scalable web application that boasted substantially improved performance and enhanced load capacity to boost our client’s business.

Cost savings

35%

Calendar time savings

55%

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Intelligent Autonomous Robot for Charging Electric Vehicles

creative — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 06:36:17 +0000

Learn How CREATIVE Developed Intelligent Autonomous Robot for Charging Electric Vehicles

Client:

Global Tier One

Industry:

Automotive

Services:

Product Design, Embedded Systems, Robotics, Autonomous Navigation, Machine Vision and Data Analytics.

Project Background

Development of intelligent robot to autonomously navigate and charge electric vehicles using machine vision, LiDAR and GPS technologies while avoiding collision with obstacles in its path. Development of architecture to be flexible to readily adapt to other applications for unstructured environments.

Our Scope

Developed multiple high-level concepts and evaluation criteria
Developed system architecture for main components of the selected concept: home station, robot, battery pack
Defined architecture for autonomously navigating robot to plug and unplug battery for charging at home station, carry batteries to vehicle, plug and unplug battery to vehicle
Designed robot platform with relevant drives and connectors
Designed main board to facilitate robot’s autonomous navigation using lidar and GPS communication with home station and vehicle and machine vision capabilities
Designed battery pack featuring cell stack, charge controller and DC to DC convertor
Designed home station featuring all communication protocols

What we did

We thoroughly understood our customer’s mandate and assembled a a highly talented multidisciplinary team with expertise in product design, embedded systems, robotics, autonomous navigation and machine vision. We synthesized very innovative concepts and undertook detailed design for this very complex project. We tapped into our deep pool of experienced engineers during peak loads to complete this project in 50% of the time. Our customer rated our final deliverables at 9.5/10 for innovation and rated us as one of their top global partners.

Innovation rating

9.5 /10

Calendar time savings

50%

Few words from our client

CREATIVE'S deep domain expertise in automotive electrification, autonomy, robotics, connectivity and shared mobility has helped us meet significant market challenges over the years. We gave them complete responsibility on the intelligent charging robot from concept to finish and they came out with flying colors. They have a remarkable ability to leverage their global team for cutting-edge innovation all the way to addressing issues of manufacturability and service.Vice PresidentEngineering

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Fleet Management Meta Data Migration From On Prem Multiple Databases To Azure Cloud

creative — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 06:27:08 +0000

Learn How We Executed Fleet Management Meta Data Migration From On Prem Multiple Databases To Azure Cloud

Client:

Fleet Management Platform OEM

Industry:

Fleet Management

Technologies:

UI/UX Screens, Azure Data Factory Pipelines, Data Transformations, Tiger Bridge Jobs, Databricks Notebooks

Project Background

Our customer envisioned developing a data migration tool to lift and shift the meta data from on-prem PostgreSQL database to Azure cloud-based Maria DB. The project necessitated the implementation of data flows to pull data sets from a variety of databases and a user interface to capture job, job type and user types. Parallel execution for multiple tenants was mandated to speed up the ingestion in addition to implementation of a UI to publish the progress and speed of the data ingestion.

Our Scope

Our scope on this Meta Data migration project was to migrate data from multiple databases on the customer’s premises to Azure cloud in a reliable and time efficient manner. Some of the key highlights from the execution of this project are as follows:

UI/UX screens
Azure data factory pipelines
Data transformations
Tiger bridge jobs
Databricks notebooks
End to end validations

What we did

We built an on-premises data ingestion framework using SHIR and ADF data flows to dynamically extract data from multiple source systems. A configurable UI was implemented to manage jobs, user types, and ingestion progress, with built-in parameterization, auditing and restart capabilities for resilience. Parallel execution was enabled to support multi-tenant processing and improve ingestion performance.

Cost savings

45%

Calendar time savings

50%

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Integrated Fleet Management Platform For Smart Safety Solutions

creative — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 06:20:19 +0000

Learn How We Developed An Integrated Fleet Management Platform For Smart Safety Solutions

Client:

Leader In Fleet Safety

Industry:

Transportation

Services:

Application Development, Module Integration, Data Management, Data Sharing, Cyber Security

Project Background

The client mandated the development of a comprehensive integrated fleet management platform for smart safety solutions. The client desired the platform to be able to manage and onboard heterogenous unstructured data from disparate sources in a frictionless and effective manner. The client required a solution that enabled users to search for relevant mission critical data, view and package it for third-party review and access live feeds to assess developing high-risk situations in real time. A significant central challenge was enabling data processing from diverse heterogenous sources with ready accessibility while ensuring the highest level of security for proprietary and sensitive data

