As Mimaki's digitalization partner, E-mergo developed a mobile app using Power Apps to digitize the expense claim process. Mimaki is a leading manufacturer of high-precision large format inkjet printers and cutting plotters. Mimaki's product range includes a fully integrated workflow solution, with hardware, software and consumables. Using the app, Mimaki employees in the EMEA region can submit expense claims and request approval.
Mimaki automates internal process with Power Apps
At Mimaki, various internal processes with an approval process are not yet (or only partially) digitized, such as submitting expense claims and requesting purchasing budgets. As a result, these kinds of processes aren't carried out uniformly, there's no overall overview of requests and approvals, error sensitivity is high, and there's still relatively a lot of manual work needed. Mimaki wants to solve this by using low-code techniques. Microsoft Power Apps was chosen by Mimaki as the platform for digitizing internal approval processes with custom applications that can be used by all employees in Europe.
The Result
Power Platform
Using Microsoft's Power Platform, E-mergo developed a solution for Mimaki employees and managers involved in the expense claim process. The solution consists of a canvas app developed with Power Apps and a number of flows developed with Power Automate.
Convenience
Thanks to the combination of Power Apps and Power Automate, it's no longer necessary to work with PDF forms or Excel files, or to send emails yourself to request approvals. All data and documents relating to the expense claims are stored and retained in a consistent, scalable and durable way.
Secure data
The data created by the app is automatically stored in Dataverse. This is a database in the Azure Cloud that forms an integral part of the Power Platform. The data in Dataverse is well secured and can easily be accessed from Power BI for creating analyses and reports.
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