Power Apps Evaluation Drive

Why we will choose Power Apps and where we can fit this?

key benefits of the Power Platform solution

v  Simple and automated system used by floor technicians to record inventory used on projects

v  Easy for technicians to enter parts used as they work with mobile devices on the floor

v  Timely, accurate and relevant data – reducing the amount of manual entry and rework

v  Seamless reconciling process – listing inventory, drafting PO, sending invoice

v  Easy for Manufacturing company to track the inventory that is sent to the customer with the model-driven app

v  Reporting – PO Report for Jobs and inventory used, On-hand Inventory so customer knows what is in the warehouse, and the replenishment report which shows which items need restocking.

v  Rule-based BPM Engine for Process Modelling – This is all about ability to manage complex workflows (either serial or parallel), breakdown phases for each process step, execution through rule based, and any additional built-in intelligence to facilitate business users.

v  Business process flows is kind of streamlined flow executed in phase wise and it help people to get their work done. We define a set of steps within this streamlined flow for user to follow to take them to a desired outcome. Business process flows reduce the timeline and guide users and let them focus on which entity they should be using.

v  Power Apps developers are citizen developers and easily available

Power Platform with Azure Integration

MS Power Apps is part of MS Power Platform and this platform having seamless integration with Microsoft Azure Platform. Integration with Logic App (where Power Automate having limitation), we can user other Azure Services like Azure Functions, API management from Power Apps. Power BI itself is part of the Power Family, so easy integration within a few click is always presence.

Using Power Automate we can create Business Process. You can get more idea on how to do this from MS documentation page - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-automate/business-process-flows-overview . Finally, using Power Apps Canvas model, we can implement them in our apps. Alternatively, through Common Data Service(CDS), there are CDS APIs that exposes various functionalities of BPF. We can utilize them in our Power Apps as well.

Below are a few use cases where Power Apps can fit in a large scale.  

The Inventory Management solution involved Power Apps and Power Automate. Both canvas and model-driven apps were used for their unique strengths. A flow completed the communication of purchase orders. All of the parts relied on Microsoft Dataverse as the underlying data source.

Sellers use a Power Apps Model app to build the account plan using information that is collected from various sources. They are guided by industry insights curated by the worldwide industry team and other industry resources. They use the App to review customer objectives, identify executive level relationships, and map out the customer’s digital transformation and technical solution area priorities

 

I hope the above analysis will help you to take call for considering Power Apps.

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