We have an e-commerce website based on Magento v2, and a self-developed online transaction processing system on the backend to process fulfillment requests initiated by Magento.
The self-developed backend system provides APIs, and Magento will call the fulfillment API and send one request per order. The backend system also includes functionality to route the incoming fulfillment transactions to different internal business units for follow-up, redeem, export, or other actions.
This is a legacy system designed by previous engineers, and it works OK; I'm reviewing the system design for possible enhancements.
I'm wondering:
- Is this self-developed system really necessary? Or, its role might actually have been provided by an existing product.
- For the purpose described above, what should we call the self-developed backend system? Maybe "backend", or "middle platform", or what other terminology?
- Is there any open-source project or commercial product available for the same usage?
Just let me know if you need more information, and any hints will be highly appreciated.
