The challenge
A wastewater recovery value chain needed shared traceability across treatment, transport and agricultural reuse.
OUTSYSTEMS IN ACTION / ENERGY & UTILITIES
How an environmental-services provider delivered an expanded traceability application in five months
Traceability depends on the information that follows a material from one participant to the next. This provider connected that journey through a shared application. Explore the expanded version and the responsibilities behind a more understandable evidence trail.
RESULTS REPORTED IN THE SOURCE
5
months to deliver the expanded second application version
Traceable
connected records across recovery-chain activities
SaaS
application offered to municipalities and industrial customers
THE BUSINESS CHALLENGE. THE CHANGE. THE RESULT.
The change
The provider combined OutSystems with an existing blockchain-based foundation to create a multi-customer traceability service.
The outcome
The source reports delivery of an expanded second application version in five months, with workflows covering multiple participants in the recovery chain.
Source: customer case study published by OutSystems. Brief prepared by Digital Alchimia.
DIGITAL ALCHIMIA’S DELIVERY PERSPECTIVE
What could this approach unlock for your business?
The useful next step is to connect the story to your own operating reality. Here are the questions we would bring into that conversation.
01
Map the evidence that changes hands with the material.
A traceability journey connects physical activity with records that other participants need to understand. Define what is recorded, who confirms it and how an inconsistency is resolved at each handoff. That gives developers a process model grounded in the operating chain rather than technology selected without a clear evidence requirement.
02
Keep shared service rules explicit as customers grow.
A multi-customer application needs understood boundaries for records, access and operating responsibilities. Review those boundaries alongside stock, timing and exception requirements. OutSystems professionals can help implement the service while domain specialists define the traceability evidence and review processes that apply to their activities.
START WITH THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE
You bring the business challenge. We help shape the delivery team.
Digital Alchimia provides OutSystems professionals and delivery expertise for application development, modernization and evolution. Whether you need to reinforce an existing team or explore a new initiative, we can discuss the capabilities, responsibilities and next steps that fit your context.
A useful starting brief
✓ The process or customer journey you want to improve
✓ Where work waits, repeats or depends on disconnected systems
✓ The expertise already available in your team
✓ The outcome you want to measure and the timeframe to explore
Turn a promising idea into a useful conversation.
Tell us where your business needs to move faster and where your team needs additional expertise. Let’s explore an OutSystems approach shaped around your requirements.