The Client developed a specialized niche platform designed to streamline logistics for the cell and gene therapy (CGT) sector. Its innovative, expert solution offers a centralized, seamless interface that allows users to book, manage, and track shipments with multiple specialty couriers, including World Courier, Marken, and QuickStat.
The Client has a start-up business in the United States. This Client is focused on the recruitment technology market. Its business focuses on improving efficiency and quality of the complex process of sourcing in the recruitment industry. The Client business mission is to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to improve the efficiency and speed of sourcing the best candidates.
The Client is a full-service financial firm specializing in mortgage solutions, investment opportunities, and loan servicing. The company provides a robust platform for investors, borrowers, and loan applicants, offering tailored financial products and streamlined processes to enhance accessibility and efficiency. With a strong focus on compliance, risk management, and customer-centric services, it provides solutions for its clients to easily navigate the complexities of mortgage financing while ensuring a seamless experience.
The Client is a renowned refinery and industries business in India with a global business. It produces soy bean, refined rice bran, coconut and other related edible oils, as well as personal care oils, bio-diesel and speciality fats. The Client provides cost-effective solutions through augmented productivity, innovation and economies of scale and is committed to cutting-edge technology and processing to achieve its vision and a competitive advantage.
The Client is a start-up healthcare technology company, based in the United States. It takes a holistic approach to overall health by focusing on nutrition and lifestyle, with the goal of decelerating the aging process and providing better quality of life.
The Client is a global discount grocery and supermarket chain headquartered in Germany, with locations in over thirty (30) countries spanning Europe, the U.S., and Asia. The Client is known for its cost-efficient model, private-label products, and no-frills shopping experience, and offers high-quality goods at lower prices.
When your business undertakes a software product or software application project, the in-house team can be overwhelmed. Even if your technology team has the skills to complete a project of this scope, it is nearly impossible to handle day-to-day and strategically planned projects at the same time. BUT, if the business decides to hire an IT consultant, that can be a challenging path as well.
Studies estimate that ‘75% of rapidly growing companies are planning to spend on software this year,’ and that ‘64% of outsourced services are related to software application development.’ If your business wishes to create a software product, a mobile app or a business application, and your team is understaffed or under-skilled, you are not alone. Many businesses are considering expert services to complete their project, and sometimes to support, maintain and upgrade the resulting software solution.
‘If you select a service provider that takes a Build Your Own Team approach, you will be assured of appropriate resources, skills and availability to guarantee timely delivery, an integrated approach to the development lifecycle and a focus on YOU as a business client.’
When a business needs software and application development help, it is often difficult to find a service provider that will satisfy all business needs and do so in a timely, skilled fashion. If a business chooses the wrong service provider, it is likely to face one or more of the following issues:
Cookie-cutter solutions and teams that provide some, but not all, of the skills required to support business needs.
Delays in achieving milestones because the right resources are not available at the right time.
Inflexible team and resource availability to address changing or evolving requirements leads to uncertain results.
Out-of-date or incomplete skillsets.
The need to find, interview and select a vendor, sign contracts and establish relationships for each new project.
Resource instability. Changes and disruption in the team demand re-training, and result in lost resource skills and project knowledge.
Failure to protect Intellectual Property (IP), Data and User Privacy.
When your business considers an offshore outsourcing relationship or a partnership with an IT consulting firm, it must ensure that the vendor offers a full suite of services AND that these services are available on a dedicated basis as and when the project demands a certain skillset or technology team focus.
Look for references and proven results in the following areas:
Timely Project Delivery
Detailed Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
Cost-Effective Solutions
Proven Expertise
Team of Skilled, Highly-Trained Developers
Efficient Project Management
Application Outcomes Aligned with Use Cases and Objectives
Minimum Viable Products (MVP) to test features and customer feedback
Skills in Low-Code, No-Code Development
Experience in cutting edge Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions
Support, maintenance and upgrades
24/7 customer communication
A Build Your Own Team approach to ensure availability of appropriate resources
‘When your business considers an offshore outsourcing relationship or a partnership with an IT consulting firm, it must ensure that the vendor offers a full suite of services AND that these services are available on a dedicated basis as and when the project demands a certain skillset or technology team focus.’
