When thinking about mobile or tablet applications, one automatically tends to refer to apps that can make everyday life a little easier. However, they are not the only ones: many companies have developed their own business applications aimed at mobile workers. This selection of 13 Business Apps is an example.
Opens the comparison of Cezanne HR business Apps for mobiles, focused on human resources management. It is followed by Exact HR Self Service directed to the same area and Grupo Castilla Epsilon 3 Mobile linked in the same way to the human resources departments. In addition, we have the participation of Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Phones: through it, Dynamics 365 customers can take advantage of PowerApps to build applications that automate processes with little or no code required, thus taking advantage of all Microsoft services. Azure artificial intelligence available to you on the platform. In the same way, it is available offline so that productivity is not interrupted.
In the case of Sarce Travel, what we have is a solution for the management and optimization of travel expenses. Meanwhile, the SeedCash application is aimed at liquidity issues and Talentia HCM is suggested for human resource management as well. In this line, the ZConnect app improves internal communication processes and optimizes the work of the workforce.
Wolters Kluwer a3ERP sales mobility, on the other hand, is proposed as an application example for the sales force and DIMO Maint App makes it easy for technicians to enter data wherever they are. In the case of PHC Notify, the app is part of one of the twenty innovations that PHC Software has introduced in the latest version of its ERP PHC CS tool. Finally, there would be the app version of Izaro CRM (from Grupo i68) and Oracle Field Service Cloud for improving customer relations.
These are the 13 solutions analyzed for the Business Apps Comparison
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Cezanne HR for mobile phones
Facilitates the search for contacts and allows you to check the list of pending tasks or upcoming absences by colleagues, among other features.
Cezanne HR is a cloud-based human resources management system that is fully configurable based on the needs of each organization, whether local or international, medium-sized or growing. At this time, it provides support to professionals distributed in 80 countries and it is possible to choose between the following modules (always depending on the requirements that the company must cover): people management and absenteeism, incorporation and life cycle, timesheets, performance management, career and succession, integrations, online recruitment and payroll options and ATS. In this sense, all Cezanne HR modules provide centralized data, a consistent user interface and automation processes that save employee time, among other features.
Along with its proposal, the manufacturer also proposes its Cezanne HR mobile application to workers in organizations that are constantly on the move. It is free for customers (you must have an active Cezanne HR user account to use it) and is available for both the Android and iOS platforms.
In this case, employees have immediate access to up-to-date contact information, allowing them to easily communicate with the rest of their colleagues from the convenience of mobile devices. When making a request, the request is automatically sent to the administrator for approval or rejection – they do this process from their own phones and do not need to log in from their desktop, laptop or tablet . Any process like this is faster and easier for everyone involved, since any activity is greatly simplified, time is saved and it helps the staff to work more effectively. Cezanne HR for mobile can be consulted in several languages.
What specific functionalities do these business applications offer? For example, it is possible to check which person is away, verify vacations, reserve free time slots, register an absence due to illness... Likewise, each worker can check their balance of absences, check those that will soon occur and previously communicated by your colleagues, take a look at the to-do list you still have to complete or look up the contact details of a particular user and establish communication with them through different channels such as phone, email or Skype communications software.
Cezanne HR SpainTelephone: 918 260 265Web: cezannehr.com/esPrice: free
Exact HR Self Service
It is possible to request and approve vacations, create and receive absence reports, check payroll and manual statements or search for colleagues and contact persons.
Present in our country since 1995, Exact has managed throughout all this time to have a base of more than 3,000 clients and a network of 70 partners. Its solutions, within this framework, cover different market niches that include web portals, Business Intelligence tools, project management, Finance solutions, BPM, ERP and CRM... They are also focused on the human resources area in the hands of their Exact product for HR with access to all the information available in a company's employee files.
In this sense, Exact automatically creates a file for each worker in which their important documents are available. Just as those responsible for the human resources department have all the information they need at the exact moment, users can easily access their own data thanks to a self-service application that complies with the current legislation on the processing of personal data (GDPR). ). This multi-language application has been named Exact HR Self Service and is available for the following platforms: Android, iOS and Windows 10.
What other features does it offer? Thanks to this self-service business app, workers have the possibility to request permissions more easily because the manager or person in charge receives a notification through the application itself and can respond immediately. Both the applications and the permits that are granted are then processed and are included in the planning part. As a result, the workers consult the approved requests, the pending ones, days available...
