Does your business need an enterprise app?

Only a lazy manager did not think about the viability of a mobile application. This solution can streamline business processes and help employees work more efficiently, especially given that the remote work format has become our new reality. Well-designed enterprise applications help optimize business processes, reduce time spent on tasks, increase employee loyalty and protect data from possible cyber threats, the risk of which is becoming higher and higher in the 21st century. In this article, we will consider whether it is worth it for your business to cooperate with an enterprise app development company on developing such a solution. 

Factors to consider before developing an enterprise app

If you are in doubt about whether it is worth starting the development of an enterprise application, below are the factors that will allow you to make the final choice. You don't need an enterprise application if:

• you have a small business consisting of several people. All employees sit in the same office and never work remotely;
• your small business does just fine without a customer management system;
• you are not interested in motivating and developing your employees – they are already doing a great job;
• your work is not related to state secrets;
• data passing through your company is not of interest to third parties or you are not afraid of losing it;
• you do not have electronic document management and do not require written approval of documentation.

In all other cases, a corporate application is a must-have.

Types of enterprise solutions

In the age of digital technologies, it is difficult to imagine a business without information systems that accompany the company's activities. The main task of such applications is to optimize work by speeding up communication between employees, automating typical actions, and storing important business information. The success of the company directly depends on the choice of platform, so this issue should be taken seriously.

Solutions for business are divided into 3 large groups:

1. To manage employees. For example – forwarders, inspectors, and all those who have to work with different countries must transmit information to the office. Previously, this process was very delayed, because the employee had to first visit all the objects, and then have time to return and manually fill in the necessary documents. Now the whole process takes place in real-time, saving up to 4 hours of working time.

2. To manage internal business processes. There are many more varieties of applications that, if desired, can become a single business ecosystem:

• mobile office;
• mobile electronic document management;
• BPM (business process management);
• solutions for training and motivation;
• HR apps;
• secure messenger.

3. For customer management. This is mainly about mobile B2C applications for business and mobile clients for CRM and CLM systems. B2C applications help businesses manage end-users with the help of personal client cabinets, loyalty applications, personal discounts, etc. CRM and CLM systems help to better understand the client in both B2C and B2B segments. They help manage the dynamics of client relationships, their interests and needs, key indicators of campaigns and projects, and so on.

All these solutions are needed for communication, data exchange, and control. These issues, of course, can be solved with the help of improvised means, but only the price of such a solution may turn out to be indecently high.

Let's describe some of them in a little more detail.

Mobile document management

Most electronic document management platforms have one, but a critical drawback – it can only work on the web interface and only on office equipment. Modern problems require modern solutions, and that is why these platforms must have a reliable mobile client that can close the same pool of tasks without tying the employee to the workplace.

Mobile office

This is a full-fledged workplace for an employee, allowing you to perform all the same tasks as in the office. Most often, such applications are developed for specialists whose work is traveling, or if there is simply no stationary workplace – for example, merchandisers, warehouse workers, salespeople, etc. Such solutions automate routine tasks and allow you to do the job several times faster.

BPM

The acronym BPM stands for Business Process Management System. Such a solution visually, in a schematic form, systematizes the data and shows who is responsible for which block of work, and who controls the intermediate and final results. Such a solution is vital in large companies, especially those with several business sectors.

HR applications

With the help of such solutions, you can automate routine business processes, such as ordering 2NDFL certificates, applying for a meeting room, or booking a vacation. In addition, such applications usually take on the function of the company's news digest and knowledge library, if any.

Team training and motivation solutions

Such a solution, for example, can be an application that includes a corporate social network, a learning and development platform, and a gamification platform. Such an application can be a powerful team-building tool, especially in today's realities.

Secure messenger

Most company employees use classic messengers for business correspondence and file exchange. Often, this circumstance negatively affects overall productivity: employees are distracted by personal chats, it is impossible to set up integration with CRM, file sharing is not protected, and your company data is at risk. The corporate messenger is fully integrated with business systems, and any transmitted information is securely protected by crypto-protocols.

Final thoughts

So, corporate mobile applications are user-friendly, intuitive, and easy to use. They optimize the work of the company and increase the motivation of employees. If you decide to create an enterprise application, you need to determine the scope of tasks that it should perform, select a performer, and draw up all the necessary requirements. One of the best companies in this field is Intellectsoft. The company employs effective practices and development methodologies for building reliable enterprise software in a structured and systematic way. Intellectsoft has been on the market for over 13 years and has valuable knowledge that can help you grow. The company provides customers with the latest technologies that allow them to benefit in numerous ways.