In 2014, the University of Pennsylvania’s Quattrone Nanofabrication lab needed to improve its equipment reservation system to ensure reservations were made by qualified users only after they completed mandatory training. The system required complex business rules to apply varying billing rates based on the research grant, individual, or organizations responsible for conducting research.
Business Need: In 2014, the University of Pennsylvania’s Quattrone Nanofabrication lab needed to improve its equipment reservation system to ensure reservations were made by qualified users only after they completed mandatory training. The system required complex business rules to apply varying billing rates based on the research grant, individual, or organizations responsible for conducting research.
Solution: By leveraging the professional services of Kinetech and adopting the Mendix App platform, QNF and Kinetech created an integrated scheduling, billing, and access management application. Together, with guidance and training provided by Kinetech, the team created a customized application from scratch that delivers the exact capabilities they need, with the flexibility to create new functionality
Results: Automated billing eliminated manual invoicing. Client was able to go-live in time for the grand opening of the new facility.