{"id":4139,"date":"2020-07-29T11:14:12","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T11:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.octalsoftware.com.sg\/blog\/?p=4139"},"modified":"2020-10-07T09:03:56","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T09:03:56","slug":"increasing-efficiency-with-mobile-applications-in-the-sme-sector-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.octalsoftware.com.sg\/blog\/increasing-efficiency-with-mobile-applications-in-the-sme-sector-possible\/","title":{"rendered":"Increasing efficiency with mobile applications in the SME sector &#8211; Possible!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\">According to the Connected Consumer Study survey of the beginning of 2018, 72 percent of the US population had a smartphone at that time. That number has since increased. There are plenty of articles to read about finding your customers, clients on online platforms, and channels.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\">In this article, we don\u2019t want to write about this in more detail, but about how in-house efficiency and, where appropriate, sales can be aided by a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.octalsoftware.com.sg\/mobile-app-development\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">mobile application<\/span><\/strong><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\"> designed for the business that can be connected to an existing (or new) corporate governance system.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_41_1 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" area-label=\"ez-toc-toggle-icon-1\"><label for=\"item-69f0825eafca6\" aria-label=\"Table of Content\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><input  type=\"checkbox\" id=\"item-69f0825eafca6\"><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.octalsoftware.com.sg\/blog\/increasing-efficiency-with-mobile-applications-in-the-sme-sector-possible\/#Efficiency-enhanced_integrated_mobile_applications\" title=\"Efficiency-enhanced, integrated mobile applications\">Efficiency-enhanced, integrated mobile applications<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.octalsoftware.com.sg\/blog\/increasing-efficiency-with-mobile-applications-in-the-sme-sector-possible\/#When_should_you_develop_a_mobile_app\" title=\"When should you develop a mobile app?\">When should you develop a mobile app?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.octalsoftware.com.sg\/blog\/increasing-efficiency-with-mobile-applications-in-the-sme-sector-possible\/#Which_areas_get_the_most_out_of_a_mobile_app\" title=\"Which areas get the most out of a mobile app?\">Which areas get the most out of a mobile app?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.octalsoftware.com.sg\/blog\/increasing-efficiency-with-mobile-applications-in-the-sme-sector-possible\/#Inventory_reports_summaries_queries\" title=\"Inventory, reports, summaries, queries\">Inventory, reports, summaries, queries<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.octalsoftware.com.sg\/blog\/increasing-efficiency-with-mobile-applications-in-the-sme-sector-possible\/#Digitization_in_agriculture\" title=\"Digitization in agriculture\">Digitization in agriculture<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.octalsoftware.com.sg\/blog\/increasing-efficiency-with-mobile-applications-in-the-sme-sector-possible\/#Summary\" title=\"Summary\">Summary<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Efficiency-enhanced_integrated_mobile_applications\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Efficiency-enhanced, integrated mobile applications<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\">You can name almost every multinational in the world where employees can be regularly seen with a mobile phone in their hands. This is not because they are on Facebook, but because inventory management and information flow within the company are done through mobile apps. However, this is not just a privilege for large companies today: there is a growing demand for various efficiency-enhancing, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.octalsoftware.com.sg\/blog\/cost-mobile-app-development-singapore\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">integrated mobile applications<\/span><\/strong><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\"> in the <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">SME<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\"> sector as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\">There are now \u201cfinished products\u201d for this, but there are also a lot of custom developments, the great advantage of which is that the new product can be connected to systems that have been operating for a long time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\">In our article, we provide practical advice on when you need a mobile application that can be connected to existing systems, what to look for during development, and present live examples we\u2019ve drawn from our own work and the needs of our clients.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"When_should_you_develop_a_mobile_app\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">When should you develop a mobile app?<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.octalsoftware.com.sg\/mobile-app-development\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4141\" src=\"https:\/\/www.octalsoftware.com.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/develop-mobile-app-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"develop-mobile-app\" width=\"533\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.octalsoftware.com.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/develop-mobile-app-500x500.jpg 388w, https:\/\/www.octalsoftware.com.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/develop-mobile-app-500x500-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\">A mobile app can be useful in all cases where colleagues often meet with a client or partner outside the office and need to document the details of the meeting, possibly issue an invoice, and place an order.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\">In addition, a mobile application plays a key role in a number of business areas where the regular image or video documentation is required. These include monitoring product placement at regional representatives, administering findings and images to physicians, and uploading required images of products or property to damage assessors or appraisers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\">Win a lot of the company by the mobile application documentation process can be started, the survey may be carried out on-site, be recorded and a gesture can be closed. With this, the activity is documented in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.octalsoftware.com.sg\/blog\/tips-to-choose-database-mobile-app-development\/dbms-database-management-systems\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">management system<\/span><\/strong><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\">, the process is extremely fast, accurate, and efficient. This is appreciated by the colleague who does the documentation and also by the one who has further work with it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Which_areas_get_the_most_out_of_a_mobile_app\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Which areas get the most out of a mobile app?<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\">In our experience, a well-functioning mobile application connected to a corporate governance system throws a huge impact on work efficiency and employee satisfaction in the field of <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">TRADE AND SALES<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\">. To provide practical advice, here are a few examples from our own work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.octalsoftware.com.sg\/hire-mobile-app-developer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4142\" src=\"https:\/\/www.octalsoftware.com.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mobile-app.jpg\" alt=\"hire app developer\" width=\"940\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.octalsoftware.com.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mobile-app.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.octalsoftware.com.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mobile-app-300x128.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.octalsoftware.com.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mobile-app-768x327.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\">We have created an application for a trading company that can be used by area representatives or merchandisers. Not only have we connected the application to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.octalsoftware.com.sg\/enterprise-solutions\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">company\u2019s own business system<\/span><\/strong><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\">, but we have also made it integrable with other business systems via an API interface (this kind of integration and flexibility is a rarity).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\">The application covers the following functions:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tour calendar &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\"> the employee visits the partners according to the given tour plan, logs the arrival, can make a report and can complete his\/her tasks by completing the visit.