The power platform provides a platform to build apps to replace manual forms and approvals via email.   Apps can automate a simple process – that is collect data, send for approval, notify approval. Or more complex, with multiple approval required, depending on budget authorisation limits, or other business rules.

The change to work from home has highlighted issues with business processes that were historically managed via paper and email approvals.  A power app can be accessed by users on mobile devices and apps are intuitive and easy to use.  Apps can include validations that paper forms cannot, eg your timesheet should add to 37.5 hours – an app can remind the user that this is case and ask user to solve issue before submission.  With a paper system, the form/email can go back and forwards many times before correct.

Power Apps can interact seamlessly with your ERP systems to enhance the user experience, or simply customize a process that is specific to your business that is unable to be solved using a legacy system.

Microsoft has developed a number of connectors that can be used to link your business systems with the Power Platform. 

A Power App can access ERP data, such as supplier/customer information, job/project codes, and automatically sync on a regular basis, so data is always up to date in the app.

If a pre-built connector is not available for your business system, a connection can be built.

An example, is inwards goods, where the goods arrive in warehouse, with a delivery docket.  The goods are required to be checked and counted.  The warehouse record the count on the delivery docket, and then enter the data into SAP, having to manually match delivery docket line item to SAP Purchase Order line item.  Automation using an app would be:

• the warehouse scan the delivery docket;
• the app uses AI to read the docket and upload relevant data to the app;
• the app matches the Purchase Order Number to SAP data;
• enables the warehouse to enter the quantity delivered against the Purchase Order goods request;
• automatically notify manager of discrepancies;
• upload quantity received into SAP.

Power Apps can replace your legacy systems and provide a simple, easy to use interface for users.

Our business process expert can assist in documenting current Nintex or Lotus Notes processes, assist your business to review/improve/update this process and design the new process for a power app solution.

Power BI is a powerful reporting tool that enables business to be able to report using data from disparate business systems.

Our expertise, in financial reporting as well as Power BI, can assist your business to improve their reporting capabilities.  We will design the most efficient way to store/access the data from multiple business systems, and link the data together, so that reports can be built in Power BI to meet business requirements.

All of our power app solutions utilize Power BI to provide relevant reports for the business.

Using AI, a power app can take a document, such as an invoice, and “read” relevant data, upload into the app ….

For example, when a supplier invoice is emailed requesting payment, the data on the invoice can be “read” by AI, and uploaded into the app, and notifies the manager to approve the invoice submitted.  Once the invoice is approved, data can be pushed from the app into the financial system, ready for payment.