Likewise, and thanks to the Exact HR Self Services app, in addition to consulting personal information, users have a view of their vacations (they can request them or request a specific day off), personal reports or notify the company that they are sick. The same happens with payroll and extra payments, because once they have been processed, the workers can consult them through the employee application. You can also check annual statements, search for colleagues and contact persons, easily manage tasks and create and receive absence reports as part of the actions in charge of managing absenteeism. Any personal information is protected through a security pin code. Notifications let you stay on top of the most important messages being communicated.
ExactPhone: 91 230 96 32Web: www.exact.com/esPrice: Free
Grupo Castilla Epsilon 3 Mobile
A business application for mobile phones that improves the efficiency of management processes linked to the human resources departments of organizations.
Specialized in human capital management, Grupo Castilla has a comprehensive human resources solution that helps organizations optimize the management of their employees. It is called Epsilon and is currently used by more than 2,200 clients: specifically, it is a product that covers all the procedures related to the worker's life cycle: from the candidate selection process, training, evaluation performance and payroll management, until the time of retirement. Talent and time management, or personnel administration are some of its most outstanding areas of value.
Now, Grupo Castilla makes its human resources application Epsilon 3 Mobile available to companies as an extension of the employee portal via mobile phone, with the added advantage of being able to make requests at any time and place.
It covers a wide range of functionalities, among which a timetable system with transfers based on geolocation stands out, and the possibility for employees to carry out leave requests that can be authorized based on the validation flow that has been defined Likewise, the Grupo Castilla app allows the user to consult data and search for anyone who works in their company to contact them if necessary.
In turn, Epsilon 3 Mobile offers access to a calendar that lists the absences made or planned, as well as the consultation of the net salary, balance of hours / updated vacations... And while the intermediate positions receive notifications with the detail of each request (accepting or denying it), the worker displays the total, pending, in-process and accepted time of each leave: vacations, free disposition...
In addition to managing absences, presences and schedules, thanks to its recent collaboration agreement with Tickelia, the solution also allows you to control and manage travel data such as diets and trips. In this sense, there is an automatic reading of the data that appears on the tickets for digitization approved by the Tax Agency. According to a study by 'IDC Research Spain', it is possible to save 23% in costs by streamlining administrative procedures and improve communication by 72% by removing space-time barriers and achieving a more efficient workflow because unproductive times are avoided.
It is available for Android and iOS and it is also possible to use the application to view calendars, consult and configure notifications.
Grupo Castilla Telephone: 902 021 022 Web: www.grupocastilla.es Price: payment application. It is an extension of the software implemented in companies when working with employee data.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Phones
The user is brought to a revamped workspace that serves as a personalized action center from which to access records, tips, and common tasks.
In the portfolio of the Redmond giant there are different proposals focused on the business environment: among them, the Dymanics 365 cloud service. It is a solution that, due to its characteristics, unifies all areas of a company with a triple objective: to automate and optimize daily tasks, forge a much closer relationship with customers; and improve business results from data-driven decision making and recommendations. Its work modules include, among others, sales, marketing, service, operations and finance, talent, central business...
Workers don't just access Dynamics 365 from the browser on their desktop and mobile computers. They have the alternative of doing it from a general application for tablets and smartphones that works with both Android and iOS. This application called Dynamics 365 for Phones is free of charge although, once installed, to use it it is necessary to log in with the user account associated with the license you have.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Phones provides employees who are on the move (sales representatives, supervisors or agents, among other profiles) the necessary tools so that their productivity does not drop while they are out of the office and must attend to the needs of their clients on the go. any time and place. They will be able to have all their agenda and work up to date, update notes, consult tasks and attachments, review sales records...
The Microsoft application has released a new look and the user interface has been improved thanks to a renewed design and a more efficient view of the records and the panels included so that the employee can see essential information at a glance. Its developers also offer a completely new work area that includes a personalized action center from which to access common tasks, suggestions and records more quickly.
Access to note taking has also been improved. Now, in addition, it is much easier to access some of the features of mobile devices such as the camera, audio and video recording, or the barcode scanner.In another order of things, Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Phones ensures access to activities, contacts, accounts, and leads from one home page, and allows you to visually track the evolution of key performance indicators through charts.
MicrosoftPhone: 91 391 30 00Web: www.microsoft.esPrice: free application
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Sarce Travel
Helps save time and money, both in travel and expenses, through an application with a modular configuration and adapted to companies of different sizes.
Sarce Travel is a solution focused on the management and optimization of travel expenses that guarantees full control of organizational policies, while improving the experience of business travelers. The application, available for both Android and iOS, incorporates a user-friendly and intuitive interface that provides the worker with a fast learning curve, thus eliminating training times; not only through the smartphone but also in the case of using the desktop version that the firm has developed.
