Innovations Step by Step

00:07 Let's look at how this software was developed.

00:09 My co-founder Merlin Thabe and I decided to create a B2B marketplace towards the end of 2016. Eurowings learned about one of the early versions and invited Merlin for an interview. During this interview, all of the terms and connections were summarized in a mind map. We chose agile project management in order to proceed as rapidly as possible into the testing stage.

00:38 In order to develop independently, we needed to gain access to the Eurowings servers in the first phase.

00:45 Following that, we integrated the master data into our marketplace and specified all roles, view rights, and change rights, as well as substitute rules.

00:57 There are different responsibilities, view rights, and modified privileges assigned to each employee. This means that purchasers, controllers, simple users, and administrators all have separate views and change rights.

01:12 The approval processes were then programmed, and the catalogs were uploaded.

01:18 "inorder" went online in beta form after an initial test phase with a few users and bug fixes. And the system was accessible to all Eurowings customers.

01:30 The interface to the EAP was then programmed, and inorder was introduced to the world of Eurowings systems.

01:38 So, how can we encourage creativity in your organization? We tailor our service or product to the user's preferences, not the other way around.

01:48 To put it another way, we ask ourselves, "Who is the user, and what problems do they have?" We look for comparable difficulties outside of our own industry.

01:58 And we never follow in the footsteps of others.

02:00 Because the results would be pretty similar.

02:04 Our strategy involves combining the problem with a solution from a different industry.

02:10 During the journey, the implementation strategy and roadmap will develop.

02:15 Another issue was brought to our attention during discussions with buyers.

02:19 Many purchasing departments still manually match purchase confirmations against system data. So we went to these firms and hunted similar difficulties outside of our own field, and we discovered it right next door in the accounting department.

02:34 They use typeface recognition to compare the system data to the incoming bills.

02:39 As a result of our strategy, we were able to identify a solution.