Energy Giant Powers Up Hidden Tech Workforce With Low-Code Innovation

The line between IT departments and business operations is blurring. One chief catalyst: low-code. And it looks like overworked IT teams are thankful for this rising trend.

The case of SN Aboitiz Power Group (SNAP), a renewable energy powerhouse in the Philippines, is a great example. The joint venture between Scatec of Norway and Aboitiz Power Corporation in the Philippines recently announced how it transformed its ordinary staff into app-building innovators using Kissflow's low-code platform.

The results of their low-code foray? A staggering 95 business processes streamlined, a dramatic reduction in IT team dependence who often overworked, and a newfound operational agility that traditional development methods simply couldn't deliver.

"Kissflow empowers us to drive automation through citizen development, allowing us to harness the full potential of our team members and foster innovation from within," declares Maria Theresa Cabigon, chief information officer at SNAP.

Such partnerships over low-code represent a radical shift in how companies approach digital transformation. Rather than waiting weeks or months for IT departments to prioritize business requests, SNAP's employees now build solutions themselves — with minimal coding knowledge required and with tools that their IT teams approve.

This democratization of development has also produced tangible results across SNAP's operations that go beyond the business process optimization. The company has deployed custom applications including an Executive Assistants Central hub for managing administrative requests, a Supply Chain Hub for vendor management, and an iServe platform for streamlining HR processes.

By using low-code, SNAP has fundamentally redistributed technical capability across its organization. In an era where technical talent remains scarce and expensive, the company has effectively multiplied its development capacity by enabling non-technical staff to create functional applications — some good enough to gain industry recognition. “Some of the Kissflow applications have powered SNAP's corporate programs that received citations for innovation,” adds Cabigons.

Kissflow's chief product officer, Dinesh Varadharajan, sees this as the future of enterprise software development. “Their adoption of low-code technology demonstrates the power of empowering teams to drive innovation without being held back by traditional development constraints,” he explains.

Bottom line

SNAP's partnership with Kissflow demonstrates how low-code platforms can transform business operations by empowering ordinary employees to become citizen developers. It multiplied its development capacity without corresponding headcount increases — potentially saving millions in development costs while accelerating digital transformation initiatives.

For industries focused on sustainability like renewable energy, these operational efficiencies directly support broader environmental goals by reducing resource consumption and enabling faster scaling of clean energy solutions.

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