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Web development, Chicago.

ERP-fluent, EDI-aware full-stack engineering for Chicago B2B industrial, freight, and logistics brands — deep integrations, real compliance, the wholesale system as part of the website. Remote-first, Central Time.

2,000+
brands shipped
9–6 CT
same-day response
12–16wk
platform build
48 h
scoped quote

Where the integration is the project.

Chicago web development is freight, logistics, and B2B industrial work, plus a Midwest manufacturing and supply-chain base — sites where the integration is the project, not the marketing wrapper. The hard problem is wiring a website into an ERP, an EDI pipeline, a dealer portal, and NET-30 wholesale pricing without breaking the operation that already runs on them. Digital Heroes builds those platforms — ERP-fluent, EDI-aware, instrumented for reliability — remote-first on Central Time. For the broader Chicago context, see our main Chicago agency page.

in short
  • Chicago web development for freight, logistics, B2B industrial, and supply-chain operators — integration-heavy, not brochure-ware.
  • The real work is ERP, NetSuite, and EDI integration, dealer portals, and NET-30 wholesale logic wired into the site.
  • Built on Next.js and Node with typed integrations, observability, and a no-downtime cutover plan.
  • Financial-services-adjacent compliance handled where the Chicago client touches payments or regulated data.
  • Remote-first, no Chicago office; Central Time coverage; we fly in for kickoff and launch by arrangement.

Central Time. An 8-hour overlap with our New York book.

Chicago runs one hour behind our New York book. We don’t maintain a Chicago office — our staffed HQs are New York and Delhi — but our coverage tracks the Chicago working day Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 6 PM CT, with same-day Slack response and weekly demos. The clock below shows the daily collaboration band between your hours and ours.

Fig. · tz-overlap · Chicago CT visitor clock over our New York / Delhi reference working window.

Three Chicago briefs, one engineering bar.

Freight, logistics + supply-chain platforms. Rate calculators, shipment tracking, carrier and 3PL integrations, and customer portals for the operators who move the Midwest. The website becomes an operational tool, not a billboard. Pairs with our custom web platform engineering in Chicago.

B2B industrial + ERP/EDI integration. Next.js storefronts and portals wired into NetSuite, SAP, or a legacy ERP, with EDI flows for the trading partners that demand them and dealer-portal logic for NET-30 wholesale. Pairs with our Chicago Shopify B2B development.

B2B SaaS + internal tools. Dashboards, admin tooling, and customer-facing SaaS for Midwest software and services firms — typed APIs, role-based access, and the financial-services-adjacent compliance many Chicago clients carry. See our B2B engineering for Chicago brands.

Integration without breaking operations.

A Chicago build lives or dies on the integration layer — the ERP, EDI, and wholesale logic that the business already runs on. We treat that layer as production infrastructure from day one, not a launch-week scramble.

Typed, tested integrations. Every ERP, NetSuite, and EDI connection is typed end to end and covered by tests against a sandbox before it touches live orders, so a schema change upstream fails loud in CI, not silently in production.

Observability + reliability. Structured logging, error tracking, and uptime monitoring on the integration paths from the first deploy. We instrument Core Web Vitals and queue health so a stuck EDI feed pages a human before a buyer notices.

No-downtime cutover. Phased rollout, feature flags, and a rollback plan for every release, so a freight or wholesale operation never goes dark on a deploy. Reach the team at +1 (646) 847 1584 or book a 30-minute Chicago engineering call.

an honest Chicago engineering pitch

"In Chicago the website is wired into the ERP, the EDI pipeline, and the dealer portal. We build that integration layer like production infrastructure, remote-first from NY and Delhi."

— Prasun Anand, CEO & Founder
9
years
2K
brands
55+
countries
9–6 CT
same-day Chicago response · 24/7 emergency cover from Delhi + Sydney
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§ FAQ · questions

Five answers on Chicago web development.

Do you integrate a Chicago platform with our ERP, NetSuite, or EDI partners?

Yes — it is the core of Chicago work. We wire Next.js and Node platforms into NetSuite, SAP, and legacy ERPs, build EDI flows for the trading partners that require them, and connect dealer-portal and NET-30 wholesale logic. Every integration is typed end to end and tested against a sandbox before it touches a live order, so an upstream schema change fails in CI, not in production.

How do you launch without taking our freight or wholesale operation down?

Phased cutover, feature flags, and a rollback plan for every release. Integration paths get structured logging, error tracking, and uptime monitoring from the first deploy, so a stuck EDI feed or a slow ERP call pages a human before a buyer or a carrier notices. For a freight or logistics operator, a website outage is an operational outage — we engineer accordingly.

Do you work in person with Chicago clients?

We are remote-first with no Chicago office — staffed HQs in New York and Delhi. We run Central Time with same-day response, and fly in for kickoff, integration discovery, and launch by arrangement, with travel built into scope. The honest version: a remote engineering partner fluent in Midwest B2B, freight, and ERP integration, not a local River North shop.

What stack do you build Chicago platforms on?

Next.js and React on the front end, Node or serverless on the back end, Postgres or the client's existing data store, and typed API contracts for every integration. Where commerce is involved we lean on Shopify Plus for the catalog and headless storefronts. The stack is chosen for reliability and hiring longevity, not novelty — a Chicago operator should be able to maintain it for years.

Can you handle financial-services-adjacent compliance for Chicago clients?

Many Chicago clients touch payments, lending, or regulated data, so we build with that lift in mind: scoped data handling, audit logging, role-based access, and secure integration patterns. We are not a compliance auditor, but we engineer to your requirements and work alongside your compliance team or counsel so the platform passes review rather than failing it after launch.

Book a 30-minute Chicago engineering call.

Same-day response Mon-Fri 9-6 CT, ERP-and-EDI-fluent engineering on a reliability floor. Scoped quote within 48 hours.

No sales pitch · we'll map the integration risk honestly before you commit · scoped quote inside 48 hours

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