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Western States Caterpillar – fusion teams use Microsoft Power Platform to build mobile apps for field staff

Sameer Bhangar, Principal Program Manager, Tuesday, 28 September 2021

Western States Caterpillar Equipment Company is an authorized Caterpillar dealer with over thousand employees and seventeen stores across five mountain states in the United States. They found creative ways to use a combination of low code and code-first solutions, with IT and business working in fusion teams, to deliver data rich applications. They have multiple mobile Power Apps solutions used by field staff to manage sales tasks while on the go, and streamline the equipment rental return process. The apps use custom connectors to access internal and external systems, with Power BI reports used to gain insights and enable decision making.

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H&M Group enables citizen development at scale with Microsoft Power Platform

Sameer Bhangar, Principal Program Manager, Monday, 20 September 2021

H&M Group is a Swedish multinational clothing-retail company with more than 5,000 stores in 78 countries and more than 53 online markets. A growing community of citizen developers has created thousands of Power Platform solutions across the company. To support development and maintain security and governance, H&M Group set up a Center for Enablement using the Microsoft Power Platform Center of Excellence Starter Kit.

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Choice Aviation modernizes cargo handling operations using Microsoft Power Platform

Sameer Bhangar, Principal Program Manager, Friday, 6 August 2021

Choice Aviation Services is a US-based international airline cargo company. They used Microsoft Power Apps, Power Automate and Power BI along with Azure services to modernize air cargo operations and improve freight processing times by over 80 percent.

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Announcing: Real-world Story Sessions at Microsoft Business Applications Summit

Sameer Bhangar, Principal Program Manager, Monday, 3 May 2021

The Power CAT team is excited to bring to you a series of real-world story sessions at the Microsoft Business Applications Summit (MBAS). In these sessions, you will hear directly from citizen makers, pro-developers, and IT Pros across a wide spectrum of organizations adopting Microsoft Power Platform. Hear their stories, watch their demos, and deep dive into details of their solution architecture. We hope these stories will spur ideas and inspire innovation and creativity within your own organization.

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FortisAlberta wins Canadian Safety Technology Award for Microsoft Power Platform solution

Sameer Bhangar, Principal Program Manager, Friday, 12 March 2021

FortisAlberta delivers safe and reliable electricity service in Canada to more than 60% of Alberta’s total electricity distribution network. In this blog post we learn how they used Microsoft Power Platform to transition from a paper-based process to a digital solution for documenting Injury Prevention Plans (IPPs). The solution recently won the Canada’s Safest Employers award for Most Innovative Use of Safety Technology.

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Ecolab uses Microsoft Power Platform to create a unified HUB for Sales and Service teams

Sameer Bhangar, Principal Program Manager, Monday, 8 February 2021

The story of how Ecolab created a unified HUB experience for its sales and service staff to stay informed, view insights and complete tasks while on the go. The solution was created with Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and Microsoft Dataverse. It integrates with Dynamics 365 and Azure services.

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ADH Clinic adopts Microsoft Power Platform – a small business survival story

Sameer Bhangar, Principal Program Manager, Wednesday, 27 January 2021

The incredible story of how small business owner Andrea Douthwaite-Hodges partnered with two dear friends who implemented a technology solution that enabled her to safely re-open her clinic during the COVID-19 pandemic. The solution includes Microsoft Bookings, Outlook, Microsoft Forms, Power Apps, Power Automate, and Dataverse (formerly known as Common Data Service). This solution not only helped Andrea’s business survive, but also laid the foundations for it to thrive and grow as never before.

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Seattle Visiting Nurses Association (SVNA) transforms vaccine delivery process using Microsoft Power Platform

Sameer Bhangar, Principal Program Manager, Thursday, 17 December 2020

Seattle Visiting Nurse Association (SVNA) is a small family healthcare business based in Washington State, USA. Current CEO, and founder’s grandson, Jake Scherf has embarked on a mission to completely transform the company’s vaccination delivery system, using the rapid development speeds of agile Microsoft technologies (Power Apps, Power Automate and Microsoft Dataverse), to keep his nursing staff and their patients safe in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Electrolock simplifies inventory management with Microsoft Power Platform

Sameer Bhangar, Principal Program Manager, Friday, 4 December 2020

Electrolock is a premiere provider of insulation products and solutions for various manufacturing and repair industries. They partnered with a Microsoft Gold Partner, Confluent, to build an inventory management solution that uses Power Apps and Power Automate, with data being stored in Microsoft Dataverse.

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T-Mobile manages company wide initiatives and more with Microsoft Power Platform

Sameer Bhangar, Principal Program Manager, Friday, 26 June 2020

T-Mobile has seen widespread organic adoption of Microsoft Power Platform with hundreds of makers building apps and flows across several departments. This post describes the “Orbit” solution used to manage approvals for company-wide initiatives, and the community of internal champions building low code solutions.

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