CommonTime mDesign is a mobile application development solution that allows organizations to quickly design, develop, and deploy mobile applications for business processes without coding. It features a drag-and-drop interface to create applications using pre-built templates and components. Completed applications can then be securely deployed to mobile devices and integrated with back-end systems. CommonTime mDesign reduces costs and speeds up application development compared to traditional methods.

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CommonTime mDesign
Design, develop, deploy and manage
dynamic enterprise mobile applications
quickly and easily.
The Challenge
Organizations worldwide increasingly understand the need to mobilize
their workforces. In a bid to achieve the many business benefits an
effective mobile strategy can deliver, many companies are looking to
mobilize multiple business processes. At this stage complexity, security,
time and cost become valid concerns.
Mobilizing business processes with the development of mobile
applications can be a lengthy and costly process. Furthermore, an
organization’s ability is often restricted to working within the coding
capabilities of its IT department rather focusing on delivering a solution
best suited to the particular business process.
Well implemented mobile
Traditional mobile application development approaches are no longer
applications can deliver many appropriate in the face of fast moving mobile technology trends, nor do
business benefits including: they provide the best solution for addressing the mobility challenges of a
varied workforce.
“By taking a strategic approach to
• Improved productivity
• Business process efficiency
mobile application requirements with
• Timely and accurate information CommonTime mDesign, organizations can
capture realize the significant business benefits of
• Better informed decision making enterprise mobility.”
• Staff satisfaction and retention
• Customer experience The Solution - CommonTime mDesign
improvements CommonTime mDesign is a comprehensive yet simple enterprise
• Improved internal and external mobility solution which allows the rapid design, development, deployment
communications and management of cross platform enterprise mobile applications.
• Enhanced corporate image
The solution features a zero code design environment which allows you to
mobilize any business process on almost any mobile platform quickly and
easily. The solution also provides full application deployment and a range
of flexible back office integration options.
mDesign allows you to produce fully functional and integrated mobile
applications at fraction of the time and cost compared to traditional
development methods.
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How it works
CommonTime mDesign provides a simple drag and drop business process modelling interface and an intuitive
application building process that can be used to mobilize complex business processes quickly and easily. Our library
of customizable business process templates can be modified and adapted in hours, and complex business process can
be built from scratch in days.
Completed applications are securely deployed over the air to devices in the field and the information your mobile
workforce captures is seamlessly integrated with your back office systems.
CommonTime mDesign - Mobilizing Business Processes
mDesign Studio mDesign Manager mDesign Client mDesign Server
Rapid Application Design & Application Deployment, Mobile Application Back End System
Development Environment Management & Full Execution Environment Integration
Version Control
HTML5
CSS3
Java Script
Field Service & Complete Mobile Windows Mobile SQL Server
Inspections Enterprise Symbian Domino
Survey & Data Capture Application Windows Phone 7 Oracle
SalesForce Automation Complete Mobile iOS SAP
Retail and POS Enterprise Android Various CRM
Other Templates Application Blackberry Other
Mobile Device Management: Security and Encryption Mobile VPN Software Distribution
mDesign Studio
CommonTime mDesign Studio includes a library of pre-designed business process templates and components
(called process snippets) which are provided for users to customise and adapt using simple drag and drop
functionality.
Users create applications by adding process snippets to a new workspace or by amending existing process templates.
The configuration of snippets can be changed; new fields can be added and captions, labels and other attributes
can be amended. There are existing snippets for authentication, customer information, surveys, questionnaires,
inspections, remote data lookup, workflow, photographs, voice memos, and location information. New snippets
can be created manually and added to the library for reuse. CommonTime is continually developing both business
process templates and snippets, which are available to download online.
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mDesign Manager
CommonTime mDesign Manager allows application deployment, management and full version control from a
centralized location or console.
Once an application has been created, it is crucial that it can be tested and deployed efficiently to get mobile workers
operational. mDesign provides secure over the air deployment of applications, as well as ongoing management after
the initial deployment. Changes to applications can be made quickly and easily within mDesign Studio and instantly
pushed out over the air to the devices in the field.
mDesign Client
CommonTime mDesign Client allows the applications to run on mobile devices and make the most of the
individual device’s hardware capabilities such as a camera or GPS receiver.
mDesign Client also allows applications to run “offline” should a field worker be in an area of poor mobile signal
coverage.
mDesign Server
CommonTime mDesign has flexible and tiered integration capabilities that range from simple direct integration
with existing SQL data and Web Services to using bespoke elements such as stored procedures to ensure data
integrity can be tightly maintained and controlled by its owners.
Any information your mobile workforce captures is integrated with your back office systems, removing the need for
re-keying or further data integration work.
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The mDesign Studio Interface
CommonTime mDesign Studio’s simple drag and drop interface makes application development quick and easy.
The screenshot below shows business process snippets and the way they flow together for a typical inspection
process, in this case, housing inspection.
The structure of snippets
in a typical inspection
process, displaying individual
process elements and their
relationships.
The Benefits
CommonTime mDesign provides a number of tangible benefits for organizations and their workforces.
• Reduced Costs – The cost of mobilizing applications with CommonTime mDesign is up to 70% less compared
to traditional development approaches.
• Speed to Market – mDesign provides the ability to roll out business processes to the mobile workforce in a
matter of hours. Mobile workers can have immediate access to the resources they need to make them more
productive.
• Future Proof Investment – mDesign creates applications that work across multiple platforms and device types.
As new devices are released and your mobile infrastructure changes our compatibility grows with you.
• Easy to Use – mDesign allows drag and drop creation of mobile applications, which provides a simpler, faster
and more efficient way to create and modify applications.
• Better Applications – mDesign is designed to build applications around your business processes and not around
the IT capabilities needed to build them. The easy to use design tools allow business process managers to be
more involved, leading to better applications.
Contact Us About CommonTime
For more infotmation about CommonTime mDesign please visit our website We are experts at mobilizing workforces,
www.commontime.com contact sales@commontime.com or call us on: with experience in developing and
deploying line of business applications
UK: +44 (0) 1332 542 028 for mobile devices. Our customers
USA: 866 706 0609 (toll-free) range from local businesses to large
multinationals, across the public and
private sectors.
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