The challenge
An automotive group needed to modernize legacy applications and improve development productivity across business domains.
OUTSYSTEMS IN ACTION / MANUFACTURING
How an automaker expanded OutSystems from a departmental app to more than seventy projects
A first application can demonstrate what works; broader adoption needs a way to share that learning. This automotive group expanded OutSystems across business domains. Explore the initial productivity result and the support structures behind its growing project portfolio.
RESULTS REPORTED IN THE SOURCE
≈30%
fewer work hours on the initial application versus conventional methods
23
group companies using the platform as of October 2023
70+
projects at the principal company as of October 2023
THE BUSINESS CHALLENGE. THE CHANGE. THE RESULT.
The change
It started with departmental applications and gradually established shared support and a low-code Center of Excellence.
The outcome
The source reports approximately 30% fewer work hours on the initial application and, as of October 2023, use across twenty-three group companies and more than seventy projects at the principal company.
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
Choose a first application that exposes real delivery needs.
A manageable departmental use case can reveal the integration, review and support practices that later projects will need. Record those lessons with the team that owns the process. That makes an initial success a foundation for the next decision without assuming the same efficiency result applies to every application.
02
Make specialist support easy for teams to find.
As adoption grows, teams need a clear route to architecture guidance and practical answers. Agree which patterns are shared, how exceptions are reviewed and who maintains the supporting knowledge. OutSystems professionals can help reinforce delivery and mentoring within that common approach as new business domains adopt the platform.
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.