Softools Runs on Softools

No-code and Small Businesses

Small business owners and entrepreneurs are accustomed to operating under tight budgets and timelines. They, like most companies today, rely on software applications to drive organizational efficiency, productivity and scale but heavyweight solutions such as SAP, Oracle and Salesforce are out of reach.

Analytics India Magazine recently highlighted No-code as an ideal solution to this catch-22. For them, it boils down to a startup’s chief concerns: budget and time. Often IT development resources either aren’t a budgetary priority or aren’t flexible enough for companies bringing new products iteratively to market. Zero-code tools are generally faster and cheaper to use and offer flexibility and agility.  Check out the full article here.

Tasting our own medicine

In addition to blue-chip corporations, Softools serves as a cost-effective no-code development platform for small businesses. For example, you can see how Reliance Energy Ltd. uses Softools as a robust alternative to off-the-shelf CRM and project management software.

The case we want to talk about today though is Softools. We use Softools to run Softools (apart from email and our Financial Accounting package, but that’s probably only a matter of time!)

Every member of our team interacts with our product every day, using Apps that span all aspects of our business, here are some examples….

1. Sales

   • Accelerated Go-To-Market

   • Account plans

   • Sales pipeline management

   • Revenue planning and invoicing

2. HR

   • People development plans

   • Absence/holiday approvals and tracking

   • Skills and capability planning

3. Operations

   • Work scheduling

   • Defect management

   • Problem and corrective action management

We have tailored our Apps to stand up to the processes we wish to operate, just as our customers use Softools’s Zero-code capability to tailor solutions to their business.

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