Used by businesses that work within a supply chain, ERP systems optimize the business functions in a centralized and automated manner. The Zoho ERP system is extremely popular among small and medium business enterprises for its low-code, time, and cost-cutting software solution that helps you to quickly develop and deploy automated workflows, and other integrations with a drag-and-drop interface.
Zoho has gained instant popularity across the globe, and helps small and medium enterprises to easily migrate from legacy systems while maintaining data security on a cloud backup at all times. Zoho allows accessing all information on a centralized application where you can integrate third-party vendors, payment gateways, and so on. With enhanced order visibility and inventory tracking, it is indeed an affordable ERP solution for small and medium enterprises.
* But, do enterprises wish to remain small and medium forever?
* As an enterprise grows in strength and scale, leveraging its workforce and other resources, will Zoho be able to scale up its features too?
* Will this low-cost ERP solution that offers entry-level features extend to suit the needs of a large-scale enterprise?
These are questions that you need to ponder into.
Zoho Creator is a solution that Zoho claims to enable the creation and launching of customized apps easily. But if you check out how to create apps on Zoho Creator, you will understand that there are layouts from which you can choose and create an app accordingly. You cannot customize from scratch and have to stick to the available layouts. Likewise, Zoho’s other releases too do not allow customization from scratch and are indeed difficult to work with.
Origami is a platform that redefines customization. Allowing you to create anything that your enterprise needs from scratch, the way you want it to look and work, Origami originally caters to the largest of enterprises. And we are trying to make this all-feature inclusive, highly-customizable, and scalable platform available to the smaller players too with which they can build any information management system- be it, project management, workflow management, ERP, CRM, you name it, Origami allows it! Being an API-based platform, it is easy to integrate any system that you build with third-party software that you may be using currently.
If Zoho caters to small and medium enterprises, it would be right to call Origami a complete enterprise-level solution with which you can build any information management system at a low cost.
While Zoho and many of the existing ERP solutions have limited scalability, Origami is for a lifetime. You can add endless customizations, integrate them into the centralized system, and get them working on the go without the need for running code. If the drag-and-drop approach literally could have a zenith, it is in Origami. Zoho is a low-coding method. It would be apt to call Origami a no-coding method.
We, at Origami, help enterprises to dream big. With a pragmatic approach to delivering top-notch ERP solutions, let your enterprise grow from small to medium, and medium to large in no time!
These days, manufacturers get ahead of competitors and gain market share by rapidly introducing high quality customer-driven products. You are constantly being asked to rapidly increase customer satisfaction, while simultaneously lowering process and product costs, with existing people resources.
Therefore, a quality leader has to utilize internal quality team resources effectively, meet customers expectations, improve internal efficiencies, do more with existing resources, and easily comply with legal requirements as your organization scales.
The following are signs which show that your organization definitely need an electronic quality management system (eQMS)!
1. Suboptimal use of people resources
There are extensive costs to maintain a company without eQMS. With the traditional QMS, the time of the employees gets invested in managing the documents and files. Without an eQMS, a company cannot focus on its core objectives and activities, and therefore, this may increase its expenses.
2. Lack of communication & collaboration between departments
When an organization doesn’t have an eQMS, day to day operations across teams are manual and inefficient. Quality processes such as updating documented information, non-conforming product root cause, investigations, corrective actions, managing risk, require collaboration across teams. Our eQMS quality management system plays a critical role in linking various departments of your organization in order to collaborate to improve quality.
3. Multiple locations and remote workers
The modern workforce requires employees from all over the world, in various office locations, and those who work from home, to collaborate. Our eQMS ensures that your teams access information in real-time, fostering teamwork and transparency, as colleagues anywhere in the world collaborate on quality processes.
4. Regulatory compliance is not automated
An eQMS system is a must if your business wants to comply with regulations! Being compliant can be a challenge for any company. Not only do you need to bring in an auditor, you need an easy way to keep the auditor focused on the processes and products that are in scope of the audit. . Our eQMS includes automated compliant processes and granular per-record permission, enabling an auditor to swiftly audit without your organization’s other products or processes being included in the audit, causing unnecessary confusion.
5. Lack of integration of various systems
Over time, the number of systems, tools, and spreadsheets to track the business’s quality processes tends to grow. There is an addition of different approaches to fill the requirements of a business, and it is the responsibility of a company to manage the growth of other systems. Because of the lack of integration, the efficiency is reduced, and additional costs are incurred, which include infrastructure fees, IT staff, and an increase in the volume of helpdesk activity.
Every organization works to standards, be it the regulatory or the internal expectations or requirements. In order to manage these, an effective eQMS is necessary, and therefore, Origami has been helping organizations to achieve their quality and operational excellence. Having users worldwide, Origami can help your organization become more effective, streamlined, and gain a competitive advantage because our platform is so agile, it can provide the adjusted framework for any organization and that uniqueness will be reflected in our eQMS, all while demonstrating conformance to standards.
Every business starts with great planning and research. But way too often, they end up never reaching the vision it was built with. Statistics reveal that only 30% of all business enterprises – small, medium, or large-scale, survive to celebrate their tenth anniversary. Two of the most prominent reasons for a business failure are lack of capital to invest and run the business and poor management.
