As the world went into lockdown early last year, and life stood still for many, Lloyd and Beverley Griessel decided to use the time at their disposal to develop a mobile application able to leverage the functionality of the Mozaic Software backend already deployed across numerous FMCG sites for many years.

A Progress partner of long standing, Mozaic Software is deeply entrenched in the FMCG space with its fully integrated enterprise business solutions. “We have many, many years’ experience in the industry and felt comfortable we knew enough to realistically map out what the requirements for such a mobile app would be,” says Lloyd.

And so, with no pending prospect(s) or any surety that this mobile app would ever be purchased or implemented, Lloyd and Beverley set to work – firmly believing it would ultimately add enormous value to the original Mozaic offering.

“Walking into the study over the coming weeks, I would often find Bev talking to some guy in India as she made use of YouTube to learn an entirely new way of coding. It definitely helped that Bev is an experienced programmer of many years but, she still had to learn a new skill and move from what she was used to in the Progress environment to something that was now completely Java and Object Oriented.”

Three months later – the mobile app was completed. “Yes, it was initially very raw, and we have done a lot more work over the last while. We are also experiencing that whereas ‘pretty’ was very much the need a few years ago, these days ‘functionality’ is trumping aesthetics. Having said that, we can show future improvements of what it will ‘look’ like down the line and the ultimate direction of the app.”

With a new customer under the belt, as a direct result of the launch of the mobile app, and some exciting news scheduled for 2022 … we invite you to ‘watch this space’!