RDO Equipment Co.

RDO Equipment Co. turned to Americaneagle.com because of its in-depth expertise implementing a wide variety of solutions. The project encompassed a full digital transformation to replace their legacy site with a robust, comprehensive, headless solution powered by a first of its kind integration joining Sitefinity and BigCommerce in a single unified ecommerce and content experience. To fully optimize RDO’s web presence, Americaneagle.com executed the following initiatives:

Strategy and UX:

To begin, Americaneagle.com provided extensive strategic consultation regarding platform selection, information architecture, product catalog, enterprise architecture, and user experience. The companies then worked together to coordinate a complete business overhaul as RDO entered the realm of ecommerce, including an entirely new visual style that the met branding guidelines of RDO and its key partners.

Infrastructure:

RDO’s new website included an integration of Sitefinity as the content management system, BigCommerce as the ecommerce engine and checkout experience, Hawksearch as the search platform, Akeneo as the product information management (PIM) software, multiple RDO back-office systems, and the John Deere parts catalog user interface/shopping experience. To accomplish a connected, secure, and seamless experience, Azure Cloud Services were leveraged and an infrastructure of function apps, API management services, app services, storage accounts, SQL tables, and a Redis cache were implemented.

Ecommerce:

To facilitate ecommerce, Americaneagle.com implemented BigCommerce, and its REST and GraphQL APIs now communicate product information to the frontend as well as governs most business logic. The Sitefinity presentation layer enables RDO marketers to control and customize the site’s appearance to meet business requirements. Hawksearch supports a powerful search and recommendations solution thereby allowing marketers to serve up products with total control.

Content Management:

To alleviate RDO’s content management challenges, Americaneagle.com created custom editing tools including a resource center page and a detailed locations page, as well as custom content widgets. Other tools allow editors to drag and drop, configure, and personalize content, and also integrate search landing pages, category pages, and more, to fine-tune search and recommendations from one location, despite the data coming in from many sources.

Since partnering with Americaneagle.com, RDO Equipment Co.’s website is dramatically faster, more stable, and offers a robust, intuitive content management experience. The digital transformation enabled the company to achieve its goal of becoming a strong contender in the ecommerce space as well as provided marketers more control over day-to-day processes. RDO’s website now serves as a lead generation asset, attracting and nurturing an increasing number of customers.