An ERP ( Enterprise Resource Planning) system is essential to regulate and optimize all processes that determine the sustainability of an enterprise. It is a business management software that can be web-based or used as an app to manage the operational processes within an enterprise.
So, here we categorize ERP systems into three:
1. Ready-made legacy ERP solutions
One of the most efficient and recognized ERP systems across the globe, the versatile modules, and top-notch operational management have contributed to its popularity. But priced on a higher side of $420 per user per month, it may not be affordable for all.
Another popular ERP system is the Oracle-owned NetSuite. The highlight of NetSuite being its accounting management efficiency, it is also expensive at $99 per user and $999 for the base license monthly.
Popular with E-commerce providers and other large organizations, Sage Intacct is known for its accounting and reporting features. Prices start from $9000 for a yearly subscription.
2. Custom-made ERP systems
However, most businesses these days look forward to developing an ERP system on their own. And here are the reasons:
No two businesses are similar in functioning. Then how can a ready-made ERP solution manage every business equally well?
Developing a custom ERP system lets you place modules that you need and make them accessible only to departments that would need them.
It’s an in-house team that has developed the system. So it is a cakewalk for them to maintain it as well.
Buying a ready-made legacy ERP system might require you to change the operations of your business to suit the new system. But when it is custom-made, it is built according to your operations and workflow, thereby integrating directly into your system.
But how can you develop such a system?
Let us look into the stages of building a custom ERP system:
The foremost reason for opting for a custom-made ERP solution rather than off-the-shelf ones was because you wanted modules specific to your operation and workflow. So, list out your needs and define modules clearly.
Now comes the technical part of preparing a blueprint of how you visualize your system to be.
Next is the step-by-step process involved in developing the ERP system by identifying the resources needed, fixing deadlines, and budgets.
This involves making decisions about the tools you would like to use for hosting, the programming language for coding, and most importantly a reliable database for storing the data.
And finally, review the new system for its functionalities, security, and integrations. This may require you to assign teams to test each module.
The next question that arises is how much will it cost to build a custom ERP solution?
Depending on the modules and framework of the system you plan to develop, and the number of users and functionalities, it can cost you from $20,000 up to millions.
Now, what if you have an option to own a custom ERP solution without going through all the long and tedious processes above-mentioned at a cost that is nearly 75% lesser? What if you do not need to assign a team to develop a custom ERP system, you need no coding and no testing at all? What if you get an ERP system that easily integrates with your existing infrastructure?
That is our third option. One that has never been introduced ever before!
3. Origami
Origami stands true to its name. Just like how a piece of paper is transformed into a finished sculpture, the Origami approach to ERP system development is complete in every sense. Agile, scalable, and super-easy to implement with its API driven interface and drag-and-drop approach, Origami is the new answer to efficient business management.
Allowing you to customize any number of times without running code, displaying dashboards like how each user wants to view it, and getting to work on the go, Origami is like no other.
A project tracking system helps you to recognize all the tasks needed for the successful completion of a project within deadlines. It provides an automated interface to plan, organize, and manage resource tools and develop resource estimates.
Trello is a Kanban-based list management system that is used as a collaboration tool the world over. With its simple method of putting projects onto boards, the tasks and teams are visible at a glance. But with very few templates, there often arises the need to rely on extensions for different views, time tracking, invoicing, etc, that can increase your budget considerably.
Trello has also been found to be slow to load and sends email notifications long after a task has been changed on cluttered boards.
So, many organizations are on the lookout for alternatives to Trello.
What are the features that Trello does not provide?
As many think, Trello is not a traditional project tracking system. It is a Kanban based app that manages work and workflows with fully customizable boards. Thus Trello would be a bad choice for large projects.
Although Trello is termed free, its inability to offer views other than Kanban (for eg: Gantt charts), lack of time tracking and work-in-progress limits, lack of billing and invoicing features, and more, causes the need to install Power-ups which often come at a high price.
What are the disadvantages of Trello?
1. Trello is not for all.
As mentioned earlier, the Kanban method may not be the ideal system for all types of projects. It works well for simple projects, smaller teams, and straightforward schedules. However, a complex project with larger teams may find Trello limiting.
2. Visibility constraints
Providing only a Kanban board view, it can show status view and priority view of a project separately. But it cannot show both at once. Large projects often look for better alternatives to Trello owing to its limitations in providing enhanced visibility.
3. Inability to show task dependencies
Only a Gantt chart view can show task dependencies which are inevitable to project scheduling, tracking of tasks, and coordination. Trello’s Kanban only view is a major setback here.
4. Lack of agility
Agile teams may not function well with Trello as it lacks the support to make daily stand-ups easier, review iterations, or create roadmaps.
5. Lack of time tracking, expense tracking, and reporting functionalities.
There are better alternatives to Trello that come packed with all these features and more.
6. Communication and integration limitations
The lack of in-built messaging systems and generic import tool takes a toll on smooth overall project communication.
Trello vs Origami
Origami is a complete project tracking system of which Trello is only a small part of. An agile project tracking system with powerful collaboration tools and enhanced visibility with different views such as Table, Kanban, Gantt, Calendar and Map, Origami is much more than a stand-alone list management system such as Trello.
Origami is not stand-alone software. It is an agile and highly scalable platform where you can integrate Trello, CRM, or any project management tool with a simple drag and drop interface and everything is visible in one place. The endless possibilities that Origami can grant to your complex projects and your organization, make Origami different from a whole lot of stand-alone project tracking solutions available currently.