How does Sarce Travel help workers organize their business trips? The application provides them with complete management of corporate travel organization tasks that include: authorizations, advance payments, reservation of services in connection with agendas and 'self booking tool' tools. Meanwhile, when it comes to managing expenses, the tool allows you to automate the activities of administration, control, registration and settlement of travel expenses. The result is that the errors involved in any process that is carried out by hand are minimized. It also manages to eliminate bottlenecks and for the staff to use the time available for more productive tasks and activities.
On the other hand, it offers companies the possibility of having greater control over their day-to-day operations by being able to analyze the information they have in a useful way, thus being able to make the best decisions for the business: in In this case, interested clients have at their disposal business intelligence tools that are valuable when it comes to putting analysis, statistics and reporting into practice. Always according to your objectives and your needs.
Cost savings are another of the benefits linked to this application thanks to compliance with corporate policy and the additional VAT recovery module. For its part, and as a consequence of the digitization process certified by the State Tax Administration Agency, it is not only possible to get rid of paper. It also offers greater security in the event of an inspection and reduces fraud.
There are two versions. On the one hand, Sarce Travel Enterprise, which requires an implementation project and analysis by the consultants. It is customized and the price varies depending on the client's requirements, payment of licenses... On the other, Sarce Travel Standard and clients have to adapt to it.
SARCETelephone: 91 021 71 05Web: sarcetravel.com/esPrices: 2 standard solutions: a basic one from 5 euros user/month and another with more features from 6 euros user/month. With the second it is possible to buy additional modules, make small adaptations and include digital certification.
SeeDCash
An application to manage the liquidity of small companies and thus have a treasury plan to react to possible cash problems.
The SeeDCash startup was born to provide peace of mind to freelancers and SMEs by helping them prevent liquidity problems. Hence, it is presented as a service in the form of an application for Android and iOS available through three plans and, in this way, manage the business treasury: as a result, those responsible can focus on what really matters to the company. once they have control over their cash and the security of knowing in time if liquidity problems may arise.
Precisely, this liquidity is the heart of any company and with the SeedDash application -in addition to having absolute control over it- it is possible to identify problems in the management of payments and anticipate the management of funds. Also avoid non-payments, have good bank control and have visibility of cash or cash in the short, medium and long term.
It is designed to work with hardly any pre-configuration requirements and with all the features and information an organization needs. Said information, in turn, is made available to companies in the form of customizable indicators and alerts based on different needs to facilitate decision-making. Meanwhile, the security of this mobile application is similar to that of a bank because only the information and data that each business enters into the app is collected. They are then managed and stored completely securely.
On the other hand, in a company it is not enough to know the bank balance, but it is necessary to add estimates of future flows. In other words, the more information you have, the more visibility and control you will have. In the SeeDCash app, the user can enter the forecasts in the application, from the computer or by integrating an Excel file that SeeDCash itself provides. Daily, the forecasts are updated automatically.
The creators of SeeDCash offer companies all the tools they need. The first thing is a complete treasury plan followed by knowledge of the bank account balances to know the reality of the collections and payments that have occurred in the bank; with the detail of each movement and categorized according to the concepts of each business. The third are the alarms that can be generated notifying the user of certain events that he creates for defaults, delayed payments, collection of undue commissions, balance that is close to being discovered...
SeeDCashTelephone: 639 577 113Web: www.seedcash.esPrices: The Basic Plan is free, the Cash In Plan costs 49.95 euros/year and the Vip Cash 89.95 euros/year.
Talentia HCM App
It has been developed to make the management of human resources in companies more efficient and work teams to remain connected.
The publisher of software solutions for financial performance and human resources Talentia Software participates in this article with the mobile application Talentia HCM. It is available for the Android and iOS platforms and the objective is to improve and make the management of human resources more efficient. Also support digital transformation in this area.
As the business approach is evolving and the smartphone is becoming more and more popular, it is necessary to have tools that facilitate all the crucial processes for people management. But not only that. The concept of the office has changed for a long time and employees need to have the precise tools that improve and optimize their productivity: whether from home, while traveling or at a specific branch.
Talentia HCM App has been created to satisfy the needs of managers and employees so that they interact with absolute flexibility when planning and administration needs arise in human resources processes; For example, you can automate activities and always be in contact with the organization, improving productivity and favoring communication between people from wherever they are.
