It’s not about us. It’s about you.
Layer One is a U.S. team of consultants and engineers who work with manufacturers and distributors on the systems that run their business: commerce, product information, search, and the operational workflows around the ERP.
We understand both the business process and the technology behind it. That lets us find what is really slowing you down and build an answer your team can use.
Our purpose is to make your work easier and your business stronger.
- Focus on manufacturing and distribution
- Business understanding and technical depth
- Commergenix, our own software platform
- Hands-on, long-term partnership
Long relationships with manufacturers and distributors
Many of our clients have worked with us for years, some for more than a decade. They stay because we keep improving their systems with them, not just for them.
Empower. Collaborate. Deliver.
Every engagement follows the same principles, whether it is a one-day working session or a multi-year partnership.
Empower
We share what we know, explain what we recommend and why, and help your team build the knowledge to manage and improve your systems with confidence.
Collaborate
We learn your goals, culture, and constraints, communicate plainly and often, and adapt the plan as conditions change.
Deliver
Strategic initiatives and responsive improvements, crafted software, and solutions tailored to how your business works, with results you can measure.
Assess, build, and keep improving
From the first conversation to long-term support, one team covers the strategy, the engineering, and the software.
Assessments and advisory
Working sessions and our Organizational Friction Assessment find where work gets stuck and what to fix first.
Commerce and experience platforms
Implementation and optimization on Optimizely, Sitecore, Shopify, Unilog, nopCommerce, and headless architectures.
Product information
PIM implementation, data extraction and normalization, and syndication to distributors, marketplaces, and AI search.
Integration and operations
ERP, PIM, and CRM integration, plus quoting, pricing, scheduling, and order workflows around the ERP.
Commergenix
Our own platform of modules for search, product data, monitoring, quoting, pricing, and production. Explore Commergenix.
Support and training
Platform management, monitoring, upgrades, and break-fix, plus training so your team can run and improve what we build together.
Value delivered continuously, not just at the end
Our Client Success Framework is an iterative, collaborative way of working. Frequent delivery keeps your systems aligned with your goals and reduces risk as ideas and markets change.
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Align on direction
Agree on goals, success criteria, and a roadmap grounded in your ideas, issues, and opportunities.
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Detail the work
Break the roadmap into a prioritized backlog with clear expectations for each piece.
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Build
Deliver in short iterations, with communication and collaboration throughout.
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Deliver incremental results
Put improvements in front of users early, so value arrives continuously.
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Review, learn, and adjust
Measure what changed, recalibrate the roadmap, and choose the next most valuable step.
They are so much more than developers that just take our orders; Layer One understands our industry, and our business needs and goals. They consult and coach us on how to use eCommerce the most effectively and strategize the highest impact things to do next.
Our recent clients and their results
Nidec
One Sitecore platform for a global manufacturer that keeps acquiring brands like U.S. MOTORS and Leroy-Somer.
Learn more →Jacuzzi
Doubled lead generation and a multi-million-dollar revenue lift across its dealer network.
Learn more →Lake Cable
Complex cable quoting turned into a structured, guided digital experience.
Learn more →First Supply
A PVF distributor founded in 1897 builds the eCommerce and digital strategy behind its next century.
Learn more →George T. Sanders
A plumbing and heating distributor that wanted a partner, not a vendor, to improve its Optimizely site and internal processes.
Learn more →The Granite Group
A top-40 plumbing, heating and PVF wholesaler builds a world-class content and commerce experience on Sitecore.
Learn more →Jacuzzi PIM
Product data that scales across 15+ brands and 45 countries.
Learn more →DWS
More than a decade of marketing technology, Umbraco and NetSuite integration for a weighing and measuring distributor.
Learn more →Advicent
A scalable Sitecore solution for a SaaS provider to the world’s largest financial institutions.
Learn more →Built on leading platforms
We are certified on the commerce, experience, and PIM platforms our clients rely on. Learn about the platforms we work with.
Work with us
We are always interested in people who like solving real business problems with good software. See open positions.
Ready to strengthen your digital foundation?
Tell us what you are working on, or what keeps getting in the way.
We’ll set up a working session to look at it with you and talk through practical next steps.
A few sentences is plenty to get started.