Picture this: Your team’s buzzing with excitement over a new AI agent that promises to streamline workflows—think automated customer follow-ups or real-time project updates. You plug it into Slack, hook it up with Zapier, and sprinkle in some ChatGPT magic. A week later, you’re drowning in duplicate tasks, missing data, and a compliance headache because the AI pulled the wrong info from a siloed spreadsheet. Sound familiar?
AI is a game-changer, no doubt. But here’s the catch: it’s only as good as the structure it’s built on. Without a centralized platform to keep everything in check, even the smartest AI can turn into a liability. That’s where tools like Origami come in—a no-code powerhouse that acts as the backbone for data governance, automation orchestration, and AI-readiness. Let’s unpack why, in this era of advanced automation, structure isn’t just nice to have—it’s non-negotiable.
Businesses today are like kids in a candy store with AI tools: Slack bots for notifications, Zapier for quick integrations, ChatGPT plugins for on-the-fly answers. It’s fast, it’s flexible, and it feels like progress—until it isn’t. Fragmented systems lead to fragmented results. Sales sees one version of a customer record, support sees another, and your AI agent? It’s guessing half the time, risking errors or worse, compliance slip-ups.
Take a healthcare provider automating patient intake. An AI chatbot might nail the conversation, but if it’s pulling from disconnected sources—one database for appointments, another for patient history—it could double-book slots or miss critical HIPAA-protected data. The result? Chaos that costs time, trust, and potentially legal penalties.
This is where centralized platforms like Origami shine. With its modular entities and records, you get a single source of truth. Data stays consistent, permissions stay tight (down to the field level!), and your AI knows exactly where to look. No more guesswork—just results.
There’s a myth floating around: AI is so smart it can “figure things out” without much help. The reality? AI agents—like ChatGPT or multi-modal assistants—need clean, organized data to avoid hallucinations or bad decisions. Think of AI as a brilliant chef: it can whip up a masterpiece, but only if the kitchen’s stocked with the right ingredients, labeled, and ready to go.
Origami sets the table perfectly. Its visual workflow automation lets you define triggers (e.g., “new lead added”), conditions (e.g., “priority = high”), and actions (e.g., “send SMS to sales manager”). Add in ChatGPT integration, and you’ve got AI populating fields or prioritizing tasks—all within a secure, structured environment. For example, a marketing team could use Origami to track campaign leads, with AI suggesting follow-up actions based on real-time data, all logged for accountability. Structure doesn’t stifle AI; it supercharges it.
Imagine Origami as your organization’s automation command center. Its granular permissions mean only the right people see the right data—think a sales rep editing a lead’s status but not its budget field, reserved for managers. Custom views (Kanban for projects, maps for logistics) keep teams aligned, while external API support pulls live data into records—like stock levels or weather updates—keeping AI decisions current.
A project management use case paints the picture: Tasks live in an entity, linked to a project record via instance relations. An AI workflow spots a missed deadline, updates the status, and notifies the team—all tracked in Origami’s audit log. Compare that to a patchwork of tools where updates get lost between Trello and email. Origami ties it together, scaling automation without the mess.
“AI-native” is the buzzword du jour—tools built from the ground up with AI in mind. But native doesn’t mean standalone. As autonomous agents evolve (think process managers juggling schedules or assistants drafting contracts), they’ll need a centralized hub to read/write data safely and collaborate with humans. Origami’s webforms, dashboards, and reporting tools bridge that gap, letting AI interact with structured inputs while humans stay in the loop.
Consider a retail chain rolling out an AI-driven inventory bot. Without a platform like Origami, it might over-order stock based on outdated sales data from a random CSV. With Origami, the bot taps into a centralized entity, validates stock levels via API, and triggers a restock workflow—human-approved, of course. Chaos averted, efficiency gained.
Here’s the forward-looking truth: by 2025, AI agents will handle more complex tasks—multi-modal decisions, cross-department workflows, you name it. But they’ll falter without a structured backend. Origami’s not just keeping up; it’s paving the way. Its no-code design means non-techies can build workflows, while its robust features (data validation, conditional UI, audit trails) ensure AI plays nice with compliance and scale.
For business leaders, this is the takeaway: AI automation isn’t about replacing structure—it’s about leveraging it. Platforms like Origami turn fragmented experiments into cohesive strategies, making your organization AI-ready without the growing pains.
AI’s potential is limitless, but only if you give it the foundation to succeed. Centralized platforms like Origami aren’t relics of the past—they’re the key to scalable, secure, and responsible automation. Whether you’re a startup juggling growth or an enterprise taming complexity, structure isn’t a burden; it’s your edge. Ready to see how Origami can transform your automation game? Dive in and take control—because even the smartest AI needs a steady hand.
There’s decades of evidence, research, literature, and experiences from our own lives which tells us that companies that understand and deliver on customer satisfaction have better outcomes1 than those that do not.
You need happy customers that want to buy or use your company’s products.
Let’s review how to build customer satisfaction into your company’s processes from the beginning.
When your company plans new services or products, there are assumptions that the needs and wants of your customers will be addressed by what your company develops.
In this stage, your company sets business objectives and decides on performance indicators, many of which relate to customer satisfaction. The system that is used to capture objectives and performance indicators is your company’s Quality Management System (QMS).
