How Low Code Helps You Run Your Entire Business from One Screen

A cluttered desk is often seen as a sign of a cluttered mind, and clutter is the enemy of clarity. But in today’s world, most corporate workers have neat workspaces, with only a notepad, a coffee mug, and a smartphone charging at the desk. Despite this, the mind of an employee is still cluttered.?

They come to work each day, unsure of what’s important, when tasks should be done, and how to do them right the first time. This is why managers are often running around, setting up ad hoc meetings all day. So, what's responsible for this cluttered way of working? A big part of the problem is application overload. For office workers, application clutter is like a slow poison.

According to Productiv's "The State of SaaS Sprawl in 2021 " report, most departments in an organization use between 40 and 60 different applications. On a company-wide scale, the average number of apps used across all departments exceeds 200. These apps function like flimsy glue dots, barely holding together tasks in complex process chains. Employees constantly switch between tabs and log into multiple apps just to complete one task, which makes it hard for them to see the bigger picture. They lose sight of why their work is important, what part of it is crucial, and when it should be done. Instead, they rely on reminders from colleagues or managers or worse, wait until customers or clients chase them for results.?

Organizations stuck in this chaotic way of working find it hard to grow fast enough to challenge the top players in their industry.

Traditional ERPs Could Have Been the Solution, But They Weren’t

It would be great if an employee’s mind was as decluttered as their workspace. When ERPs first came onto the scene, this vision could have become a reality. ERPs have the data and customization capabilities to potentially mirror the entirety of a business’s workflows. But this potential was never realized. So much so, that organizations no longer expect their ERP to act as the digital twin of their business workflows. Why did this happen?

When an ERP is implemented, it’s built to reflect the business reality of that moment. The underlying assumption is that business processes can be mapped into the ERP. While this assumption is valid, the problem starts once the ERP is in place.?

Over time, businesses realize that ERP grows heavier and more complex. Soon, it becomes so massive that it's impossible to keep it agile enough to change with the business. This happens because IT teams are constantly firefighting, and dealing with urgent issues, leaving no time or budget for strategic projects. As a result, organizations slip into a state of myopia, patching cracks with temporary fixes.

Eventually, they end up cluttering their IT ecosystem with additional apps for specific tasks, creating a shadow IT system with a lot of manual workarounds. This compromises either process quality for speed or vice versa, simply because the number of apps involved in any given process is too high.

However, no organization can operate without an ERP. No organization can hope to grow if its workforce spends half its time on “pseudo work” that doesn’t contribute to critical KPIs. If employees are bogged down by app clutter, they will lose sight of why they’re doing what they’re doing, how to do it right the first time, and when to do it, without constantly relying on memory or reminders.

Fortunately, a revolutionary shift in technology emerged in the early 2020s, and it’s now mainstream enough to be called the cure to this problem: low-code. Time and again, low-code has proven to be the only reliable way to achieve the dream of every employee knowing exactly what to do when to do it, and how to do it right the first time.

What Is Low-Code, and How Can a Low-Code ERP Help You?

Low-code platforms simplify processes, helping people work faster and smarter without the need for technical expertise. A low-code ERP allows everyone in your business to make the system work for their needs, without relying on IT. Here's how it helps:

1. Easy customizations without burdening IT?????

?With low-code ERP, anyone can make adjustments or changes without needing to understand coding. This means you no longer have to rely on an overworked IT team to customize the ERP so that your system works exactly how your workplace needs it to. When this happens, people can focus on what's important—getting their job done efficiently.

2. Speed up operations

Low-code ERP makes it easy to adapt quickly. When changes are needed, they happen fast. This means you solve problems as they arise and make your processes smoother without long delays. This helps break the cycle where only the most urgent problems are addressed, while other issues are ignored. Because it's so cost-effective to automate tasks, low-code fosters a culture of innovation and digital-first thinking.

3. Reusable efforts

In a low-code ERP, innovation creates lasting value. If one person on a team builds something useful, it can be reused or modified for other teams or projects. This modular approach can transform your organization by ensuring that creating something new doesn’t mean starting from scratch.

The promise of a low-code ERP goes beyond reducing app clutter. It fundamentally changes how employees think about using technology to work smarter, faster, and more accurately. With their mind space free from application clutter, workers can truly be the best version of themselves.

Beware: Not All low-code is the Same — Get True Low-Code with Amoga

As with anything, there’s a lot of confusion about what low-code actually means. At Amoga, we’re clear on what low-code is. For us, it’s a development philosophy that abstracts the code to the backend, allowing anyone to work on a GUI (Graphical User Interface) to create the apps they need. The true test of a low-code platform is whether anyone in your organization can use it to build an app they never knew they could make, in just one day.

If you think your workforce could benefit from this empowerment, we’d be delighted to show you what a low-code ERP can do. Reach out for a no-obligation conversation , and we’ll show you how we can help.