Microsoft Power Apps is a valuable tool for organisations of all types and sizes, and anyone looking to improve their productivity, enhance efficiency, streamline their processes, and improve their customer experience – ultimately doing more with less.
Power Apps provide an infinite number of use cases across all industry types. Here we breakdown 15 different ways in which you can use Microsoft Power Apps to provide business enhancing capabilities.
Some of our examples are industry specific, others are more generic and can be applied across the board, but regardless of your industry, these examples help provide insight into practical ways Power Apps can be implemented to help improve efficiency.
Stock & Manufacturing Management
- Inventory management: Power Apps can be used to manage inventory and track stock levels. Organisations can use Power Apps to keep track of raw material stock levels in real-time and manage inventory across multiple locations. Provide alerts based on expiry dates of traceable items or be notified when an item has reached the quantity to be re-ordered.
- Work order management: An app can be created to manage work orders, assign tasks, and track progress, specific to your organisation’s processes. Manufacturers can use Power Apps to streamline work order management processes and improve task visibility across teams.
- Quality control: Track and analyse quality control data with Power Apps. Create a customised application that enables you to monitor and record quality control data in real-time from the shopfloor. Enable users to record and document measurements, perform visual inspections, and identify any defects or non-conformities.
- Production tracking: Power Apps can be used to track production data in real-time. Monitor production data such as cycle time, machine uptime, and throughput, simply and in real-time, from where the production is taking place.
- Product ordering: Organisations can use Power Apps to create a customised ordering system that enables employees to quickly place orders for products and track delivery times, simplifying the product ordering process.
Health & Safety and Operational Management
- Incident reporting: Power Apps can be used to create a streamlined incident reporting system. Employees can use Power Apps to report incidents, accidents, and near-misses in real-time, providing essential data for investigation and analysis.
- Safety inspections: Safety officers can use Power Apps to perform mobile inspections, capture data, and generate reports, improving efficiency and ensuring compliance with safety regulations.
- Safety equipment management: Power Apps can be used to track and manage safety equipment, such as personal protective equipment (PPE) and safety devices. Power Apps can help organisations conduct equipment inspections, and track maintenance and replacement schedules.
- Hazard identification and risk assessment: An app can be used to identify workplace hazards and conduct risk assessments. Employees and safety officers can use Power Apps to report potential hazards, assess risks, and implement corrective measures to mitigate risks.
- Asset management: Power Apps can be used to manage assets in use by the organisation, whether that’s knowing where an asset is located, who has it, or the process for booking or allocating it to a team member. Once we have great data, then use this information to automate the ongoing management of the asset, such as providing regular mileage feedback or a visual inspection to confirm the condition.
Services Delivery, Project & People Management
- Time and expense tracking: Power Apps can be used to track billable hours and expenses incurred during client engagements. Organisations can use Power Apps to create customised time and expense tracking systems that simplify the recording and reporting of billable activities.
- Proposal and contract management: An app can be used to streamline the creation, approval, and tracking of proposals and contracts. Businesses can use Power Apps to standardise the creation of proposal and contract management, reducing administrative tasks and improving efficiency.
- Knowledge management: Organisations can use Power Apps to create a centralised knowledge base that improves information access and enhances collaboration among team members. Store and share knowledge resources, such as best practices, templates, and training materials within an app.
- Performance tracking and evaluation: Power Apps can be used to track and evaluate the performance of teams. A customised app that is used to facilitate regular feedback, goal setting, and performance reviews.
- Project management: Manage employee schedules, timesheets, and activities with an app. Organisations can use Power Apps to simplify project management processes and improve employee engagement and feedback on project activities.
