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Custom business application development: tools built for the way you work
When spreadsheets and standard software no longer keep up, we design the application that brings your tasks, rules and data together. A useful first release, connected to your tools, then improvements at your own pace. The code and the data belong to you.
An application built around your teams, not the other way round
Everything we take care of:
- Scoping & workshops
- UX/UI & mockups
- Web development
- Mobile applications
- APIs & ERP/CRM integrations
- Data migration
- Permissions & security
- Testing & acceptance
- Hosting & go-live
- Training
- Maintenance & improvements
- Documentation
Standard software makes you work its way.
Your rules, exceptions and approvals never quite fit a generic tool. The result: side spreadsheets, re-entered data and information that gets lost. A custom application starts from the way you work, connects to your existing tools and belongs to you. We design it, build it and keep it evolving with you.
Spreadsheet or standard software
- Business rules bent to fit the tool
- Data re-entered between files and software
- Per-user licences that rise every year
- Scattered data with no reliable history
- Changes impossible or dependent on the vendor
An AXELITES application
- Screens and rules built around your tasks
- Data connected to your ERP, CRM and existing tools
- Code you own, with no per-user licence
- Role-based permissions and full traceability
- Improvements at your own pace, with the same team
Everything we handle, from the first workshop to the next release
Analysis, design, development, integrations, security, go-live and maintenance: one team follows your application from start to finish.
Scoping & design
We start from your teams’ real work: workshops, business rules, exceptions. Specifications and mockups are approved before development starts.
- Workshops with your users
- Specifications and business rules
- Mockups approved before development
- A prioritized and costed first release
Web & mobile development
Web applications, portals, dashboards and iOS and Android mobile apps, developed in batches with regular demonstrations.
- Web applications and portals
- iOS and Android mobile applications
- Dashboards and reporting
- Laravel, Symfony, Next.js, React, Vue.js and more
Integrations & data
Your application exchanges data with the ERP, CRM and third-party services through APIs. Existing data is migrated, cleaned and checked.
- ERP, CRM and third-party services
- APIs and automated exchanges
- Data migration
- Field data and connected devices
Security & compliance
Role-based permissions, action logs, personal data protection and separate environments: security is designed into the architecture.
- Role-based access rights
- Action logs and history
- Data protection and GDPR
- Backups and separate environments
Go-live & adoption
We prepare hosting, deployment, training and documentation, then support your teams during the first weeks.
- Controlled hosting and deployment
- Training for your teams
- User and technical documentation
- Launch support
Improvements & maintenance
An application lives on: new features, new users, new tools to connect. The same team handles maintenance and the next releases.
- Corrective and adaptive maintenance
- New features by release
- Modernization of an existing application
- One contact, one shared tracking tool
From the idea to an application people actually use
Regular checkpoints: you see the application take shape and you decide the priorities. No tunnel effect, no surprises at delivery.
Workshops
We look at tasks, rules and exceptions with the people who do the work, not only with management.
Stage: ScopingFirst release defined
Scope, budget and schedule for a useful V1, with shared acceptance criteria. Additions are decided afterwards, with full knowledge of their impact.
Stage: ScopingMockups
Screens are designed and approved with your users before the first line of code.
Stage: DesignDevelopment in batches
Each batch is demonstrated, tested and adjusted. Integrations are checked against your real data.
Stage: DevelopmentAcceptance and go-live
Testing with your teams, data migration, training, then deployment on controlled hosting.
Stage: Go-liveImprovements
Feedback from everyday use feeds the next releases. The same team handles maintenance and improvements.
Stage: Maintenance
Spreadsheet, standard software or custom build: what to choose?
Custom development is not always the answer. Here is how the three options compare on what matters day to day. We tell you honestly when a standard product is enough.
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| Criteria | SpreadsheetExcel, Google Sheets | Standard softwareLicence or subscription | Custom applicationDesigned and built by AXELITESOur approach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business rules | Approximate, handled by hand | The vendor’s, to be adapted | Yours, the way you actually work |
| Integrations | Copy-paste and manual imports | Depending on available connectors | APIs and automated exchanges with your tools |
| Permissions and traceability | Limited, shared files | Depending on the licence | Role-based, with a full history |
| Cost over time | Free, but time lost every day | Per-user licence, every year | Initial investment, no per-user licence |
| Changes | Done by yourself | At the vendor’s pace | At your pace, with the same team |
| Ownership | A file | A subscription | The code, data and documentation are yours |
Ownership and reversibility: the code, the data and the documentation belong to you. You can hand them to another team at any time. Scope my application
How we move forward together
Observe
Workshops with your users to describe tasks, business rules, exceptions and the tools already in place.
Scope the first release
A useful scope, a budget, a schedule and shared acceptance criteria. Technical uncertainties are resolved before committing.
Develop and validate
Mockups, then development in batches with regular demonstrations. Your teams test features and integrations on real data.
Launch and improve
Data migration, training, a supported go-live, then maintenance and improvements with the same team.
A prioritized first release, a budget and shared acceptance criteria before the first line of code.
After go-live
Your application grows with your business.
A business application is never finished: new needs, new users, new tools to connect. The same team handles maintenance, improvements and security, with shared tracking and regular reporting.
- Fixes and support for your users
- New features by release
- Security updates and backups
- Hosting and performance monitored
Working with AXELITES is a real asset. The team’s responsiveness, expertise and the quality of our working relationship make all the difference.
ProjectYour questions, our answers
Practical answers to help you make the right decisions before starting your project.
Discuss my projectYou do. The source code, data, documentation and access are your property, with no per-user licence. You can hand maintenance or improvements to another team at any time: this reversibility is planned from the contract onwards, with up-to-date documentation and environments you control.
A project manager, your single point of contact, coordinates workshops, approvals and the schedule. Depending on the need, they rely on a UX/UI designer, web and mobile developers and an integration specialist. Our teams are based in Paris, Montréal and Tunis and work in tracking tools shared with you.
Custom development makes sense when business rules, workflows or integrations require substantial changes to available tools. We compare feature coverage, licences, data migration and maintenance costs. An off-the-shelf product remains an option when it supports the required work without adding complexity.
We define an initial release around its users, priority features and integrations. Technical uncertainties are investigated before finalizing the estimate. The schedule accounts for business validation and data preparation. Additions are considered separately so their budget and timeline impact remains visible.
Yes, when an assessment confirms that parts can be retained. We review the code, dependencies, data and usage to distinguish fixes, modules to replace and features to add. Gradual improvements can reduce service disruption and help users adopt the changes.
That depends on the interfaces offered by your ERP and the permissions available. We examine the data to exchange, update frequency and possible errors. This assessment defines a realistic integration instead of assuming unrestricted access to every part of the system.
The first release is based on shared objectives and acceptance criteria. Each new request is assessed for its effect on timing, budget and other functions. You can then approve it, replace another priority or schedule it for a later release.
Let’s define your next business application
A process to improve, a spreadsheet that got out of hand, software to replace: describe your situation and we will propose a first release, a budget and a schedule.