If you select a service provider that takes a Build Your Own Team approach, you will be assured of appropriate resources, skills and availability to guarantee timely delivery, an integrated approach to the development lifecycle and a focus on YOU as a business client.
The Client organization is comprised of a team of Cell and Gene Therapy (CGT) experts who provide support for biotech and biopharma industries to help these organizations through the development process and achieve commercial success. The Client provides secure, compliant IT ecosystems, a platform and services to support positive outcomes and make a meaningful impact, contributing to innovations that have the potential to transform the lives of patients and their families.
‘It is wise to work with your IT partner when choosing a development environment to be sure that the you select a framework and platform that will meet your needs now and in the future – one that is suitable for your users and your suppliers, customers, partners and stakeholders.’
Here we consider the challenges of low-code and no-code development, and the pros and cons of Creatio to answer the question, ‘is Creatio a good LCNC platform for my business needs?’
Low-Code, No-Code Development Challenges
Integration – Complex integration roadmaps that include multiple solutions and techniques can make it challenging to integrate Low-Code/No-Code solutions. If an enterprise plans to integrate these approaches with legacy systems, the development team is likely to face some integration challenges that will require manual coding. Vendors provide their own version of these tools and if an enterprise chooses more than one of these environments for development, it can create integration challenges.
Scalability – The development team or IT consultant must carefully assess and support performance, reliability and security issues, and consider infrastructure and load testing to assure appropriate scalability and performance across all apps and systems. If your business depends on large datasets, you may have scalability and performance issues.
Solution Customization – By its nature, the low-code/no-code approach limits customization capabilities and provides less flexibility for developers when combining ‘from scratch’ code with restrictive components and tools.
System and Solution Governance – The enterprise must work closely with IT consultants and the in-house IT team to ensure appropriate oversight, and to monitor and manage the growth and changes required to stay abreast of organizational requirements and effectively manage the production and development environment and processes.
Regulated Industries and Businesses – Industry and government standards can be complex and will require specific customization that can exceed Creatio capabilities or create burdensome cost.
Scope of Solution – The Sales Creatio package is more suitable for product-focused businesses than for service businesses. While it can be customized and enhanced, the business should consider the cost of that customization in its decision-making process. Some developers report limited scope of potential applications when using the Creatio Marketplace tools.
Pricing – Creatio pricing will increase as the business grows, so it is important to forecast cost increases in your selection criteria. Creatio pricing is based on the individual Creatio products and support plans the business chooses, and the number of users. The business can choose mobile-only users, external B2B portal users, limited internal users or external B2C portal users. For small to mid-sized businesses, this cost may be a concern. Be sure to thoroughly review and understand pricing before making a decision.
Customization and Enhancements – While low-code, no-code development is generally faster and easier to accomplish, Creatio feature enhancements can take time and additional cost in deployment, so be sure to work with your IT Partner to understand your requirements and the resulting cost.
AI-Enabled Tools – Creatio Energy 8.2 incorporates unified agentic AI, generative AI (GenAI) and Prescriptive AI in a single platform AI Command Center. While the potential for this platform is promising, the toolset and platform are new (launched in October of 2024). Depending on the type of application your business plans to create and the planned use of these tools and techniques, the business may wish to consider the stability of these products.
By including the Benefits, Advantages, Challenges And Tradeoffs here, we hope to give you a more comprehensive picture of the capabilities and limitations of the Creatio products and platforms, so that you can compare this development environment to your enterprise requirements and business needs. It is wise to work with your IT partner when choosing a development environment to be sure that the you select a framework and platform that will meet your needs now and in the future – one that is suitable for your users and your suppliers, customers, partners and stakeholders. For a more detailed discussion of Creatio low-code, no-code development, explore our complementary article, ‘Creatio Low-Code And No-Code Development: What Is The Creatio LCNC Platform And When And How Can My Business Use Creatio?’
‘By its nature, the low-code/no-code approach limits customization capabilities and provides less flexibility for developers when combining ‘from scratch’ code with restrictive components and tools.’
Contact Us to find out how our skills, experience and services can benefit your enterprise, and how our Technology resources can support your needs. Our skilled, no-code and low-code development services provide support for all popular platforms with experienced developers. Hire low-code, no-code programmers, discover the many Enterprise Software Services available and get started today on your business or consumer software, web application or mobile app project.
