PowerApps equipment inspection use case

Challenges

Our valued client, an industry trailblazer in hardware manufacturing, expressed their keen interest in optimizing their inspection and quality assurance protocols. Their unwavering commitment to exceptional quality necessitated a streamlined approach to guaranteeing every single hardware piece met their impeccable standards. Moreover, they required a meticulous quality certification process prior to dispatching any products to their esteemed customers.

Currently, the team relies on a Windows application to manage an extensive inventory of hardware products. However, the process of selecting a specific item from this vast list and obtaining its inspection status through the existing system can be exceedingly laborious for the staff. The team must sift through their inventory, manually update the product's quality status, and await certification and shipment confirmation. Unfortunately, this method may prove time-consuming and unwieldy.

Solutions

Our team proposed the creation of an equipment inspection using PowerApps  and automate technology. Leveraging the intuitive PowerApps interface and the reliable Azure SQL Server backend, we formulated a solution in line with our client's in-depth specifications, streamlining their needs for a hassle-free user experience. Ultimately, leveraging automation, we revolutionized the way equipment inspections are carried out, generating digital certificates in record time with precision and accuracy.

After gathering all the necessary equipment from our client, our team got straight to work on developing a PowerApps solution that would meet their specific requirements. To start off, we created a SharePoint site that would serve as the foundation for our project.

From there, we also created a list that would help us keep track of everything we needed to do and ensure that we stayed on track throughout the development process. This list included tasks such as designing the user interface, creating custom forms, and integrating the PowerApps solution with other software tools that the client was using.

Throughout the development process, our team worked closely with the client to ensure that we were meeting their needs and delivering a solution that would truly make a difference in their day-to-day operations. We took their feedback into account and made adjustments as needed to ensure that the final product was exactly what they were looking for.

Overall, the development of this PowerApps solution was a challenging but rewarding experience for our team. We were able to leverage our expertise in SharePoint and PowerApps to create a solution that will help our client streamline their operations and achieve their business goals. We look forward to continuing to work with them in the future and helping them to achieve even greater success.

Results

• Improved quality of products: It is now easier to check the quality of the product to determine which batch did not have the quality hardware item.
• Saved Time: The customer saved a lot of time in the manual inspection of these products.
• Made the search smoother and easier: The bar code scanner integration helped make the search of their tools easier. This eliminated the manual searching process and saved a lot of time.
• Digitized the process: The client automated their process to improve the accuracy of their inspection process.
• Saved paper: The system generated digital certificates for each item while saving the paper for printed certificates.
• High Efficiency: PowerApps automated the process to ensure a more accurate system to help employees focus on completing high-value tasks.