Mendix Composes the Second Growth Curve of IT Organizations and Individuals

In the context of the 2024 CPI/PPI index showing a downward trend and numerous uncertainties, how should Chief Information Officers (CIOs) ensure that IT application development workloads are maintained while actively addressing staff reduction pressures and further optimizing team efficiency and productivity? This has become an urgent question. Customers from three different industries have shared their proactive strategies, providing valuable insights for other enterprises.

ShengAo Technology’s Launches the “Everyone is a Business-Savvy Developer” Campaign

In 2023, the big data department rapidly transformed by training 5 Mendix developers and forming a COE team, successfully completing six systems, including Form Management, Datelake, DingTalk Message Management, Sales Contract Management (Sales), Existing Property Management, and Company Qualification Management. Building on these remarkable results, they plan to develop three additional core systems and other small applications in 2024 to further demonstrate enhanced development capabilities and efficient team collaboration.

In 2024, ShengAo’s IT department’s low-code strategy focuses on leveraging the productivity of internal IT engineers. Since many IT system engineers are familiar with business processes but not traditional development languages, the low-code platform bridges the gap between business and technology, enhancing efficiency. The 5-person Mendix COE team organized study groups, training, and mentoring 50 operations engineers, indicating more innovative applications are on the horizon, showcasing ShengAo IT department’s excellence in technological innovation and talent cultivation.

Sunny Optical Technology Develops Complex Applications, Achieving Tenfold Productivity

  • In 2023, a software engineer with two years of experience successfully launched a Reliability Testing Management Web Application and Industrial IoT App within six months using the Mendix platform, significantly contributing to the team. The Reliability Testing Management Application integrated multiple business modules and implemented algorithmic replacements for Excel-based calculations via its data analysis module, greatly enhancing efficiency. Its data visualization module solved challenges such as dynamic column naming, custom exports, and multidimensional comparisons. The IoT App integrated with IoT platforms, supported asset construction, and data uploads, optimizing business processes.

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  • In 2024, the engineer is considering developing an OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) module using Mendix, including OEE Calculation, Cause Tree, and Production Calendar functionalities.

Vishay Electronics Standardizes to Accelerate Non-Core System Development

  • In 2023, Vishay Electronics actively introduced the Mendix platform to advance its digital strategy and construct a digital nebula. Despite having a robust in-house development framework and a professional team developing a wide range of customized systems across various platforms and tools, the maintenance costs and resource consumption of numerous high-code external systems were significant.

To address these challenges effectively, CIO Zhong Hang proposed strategies to integrate the self-developed tech stack, maximize internal IT resources, and improve development efficiency. For this purpose, he assigned a recent computer science graduate who, after two months of intensive training, independently developed a dashboard module for the APS system, demonstrating the efficiency and ease of the Mendix platform.

  • In 2024, Mflex aims to encourage IT leaders across departments to take the initiative in comprehensively reviewing current self-developed content. Special attention is given to high-code and external components within non-core requirements to reorganize and analyze them. This groundwork will pave the way for adopting Mendix for unified reconstruction, promoting standardization and enhancing efficiency and system stability.

Benefits of Mendix

For nearly 20 years, Mendix has maintained its leadership position in the low-code domain, earning widespread recognition for its exceptional technical strength and innovation. The Mendix low-code platform, with its ability to rapidly develop complex applications, has become a key tool for CIOs to address workforce shortages and enhance team efficiency. It cultivates business-savvy developers, empowers non-developer backbones, and helps enterprises remain competitive in fields like MES, ERP, CRM, and SRM. Leveraging Mendix, enterprises can efficiently build custom applications, drive digital transformation, and foster continuous IT and personal development.In 2023, the Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Low-Code Application Platforms once again placed Mendix in the Leaders quadrant, marking the seventh consecutive year of this achievement. Mendix excels in the following areas:

  • Rapid Application Development: Mendix’s low-code development approach significantly shortens application development cycles, enabling teams to quickly respond to changing business needs.
  • Highly Visual Modeling: Developers can easily design and build complex applications using intuitive interfaces and graphical modeling tools, lowering technical barriers.
  • Flexible Customization: Mendix allows businesses to tailor applications to their unique needs, delivering personalized functionality and interface designs suitable for specific industries or scenarios.
  • Robust Integration Capabilities: Mendix seamlessly integrates with various enterprise systems and data sources, promoting data sharing and business collaboration to improve overall operational efficiency.
  • Excellent Scalability and Maintainability: Built on a microservices architecture and modular design, Mendix applications are easy to scale and maintain, adapting flexibly to evolving business needs.
  • Secure and Reliable Environment: Mendix provides a stable and reliable runtime environment, ensuring high availability and data security, meeting strict enterprise information system requirements.
  • Comprehensive Community Support: Mendix boasts a vast developer community and robust user support, offering rich resources and technical assistance to drive continuous application optimization and innovation.

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These technical advantages make Mendix an ideal choice for enterprises to quickly build and optimize complex applications, helping CIOs effectively address workforce shortages, enhance team efficiency and productivity, and drive digital transformation and upgrades.