A product or service is then created by establishing processes to buy material, manufacture, test, ship, and improve. The system that is used at this stage is your company’s QMS.
In a B2B company, sales captures customer expectations in your company’s Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system.
If this sounds familiar, your company may not be operating as effectively as possible.
What do we mean?
With separate CRM and eQMS, data about customer commitments is accessible to sales but not to other stakeholders. It’s expensive, often laborious and slow, to obtain information from your CRM. Customer expectations can get missed, leading to complaints or loss of a customer.
With connected CRM and eQMS, data about customer commitments is accessible to other stakeholders. After investing in mapping between systems and an integration, it’s possible for customer expectations to be shared with other stakeholders. This approach helps your company respond to customer complaints, and is an improvement over separate systems and data.
With CRM and eQMS on the same business platform, customer expectation information flows freely from sales to other stakeholders before commitments are made. Your company prevents misalignment between expectations and your solutions by planning how to deliver to customer expectations. Sales better manages the customer relationship by accessing issues and risks in the CRM, that originated in the QMS. This is a truly customer-centric approach to planning satisfaction across your company.
Whether your company has one or 10,000 customers, understanding and delivering to expectations is key to satisfaction.
With Origami eQMS + CRM platform, your company builds customer satisfaction into your processes so you can retain and grow customer relationships. Reduce the costs and impacts of dissatisfied customers with our out of the box solution.
Medical devices can improve the living standards of the patients by monitoring any changes in the chronic conditions outside the office visits. In recent years, we have seen various critical innovations that have significantly impacted the medical industry.
Not all the fields are as innovative or impactful as technology and healthcare, where we can see discoveries daily. When both technology and healthcare come together, there is an endless opportunity for life-changing innovations. The following are the medical device trends that you should watch out for.
There is a lot of potential in a trending area of healthcare, i.e., telemedicine and telehealth. Though both of these may sound familiar, there are some differences. Telehealth can cover the broader scope of remote healthcare services, which include non-clinical services, like administrative meetings, pieces of training, and medical education, in addition to all the clinical services.
As compared to telehealth, telemedicine refers to remote clinical services. With the help of telemedicine, healthcare can be cost-effective, more accessible, and increase patient engagement.
Several wearable health monitoring devices have become quite a notable trend among people. Nowadays, people want to monitor their health, and they would like to do a little more than just counting their steps.
With mobile devices and technology, people are comfortable tracking their health-related information, which includes oxygen consumption, heart rate, and body fat ratio. When it is about healthcare, they go for more personalized options, which is why health-tech companies innovate new products to keep up with this increasing demand.
Artificial intelligence is nothing new, but this technology is advancing faster than ever. Healthcare is being transformed with AI and machine learning as it is being used to diagnose different diseases, health conditions, identify trends, and create efficiencies in the research laboratory.
There is a great potential for AI and machine learning to offer more personalized medicine and targeted treatments for patients. There is a set of guidance introduced to encourage innovation in developing digital health tools.
There was a time when virtual reality used to be only for video games and movies. The extended reality, which includes virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality, has successfully found a place in healthcare. Research shows that by 2025, the global market for virtual and augmented reality will grow to $11.4 billion.
Typically, virtual reality is used during psychological therapy and shows promise in treating depression, eating disorders, and post traumatic disorders. These treatments help the patients to learn that the threats they perceive are not dangerous, so their reactions become appropriate for the situation.
Why Choose Origami
Origami is a platform that allows its users to create information management systems in a seamless way that is unique to the organization. It is designed to provide solutions to organizations of all sizes and industries to build an enterprise-level system that reduces costs, increases productivity, offers a competitive advantage by helping enterprises prepare for EU MDR.
The COVID-19 pandemic and the associated social isolation has brought the world to a standstill. Organizations of all scales- multinationals, large, medium, and small scale, the world over have transitioned into a new method of working. Due to the transition from the structured and constantly monitored office environment to the quarantine of their homes spanning across different locations, there arises the need to improve communication and collaboration between team members.
When it comes to working with remote teams, it can get hard to stay on top of things and move everything forward in an orderly manner, while employees tend to get laid back and overlook deadlines.
Agile project management technologies that can swiftly shift from your regular modus operandi to working from home are much in demand. The core of such technologies being focused on:
Group or individual chats, video conferences, and message boards help the team to share ideas that pop up on the go. Progress updates can be monitored and reminders can be set by the project manager to the entire team.
With a detailed remote team dashboard, the project manager assigns weekly schedules and people to each task. The login time recording, optional screenshot capturing, keyboard, and mouse activity monitoring can ensure people are not simply slacking off while working from home!
A time-tracking solution is what enterprises are looking for to make sure no time is going waste.
A ‘battery’ –model showing the percentage of work done by individual members of a team helps the project manager to track where things stand.
A cloud-based project management solution with its project budgeting feature automatically notifies you if an employee is about to reach their maximum allowed time that may lead to the going overboard with the budget. Suitable adjustments or task re-assignments can be done accordingly.
A typical office environment builds a sense of ‘belonging’ to the team where everyone sees each other. But with remote working, establishing transparency, trust, and feeling empowered under leadership could face a setback. Project management software for enterprises need to focus constantly on ensuring the entire team knows what they are aiming for and how they are going to achieve those goals at all times.