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Fieldwork &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\"> typically an interface for reporting merchandiser activities. Such as the inventory survey to see if the products are in stock. As well as this kind of work is photographing the shelf image, <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">photographing <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\">the placement of a stand, or documenting and reporting the hostess placement.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Administration &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\"> within this module, a representative has the opportunity to view the central stock, price, and information of all other products. You can place an order within this menu item, and if you sell a product that can be sold from your truck, you can also issue a delivery note\/invoice after placing an order, and you can complete the entire sales process.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Receipts &#8211; <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\">You can retrieve all previous receipts for a specific product or customer.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Price list &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\"> you can see the product prices set for a specific partner.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Inter-warehouse movement &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\"> you can request goods from the central warehouse for your own car, you can return goods and you can hand over goods to your colleague.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Inventory_reports_summaries_queries\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Inventory, reports, summaries, queries<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\">The company is starting to use the app these days and has set serious targets in terms of metrics for employees to work efficiently and increase sales.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\">Another very topical and interesting area is CONSTRUCTION. For the customer, we create a mobile application complete with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.octalsoftware.com.sg\/crm-software-development\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">CRM<\/span><\/strong><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\"> that is related to their existing business management system and that can be used well by the 15-person team, including regional salespeople.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\">CRM functions, in this case, mean the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\">project management<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\">customer service<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\">Calendaring<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\">By implication, through the mobile app, field sales can also access systems such as inventory (price and inventory information) or memos and customer data added to previous CRM.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\">Following the development, colleagues through the app<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\">they can create new projects<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\">building information such as an address, owner, contractor, designer, etc. can be specified\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\">they can assign clerks to projects<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\">they can attach documents<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\">the following events, tasks to be assigned<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\">they can take a photo<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\">In addition, it will be a very exciting challenge to be able to use geolocation as well, so the app can help the dealer locate, suggest where to start from the current customer, making work much more efficient.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Digitization_in_agriculture\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Digitization in agriculture<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\">Digitization also plays a prominent role in <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">AGRICULTURE<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\">. The Digital Agriculture Strategy, developed at the national level, aims to promote sustainable agriculture and environmental protection. It is very important today for farmers to be able to obtain and analyze data from the smart tools used for precision farming.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\">Manufacturers also pay special attention to this and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.octalsoftware.com.sg\/hybrid-mobile-app-development\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">develop applications<\/span><\/strong><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\"> for more serious machines, which, in addition to precision work, can be used to measure the working time of workers, the average yield, productivity, etc. If required, a mobile application can be created for these systems to expand or personalize the tasks even more widely.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4143\" src=\"https:\/\/www.octalsoftware.com.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Second_image-1024x753.png\" alt=\"social media profiles\" width=\"1024\" height=\"753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.octalsoftware.com.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Second_image-1024x753.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.octalsoftware.com.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Second_image-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/www.octalsoftware.com.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Second_image-768x565.png 768w, https:\/\/www.octalsoftware.com.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Second_image.png 1096w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\">The MARKETING area cannot be left out either. Perhaps the biggest change has been in the way and channels of communication in recent times. Research shows that 97% of internet users use some form of social media site on a weekly basis. Among the <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">social networking sites<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\">, there is Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, Twitter\u2026 and who knows what will appear in the future. It is difficult to track and organize when and on which surfaces a given content appears.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\">This is why countless applications have been developed today to manage these, but they are all paid and the range of options they offer is limited. For example, for an agency that manages many profiles, the apps on the market are not the answer. However, with this self-developed mobile application, this difficulty can also be easily overcome.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\">This means a lot of efficiencies, as employees do not spend their time manually sharing content or trying to keep track of what they want to share on a day-to-day basis, but can gain new inspiration and work on new topics in their free time and statistics can be retrieved from the system.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Summary\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Summary<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\">More and more companies are creating applications for their own internal use, which, combined with existing systems, the company uses to make day-to-day work more efficient and increase transparency. There are already many examples of this in the USA, in fact, there are places where both internal use and the public version work together. Your own mobile application is now available to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.octalsoftware.com.sg\/\"><strong>SMEs<\/strong><\/a>, and even on the road to efficiency gains and digitalization is inevitable after a certain point.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\">A well-functioning application can be a great help to salespeople, who can quickly request, for example, an offer that meets the needs of a given customer, even away from the office, via their phone. But they can be used for inventory control, effective management of social media interfaces in marketing, project management in other industries, or even an excellent tool for some kind of gamification idea that can significantly increase the efficiency of the area concerned. The range of possibilities is endless, and with a <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">good development team<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\">, developments are limited only by imagination.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\">If you have any questions about this topic, feel free to contact us or <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">sign up<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\"> for our <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.octalsoftware.com.sg\/contact-us\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">free consultation<\/span><\/a><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400;\">, where we will work out together what type of development is best for your company!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the Connected Consumer Study survey of the beginning of 2018, 72 percent of the US population had a smartphone at that time. 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