It is not enough to adopt technologies to start the process digitization journey in offices and factories. Harnessing the full potential of innovation requires a thorough review of the entire organization to understand what transformations, both methodological and cultural, are needed and then make use of tools that effectively support these interventions.
Optimization and simplification of various tasks will be all the faster the easier it is to customize digital services in full compliance with one's own reality. A prominent role in this regard is played by no-code development solutions, thanks to which it is possible to create applications without having to know any programming language. This is an advantage not to be underestimated, as it democratizes access to these activities, greatly speeding up the process.
Development of applications for process digitization
Digitizing processes does not only mean making them more efficient and optimizing activities from a cost perspective. Rather, it means abandoning traditional tools (just think of paper), implementing new methods of action and innovative workflows, and using modes of communication complementary to those normally used.
This is a comprehensive transformation that can be accomplished in steps, but it always involves a radical change of mindset. One must be prepared to reset business models with a view to greater resilience in order to be able to deal more quickly with difficult and unforeseen competitive scenarios.
When deciding to tackle the digitization of a process or part of a process, the first thing to do involves analyzing the process itself to see where improvements can be made or a complete redesign is needed. Ad hoc IT applications support decision makers in these assessments by allowing workflows to be monitored to suggest actions to be taken.
It is essential, however, that the technology platforms supporting the digitization of processes are, in turn, characterized by a user experience that is simple, integrated (to dialogue with business applications), and easily accessible and usable even by users without special skills.
No-tail development what it is and what it is for
The new development techniques available to companies to digitize their processes minimize or even eliminate the need to write code to release business apps. In this sense, we speak of no-code development, and with this comes the possibility of bridging the gap that may still exist between business and IT.
Through no-code development, all stakeholders play a role in the application life cycle. For example, they have the opportunity to experiment and propose any updates themselves. If each process actor is involved in digitization projects, the projects themselves will be completed more quickly and, among other things, the "shadow IT" phenomenon will be discouraged: the use of third-party solutions identified in individual departments outside of IT's control (with all the costs this entails in terms of integration into the IT environment and security).
No-code development platforms to quickly respond to the need for process digitization
Low-code platforms (and even more so those that allow no-code development) offer an intuitive user experience to any type of user, including nondevelopers. They provide drag-and-drop functionality, building blocks (parts of code already written) and visual tools for creating applications quickly. They also enable greater agility in application creation processes and make use of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions that enable automatic compilation and rapid deployment of digital services.
In order to make the digitization of processes more effective and integrated, no-code platforms enable the interconnection between apps and many different sources of information, and enable mobile functionality to be secured. All, of course, while safeguarding privacy and security, as a code base is ensured that guards against vulnerabilities and helps protect data.
