How Workflow Automation with Business Central and Low Code Apps a Win-Win Tactic

Intense and lengthy coding is often hectic. Sometimes this process requires hours of revision to find and remove an error as minor as a missing semi-colon. Frustrating, right? An analysis by IDC predicted that by 2025, 750 million new apps need to be built. Forbes estimated the development time for a simple application to be around three to six months which may increase with the level of complexity of the application under process. You would be wondering the same as I am. How long would it take to develop so many applications given that an app is pivotal for any business ranging from SMEs to large scale?

Today, a minimalistic approach can be found in IT and the digitally backed world too. Conventional coding and app development are replaced by an easier, faster, and more convenient method, often referred to as low code platforms. These low-code platforms automate the app development and allow you to create a user-friendly, fully functional, graphically enabled interface with drag-and-drop features. Microsoft Power Platform provides AI-powered low-code features that help you with app development and business analytics, automate your workflow, and enable options such as virtual agents.

This blog highlights how you can step out of the traditional workflow and enhance your business capabilities with the best features of Dynamics 365 Business Central and low-code apps i.e., Power Platform.

Why Choose Low Code Platforms

Low-code platforms have been doing wonders, making their demand high in the market. According to Forrester, in 2023 the net market of low-code and digital process automation reached $13.2 billion and is expected to reach $50 billion by 2028. Gartner forecasts that the percentage of applications developed using low-code or no-code technology will rise to 70% in 2025 as compared to 2020 when it was less than even 25 percent. Here is why developers and organizations prefer low-code platforms for their applications.

• Time and cost optimization: Given that there is no need for full development and coding, this saves a lot of time, effort, and resources to invest in the process. So, you would be ready to land your product service on the market super quickly.
• Low maintenance: The low-code development saves your time for not only development but also maintenance. The parts of code or subunits are already tested and standardized, leaving little room for errors or bugs.
• Less coding skills required: You do not need to be a professional now to be a developer. With even a little coding knowledge now, you can develop applications for your business needs with low-code platforms.
• Reduce data silos: Without proper collaboration, the real essence may diminish in the process from idea generation to final execution. The final product might not turn out as proposed or envisioned. But low code platforms ensure to reduce data silos and allow all the teams and stakeholders to collaborate and invest in the process to get desired results.

In addition, low-code app development increases productivity, speeds up the deployment process, and improves business agility.

Microsoft Power Platform: Upgrading Your Game

Not for the complete process but somewhere in the development 87% of organizations are using low-code platforms. This workflow automation goes to an advanced level by Microsoft Power Platform, a suite that creates and automates AI-enabled solutions. They range from developing apps, creating pages, providing virtual assistance, or analyzing your data. These applications with the capabilities of artificial intelligence boost profitability and growth for your business.

Power Platform gives you a complete framework enabling you to automate your workflow. You do not need to worry about the repeating process or managing time. Along with automation, your development side is done by Power Platform which allows you to prioritize and invest time in more important tasks now.

It enables you to add your business logic to the workflow using Dataverse low-code plug-ins by defining Power Fx expression. It helps you to customize the workflow, ensures consistency, and remains compliant with the core business framework.

The last but most potent combo is the integration of Microsoft Power Platform with Dynamics 365 Business Central. Business Central leverages AI and the best features of Power Platform to improve financial performance and boost profitability.

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Harness The Integrated Power of Business Central and Power Platform

Dynamics 365 provides a cloud-based ERP solution for SMEs named Business Central. It unifies and streamlines all business operations and gives data-driven analytics and decision-making to business owners to elevate their business. But here is a twist. By integrating your Business Central with Power Platform, you can boost your productivity, efficacy, and profitability. It robust your operations to unravel success. Here is how Power Platform automates and streamlines your workflow.

Business Analytics: Business Central is essential for growing businesses as it unifies their operation. When integrated with Power Platform, Power BI allows them to have an insight into data and analytics from a perspective. Having a visualized report and representation of data allows you to understand KPIs, finances, trends, and other important metrics. It enables you to make data-driven and better decisions for your business.

Application and Website Development: The superpower of Power Apps enables you to unleash up-scale automation. It multiplies the ability of Business Central by allowing you to make specific applications according to your business needs. Understanding the algorithm and core values of your business, it helps you to develop low-code applications that are easy to develop and maintain but also optimize cost and different processes giving you a digital front for everything.

Similarly, Power Pages allow you to create websites that cater to your business without any difficulty or long processes. Your web content and processes can be done easily now.

Workflow Automation: by leveraging the power of AI, Power Automate in Power Platform allows you to spend time on the same task repeatedly. You can set up this automation across different platforms, applications, websites, and services. Automated workflows can be set up for a certain action, event, or condition, thus increasing efficiency.

AI-powered Chatbots: Creating chatbots that virtually assist your business is as easy as anything with Power Virtual Agents. You can easily create and integrate virtual agents with Business Central that can handle simple queries, support, and help employees with CRM.

Step Into Innovation with Dynamics Solution and Technology

Dynamics 365 Business Central enables small to mid-sized business owners to go with the base of digital transformation and embrace innovation to drive growth and agility for their business with a centralized and unified cloud-based ERP. The integration of Power Platform with Business Central automates the workflow and speeds up the digitalization of your business.

To fully benefit from Business Central and low-code apps, Dynamics Solution and Technology as your implementation partner can maximize efficiency and facilitate your step into the transformed digitalized world. Our team is well-equipped and versed in understanding the core values of your business and bringing a custom solution and strategy that guarantees positive results and success. As Gold partners of Microsoft, our global clients in the Gulf, MENA region, and Europe hold the testimony as true transformation and implementation partners for their businesses. Contact us today to unveil the epics of digitization for your business.