Ecommerce ops · Production

Mitre 10 migrates to Algolia AI-powered search using Blueprint consultative service

The problem

Mitre 10 had a small in-house team managing search across two websites and faced unique geographic relevance challenges due to New Zealand's complex terrain. The company also needed a solution that non-technical marketing staff could manage and update independently.

Workflow diagram · grounded in source
1
Search improvement need identified
trigger
“As website traffic and transactions became more vital to New Zealand's largest home improvement retailer, Mitre 10 realised it needed a more effective search solution that could manage complexities brought by business model and geography”
2
Blueprint education session
integration
“Algolia virtually provided a baseline education session for Mitre 10's technical and marketing teams, to ensure they understood Algolia Search, best practices and why and how it would be used”
3
Discovery and design workshops
validation
“a series of discovery and design workshops focused on prototyping and documenting future state data, UI/UX and relevancy requirements for a fully optimized Algolia search service”
4
Blueprint documentation produced
output
“it gives the blueprint of which elements of Algolia we'll implement and how and where”
5
Migration to Algolia search
integration
“Using the Algolia Blueprint service has led to an easier, more risk-free migration to Mitre 10's new Algolia-powered search function”
Reported outcome

The Algolia Blueprint service led to an easier, more risk-free migration and reduced deployment risk, with the team moving forward with greater confidence in their new Algolia-powered search implementation.

Reported metrics
Migration riskeasier, more risk-free migration
Deployment riskreduces deployment risk
Team confidence in implementationmove forward with confidence
Reported stack
Algolia BlueprintAlgolia SearchInstant Search
Source
https://www.algolia.com/customers/mitre-10
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Frequently asked questions

What did this team achieve with this AI workflow?

The Algolia Blueprint service led to an easier, more risk-free migration and reduced deployment risk, with the team moving forward with greater confidence in their new Algolia-powered search implementation.

What tools did this team use?

Algolia Blueprint, Algolia Search, Instant Search.

What results were reported?

Migration risk: easier, more risk-free migration; Deployment risk: reduces deployment risk; Team confidence in implementation: move forward with confidence (source-reported, not independently verified).

How is this ecommerce ops AI workflow structured?

Search improvement need identified → Blueprint education session → Discovery and design workshops → Blueprint documentation produced → Migration to Algolia search.

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