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OutSystems announced that STEMCELL Technologies has launched its “My Status” app to help keep STEMCELL staff safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. The app, developed in one day and built with the OutSystems low-code development platform, helps STEMCELL maintain the production of specialized cell culture tools that are crucial for scientists to research diseases and therapies, including vaccines to combat the COVID-19 virus.
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OutSystems announced that STEMCELL Technologies has launched its “My Status” app to help keep STEMCELL staff safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.
STEMCELL Technologies is a global biotechnology company that develops specialized cell culture media, cell isolation tools, and scientific services that are used by life sciences researchers working in cell therapy, immunology, cancer research, and regenerative medicine. STEMCELL products such as PneumaCult™ play a critical role in helping research scientists in the fight against SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19.
Having implemented a work-from-home policy for the majority of its Vancouver-based staff on March 6, STEMCELL needed a way to monitor the health, availability, and location of all employees on a daily basis. Only essential on-site staff directly associated with the manufacturing and shipping of research products are exempt from the work-at-home policy.
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The requirement was handed to STEMCELL’s small application development team late in the afternoon on March 9, 2020. Eric Kao, one of STEMCELL’s developers, took on the challenge and worked on it that night.
“I was expecting the team to help Eric with development on March 10,” explains Beatriz Clarke, STEMCELL’s applications development manager. “But in the morning, I found he had already finished. The application was ready to go live.”
“Speed of development is critical when facing a rapidly changing situation like the coronavirus outbreak,” explains Clarke. Low-code visual development, the ability to reuse pre-built components and application templates, as well as the ability to support continuous delivery, were key factors in the rapid development of My Status.
Since launching the My Status app to 1,500 employees on March 11, daily updates to the app have added support for alerts, equipment loans, and dashboards for managers and the safety team. Clarke says feedback from the business has been extremely positive.
“Our management was completely blown away that we could develop this in one night, and users find it easy to use,” she explains. “From a safety perspective, it has helped us reinforce the precautions our employees need to take, and the daily check-ins and equipment loans give staff the confidence that STEMCELL has their back.”
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