Origami is here to help. As it has always believed in developing simple solutions with a drag-and-drop interface, to help you quickly transition into a new system in no time, our cloud-based PMS solution is no different.
Origami has it all
With the entire enterprise using a single platform to showcase project due dates, team priorities, and scheduled tasks are crystal clear. A view of multiple projects that are currently running or an insight into the status of any individual project- enhanced visibility is assured with Origami.
Tools that make it possible
Remote work spread across a bunch of apps can lead to nothing but chaos. Origami combines all the tools needed for communication, collaboration, scheduling, and team engagement in one place. It also allows third-party integrations when the need comes up for a project.
Stay aligned with organized workflow
By managing your work, feedback, and requests in one place, it becomes easier to send status updates on completed tasks, new initiatives, and blocked projects.
Docs, files, images, and spreadsheets can be organized under folders at one place which aids quick sharing.
Change is the only constant. Get your organization to embrace the change to efficient remote working with a pragmatic PMS solution from Origami.
Every business needs some tools to manage and automate its business processes, known as their workflow. And they are on the lookout for low-coding workflow management software so that they are easily accessible and seamlessly integrate with the third-party applications they use.
Here is an analysis of some of the best workflow management software adopted by businesses across the world.
1. FLOKZU
Flokzu is a collaborative tool to automate workflows between people and teams in an organization. Highly recommended for high-performance businesses and consultants, Flokzu comes with an easy to use drag-and-drop interface. However, Flokzu users experience problems in integrating into their accounting software and SAP, for which they need to depend on web services.
2. bpm’online
bpm’online is designed for customization and comes with a highly interactive user interface. bpm’online is a 3-product suite and is more of a CRM tool than a workflow management tool. One major disadvantage of bpm’online is that you need to purchase one or more products. You cannot buy individual modules.
3. ProcessMaker
ProcessMaker is a highly affordable workflow management tool designed for approval-based workflows. Its low overhead, light, and efficient approach and easy-to-use drag-and-drop approach make it extremely popular. But it is not made for complicated workflows. Also, reporting needs plugins that come at an additional cost.
4. Nintex
Nintex is used for optimizing processes, integrating content, and establishing seamless collaboration between teams. Its people-friendly design and flexible pricing options make it equally preferred by small, medium, and large scale businesses. But again, Nintex also faces issues in integrations with other applications. It is also not easy to work with for non-developers.
5. Kissflow
Compared to the other workflow management tools, Kissflow uses a low-coding approach to make it friendly to non-developers to define workflows. It offers a simple visual interface with KPIs, personalized dashboards, and reporting facilities. But again, Kissflow is similar to many other tools as it is made only for simple workflows. It falls flat when the complexities increase. There are integration limitations too.
6. Origami
Last but not least is Origami, a power-packed platform that helps you build any information management system, not just workflow.
Origami gives new dimensions to customization-you can build any system the way you want it to look like, right from scratch. And you can build it with absolutely no knowledge about coding. Simply drag and drop and you have a system made only for you- no matter how complex a workflow you may be having. You don’t purchase ready-made software from Origami, but you build it yourself on the all-encompassing platform that is Origami. So it is tailored to suit your needs and has all the capabilities that you need and none that you don’t.
All aforementioned software tools had integration issues. Origami, owing to its API-based interface allows integrating with anything and to anything. When you have access to the Origami platform, either you choose to utilize its unending potentialities or build just what is needed and end up paying accordingly. We have highly affordable plans for you to choose from.
Define workflows, establish collaboration between teams, integrate with third-party applications, visualize data, and get reports in the best of ways with Origami workflow management.
Origami’s Smart Permissions system allows for robust and dynamic access control based on user groups and user roles, providing fine-grained control over what different users can view, edit, or delete within the system. Here’s a breakdown of how the permissions work:
Permissions on fields can include view only, edit and view, or team-based permissions.
The API permissions are controlled based on the user’s permissions. A user must be an active user within the system for their permissions to apply to API requests.
This system ensures that permissions are granular and dynamic, allowing flexible control of who can do what within the system. By using user groups, team permissions, and field-level permissions, businesses can tightly control access to sensitive data, ensuring that the right people have the right level of access to perform their tasks.
Origami offers robust support for multiple languages, allowing users to tailor the platform to their linguistic preferences. Here’s how it works:
Origami supports the following default languages: English, Hebrew, Spanish, French, Dutch, Mandarin, Arabic, Portuguese, German, Russian, Japanese, Italian, Hindi, Bengali, Korean, Turkish, Vietnamese. These languages are pre-set and generally visible to system administrators, ensuring broad accessibility across global users.
While the default system languages are provided, Origami offers a translation feature that allows users to export the entire system interface, including widget names, field values, and other system texts. This data can be translated externally and re-imported into the system. By doing so, users can enable their desired language interface, with the system adapting to display translated terms wherever possible.
The system detects whether a language is Right-to-Left (RTL) or Left-to-Right (LTR) based on the input text. Accordingly, the system’s layout and flow will automatically adjust to accommodate languages like Arabic or Hebrew, ensuring an intuitive user experience.
