Product Architecture
How Global Brands World works
A single operating system for licensed product development, manufacturing, and logistics — built around three engines: pipeline, rules, and access.
6-stage development
From Concept to Production-Ready, with file & version history at every step.
3 licensor gates
Concept, Pre-Production and Final Approval — independently tracked per SKU.
8-stage production
PO Issued → Materials → Production → QC → Packing → Booking → Shipped.
End-to-end pipeline
Concept
→ Gate 1: Concept Approval
→ Design → Prototype → Tooling
→ Gate 2: Pre-Production
→ Pre-Production → Ready
→ Gate 3: Final Approval
→ PO → Production → QC → Ship
Rules engine
Gate progression
- Product enters Concept stage with placeholder gates set to pending.
- Brand manager submits artwork → Concept Approval moves to In Review.
- Licensor approves → unlocks Design + Prototype stages.
- Pre-Production Approval gate required before Tooling.
- Final Approval required to issue Purchase Orders to factories.
Access control
| Resource | Brand | Factory | Logistics | Admin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing & margins | ✓ | — | — | ✓ |
| Customer names | ✓ | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| All factories | ✓ | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Own products only | ✓ | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Approval gates | ✓ | — | — | ✓ |
| Audit log | — | — | — | ✓ |
System architecture
Clients
Brand Workspace
Factory Portal
Logistics Console
Admin Suite
Application Layer
Pipeline Service
Rules Engine
Approvals
QC & Inspections
Booking & Freight
Search (NLP)
Data & Integrations
Products & Files
Orders & POs
Audit Log
Wrike (read)
Dropbox (files)
S3 (versions)
Data model
Product
- · id
- · sku
- · brand
- · stage
- · gates[]
- · files[]
Order
- · id
- · poNumber
- · productId
- · quantity
- · stage
- · eta
Factory
- · id
- · name
- · contact
- · city
- · rating
- · lead
Inspection
- · id
- · orderId
- · result
- · defectRate
- · inspector