Versatile, highly scalable, intelligent computing platform for developing a Business Process Automation (BPA) for any enterprise.
SmartB delivers a quick ready to use, functional app fixing the crucial day to day problems in business operations to make a swift beginning in process automation.
After a quick start, SmartB can be scaled up step by step to automate and include more processes in a systematic and practical way.
SmartB brings quick noticable results - process efficiency, better productivity - pools resources to scale up automation in phased manner.
Designed to automate business processes for any industry - simple or complex - solo or complementing app - name a situation SmartB stands strong.
Platform level capabilities of SmartB coupled with analysis and deployment experise of AmbalTech team - makes SmartB the most cost effective BPA solution with assured RoI.
SmartB is a true RAD platform compared to any custom app development with as much as 2-3x faster development. The enormous time we save in development, we propotionate for analysis and deployment. This approach helps us to precisely visualize the problems and design the most apt solution. We often own the deployment process which is a challenging part of BPA solution.
SmartB UI by default optimized for Desktop (wide screen) - UI crafted for end user productivity. Configurable auto compatible for Tab / Smartphone users. Works well in Public or private cloud hosting and bandwidth friendly (highly optimized).
A SmartB app is designed and developed as modules and on startup the platform combines all the configured modules as a single app (modular yet compoundable). Each module can be either a RTU or a customized module and each RTU module can be further partially customized. This modular architecture of SmartB offers enormous flexibility to build a BPA as quickly and as precisely as possible.
SmartB platform offers 'any extent customization' at module level - extremely flexible, yet powerful. Customization integrated in SmartB platform as plug-in assemblies. All built-in features of SmartB platform can be customized either by configuration or by customized plug-ins.
Many out of the box security features part of the framework:
Platform level support for Tally Prime integration. SmartB can be literally integrated with any existing app - works great to fill up the missing curial areas of BPA. This amazing possibility with SmartB not only saves cost, but time to build a meaningful BPA solution.
No specific automation software except Tally Prime for accounting, maintain data in excel / google sheets and communicate via email / social media.
Have been using a product and custom developed app - either outdaded or still many processes remain manual.
Have SAP like enterprise level software - either customization is too expensive or handle only the core business process.
In all the above possible 3 BPA scenarios, SmartB stands out tall to make a quick beginning, put the pieces together and eventually integrate the blocks and move towards deep automation. SmartB works best in both ways - as sole automation platform or co-exist with an existing solution just complement the missing sections. Even in scenarios where an existing solution is completely outdated, SmartB can give a quick start solution and gradually replace as a sole BPA platform.
Significantly reduce manual intervention and hence reduce errors. Human errors are direct business cost.
All interfaces where a resource intervenes in a business is streamlined and assisted by the system (apps). Checkpoints and validations either prevent or reduce possible errors.
Efficient utilisation of human resources (or optimize the HR cost).
Scale the business without significant increase in cost (reaching an optimal growth vs operational cost).
Enhanced customer sactisfaction - improved quality of service or efficient delivery.
Build business intelligence analytics that helps management to take confident business decisions.
Over years, SmartB has many apps that are not built for a specific industry or for a specific enterprise and that could work for many enterprises. Such apps are called Ready-to-use (RTU) or Generic apps. Enterprises (especially for small and medium) can use RTU Apps to make a quick start and then scale them by way of customization.
Digitalizing the physical documents and linking them as part of business data is always integral requirement of any BPA. SmartB offers a HiFly scanning framework that links any smartPhone to the SmartB apps to instantly and clearly capture the document - the fastest digitalization ever achieved.
Platform level support to import data from any source and integrate into SmartB - XML, CSV, JSON, Excel, any database, APIs. Not just import, but process the data and store them as required. Can also import from mails as source data.
Out of the box configurable feaure of SmartB - Data Versioning - feature which is normally available only in SAP like products. SmartB can automatically do versioning of data of the configured entites. In some cases, this feature could be a prerequisite and the nature of some processes may demand this feature.
Often, data of a process is associated with one or more status. Message board is another out of the box SmartB feature where in status associated with a particular data entity is automatically recorded and showed as chronological changes in a timeline view.
Cost of acquiring the solution
10-20x compared to ready made product
How good the solution fits the requirement?
