Prototype notes
An honest account of what this environment does and does not do.
What is real in this prototype
- The full operating model: orders, devices, warehouse, dispatch, returns, exceptions, content and enrichment.
- The Postage Saver decision logic, including cover shortfalls and promise risk, with the reasoning shown.
- Role based views, so each team sees only the work that belongs to them.
- State changes you make, held in this browser so the journey stays consistent.
What is simulated
- Carrier rates, labels and tracking events use a fixed demonstration rate card.
- Channel and accounting integrations show state and history but do not call live services.
- Enrichment suggestions come from a fixed sample rather than live data sources.
- No payments, refunds or customer messages are ever sent.
What production would add
- A hosted database with row level security, so each user only reads the records their role allows.
- Server side carrier and channel credentials, never exposed to the browser.
- An immutable audit trail for custody, stock adjustments, refunds and published content.
- Background jobs for rate refreshes, tracking updates, enrichment runs and scheduled publishing.