The lack of specific skills too often slows down the digitalization of processes : a no-code solution helps bypass this complex situation, aiming for simplicity.
Indeed, it's significant that skill mismatch —the mismatch between labor demand and supply—has been a problem in our country for years, a factor that contributes to slowing down businesses' digital transformation journey . Too often, organizations have access to highly advanced technologies, but not the personnel capable of using them: a stalemate that makes it impossible to fully exploit their potential. The same is true for IT solutions: in particular, the lack of expert programmers is an impediment to the proper implementation of Business Process Management (BPM) models capable of improving workflow.
In these cases, a cloud-based, outsourced solution that can be customized without requiring programming knowledge is what allows the company to embrace process digitalization, despite the lack of dedicated human resources or specific skills.
Digitalization of processes, the problem of skills
The funds arriving with the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) herald a scenario in which investments in skills, starting with the school education sector, will make it possible to overcome the long-standing problem of the gap between the specializations desired by companies offering jobs and the professionals actually present on the job market : companies do not always find people prepared for the required tasks, especially in the ICT sector.
This situation risks effectively blocking companies' digital progress, as it's not innovation that's lacking, but rather the ability to utilize it correctly, profitably, and forward-thinkingly . Training incentives, collaboration between vocational schools and other schools, and the academic and business worlds aim precisely to address this critical issue. In the meantime, it's important to evaluate how to avoid stagnation and evolve despite the shortage of specialists capable of boosting the digitalization process.
No-code applications for process digitalization: the advantages
Taking process digitization as an example, in this global scenario, no-code applications based on native cloud platforms are a useful tool for revolutionizing workflow organization and management, even without the need for programmers or IT professionals. These tools are easily customizable and can be modified without requiring knowledge of code or programming languages. This allows for an application built to your specific needs, extremely flexible and easily modifiable over time.
In particular, the advantages of “No-Code” can be summarized as follows:
- possibility of not allocating a budget for specific programming training : the no-code solution can be easily modified according to your needs without the need for professional coding and programming skills;
- the application's ability to rapidly adapt to the organization's needs , with a significant impact on business processes, which are redesigned with a view to optimization and simplification;
- Positive impacts on workflow and, consequently, on the performance of work activities: by understanding your strengths and weaknesses, you can intervene promptly and precisely on the solution by enhancing the functions that can resolve the most critical aspects of the workflow, making it faster and eliminating bottlenecks . For example, in the manufacturing industry, the no-code application allows the company to rapidly build workflow prototypes , also involving external stakeholders, and quickly make them usable by all stakeholders in the supply chain, much faster than traditional application development of this scale. Furthermore, all of this is done without necessarily requiring the support of IT specialists.
However, embracing the no-code approach doesn't mean tackling workflow design alone: if you choose a cloud application provided by an expert provider, available to offer assistance when needed and to guide platform users in digitizing processes, you can count on valid technical support available for any eventuality.
