How Grupo AFAL Is Saving Thousands of Dollars In Development Costs & Quickly Shipping Solutions To Its Internal Stakeholders With SmartSuite

Federico G., Director of Digital Transformation @ Grupo AFAL

-85% dev costs
Per month
100s of Hours Saved
By not having to manually code
Design docs optional
Grupo AFAL builds as they go
'One of the main challenges we were facing was the sheer volume of requirements from our internal teams. We really needed a tool that could help us solve a lot of those automation and digitalization needs in a much faster and maintainable way. There was a moment where I had like 70 different project requirements.''
Federico G., Director of Digital Transformation @ Grupo AFAL

The Problem

Existing solutions were too complicated to build and manage

Federico works in Grupo AFAL’s digital transformation team, and at some point, there were 70 different project requirements for his team to create.

Assuming that the average solution took about 3-6 months to create, it would have taken him more than a decade to accommodate his organization’s digitalization transformation.

Originally, Federico and his team were using a low-code solution called APEX by Oracle and were building custom C# applications – but the development process took months.

He and his team of 6 needed a way to serve their internal customers much faster and more cost-effectively because each project was taking them between $10,000 and $20,000 to develop.

Q1

The Solution

Started developing dozens of internal ‘’solutions’’ to boost productivity

When Federico found SmartSuite, he and his team started building dozens of solutions with the help of consultants who specialized in low-code development.

For example, he built a project management dashboard where they can manage projects, the high-level digitalization plan, payments, bugs, and testing scenarios.

After that, they started building automations for internal use cases, such as internal training requests and new employee onboarding.

Q2

The Results

Reduced project costs from ~$20,000 per project down to ~$3,000 per solution

Federico’s team is now able to develop solutions for about $3,000 instead of the $10,000 – $20,000 it took them inside of Oracle’s APEX.

That means they are now able to develop more solutions with the budget that they have to work with.

Apart from that, Federico was able to simplify the product management and adoption across his organization because his internal team now spends less time explaining all of their needs.

His team also does not have to spend time on different testing scenarios or designing architectural diagrams since the documentation with SmartSuite is simpler.

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Company Name

Grupo AFAL

Industry

Restaurant / Food and Beverage

Team

Service

Region

Mexico

Company size

Enterprise

Pain point

Solution development was too expensive and slow.

Products replaced

APEX by Oracle

About the company

Grupo AFAL is a Tijuana-based company with roots in real estate and a current focus on food service. It operates 100+ Carl’s Jr. restaurants in Northwestern Mexico and owns three proprietary brands: Cypress, Sal de Jade, and Café 57.

Website

https://afal.mx/