Custom software built exactly around your organisation’s processes
When a standard product doesn’t fit, we build the application on the DataFlows platform. Forms, approval workflows, documents, roles and integrations are already there, so we develop only what is specific to your company.
- We start from the DataFlows platform, not from scratch
- Web and mobile applications and integrations between systems
- Hosting in the DataFlows cloud or on your own server
Tailor-made software, on a base that already exists
Sometimes no standard software fits: the process is too specific, the data comes from too many places, or the team works differently from what a generic product imagines. That usually leads either to software forced to fit, or to a project written from scratch, long and expensive.
We start from the DataFlows platform. Forms, approval workflows, documents, roles, the audit log and integrations already exist and are used every day in manufacturing, in warehouses and in public institutions. We write new code only for what is truly specific to your company.
Types of applications we have delivered
A few examples from projects in progress or already in production, without naming the clients.
What every application built on DataFlows gets
The DataFlows platform is the base all our solutions run on: Depo, Pharma, Docu, ALOP and Sales. An application built on it gets from day one:
- Dynamic forms with validation, required fields and confirmation before submission
- Approval and signing workflows, with mandatory and optional signatories
- Document generation from templates, one at a time or in bulk
- Reference data manageable from the interface, with no separate development
- Public data updated automatically: company details from the tax authority’s register, central bank exchange rates
- Roles and permissions by department, audit log for important actions
- Own authentication or through LDAP and OAuth; interactive maps and reports
- API for connecting to any other software, plus Excel, CSV, JSON or XML import and export
After launch, we stay with you
Where the application runs
- In the DataFlows cloud, on an instance dedicated to your application
- On your own server, in the company network, including without internet access
- Automatic backups, with copies kept in another data centre
- Security updates and updates to the public data the application uses
What you get after launch
- Training at delivery, courses on request, PDF and video guides
- Assistance by e-mail and phone, for the duration of the contract
- Standard document updates when legislation changes
- Continuous development, as your process changes
From the problem to an application used every day
We work in short steps, with versions your team can try from the start, not just at the end.
Analysis
We come and see how you work today and agree together on what the first version solves.
Prototype
We build a first version on the platform with the main forms and workflows.
Development
We add what is specific to your process in short iterations, with feedback after every step.
Training
Your people learn on real data, with written and video guides.
Support
The application stays maintained and changes along with your process.
What the time and cost of custom software depend on
We have no list prices, because no two processes are alike. After the analysis you get in writing what goes into the first version, how long it takes and what it costs.
What increases the effort
- Many roles and different approval workflows
- Links to programs that have no API
- Compliance requirements: audit, electronic signatures, validation
- Migrating data from old systems
- Mobile apps that also work without a signal
What keeps it under control
- Starting from an existing DataFlows solution
- A first version limited to the main process
- Feedback from the people who will use the application, after every step
- Forms, approvals, documents and roles taken from the platform as they are
All the stages, in detail, are in the guide how custom software gets built.
Questions we hear often
Because the common part of any business application (users, roles, forms, approvals, documents, audit, integrations) already exists in the platform and is tested in production. Time and budget go into what is specific to your company.
It depends on the process, but the first usable version appears after a few iterations, not after months of specifications. We give you a written estimate after analysis.
We have no list price, because no two processes are alike. Cost depends on the number of workflows and roles, on links to other programs, on compliance requirements and on how much of the application uses the platform as it is. After the analysis you get a written estimate for the first version.
If an off-the-shelf product covers your process with a few settings, choose the product. Custom software is worth it when the way you work differs from everyone else’s, or when your team ends up working around the software with parallel Excel sheets. We wrote about this in Custom software or off-the-shelf product?
Not a specification. It helps to have a list of today’s process steps, the documents and reports you use, the programs the application must talk to, and two or three people who know the daily work well. We work out the rest together during the analysis.
Yes. The platform talks over API to any software that allows it, and for the rest we use Excel, CSV, JSON or XML files.
In the DataFlows cloud, on a dedicated instance, or on your own server, including in a network without internet access.
Yes. If your process resembles one covered by Depo, Pharma, Docu, ALOP or Sales, we start from that solution and add only the differences.
We provide training, assistance and maintenance for the duration of the contract, and the application can be developed further as your process changes.
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