Mobile Application
Improving business communication through a private social network
Consulting & Strateg
Application Concept
UI Design
Mobile Development
Quality Assurance
Going beyond a standard communications tool
With over 2000 employees in the FMCG industry, our client needed a reliable communication channel that would enable all members of the corporation to get relevant information at any time. Beyond, as an internal business application, offers different sets of custom features specifically developed to improve internal communication and productivity in our client’s growing company.
Vital information at a glance
Our client used to conduct a majority of their business communication through Facebook groups, but decided to replace them with a custom tool, as a lot of important business information would get lost among their employees’ private feeds. They needed a system that would allow their business managers to easily send important information to all members of the organization and ensure that information gets seen.
The solution we created was a mobile application that functioned as a private social network. It’s streamlined, uncluttered, easy to use and features a feed with rich media posts that support both videos and photos.
Communication unbound by borders
As our client’s company is divided into several regions across 8 countries, we implemented the option to filter out region-specific information. That way, business managers can send posts to all users of the Beyond mobile application, or only members connected to certain regions. This enables even greater granulation of information, and makes sure specific groups of app users see the information they need to see, but it also keeps the entire communication transparent as all users have the ability to check out what’s happening in other regions.
Giving a voice to all app users
To keep the stream of information uncluttered, posts in the feed and push notifications can only be created and sent by a selected number of people within our client’s organization. To prevent one way communication and increase user engagement within the application, we gave all users a way to express themselves. We added the ability to add comments and replies, which turns all posts into mini chats. Because of this feature, all app users can now freely discuss news and voice their opinions, but without adding more clutter to the main feed.
Every employee has its own standardized profile with basic information and options to communicate via various channels.
Like for a job well done
To give users even more options for personal expression, we introduced custom post reaction.
Besides the standard “like” reaction, we added a special “well done” reaction which employees can use to express their approval and validation on certain news. This helps build a common sense of progress, approval and boosts the feeling of going in the right direction. And it’s also much more personal than a regular “love” reaction.
Scope of work
Discovery
Workshop
Application Concept
Project Planning
Production Planning
Strategy
Prototyping
Design
Art Direction
Visual Moodboards
UI Design
Content Creation
Interaction Design
Development
Android Development
iOS Development
Back-end Development
Quality Assurance
Prototyping
Design
Art Direction
Visual Moodboards
UI Design
Content Creation
Interaction Design