OUTSYSTEMS IN ACTION / TECHNOLOGY

How an ESG solutions provider built four enterprise applications on a reusable foundation

A new sustainability use case often needs information the organization already collects elsewhere. This provider built applications on reusable capabilities. Explore the reported portfolio and the ownership decisions behind a foundation that can support the next service.

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RESULTS REPORTED IN THE SOURCE

4

new enterprise applications reported in the source

100+

reusable microservices and application components together

3 weeks

sprint cadence for the reported ongoing enhancements

THE BUSINESS CHALLENGE. THE CHANGE. THE RESULT.

The challenge

An ESG software provider needed to respond faster to customers across several sustainability and supply-chain use cases.

The change

It adopted OutSystems and built enterprise applications alongside a common collection of reusable services and application components.

The outcome

The source reports four new enterprise applications, more than one hundred reusable microservices and components, and ongoing enhancements organized in three-week sprints.

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

Make reusable capabilities understandable to the next team.

A shared component becomes valuable when another developer can understand its responsibility, inputs and change rules. Agree those boundaries alongside the business use cases that rely on it. That helps an OutSystems portfolio grow through reuse without hiding important assumptions inside a technical library.

02

Keep sustainability information tied to its operating evidence.

Different services may collect different measurements, documents and supplier information. Define who owns that evidence and how an exception is reviewed before combining it in a customer experience. OutSystems specialists can implement the workflow while domain teams retain responsibility for the information and reporting rules.

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.