The challenge
Legacy technologies and limited specialist capacity made it difficult to meet demand for applications.
OUTSYSTEMS IN ACTION / MANUFACTURING
How a manufacturer built more than 100 applications in two years
When every department needs an application, delivery capacity becomes an operating-model question. This manufacturer built a distributed community around shared OutSystems foundations. Explore how ownership and governance can support useful local improvements at scale.
RESULTS REPORTED IN THE SOURCE
100+
applications produced in the reported two-year period
2
years in the reported application program
≈200
developers supported by the delivery model
THE BUSINESS CHALLENGE. THE CHANGE. THE RESULT.
The change
The manufacturer adopted OutSystems with a distributed Center of Excellence supporting business and professional developers.
The outcome
The source reports over 100 applications in two years and a delivery community of around 200 developers.
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
Give distributed development a shared operating model.
A Center of Excellence needs to make everyday decisions easier: which work belongs with the business, which needs professional developers and when an application requires specialist review. Define ownership, support and release responsibilities alongside reusable patterns. A growing contributor community needs a clear route from a useful idea to a maintainable application.
02
Bring knowledge applications inside the same governance.
A generative AI interface still needs reliable data access, permissions and a way to correct poor answers. Review those requirements with the people who own the underlying information. OutSystems professionals can help connect the experience to enterprise systems while the organization defines the boundaries for its knowledge and users.
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.