Short essays on SME operations, no-code platforms, and how to map the work before you automate it. Written by Ronnie Yap, founder of Velo Working.
SAP, OutSystems and Jodoo aren't three vendors competing for the same job — they sit in three entirely different categories, each engineered for a different size of company. A map for SME top management, and the structural shift that will define operational systems through 2030.
Jodoo, Odoo, SAP and ServiceNow get compared as if they were substitutes. They aren't. A two-dimension positioning matrix that tells you which one is actually built for your business — and why most SMEs only need the left half.
Every operation converts inputs into customer value. The six functional groups of SME work — Demand, Fulfillment, Finance cycle, Resources, Infrastructure, Coordination — plotted on a Value × Effort matrix, with one rule for each quadrant.
Before you choose between Cloud ERP, Low-Code, and No-Code, answer one question — who in your own building has to keep the system alive after launch? The org-chart test for SMEs.
A research story about why SMEs struggle to go digital — and why the conventional answer ("they don't have the money") is the wrong one. Presented as a navigable slide deck.
New essays drop when the work makes them obvious. WhatsApp Ronnie if you'd like to see drafts early, or to suggest a topic you're stuck on.