Introduction
Effective communication is just one part of an efficient modern business. Real efficiency is driven by providing mobile workers with direct access to internal business critical systems and processes. CommonTime Mobile Applications range from everyday personal management tools, such as mExpense and mTimesheet, through to custom-built business specific applications that can be integrated into internal workflow systems.
Benefits
- Ensures users have access to only relevant business tools
- High availability reduces ‘down-time’ for your mobile workforce
- Maximize user participation in all business critical systems and processes
- Reduces operational costs through efficient data synchronization
- Efficient data collection through validation and implementation of business rules
- Real-time operational feedback and results; reaction to market
- Secure and controlled deployment environment.
Features
Intuitive User Interface
- Natural extension of familiar desktop environment
- Eliminate need to train and re-train users on new business processes
- Immediate KPI feedback and results
- Flexible validation based on business centric rules.
Synchronized solution
- Application is always ‘on’ and can be used anytime, anywhere
- New functionality seamlessly added, without disruption to users
- Synchronization with on-line systems carried out according to availability and need.
Utilize Mobile Device capabilities
- Utilize GPS capabilities for location aware applications
- Capture and attach photographic evidence to cases
- Record voice & video within multimedia documents
- Capture signatures for approvals and sign-off.
Flexible integration capabilities
- Standard integration capabilities to a variety of technology solutions
- Lotus Domino Applications/Databases
- ODBC - Common Data Storage (Oracle, SQL Server)
- SOA/Web Services
- Process driven integration – different process outcomes serviced to relevant solution.
Rapid development environment
- Simple implementation of business rules and logic onto mobile devices
- Supports development of custom applications using standard skill-set
- Supports UI Forms, Data Views and back-end integration processes
- Mobilize existing internal Lotus Domino line-of-business applications.
Standard corporate solutions
CommonTime offers two Mobile Applications as standard with mSuite:
mExpense:
- Collect accurate and timely expense information
- Produce and email expense reports quickly and easily
- Manage expense approval process through Lotus Notes workflow.
mTimesheet:
- Effectively monitor and manage resources
- Easily produce and circulate project or account reports
- Integrate application with existing business structure.
Solution specific Applications
CommonTime Mobile Applications SDK allows organizations to design and custom build applications specific to business need, either in-house or through a CommonTime development partner.
Additionally CommonTime offer a suite of additional standard applications available to mSuite and mNotes users:
- mSales – constantly monitor your Sales process and stay up to date
- mPOS – mobile Point of Sale technology increases retail efficiency and improves customer service
- mSurvey – field workers can record and report instantly
- mCRM – remote lookups to central systems give users the latest information
- mMerchandiser – complete mobile solution for retail and merchandising.
