How can I take the next step with our current e-commerce solution towards composable commerce?

An organization currently working with a monolithic e-commerce platform and looking to move towards composable commerce faces the challenge of achieving more flexibility, scalability, and agility without immediately abandoning the existing solution.

Monolithic platforms often provide an all-in-one e-commerce solution, but can impose limitations on innovation and customization due to tightly interwoven and complex functionalities.

The transition to composable commerce therefore requires a phased approach where the organization gradually shifts to a modular ecosystem in which best-of-breed solutions are combined.

A first step in this transition is identifying the key pain points in the current monolithic solution and determining which components can be decoupled first.

For example, by implementing components such as the CMS, PIM system, search engine, and/or pricing calculation as separate modules, the organization can already start benefiting step by step from the advantages of composable commerce. This way, the organization can migrate gradually without major disruptions in the customer journey or business operations.

In addition, it is essential to invest in a flexible architecture, such as a headless front-end and an orchestration layer, so that the front-end user experience becomes independent of the backend and can be more easily adapted to new requirements.

By incrementally implementing composable components, the organization can future-proof its e-commerce landscape and benefit from the scalability and innovation capabilities of composable commerce, while the existing monolithic solution continues to function and gradually transforms into a commerce core.