Origami offers robust support for multiple languages, allowing users to tailor the platform to their linguistic preferences. Here’s how it works:
Origami supports the following default languages: English, Hebrew, Spanish, French, Dutch, Mandarin, Arabic, Portuguese, German, Russian, Japanese, Italian, Hindi, Bengali, Korean, Turkish, Vietnamese. These languages are pre-set and generally visible to system administrators, ensuring broad accessibility across global users.
While the default system languages are provided, Origami offers a translation feature that allows users to export the entire system interface, including widget names, field values, and other system texts. This data can be translated externally and re-imported into the system. By doing so, users can enable their desired language interface, with the system adapting to display translated terms wherever possible.
The system detects whether a language is Right-to-Left (RTL) or Left-to-Right (LTR) based on the input text. Accordingly, the system’s layout and flow will automatically adjust to accommodate languages like Arabic or Hebrew, ensuring an intuitive user experience.
In today’s fast-paced digital environment, organizations need efficient, user-friendly tools to collect data—whether from clients, partners, or internal teams.
Origami Web Forms offer a powerful, no-code solution to build and share customized forms that feed directly into your system’s workflows.
From service requests to incident reporting and beyond, Web Forms provide the bridge between your users and your data.
Origami Web Forms are publicly accessible forms designed to collect information from users outside the system, without requiring login access. Each form is based on an entity and tied to a specific view, ensuring data is captured and structured automatically.
Whether you’re collecting applications, feedback, or incident reports, Web Forms ensure a smooth, branded, and secure user experience.
Create and publish forms without a single line of code. System administrators can easily choose which fields to include, configure validations, and control the user experience through intuitive settings.
Each form is available through a secure, shareable URL. You decide which fields are visible and what data is collected—Origami takes care of permissions and system integration.
Every submitted form creates a new record in Origami in real-time, automatically triggering relevant workflows, automations, or review processes.
Customize your forms to match your brand. Origami Web Forms are mobile-friendly and optimized for modern, accessible design.
Built-in CAPTCHA, field-level validation, and audit logging keep submissions secure. Data is stored directly in your system, ensuring consistency and compliance.
Origami Web Forms support multi-page forms and sectioned layouts, giving you full control over how information is presented and experienced.
This structured approach enhances usability and ensures higher submission completion rates, especially in lengthy or multi-stage forms.
💡 Tip: Use pages to guide process steps, and sections to organize content within each step.
Origami Web Forms are more than just forms—they’re a gateway into your system. By connecting external users directly to your workflows, you can eliminate manual data entry, reduce errors, and deliver faster, more professional service.
Whether you’re managing requests, collecting structured feedback, or automating client onboarding, Web Forms give your organization the control, flexibility, and elegance it needs to thrive in a digital-first world.
Origami.ms Dashboards provide a dynamic, real-time view of your data, empowering teams with actionable insights at a glance. Designed for flexibility, efficiency, and ease of use, these dashboards help organizations visualize key metrics and track progress effortlessly.
With a variety of powerful widgets, Origami.ms Dashboards enable users to create clear and insightful data representations. Choose from:
Instance Counters & Instance Graphs – Get a snapshot of entity counts with historical trends.
Stay up to date with instant updates in table widgets and frequent refresh rates for charts and visual elements. This ensures that decision-making is always based on the most recent data available.
Origami.ms Dashboards provide a dynamic, real-time view of your data, empowering teams with actionable insights at a glance. Designed for flexibility, efficiency, and ease of use, these dashboards help organizations visualize key metrics and track progress effortlessly.
With a variety of powerful widgets, Origami.ms Dashboards enable users to create clear and insightful data representations. Choose from:
Instance Counters & Instance Graphs – Get a snapshot of entity counts with historical trends.
Stay up to date with instant updates in table widgets and frequent refresh rates for charts and visual elements. This ensures that decision-making is always based on the most recent data available.
Origami’s API integrates seamlessly with various external services and tools, bringing a higher level of automation and efficiency to your workflows. Below, we outline some of the key integration capabilities, followed by a section on Origami’s App on MAKE, a powerful tool for automation.
Origami supports multiple integration methods to connect with external systems, enabling a wide range of automation and data sharing. These integrations simplify workflows and ensure smooth operations across different platforms.
MAKE is a robust platform that simplifies web request management and workflow automation. Through the integration with Origami, users can create highly customized workflows that involve data exchanges between Origami and external systems. Here’s what you need to know about how Origami works with MAKE:
By combining Origami’s API with MAKE, users gain full control over their automation needs, integrating easily with external systems and eliminating repetitive manual tasks.
With ongoing updates and the ability to scale as your needs grow, Origami’s integration with MAKE ensures that your automation efforts are ready for the future, adapting to new technologies and business requirements.
Origami’s integration capabilities combined with MAKE’s automation platform provide businesses with a powerful solution for streamlining workflows and optimizing processes. Whether you’re automating internal tasks or connecting with external systems, the integration allows you to work faster, more efficiently, and with greater accuracy.
This no-code solution ensures that anyone in the organization can take advantage of the automation power available through the Origami API and MAKE platform, making it easier than ever to manage complex workflows and scale your operations.
If you find the vastly different opinions about automation in the workplace confusing, you’re not alone. This post wades through various perspectives by using real-world examples.
Let’s explore why you’re reading this post.
Maybe you want to develop a compelling business case for an automation platform.
Maybe you don’t know why you should care about automation.
Maybe some of your current point solutions include a few automations and you want confirmation that you’re all set.