Hire Creatio Programmers and Low-Code, No-Code IT Partners
Mendix states that 44% of organizations now have at least one low-code application in production. If your business is considering a low-code, no-code development (LCNC) project, one of the decisions you will have to make is which development environment to use. As one of the well-recognized LCNC platforms, Creatio is often the choice of businesses looking to create consumer or business applications.
‘As always, when considering your partner options, be sure you choose an IT consulting firm with experience, skill, a vibrant, ever-green training program, flexible delivery models and 24/7, responsive communication, affordable pricing and dependable reporting and Service Level Agreements (SLAs).’
If your business is seriously considering the Creatio low-code/no-code approach to development as a component of your project, or for an entire development project, you will need to focus on resource planning and ensure that the team you establish has the skills you need for this project and to ensure success for upgrades, to support and maintain your solution and to provide adequate resources to develop and deploy your solution. Choose an IT partner with the skills and resources to address your needs and to assess requirements, plan, design, develop and deploy your software product or application using a comprehensive set of skills and experience in low-code and no-code and in Creatio.
Most organizations do not have the bandwidth to staff a development project and sustain other projects, maintenance, support and governance activities at the same time. Even if your enterprise has enough resources, it is likely you will experience delays because of competing priorities. Adding resources using a flexible delivery model can help you staff and move your project forward. Whether you require onsite, offshore or a hybrid delivery model, you will want to consider a vendor that can provide appropriate access and a responsive staff to keep your project on schedule and on budget.
The Creatio low-code, no-code approaches are popular because they provide a fast, easy way to develop apps and software and that can lead businesses to believe that if they use one of these approaches, they can create solutions without any professional expertise. Be sure that the team you select has the most up-to-date skillset for Creatio products including the Sales, Marketing, CRM, and AI-enabled suites and all integration and customization techniques, etc. Whether you are creating a business application, a mobile app, a consumer website or any other software product or application, there are many facets to a development lifecycle. Using Creatio tools, techniques and platforms to develop in a low-code, or no-code environment may be appropriate, but your development team or IT consulting partner will need skills for requirements planning, and perhaps for minimum viable product development to test prototypes and concepts, and they will need to have the skills and bandwidth to design, configure, test, integrate and deploy. Choose an IT consulting partner with a full suite of design and development skills and a comprehensive understanding of Available And Popular Technology.
The need for expert, experienced software application developers and application support and maintenance skills is constant. If your business is not equipped to hire, train and retain permanent staff to satisfy the peaks and valleys of IT business requirements, it is time to consider an expert partner – a well-balanced, skilled IT team with leading-edge skills to enhance and support your business with innovative, high-value, low-cost application maintenance and support services, and timely, proven processes and methodologies. Whether you are employing low-code/no-code technology or integrating that technology with other platforms and services, you need a team that can support every component and aspect of your solution.
Upgrades
If your business plans to keep your software app, mobile app or software product evergreen, it is good to know that Creatio is invested in frequent upgrade schedules, so new capabilities are available on a regular basis. Be sure your IT partner is up-to-date on what is currently available from Creatio and can help you create a roadmap for upgrades to keep your product competitive in the market and add new features to assist your users. Change is a constant but one thing is always true, your business must adapt to changing customer buying behavior, and leverage new, cutting-edge technologies to remain competitive. Your partner will help you plan for anticipated upgrades and provide the flexibility required to keep your solution agile, so that, when you are ready, you can make those changes without expensive customization or having to start from scratch.
As always, when considering your partner options, be sure you choose an IT consulting firm with experience, skill, a vibrant, ever-green training program, flexible delivery models and 24/7, responsive communication, affordable pricing and dependable reporting and Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
‘If your business is seriously considering the Creatio low-code/no-code approach to development as a component of your project, or for an entire development project, you will need to focus on resource planning and ensure that the team you establish has the skills you need for this project and to ensure success for upgrades, to support and maintain your solution and to provide adequate resources to develop and deploy your solution.’
Contact Us to find out how our skills, experience and services can benefit your enterprise, and how our Technology resources can support your needs. Our skilled, no-code and low-code development services provide support for all popular platforms with experienced developers. Hire low-code, no-code programmers, discover the many Enterprise Software Services available and get started today on your business or consumer software, web application or mobile app project.
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