‘There must be an app for that’ is a phrase often used in jest when confronted by a hurdle. It’s also possibly one of the most hated phrases of the new millennium for IT executives. This is less because of the expectation that a mobile app can solve a business challenge than the assumption that developing one is quick and easy.

The business benefits of digitising previously cumbersome, probably manual processes are enormous and even the big-system and ERP vendors have been quick to react to the move to mobile.