DACHSER receives the prestigious “Citizen Development Empowerment Award” from smapOne AG, recognizing the logistics company’s remarkable achievement in fostering a global community of citizen developers. Currently, 1,250 empowered DACHSER employees are actively involved in creating applications, driving digitalization throughout the organization. The community’s ongoing growth plays a crucial role in swiftly and independently digitizing analog processes, with dedicated experts continually enhancing their locally-built solutions.
Adopting the motto “away from the clipboard,” DACHSER has already eliminated 7.1 million pages of paper in various processes, showcasing the versatility of the modular system in building and digitizing numerous use cases. Beyond advancing digitalization, the Citizen Development initiative at DACHSER not only underscores its commitment to sustainability but also translates into substantial resource savings. The no-code platform seamlessly integrates with existing corporate IT systems, unveiling further digitization potential and aligning with the broader trend of citizen development in the digital transformation landscape.
As an integral aspect of the digital evolution, citizen development empowers non-IT specialists within a company to utilize low-code/no-code platforms, creating applications that enhance value and streamline processes. Gartner’s recent study, titled “Harness the Disruptive Powers of Low-Code: A Gartner Trend Insight Report,” highlights the productivity gains and resource constraint reductions associated with such platforms. Gartner forecasts a significant surge, predicting that approximately 70% of new applications will be developed on low-code and no-code platforms by 2025, compared to less than 25% in 2020.