Multilanguage, its functionalities include the monitoring and evaluation of a person and/or the performance of a team; the management of vacations and permits; or access to contact details and downloading of personal documents. Likewise, the user can access their own profile, search for contact details of their colleagues, Send, approve and reject requests for absences, check their absences and those of their team (with the Absences module) and Consult notifications and deadlines (registration and/or or cancellation). To start using it, it is enough to have a valid account in Talentia HCM to be used on mobile devices.
Talentia HCM App allows, on the other hand, easy access to comprehensive and updated information on all employees of an organization, as well as defining the key skills with an intuitive search system. Similarly, selection and classification tools have been integrated to guarantee optimal management and deployment of talent. In the consignment area, the app gives workers a single point of access to manage workflows, alerts, conversations, quizzes, and polls for an even more collaborative user experience.
Talentia SoftwarePhone: 91 768 40 80Web: www.talentia-software.esPrice: On request
Wolters Kluwer a3ERP sales mobility
A mobile solution for Android and iOS aimed at the sales force with the purpose of improving and streamlining business management with customers.
a3ERP sales mobility is the name chosen by Wolters Kluwer for its mobile management solution integrated with its ERP: it allows you to carry out the necessary commercial procedures from any mobile device and then automatically synchronize them with the business software of the a3ERP firm. And since it includes business intelligence on commercial work, customer relations improve significantly.
The application, available for Android and iOS smartphones and tablets, offers different possibilities. For example, it is aimed at increasing the productivity of companies by carrying out self-sales and pre-sales tasks from their own mobile devices, as well as generating orders, delivery notes or invoices and sending all this information to the a3ERP program. In the same way, it is possible to work with and without an Internet connection and create collection documents establishing payment methods and terms.
a3ERP sales mobility also helps boost sales. As it does? Showing the products in a more attractive way including, for example, videos or images. On the other hand, workers can consult rates and stocks, access the purchase history of each of the clients in order to expedite the closing of sales, or create order proposals. To optimize the time available to the employee, he can monitor visits, incident management, route management and GPS guidance, warnings and alarms... In the analysis and control section, it is possible to obtain a vision of the activity business in real time thanks to reports and statistics that analyze the evolution of each business in order to make the best decisions.
Adaptable to any sector of activity, Wolters Kluver guarantees fully automated synchronization with the comprehensive management solution for SMEs a3ERP thanks to the optimal integration between the app (which is downloaded to the mobile device) and the business management solution. With this, any management that the salesperson carries out during the visit to their clients is synchronized simultaneously with a3ERP, which prevents them from having to repeat the operation when they arrive at the office.
The app is linked to a web platform that provides Business Intelligence advanced query utilities. From it, the operations of the commercial network are displayed, which when reflected in graphic reports provide a detailed vision of the commercial activity, very useful to detect points of improvement and thus increase sales.
Wolters KluwerPhone: 902 330 083Web: a3.wolterskluwer.esPrice: free
Zucchetti: Mobile HR Portal
The ZConnect app optimizes the work of employees, improves internal communication and makes them feel part of the company at all times.
This application is aimed at all those companies that want to innovate in internal employee communication and increase their participation in human resources management. Thus, interested companies must enable their workers, who can download the app independently from the main online stores that currently exist: Google Play in the case of mobile devices with the Android operating system and the App Store for the Apple's signature iOS platform.
Let us remember that last January Solmicro changed its company brand and assumed a new one, Zucchetti, after joining the Italian software group of the same name that acquired 100% of the Spanish firm. This, for example, affected its Solmicro-eXpertis management software, which also changed its name and became Solmicro ERP. Comment, on the other hand, that the Zucchetti Group is present in our country through Zucchetti Spain, IDS and I68, a project that began in 2016 and in which Zucchetti Spain spearheads the Group's expansion strategy Zuchetti in Spain.
The app we are dealing with allows you to publish documents addressed to staff (payroll, attendance sheet, communications...) and enter travel expenses, among other possibilities. Going deeper into it, it is a proposal that helps to integrate in smartphones and tablets all those functions of a complete portal for human resources in which to include all the elements that can be useful to the user, such as, for example, employment plans. holidays or news related to the company itself. In the same way, it is possible to read circulars to keep abreast of all the news that is emerging and receive notifications about the publication of new documents. Everything is available 24 hours a day and even for those without a fixed desk, such as shift workers, field staff or sales representatives.
ZConnect thus becomes a communication and contact channel between the employee and the company with guaranteed maximum security: in this case, each document is protected with a PIN that identifies the worker and with functions such as the inclusion of their your own photo, which allow you to personalize the application and make communication closer.
