Salesforce AppExchange provides Salesforce users with thousands of solutions for nearly anything they need. We’ll go over 8 must-have Salesforce Apps and Components few apps and that our Smartbridge Salesforce team loves from their marketplace. — One of the neatest features of Salesforce is their enterprise cloud marketplace, AppExchange. Users looking to extend their Salesforce capabilities can find solutions, partners, and consultants all through AppExchange. With over 4,000 solutions available in the marketplace, it can be a little overwhelming to sift through unless you know what…

Data science and data analytics are both terms that have become heavily used these days, but what’s the difference between them? We’ll examine what each of these terms mean, and how they can both be applied to business processes together to aid in digital innovation. — Data-driven intelligence is embedded in our lives. Businesses are constantly changing how they interact with data to provide value for their customers in addition to changing their internal processes to be more efficient and agile. Data analytics and data science can help extract business value from data. …

Smartbridge implemented a data entry automation for a medical device manufacturer to reduce their massive backlog of device implant warranty cards. With this automation solution in place, the manufacturer is experiencing an error rate reduction of 92% while freeing up over 4,320 man hours to reallocate to more revenue-driving opportunities. Client …

The Microsoft Power Platform combines the capabilities of Power BI, Power Automate, Power Apps, and Power Virtual Agents to give you a digitally connected ecosystem to tackle all your business requirements. — The Microsoft Power Platform is a suite of low-code development tools that allow business users to create custom applications, visualize data, uncover insights, automate processes, and build workflows. It fulfills business needs and improves in-house connectivity and communications without users having to have the technical know-how. …

Artificial Intelligence is a prevalent part of our lives, but as we progress forward, it’s essential that we optimize our approach to developing it. Rather than focus on the models, we should be focusing on feeding it good data. A data-centric AI method will lead to faster development, increased accuracy, and higher return on value. — Artificial intelligence (AI) is a topic of discussion we often hear in business innovation, but what does that mean for the data science measures that have already taken place in many organizations? More importantly with many of these technologies having specific costs associated with them, how do business decision-makers assess…

Smartbridge developed a custom Configure, Price, Quote(CPQ) solution with a 3D product configurator to reduce the configuration and manufacturing time for this medical device manufacturer while improving the customer experience. — The Client The client is a medical device manufacturing company that creates breakthrough treatments to improve the quality of life for patients affected by many conditions related to the head and heart. …

These days, we expect everything to be mobile accessible including our business intelligence and analytics dashboards. Luckily for Power BI users, that isn’t a problem with Microsoft’s Power BI Mobile app. — Mobile technology plays a major role in everyone’s life. It is very difficult to imagine a day without having a phone or tablet in hand. Especially in today’s world with our unforeseen circumstances, it has played an important role in keeping people connected. …

For consistent messaging and lead hand-off between Marketing and Sales, Smartbridge deployed a HubSpot integration with Salesforce to synchronize lead management for a medical device manufacturer. — The Client This client is a global, medical device manufacturing company with a presence in more than 100 countries and a team of approximately 3,000 people working relentlessly to help advance and support patients’ quality of life. Their objective is to revolutionize lives with products and therapies for the head and heart.

Have you deployed or are thinking about deploying Power BI in your organization? Before you dive in too deep, there are some best practices you should consider following. — Access to data for business users through self-service business intelligence (BI) has gained momentum in every industry. Digitalization is a primary strategic initiative for organizations of every size today to stay nimble and competitive. Self-service business intelligence with Power BI has democratized access to data for business users and is…