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Power Apps vs Traditional Coding: Which is Right for You?

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Power Apps vs Traditional Coding

Power Apps vs Traditional Coding: Which is Right for You? The surge in demand for digital services is undeniable, fueled partly by the continued need for goods and services during the pandemic. Now, more than ever, businesses are eager to adopt digital transformation initiatives, recognizing the crucial role technology plays in modern operations. One of those transformations includes Power Apps vs traditional coding. Digital transformation can mean different things to different stakeholders, but most can agree it entails leveraging technology to increase business output relative to its input. Usually that means increased profitability or productivity while maintaining or reducing the cost of doing business.       In the not-too-distant past, hiring professional developers … Read more

New Application Development Projects Enhance Resource Management 

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A telecommunications organization contacted Imaginet for assistance on 2 new application development projects. The first was a portfolio tracker, and the second was an office furniture ordering application.    Portfolio Tracker    The portfolio tracker we built for our client tracks and manages the various budgets they have across different departments. Our client has several districts and district managers, and they needed a way to track budgets across these districts and departments. Another aspect of the portfolio tracker is managing tech deployments within the organization. For example, if a boardroom needs a new projector (or other tech) they’ll go through a process to request the needed technology. Our tool allows for the … Read more

Data Collection Upgrade Reduces Technical Debt & Modernizes Data Reports

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A well-known consumer packaged goods (CPG) company specializing in pet food asked Imaginet to perform maintenance on their existing data collection processes. We work in a staff augmentation role for this client and do ongoing work for them. Their data departments are divided into different business areas (we will refer to them as teams). On this project, we were working with two of their teams. Both teams required general maintenance and updates to their data collection tools – essentially a data collection upgrade. Team 1: Their primary focus is collecting and processing data about pet foods and products (nutritional claims they make, calories, ingredients, product history, etc.). This process to … Read more

Microsoft Power Automate Workflows Increase Efficiency for User Creation, Onboarding, and Approvals

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An innovative biopharmaceutical organization that Imaginet had previously helped with a SharePoint Online build wanted to automate workflows that were causing a lot of back-and-forth communication and delays in their approval process. Without the necessary knowledge or time to complete the build, the client contacted Imaginet to support the project.   Using Microsoft Power Apps and Power Automate, we created a workflow to assist with onboarding new hires and adding external user accounts to their Azure Active Directory environment. Microsoft PowerShell synchronizes the data between the SharePoint Online site and their local Azure Active Directory instance to allow communication between the different systems.  Once a record is created in SharePoint, either … Read more

Real-Time Data Analysis Made Accessible Through Online Calculator

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A provincial agricultural services corporation approached Imaginet to update and enhance their online calculation tools that were utilized by various people in the agricultural industry. Their calculators were in Microsoft Excel and prone to user errors and instability. Imaginet built an online suite of user-friendly calculators, making them easily accessible on any device – including mobile. This stage of the project focused on the development of a fertilizer efficiency calculator for farmers to have optimum fertilizer usage at all times to maximize profits.  The Imaginet Application Development team used Angular 12, TypeScript, and HTML5/CSS3 to build the application on the front end. On the back end, we used data stored … Read more

Optimized Accounts Payable Workflow Increases Efficiency and Organization 

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A global provider of learning and development solutions for applications engaged Imaginet to create a SharePoint Online site to track and organize invoices for their organization. Their existing external database held various accounting records, tracking charges and details on vendors, but lacked structure around the invoice approval process and a defined audit trail.   The Imaginet Business Productivity team built a SharePoint site that organizes invoices, routes them for approval, and identifies which ones are paid or outstanding. Workflows, set up with the help of Power Automate, automatically unzip any necessary files when new vendor invoices are uploaded and archive files when an invoice is approved (marked as paid). Bulk exports … Read more

Microsoft Power Platform: What it is and Why do we need it?

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Microsoft Power Platform is a suite of cloud-based services that enable organizations to analyze data, build solutions, automate processes, and create virtual agents. With Power Platform, you can quickly and easily create powerful applications that help you make better decisions and drive business.