Maybe you’re doing research but you think this topic is totally uninteresting.
Perfect. this variety of reactions exists with our customer stakeholders, so we’re sharing what we’ve experienced with the following perspectives :
If you haven’t had a chance, check out our definition of an automation platform. The spoiler to that post: it’s using software for any business process in your organization.
Let’s start with the automation is good perspective.
Next, we’ll review the automation is necessary perspective
There is also an automation is bad perspective
Some stakeholders claim not to care about or think that automation doesn’t affect them
It’s never too early or too late to engage with internal stakeholders to quantify the impact of some current processes, and to investigate how your organization operates across teams.
At Origami, we’ve worked through these important discussion with our customers and their stakeholders.
What we love, is to bring our experience to your teams and open up opportunities that often weren’t even imagined to be possible.
Contact us to discuss how we can help your organization take steps now, to enable your future.
The best eQMS answer the question of how various audits add value, by preventing costly problems from occurring, and mitigating supplier business risk.
Let’s start by reviewing the types of audits, or checks, that your company may perform.
Working back from the question of value, we have at least 3 correlations we can make:
Are our internal processes being followed?
Are we effectively determining supplier risk?
Do our processes adequately capture supplier risk?
Creating and managing audit or assessment questions and scoring results are standard in eQMS solutions these days.
Leading eQMS solutions like Origami, add value by easily correlating outcomes of audits, to give you and decision makers insight about supplier risk, your internal processes, in order to continually improve.
We’re excited to announce the release of Origami 6.1.9, launched on March 19, 2025! This update is packed with AI-powered tools and automation features designed to streamline your workflow, increase efficiency, and offer more customization options than ever before.
What’s New in Origami 6.1.9?
🚀 AI-Enhanced Formulas – Smarter, Faster Calculations
Now, you can simply describe a formula in words, and our AI will generate it for you. Not only that, but you can also test the formula immediately with a live preview before integrating it seamlessly into your system. Say goodbye to manual formula writing and hello to effortless automation!
🤖 AI-Driven Automation – Intelligent Document Processing
Now, you can also leverage multiple AI models such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, and Claude to perform intelligent automation across different tasks, giving you greater flexibility in selecting the right AI for your needs.
Leverage multiple AI models to automate complex tasks! A prime example: upload a resume file, and Origami’s AI will instantly extract key insights and generate a structured summary directly into a text field. This speeds up review processes and enhances data accuracy.
This functionality is configured in the AI Automation Action in Workflow+, allowing you to seamlessly integrate AI-powered processing into your existing workflows.
🎛️ Advanced Widget Visibility Rules – Full Control Over Your UI
Gain greater control over your interface with enhanced visibility conditions for widgets and fields. Configure dynamic rules that adjust based on user inputs, role permissions, or predefined conditions, ensuring a streamlined and personalized experience for every user.
📑 Smarter Repeat Groups in Documents – Seamless Data Structuring
Handling dynamic data in documents just got even easier! With our upgraded repeat group handling, you can now:
Align column structures effortlessly
Preview and adjust column headers before finalizing
Ensure better readability and organization across documents
📂 Expanded File Support – More Flexibility for Your Needs
We’ve expanded our supported file types, allowing for more seamless document uploads and storage options. Whether you need to upload new formats or integrate diverse file types, Origami now provides more flexibility than ever.
New File Types Supported in the Upload Field
We’re introducing a brand-new Web Form Editor in beta! This powerful new tool allows for enhanced customization and control over your forms:
This new editor is designed to improve flexibility in form creation, giving you greater control and customization options over your data collection and presentation.
Discover the Power of These New Features!
These updates are designed to make Origami more intuitive, powerful, and tailored to your business needs. Try them out today and discover how they can enhance your productivity.
We’d love to hear your feedback! Let us know how these improvements are working for you and help us shape the future of Origami.
Best regards,
The Origami Team
We’re excited to announce the release of Version 6.1.5, which was launched on December 22nd, featuring a groundbreaking new addition: Multi-Language Support! This powerful feature enables you to translate the entire Origami.ms system into various languages, enhancing accessibility and user experience across the globe.🌎
Big Upgrades, Bigger Possibilities – Discover Origami’s New Features 6.1.4
We’re excited to introduce Origami version 6.1.4, released on December 8th! Bringing innovative tools and enhanced functionality to make your workflow smoother and more intuitive than ever. Here’s what’s waiting for you:
1. Gallery View: A Picture-Perfect Experience
Visualize your data like never before. Whether you’re managing a knowledge base, showcasing real estate listings, or organizing products, the Gallery View makes browsing visual data a breeze.
Easily toggle between text and visuals, zoom in on details, and make decisions faster with this image-first approach.
2. Split Table: Turn One Table into Many
Supercharge your organization by splitting tables dynamically. Choose any dropdown field—like priority, status, or category—and instantly break your data into multiple tables for focused analysis.
Stay organized, spot trends quickly, and simplify complex datasets in a few clicks.
3. Fold Field Groups: Focus on What Matters Most
Streamline your records with our new collapsible field groups. Hide data you don’t need right now and bring it back instantly when you do.
This feature lets you declutter your workspace while retaining easy access to every detail.
4. Tables in Documents: Integrated and Intuitive:
You asked, and we delivered! Add fully functional tables directly into your documents. Create reports, proposals, or structured layouts seamlessly, without needing external tools.