SolmicroPhone: 902 540 362Web: www.solmicro.comPrice: the application is free for the basic functionality of the Employee Portal, as well as for the publication of documents or entry of travel expenses. Other specific additional functionalities acquire a cost such as that of ZClockin (for the registration of working hours) which is 0.30 euros / month / user.
DIMO Maint App
It streamlines the transmission of information to the CMMS and makes it simple and easy for technicians to enter data wherever they are.
This is an application aimed at technical personnel that combines the basic functionalities of CMMS (computer-aided maintenance management) with the characteristics of tablets and mobile phones. In this sense, it has been redesigned to use the CMMS functionalities in situations of mobility and, in this way, improve the productivity of work teams; simplify and facilitate on-site data entry; and guarantee the follow-up of the maintenance activity to faithfully reflect the reality on the ground.
DIMO Maint App is compatible with Android and iOS operating systems and works in 'offline' mode so that access to data is permanent, and the user works regardless of network coverage. It also connects with all the DIMO Maint CMMS computer programs and is available in the languages managed by the back office of the program used. Synchronization ensures a secure and efficient exchange of information.
Among its benefits, there is the visualization and identification of rapid interventions, the consultation of assigned work orders or the transformation of an intervention request into a work order. On the other hand, it allows access to attached files and general data of work orders. It also provides reports on the interventions carried out and optimization of maintenance data.
Dimo SoftwarePhone: 913 640 760Web: es.dimomaint.comPrice: On request
PHC Notify
One of its features includes receiving notifications in real time to simplify and speed up decision-making by companies.
The company PHC Software recently launched a set of new features for its PHC CS program with the aim of increasing efficiency in company management. In this launch, twenty novelties have been included, among which a mobile application from which to manage your ERP PHC CS tool stands out.
Available for Android and iOS platforms, Notify has been created to expand the management possibilities of business environments. Also so that organizations are faster when making decisions or accessing the information they need. In this sense, the app allows notifications to be sent in real time directly from the software to the worker's device. On the other hand, a manager has been enabled to receive alerts on the activities of a company or on its projects -at any time and place- so one click is enough to access the data that is needed. Another possibility is the reception of information of interest developed by PHC on events, news or management articles.
PHC SoftwarePhone: 912 311 319Web: www.phcsoftware.com/esPrice: Free
Group i68 Izaro CRM with APP
It is a part of the IZARO CRM program and workers can download it to their tablet or mobile, either Android or iOS.
The Izaro CRM completes its functionality with an app that allows you to view and provide information on the most important areas. For example, it is possible to view the pending activities to be carried out during the day (visits, calls...) and close them with the necessary content or documents (such as meeting minutes). In fact, it also allows you to complete the text for monitoring an activity by means of voice dictation that is transcribed into text, thus reducing the time spent reporting activities. From the application itself it is also possible to consult company information (real or potential customers, distributors, competition, suppliers,), interlocutors (names, positions, contact methods), activities (calls, visits, offers, orders,...) or marketing campaigns, among others.
Permissions management selects what information is accessible by each user and incorporates native login controls, so it allows identification with fingerprint or facial recognition. Available for Android and iOS mobile phones and tablets, it provides other functionalities: for example, it calculates the travel time between visits and automatically searches for company information using scrapping techniques. In addition, it is integrated with Mailchimp, which allows you to identify the success of an email marketing campaign and trigger follow-up business activities based on the interaction with the email sent.
Grupo i68Telephone: 943 311 455Web: www.grupoi68.comPrice: 200 euros/user (additional to the cost of the CRM)
Oracle Field Service Cloud
Reduce costs and optimize efficiency. These are some of the benefits of Oracle's proposal that improves the relationship with the client.
To use Oracle Field Service Mobile Cloud, a subscription to Oracle Service Cloud is required, the platform developed by the North American multinational in cloud computing and thanks to which companies can better understand and serve their customer base.
In this sense, the solution has been designed to manage the work of mobile staff, such as operators in charge of maintenance and repairs. From their tablet or Android or Ios phone, they can manage different situations such as incident reports, work orders or new hires (in this case, maintenance personnel could become a salesperson and sell services taking advantage of the visit they make. Likewise, they can includes route management, route recovery, inventory management, communication with colleagues, activity updates...
The Oracle Field Service Cloud solution is a set of modules that use a self-learning, time-based predictive engine to automate and optimize field service operations. It works even when the mobile worker does not have an Internet connection and automatically synchronizes any actions taken when this connection is restored.
OraclePhone: 902 302 302Web: www.oracle.esPrice: Oracle cloud service that works in mobility. Customers pay for it.