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Mastering QA Leadership in High-Growth Startups Insights from the QA Manager - Elena Zhekova

It's been less than a year since Elena Zhekova joined Plan A's team for our Client Regate, and her impact has been profound. Elena, with over 11 years of experience gained in companies like Merkle and Proxiad, quickly established herself as a key person in her role as QA Manager. Her strategic approach to refining quality assurance processes has paved the way for significant improvements.

Streamlining Delivery via AG grid Building Logistic interface with pre-Built Data Grids

In the dynamic world of retail, accurate and accessible data is essential. This concept is the backbone of OPTISTOCK, an advanced decision support tool. Crafted to combine ERP data from sales, stores, and warehouse stocks, OPTISTOCK aids supply managers in day-to-day tasks. Its main goal? To optimize daily stock distribution strategies and ensure the greatest sales.

Optistock Optimal stock distribution in the fashion retail industry

OPTISTOCK (OSR) is the first module of RetailApps, a comprehensive suite of applications designed to streamline and digitize all aspects of retail commerce management. OSR is a post-ERP solution that seamlessly merges sales data with information on store and warehouse inventories, enabling supply managers to customize daily stock allocation for optimal sales performance.

Modernising Document Management & Archiving Processes in FMCG: Essential Tips for Digital Transformation

Today's blog post delves into the world of FMCG companies navigating the fast-paced business landscape. Adopting digital transformation is essential for optimizing processes, lowering costs, and increasing productivity. A wide range of benefits await these businesses if they abandon traditional paper documents in favor of digital document management. Automation, actionable insights, a lower carbon footprint, improved searchability, regulatory compliance, and potential integration with cutting-edge technologies such as AI and IoT are just a few examples.
Within the scope of this blog post, we will look at key considerations for FMCG companies as they seek to modernize their document management processes and embark on a transformative journey toward success.

A word from the HRO - Elizabeth Dimitrova talking

With over 15 years of experience in recruitment and HR, including 10 years exclusively focused on the IT sector, the co-founder of Plan A embarked on an adventurous journey.
In 2012, she joined a French company aiming to expand its operations in Bulgaria, where they laid the foundations of the recruitment team. Over the course of 7 years, the team successfully doubled the size of the company in Bulgaria while preserving the spirit of a smaller organization, fostering an informal work environment and a friendly atmosphere.
In 2019, the co-founder felt a compelling need for change and saw the opportunity to contribute to the creation of Plan A as a company. Launching a venture from scratch in the highly competitive IT sector in Bulgaria and globally was initially daunting. However, the experience proved to be immensely rewarding as she witnessed the successful turning of the wheels. This new endeavor provided an opportunity to tackle a range of issues beyond the realms of pure HR and recruitment, further expanding her skill set and entrepreneurial prowess.

Quality Assurance in Nearshoring Partnership How we deliver success?

The most important thing about building a professional relationship is to know and understand where are the partner's pain points and work together on going through them. As an IT service provider with a solid experience, we decided to share with you some of the challenges that companies face when considering a partnership with a nearshore provider. At PLAN A, we believe in collaborating closely with our partners to navigate these challenges and deliver successful outcomes.

Nearshoring to Bulgaria

Financial, market and digital characteristics of the IT Sector in Bulgaria.

Client Interview - Ana Mineva, CEO DGlegacy®

A word from the CTO - Veselin Georgiev, Founder & CTO of Plan A

At Plan A, we pride ourselves on having an experienced and dedicated team, and Veselin, the CTO of Plan A, is no exception. With over 19 years of experience in software development, Veselin has held a wide range of positions in the software development field, from intern to software engineer, lead developer, software development manager, and finally CTO. Throughout his career, Veselin has primarily focused on web-based solutions, business platforms and products. He is an expert in technology setup, development organisation, startup consulting, and software development. But that's not all that makes Veselin special. We are thrilled to have him lead our development team not only because of his professional expertise but also because of his kind and responsible nature. In his free time, Veselin actively volunteers for charity causes and gives IT lectures to students, showing his dedication to both his work and his community.

Client Interview - Raphael Kahle, CTO and Ralf Oetting, CEO of justTRADE

Client Interview - Jean-Baptiste Escoyez, CTO Regate

A word from the CEO - What drives Alexander Yovchev forward?

Alexander, Plan A's CEO, gained his experience working in the banking sector as Head of Credit Card Analysis Systems and then in the IT sector as Managing Director. His areas of expertise include business management, service delivery, project management, and IT technical consulting, as well as experience managing cross-national IT projects and teams.

CODE WARS Episode IV: GraphQL - A New Hope

GraphQL is an open-source data query and manipulation language for APIs, and a runtime for fulfilling queries with existing data. GraphQL was developed internally by Facebook in 2012 before being publicly released in 2015.