From Pilot to Live: A 12-Week Implementation Timeline
A realistic week-by-week timeline for going live with ERP-native B2B commerce.
Weeks 1-3: Discovery and Foundation
The first three weeks establish the foundation for everything that follows. Week 1 focuses on ERP schema discovery: the CommerceWeave AI copilot scans your ERP configuration, identifies entities (customers, products, pricing, orders), and generates a mapping recommendation. Your team reviews the mapping, identifies exceptions, and validates against sample data.
Week 2 focuses on data quality remediation. The data quality scanner identifies products without descriptions, customers without pricing assignments, categories without products, and other issues that would affect the storefront. Your data team addresses critical issues while the implementation team begins configuring the platform.
Week 3 focuses on business requirement validation. The implementation team configures pricing rules, catalog visibility, checkout workflows, and user roles based on the discovery from weeks 1-2. Your business team validates that the configuration matches their expectations through a structured walkthrough. Any gaps are documented and prioritized for weeks 4-6.
Weeks 4-8: Build and Configure
Weeks 4-8 are the core implementation phase. Week 4 completes the ERP integration: bi-directional data flow for customers, products, pricing, inventory, and orders is established and validated. The AI copilot generates test cases and runs automated validation against your ERP data.
Weeks 5-6 focus on storefront configuration: theme customization, navigation structure, product page layouts, search configuration, and checkout flow optimization. If you are using a headless front end, your front-end team builds pages against the API layer that was validated in week 4.
Weeks 7-8 focus on advanced features: approval workflows, multi-store configuration, payment method setup, shipping integration, and email notification templates. This is also when custom extensions are built for any business requirements that the standard platform does not address. Extensions are built in the extension layer, ensuring upgrade safety.
Weeks 9-12: Test, Train, and Launch
Weeks 9-10 are dedicated to testing. User acceptance testing (UAT) involves your business team using the platform as buyers, admins, and sales reps to validate that every workflow works correctly with real data. Performance testing ensures the platform handles your expected traffic and order volume. Security testing validates authentication, authorization, and data protection.
Week 11 focuses on training and documentation. Buyer-facing documentation (how to register, how to order, how to track orders) is prepared for distribution. Internal training covers admin tasks (managing products, pricing, users), support procedures (troubleshooting common issues), and reporting capabilities.
Week 12 is launch week. A staged rollout starts with a pilot group of 10-20 buyers who are invited to use the platform and provide feedback. Based on pilot feedback, the team makes final adjustments. Then the platform is opened to all buyers, accompanied by an announcement email, training resources, and a dedicated support channel for the first 30 days.
CommerceWeave Team
Clarity Ventures
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