Our Scope

Own complete product lifecycle through definition, develop, stabilize, deliver and support cycle
Understand and refine project perspective, goals, roadmap and business objectives
Define, detail, document functional scope and architecture
Propose and implement project plan, schedule, roll out, trial run and full-scale deployment
Identify, suggest and implement tools and technology for development, deployment and maintenance
Define and implement performance, security, data and file system
Build, test, deploy and support application through CCID on Azure

What we did

We mobilized our team of seasoned developers and product managers to develop an integrated fleet management platform. The platform was primarily targeted towards school bus operators with provisions to extend the platform for other fleet owners including tourist bus operators and law enforcement. We assembled an elite team to take ownership for the entire product lifecycle including project goals, roadmap and execution to achieve business objectives. Once the functional scope and architecture of the project were defined, the team brought together cutting-edge cloud technologies and their domain expertise to create a unified fleet management and security system. The result was a unified application that offers a wide variety of features, robust security architecture and a delightful user experience.

Cost savings

50%

Calendar time savings

40%

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Body-In-White And Closures Engineering For Sedan

creative — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 06:14:26 +0000

Learn How CREATIVE Executed Body-In-White and Closures Engineering for a Major Passenger Car Program

Client:

European Automotive Tier One Supplier

Industry:

Automotive

Services:

Styling Feasibility, Design, CAE

Project Background

Complete Body-In-White and closures engineering for passenger car program with a very cost-effective solution and quick turnaround time to launch the new sedan in a record time.

Our Scope

Style feasibility study with given style and split lines
Functional and packaging study including carry-over parts
Master section development
Concept CAD data developments – DFA / DFM
Digital mockup analysis for clash and interference analysis
Quick tooling and assembly feasibility study
Virtual validation using CAE
Incorporation of feedback from CAE and tooling
Adopt style and design changes after proto feedback, final 3D CAD model
Drawing release, releasing of manufacturing drawings with GD&T and weld drawings
Tool implementation support

What we did

Our high-quality team of engineers was led by program managers with substantial experience with European OEMs. Our team displayed flawless knowledge and a rich experience of body structures and closures, mastery of European OEM standards and processes and substantial manufacturing knowledge. We were able to tap into our deep pool of experienced engineers to rapidly ramp-up our team to meet our customer’s aggressive delivery schedule. The quality, timeliness and responsiveness of our team was greatly appreciated by our customer.

Engineering cost savings

40%

Calendar time savings

25%

Few words from our client

The CREATIVE team has excellent domain knowledge in body engineering and they understand BIW requirements of major European OEMs especially manufacturability of parts and assemblies. They are easy to work with and always open to brainstorm and give and take new ideas and criticism. We value CREATIVE as a reliable and trustworthy long-term partner.

Head

Body Engineering

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Design and Homologation of Vocational Truck Chassis

creative — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 05:49:07 +0000

Learn How We Executed Design And Homologation Of Vocational Truck Chassis

Client:

Major European Truck Manufacturer

Industry:

Truck & Bus

Services:

Design, Development and Homologation

Project Background

Design and homologation of the US vocational truck chassis for introduction into the Canadian market.

Our Scope

Our Scope involved design of new chassis for all Canadian market product variants and to address compliance gaps identified in Canadian certification requirements.

Concept: Packaging studies and preliminary FMEA activities, feasibility studies, selecting suppliers, choosing design direction for each identified issue and specification requirements
Primary Design: Working with suppliers to develop production solution, developing CAD models, performing installation and maintenance studies on both mechanical and electrical subsystems
Production Release: Creating, Validating and Releasing Production Drawings and Documentation Within PDM
Build: Overseeing First Build of the Vehicle from An Engineering Perspective to Ensure Design Intent is Adhered to. Identify and Evaluate Critical Build Areas
Test: Identification and Mitigation of Risks. Production and Management of Design Validation Plan and Reports Through the Testing Process and Evaluating All Test Results
Certification: Preparation of compliance documents. Submittal of documents to Canadian authorities and management of submittal process

What we did

Our global delivery model for this initiative was directed by highly experienced program managers based in North America, seasoned domain expert in UK and a highly talented engineering team based in India. Our program managers had deep domain knowledge, a thorough understanding of homologation and the certification process. Our global team collaborated with the customer to meet the stringent requirements for this program within budget, quality and timeliness metrics that were appreciated by the customer.

Overall engineering cost savings

20%

Faster delivery

30%

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