Rolls-Royce is using Microsoft Power Apps to put data-led digital transformation into the hands of non-IT employees. The company is working with Microsoft to helps staff embrace low-code techniques and to build tools that are improving productivity, supporting research and development, and providing data to people across the company who need it most. According to Stuart Hughes, Chief Digital and Information Officer at Rolls-Royce, the implementation of Power Apps is all about providing a platform that gives employees the capabilities to pursue and achieve their digital transformation targets: We want to empower teams to solve problems themselves. We’re not asking people to build a Power App that replaces SAP, but we are asking them to be able to build a Power App that enables their team to capture some data, to gain some insight and to improve their processes. We want them to look at data in a different way – to do data analytics, improve operations, and unlock value. Starting the journey Phil Kaufman, Head of Self-Service Technologies at Rolls-Royce, says the Power Apps implementation began with proof-of-concept work four years ago that proved the potential value of the technology: I think the community side of the technology […]