Build a Procurement Management App in Under Five Minutes

See How Aire AI App-Builder Builds a Procurement Management App in Under Five Minutes 

In today’s fast-paced business environment, the ability to develop robust, enterprise-level software solutions quickly and efficiently can provide a significant competitive edge. Enter Aire, the AI-driven app-builder that is redefining the way companies approach software development. In this tutorial, we’ll walk through building a comprehensive Procurement Management app in less than five minutes using Aire’s intuitive tools.

Step 1: Setting Up in Aire

Upon launching Aire, you’re greeted by the Aire prompt-builder. This handy tool assists you in crafting a precise and actionable prompt that Aire can use to generate your app. The prompt-builder includes several input fields, allowing you to specify various parameters to refine your app’s design. However, for this demonstration, we’re keeping it simple to see how well Aire can manage everything on its own.

• Business Type: Enter “enterprise.”
• Activity Type: Enter “procurement.”
• Optional Refinements: We’re skipping these, but know that you can customize them later if necessary.

Step 2: Selecting Modules

Next, we dive into adding the app’s core modules. Selecting a medium scope ensures a comprehensive yet manageable data model. Aire instantly generates a set of essential modules for a Procurement Management app. Here’s what Aire suggested:

1. Purchase Order Approval
2. Vendor Registration
3. Contract Template
4. Procurement Strategy
5. Request for Information
6. Supplier Scorecard

These selections looked accurate, but Aire allows for flexibility. You can add or remove modules or even have Aire suggest additional ones if needed.

Step 3: Configuring Fields

Moving on to fields, we again choose a medium scope to populate each module with relevant data fields. Aire’s AI fills these modules with fields that come pre-configured with types like text, number, dropdown, and date/time.

For instance, in the Purchase Order Approval module, Aire generated fields such as:

• Approval Status
• Approval Date
• Approval Comment
• Approval Deadline
• Priority Level

You can easily inspect each field, remove unwanted ones, or add new ones to fit your requirements. However, the default options were quite comprehensive, so we proceeded without modifications.

Step 4: Defining Relationships

Establishing relationships between different modules is crucial for data connectivity. This step took about a minute and a half because of the complexity involved. During this time, Aire mapped out relationships, explaining the rationale behind each one, which helps users understand the app’s data structure.

Relationships connect fields across modules, making it easy to access related records. Aire supports both one-to-one and one-to-many relationships, simplifying data management. Once complete, our data model—comprising modules, fields, and relationships—was ready, all within minutes.

Step 5: Creating User Interfaces

With the core data model established, it was time to build the app’s visual elements. Aire automatically generated user interface (UI) pages, significantly reducing development time. These pages include:

• Home Page: Features metrics, charts, and a record list.
• Dashboard Page: Displays key charts for performance insights.
• Record Pages: Allow users to view detailed information for each module.
• Record List Pages: Summarize records in an organized list format.

Building these manually would take days, but Aire accomplished it in mere seconds.

Step 6: Previewing the App in Corteza

To see the app in action, we deployed it in Corteza, a powerful, open-source platform for running business applications. Previewing took around three minutes, and the results were impressive:

• Record Lists and Pages: Seamlessly integrated and easy to navigate.
• Charts and Metrics: Fully functional and visually appealing.
• Home and Dashboard Pages: Ready for immediate use, with options to add elements like calendars, maps, progress bars, and tabs.

Corteza also supports additional functionality, such as setting up workflows and integrating third-party data sources, offering even more customization options.

Final Steps and Deployment

Back in the Aire Builder, you have access to all the features from the Wizard, should you want to make further refinements. Aire can continue to suggest modules, fields, and relationships, giving you maximum flexibility.

Satisfied with the app, we clicked “Deploy,” and just like that, the Procurement Management app was complete—all within five minutes.

Conclusion

Building a Procurement Management app with Aire is remarkably fast and efficient. The AI app-builder handles complex tasks, such as designing data models, setting up relationships, and creating UI pages, in record time. What would usually take days or even weeks can now be accomplished in minutes, enabling businesses to focus more on strategy and less on tedious development work.

Aire’s intuitive, AI-driven approach is a game-changer for enterprise software development, empowering teams to innovate without getting bogged down in technical details. Whether you’re building a procurement solution or any other business application, Aire offers a quick, effective, and user-friendly way to bring your ideas to life.