The rapidly shifting economic conditions of the past few years have left many businesses in a compromised position. A growing demand for work-from-home capabilities, compounded by increasing labor costs and shrinking revenues, has amplified the need for digital tools to redistribute manual workloads. Many firms took this as an opportunity to improve their tech stack, leading to many promising examples of Digital Transformation business cases.
Now, with a better-stabilized economy, businesses finally have more time to consider what their Digital Transformation looks like on the ground. The popularization of digital tools driven by AI and machine learning empowers firms to run leaner by optimizing workflows for highly skilled workers. Digital solutions decrease time spent on repetitive tasks and allow your team to focus on core job functions. This, in turn, improves profitability as conditions improve and provides flexibility in the case of another economic downturn.
To demonstrate this far-reaching “ripple effect,” below, we offer three examples of our clients’ Digital Transformations across industries such as logistics, healthcare and eCommerce. We discuss what technology was implemented and how custom-built software solutions improved their operations and their bottom line. For a comprehensive list of case studies across a wider variety of industries, check out our Client Successes page.
Transport and Logistics: Simplex Group
A software provider for the transport and logistics industry, the Simplex Group sought a full-featured, custom platform with mission-critical tools, including an admin portal, web application, and mobile app. With this platform, Simplex aimed to meet the needs of trucking companies’ back-office users and drivers who needed quick access to key features while on the road.
To help Simplex deliver the most value possible to their clients, 7T built an enterprise resource planning platform (ERP) that featured a web portal, mobile app and back-office connectivity with the commonly-utilized Microsoft Dynamics 365 platform.
Simplex ERP Platform Capabilities
Compliance and Permitting
Compliance, permitting and tax reporting tools to simplify back-office tasks for trucking industry professionals.
Freight Planning and Factoring
Freight planning and factoring tools empower trucking and transport companies by ensuring that every item arrives safely and on time.
Key Business Insights and Metrics
The easy-to-use interface provides key metrics, insights and analytics — information that’s critical for data-driven decision-making.
Insurance Solutions
Trucking companies enjoy access to commercial trucking insurance solutions and quotes for coverage from liability to cargo insurance and beyond.
Results
Although the platform’s results were positive for Simplex and its clients, the only data we received directly for this Digital Transformation business case was how this tool helped their company. Below, we list three key benefits of 7T’s custom-built platform, which proved to be transformative to Simplex’s business model.
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- Increased time and resource efficiency
- Reduced operating costs
- 5X ROI
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For the transport and logistics industry, Digital Transformation has a proven track record of success.
Healthcare: MPOWERHealth
As a healthcare software provider, MPOWERHealth provides data-driven solutions to healthcare providers of all types. The digital transformation goal in this business case was to improve efficiency and quality of care in the operating room (OR).
A failure to adopt data-driven tools made the required administrative work cumbersome and prevented ORs from easily integrating with software from other medical practices. The awkward admin workload also decreased OR efficacy in managing consent and proper waste disposal.
To ensure MPOWERHealth could provide the best possible solutions for client ORs, 7T created an enterprise medical mobile app for iPads (commonly used in OR settings) designed to improve OR efficiency with data metrics access, backed software integrations, and simpler, more sterile administrative solutions.
MPOWERHealth Medical Mobile App Capabilities
Data On Demand
- Displays patient data metrics in a simple, at-a-glance format.
- An assignment board offers clinicians quick access to view assigned tasks.
- In hectic OR environments, a convenient timer function delivers essential reminders, like notifying clinicians when it’s time to take patient vitals.
Easy Integrations
- The platform includes SSO integration for easy, rapid sign-on.
- USMon and other back-end application integrations improve efficiency by sharing relevant data and communications on multiple platforms.
Simple, Sterile Solutions
- The surgeon eSignature sign-off feature offers a sterile alternative to keeping pens and paper in the OR.
- The sharps count prompts ensure patient safety by providing medical staff with a tool to verify that no pointy metal objects are accidentally left behind.
Results
By providing solutions to common OR pain points, this platform helped MPOWERHealth deliver the value their clients have come to expect. The features that were included in this medical mobile app streamlined the following tasks.
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- The app generates a detailed log of all activities and data arising from OR monitoring procedures.
- The platform eliminates the need for pen and paper in the OR, delivering a more sterile solution.
- Checklists and prompts ensure that all tasks are correctly performed during medical procedures.
- An easy-to-use interface offers clinician prompts and reminders so nothing is forgotten or overlooked in busy ORs and other hectic healthcare environments.
- The surgeon sign-off feature allows clinicians to officially sign off on procedures after their time in the OR.
- A backend integration feature imports and pre-populates data from USMon, freeing clinicians to focus on their patients.
- Comprehensive data privacy controls allow for full HIPAA compliance.
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Digital Transformations in the healthcare industry, offer safer, more efficient and more transparent processes.
eCommerce: Rebel Microstore
Rebel Athletic is a high-end online athletic clothing retailer that sells a wide variety of apparel and accessories. They frequently work with sports teams and other athletic organizations at the local level to create branded apparel for fans and supporters. For this project, they wanted to create standalone stores so their clients could sell Rebel-branded apparel without the need for separate fulfillment and shipping infrastructure.
To help empower their customers, 7T built an innovative eCommerce platform that allows Rebel Athletic’s client programs to create microstores in a matter of minutes. With this Rebel Microstore project, cheer squads, dance teams, and other programs can offer branded garments and accessories without the hassle of fulfillment and shipping.
Rebel Athletic Microstore Capabilities
Fast, Easy Microstore Setup
Cheer programs can configure and launch a microstore in minutes. The simple set-up process offers 50 customizable product options, with more added regularly. Users can add logos, team colors, shop banners, and other branded products.
Easy Product Customization
Programs allow users to customize each product with different colors as well as wording, images, logos, and other branding elements. This is the perfect way to promote team unity with branded garments, backpacks, and accessories that are unique to each team.
Innovative 3D Garment Modeling
Rebel Athletic’s innovative 3D garment modeling feature gives shoppers an accurate idea of a garment’s fit. The alternative — laying a garment flat and snapping a few photographs or sending a “fit kit” with sample garments in different sizes — fails to provide online shoppers an accurate idea of how garments will look and fit in person. This can lead to increased return rates and a negative customer experience. Rebel Athletic’s microstores deliver a rich, immersive experience thanks to this 3D feature.
Rebel Athletic’s Results
The platform drove more business to Rebel Athletic and provided a valuable eCommerce solution for their 3,000+ client programs. Rebel Athletic’s microstore platform serves as a Digital Transformation case study, representing a unique opportunity for smaller programs to earn extra revenue without the burden of sourcing customized products, dealing with returns, or handling fulfillment and shipping tasks. Storefronts can be configured and opened for business in a matter of minutes.
For the eCommerce industry, Digital Transformation provides real-world examples of simpler, more dynamic online stores.
Experience the Benefits of AI-Powered Business Automation With 7T
At 7T, our world-class team of Dallas Digital Transformation developers will work to identify challenges within your organization. We’ll create a value-generating solution using innovative technologies such as Apple Vision Pro with spatial video, AI-powered business automation technologies, along with enterprise software and apps that align with your business strategy. This problem → solution approach to development is the key to our clients’ success.
7T is based in Dallas, with additional locations in Houston, and Charlotte, NC. But our clientele spans the globe. If you’re ready to learn more about Digital Transformation business cases in your industry, contact 7T today.