May not fit exactly to the requirements
Would fit, if it becomes successful
Discuss, develop and deploy – time to ready to use for the business
If available in the market
Any tailor-made development takes time
How sure are we to get the solution after we pay
Purchase after seeing the demo
You only pay for what you already got
Never know the output till we have it
Cost of solution over 3-5 years
Subscription / Upgrades
Subscription
Every change requires development efforts
Extent of impact in business efficiency
Almost never
Direct instant impact
If turns successful
BPA (Business Process Automation) is not a familiar term to Indian enterprises but in recent years gaining awareness of its importance and significance in today's business scenario. A sensible BPA implementation can make a big difference is business productivity and efficiency which would lead to enhanced profitability.
Most certainly, yes. Most of the ready made products in the market like Tally.Prime could help automating one part of your business. For e.g. Tally.Prime is a best in market accounting software and it would help simplify your account statutory obligations. One of the biggest challenge is to bring your business data to these software, which is often done manually or some sort of import tools if available which still involves human efforts.
3 Major hurdles: a) gathering the precise process problems that impact the business (scope) b) design and develop the solution in the most cost effective and reasonable time frame c) implement the solution and ensure the expected impact is achieved. AmbalTech handles these hurdles end to end in the most efficient and professional way.
The primary stakeholder in BPA is the business itself. BPA is all about how we efficiently link the business processes with the internal and external users. Internal users are the staff or the team members of the business. External users are customers and vendors / suppliers / associates / partners of the business.
SmartB is the most versatile, highly scalable, intelligent computing BPA platform with guarranteed RoI. SmartB can quickly get a ready to use, functional app for the business that can be step by step scaled up to automate the processes in a meaningful way. Because SmartB has all the facilities at the platform level to do this BPA in the most efficient way, it also turn out to be most cost effective with assured RoI.
Absolutely No. While SmartB best suits and designed for large enterprises with complex and complicated business processes, small and medium enterprises can easily use SmartB. The best part of SmartB is the ability to do the process automation precisely to the extent required by an enterprise and scale it as and when the business demands without having to redo the entire development from scratch.
* Reduce manual intervention and hence errors. * Streamlined system assisted process flow. * Efficient utilization of HR. * Scale your business with optimal cost. * Enhance customer satisfaction.
Custom App development is not feasible both on cost and expertise level for majority of enterprises especially small and medium. Even enterprises who attempt such custom app development, either never kick start or end up in a failed deployment. The approach and the way SmartB executes BPA is completely different. SmartB is a proven platform that gives a quick start in solving crucial problem areas and gradually builds the BPA step by step. Less initial cost and instant results make SmartB stand out in the BPA arena.
In most of the cases, a ready made product may not be very effective to automate the processes or it may cover only a small section of the business processes. To our surprise even in enterprises where SAP like solutions are implemented, many processes remain manual in spreadsheets. We have scenarios were SmartB acts like an intermediate platform to integrate all the functional software tools that the enterprise might already have.
It's possible many industries may have standard products available in the market would prefer to use them instead of building a new one. The biggest advantage with SmartB is it's ability to co-exist with any solution that is already functional. SmartB can either co-exist or eventually replace them if need be in future.
There are many modules that are not built for a specific industry or for a specific enterprise and can be used by anyone, basically automate those processes which are common for most of the enterprises. Such modules are categorised under Ready-to-use (RTU) or Generic modules. RTU modules are best to begin with (especially for small enterprises) and scale them by way of customization once they realise the benefits of such quick automation.
The best way to begin for most of the scenarios (if applicable) is to use RTU modules - substantially low cost of investment and can quickly put a automation into action. Then we can automate more processes, augment over RTU (fork or design afresh) modules. Even if none of the RTU modules fit the BPA requirement, SmartB has the ability to quickly design and develop a functional app that would fix crucial day to day process issues and ease out the stress and pressure of the work force. The impact reflects almost instantly either as tangible profits or intangible quality in output (the question is which one comes first and the next follows).
Generally, a enterprise would just invest 2-5% of operating cost on BPA using SmartB. In less than a year (post implementation) a sensible BPA in action will impact the overall business by 15-20% (either as tangible profits / growth or intangible quality in output). SmartB consistently makes this magic happen.