5. Environment Import & Export: Smooth and Secure
Moving your projects to another environment has never been easier—or safer. Enhanced reliability ensures your configurations transfer without a hitch.
6. And So Much More!
Enjoy a host of smaller improvements and performance enhancements designed to make Origami faster, smarter, and even more delightful to use.
We’d love to hear how these updates are helping you! Share your feedback with us and help shape the future of Origami.
Thank you for choosing Origami to power your productivity.Warm regards,
The Origami Team
We’re thrilled to announce the release of Origami Version 6.1.3 released on October 31st!This latest update is packed with exciting new features and enhancements designed to make your experience more seamless, productive, and enjoyable. |
Permissions Simulator: Step into Your Users’ Shoes
The Workflow Debugger is your new best friend for building and refining workflows. This real-time tool displays all workflows triggered by your actions, providing transparency and simplifying the debugging process.
Workflow Debugger: Unveil the Inner Workings
The Workflow Debugger is your new best friend for building and refining workflows. This real-time tool displays all workflows triggered by your actions, providing transparency and simplifying the debugging process.
Repeating Groups in E-Documents Dynamic Content Made Easy
We heard your requests! You can now incorporate Repeating Groups into your e-documents. This feature is perfect for dynamically displaying lists or sets of data, such as itemized price proposals, attendee lists, or inventory logs.
Kanba Internal Sorting: Organize Within the Organized
Ever wondered exactly how your users experience the system? With the Permissions Simulator, you can now view Origami from the perspective of any user or user group. This feature enables you to verify permissions, troubleshoot issues, and ensure a seamless experience for everyone.
Text Area Full-Screen Mode: Expand Your Canvas
Big ideas deserve a big canvas! With the new Full-Screen Mode for HTML/Text Area fields, you can now compose and edit large blocks of text without the constraints of a small input box. This feature is perfect for drafting detailed reports, proposals, or creative content.
Webform to E-Document Redirection Seamless Transitions
Enhance your users’ journey by redirecting them from a webform directly to an e-document. After submitting a form, users can be immediately guided to sign an e-document that’s pre-filled with the information they’ve just provided. This seamless transition streamlines processes like contract signing, applications, and consent forms.
Shorter Webform URLs: Share with Ease
You’ve asked, and we’ve listened! Webform URLs are now 85% shorter, making them more user-friendly without compromising on security. Sharing forms via email, social media, or printed materials has never been easier.
Additional Enhancements:
We’ve sprinkled in numerous performance improvements, UI refinements, and bug fixes to keep your Origami experience smooth and enjoyable.
Why These Features Matter
We believe these enhancements will significantly improve your ability to create efficient, user-friendly systems within Origami. By organizing tasks more effectively, expanding your workspace, streamlining user transitions, and simplifying link sharing, you can deliver exceptional experiences with confidence.
Join the Fold and Explore!
We’re excited for you to dive in and start using these features. Your creativity and feedback drive our continuous improvement, and we can’t wait to see how you leverage these tools to innovate and streamline your workflows.
Need Help Getting Started?
Our support team is here for you! If you have questions or need a walkthrough of these new features, don’t hesitate to reach out.
Thank you for being an integral part of the Origami community. Together, we’re folding the future one innovation at a time.
Happy Crafting,
The Origami Team
Dear Origami Users,
At Origami, our mission is to help you work smarter, not harder. That’s why we released the Origami version 6.1.2 on October 2nd – a set of new features and improvements designed to save you time, streamline your tasks, and boost your productivity. Here’s a look at what’s new and how these updates can make your day-to-day work even more efficient:
We know how important it is to stay on top of your tasks. With the new progress bar for each record, you’ll have a clear visual of what’s been completed and what comes next—all at a glance. No more guessing where you stand in the workflow; just focus on what needs to get done. You can set this up for each record in the Progress Bar Settings under your entity display settings.
This means less time spent managing status updates and more time focusing on the work that matters.
Teamwork just got a whole lot easier! With real-time collaboration, you can now see who’s working on the same record as you, in real-time. This prevents any confusion or overwriting of fields, allowing you and your team to work in sync without missing a beat. No more disruptions, just smooth, efficient collaboration.
Got video content to share? We’ve got you covered. You can now upload and view video files directly within Origami’s file fields. Whether it’s training videos, product demos, or important recordings, everything is centralized, keeping your workflow smooth and keeping you productive.
Your data, your way. The KPI widget is now more powerful and customizable than ever. You can sort, choose icons, and even change the colors to make your key metrics pop. Organizing your KPIs has never been easier, helping you stay laser-focused on what drives your success.
Every user works differently, and now you can customize Origami to fit your style. You can choose whether your menu appears at the top or on the side—all from your personal profile settings. No need for admin access, just tailor it to how you like to work best.
Where to put GIF: Show the ease of switching between menu layouts directly from a user’s profile settings.
Plus, we’ve made performance improvements and Ui optimizations to ensure Origami work faster and more efficiently, helping you save even more time on you daily tasks.
At Origami, we’re always looking for ways to help you get more done in less time. With these new features, you’ll be able to focus on what really matters – doing the work, not managing it.
Thank you for being part of the Origami community. We’re excited to keep growing and improving with you.
Best regards,
The Origami Team