POWER PLATFORM · ST. GALLEN

Power Platform consulting in St. Gallen

Using the Microsoft Power Platform we build custom apps, automated approvals and reliable dashboards for the industrial SME sector in St. Gallen and Eastern Switzerland – low-code at production speed, with clean governance and data residency in Switzerland.

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Power Platform for the Eastern Swiss SME sector

The economy around St. Gallen runs on exports: machinery and metal engineering, precision manufacturing, the textile and embroidery heritage, and an exceptionally dense network of owner-led SMEs. These businesses are operationally strong, but their processes are often stuck in legacy Excel sheets, ERP workarounds and email chains. This is exactly where the Power Platform comes in – it closes the gaps between systems without forcing you to rebuild everything.

Anyone manufacturing in Stein, Heerbrugg, Wil or the Rhine Valley thinks in throughput times, setup operations and on-time delivery. An inspection app on a tablet, an automated approval for spare-part orders, or a dashboard that makes machine downtime visible pays off faster here than any large-scale project. We build precisely these focused tools – close to the shop floor, close to the order.

One honest note up front: Theia has no location in St. Gallen; our base is Zurich. Microsoft projects run mostly digitally anyway, and for workshops, architecture decisions and key meetings we are with you in the region within about an hour. No local office overhead simply means more substance per franc – and a direct line to the consultants who actually do the building.

What we deliver with the Power Platform in the St. Gallen region

Power Apps

Robust business apps for the workshop, warehouse and field – for example an inspection app for quality control, mobile order capture in the Rhine Valley, or an app for the spare-parts and service business, cleanly connected to Dataverse and your ERP.

Power Automate

Automated approvals and notifications for procurement, complaints and goods receipt. No more email ping-pong between purchasing, production and management – steps run traceably and without media breaks.

Power BI

Dashboards for production metrics, on-time delivery, margins and capacity utilisation – a reliable basis of numbers instead of competing Excel versions that spoil management's morning coffee.

Copilot Studio

AI agents on your own data – such as an assistant that gives employees answers on bills of materials, service history or internal processes, without anyone having to dig through the filing cabinet or SharePoint.

Dataverse & governance

Data model, environments, permissions and lifecycle as the foundation. This turns individual apps into a maintained landscape that keeps holding up when the pilot grows into twelve productive solutions.

Why Theia

Experience with manufacturing SMEs

We know the reality of shift work, ERP interfaces and legacy processes – and build solutions that the operator on the tablet actually uses.

Speed with architecture

Low-code speed, but with a data model and governance that still hold up in two years – no app sprawl that nobody understands later.

From Zurich, present in Eastern Switzerland

We support you efficiently remote and are quickly on-site for workshops and key meetings in the St. Gallen region – without office overhead, but with more substance per franc.

Data residency in Switzerland

Power Platform and Dataverse run in the Swiss Microsoft data centres – aligned with revDSG and the requirements of export-oriented industrial businesses.

Industries in St. Gallen and Eastern Switzerland

Around St. Gallen, the Power Platform delivers the most impact where manufacturing, service and legacy manual processes meet:

Machinery & plant engineeringMetal & precision manufacturingTextiles & embroideryTrade, logistics & spare-parts businessIndustry-related service providers & suppliers

Power Platform building blocks in detail

Power Apps Power Automate Power BI Copilot Studio Dataverse

Also relevant in St. Gallen: Dynamics 365 St. Gallen

Frequently asked questions about the Power Platform in St. Gallen

No. Our base is Zurich – we deliberately do not run a dedicated office in St. Gallen. Microsoft projects run mostly digitally anyway, so we support you efficiently remote and come to you in the region within about an hour for workshops, architecture decisions and key meetings. The office overhead we save flows directly into more substance per franc.

Yes. We connect Power Apps and Automate to common SME ERP systems via standard and custom connectors – for master data, orders or stock levels. The ERP stays the leading source, and the app only adds value where the standard system is too rigid or too cumbersome.

Only without guardrails. From the start we establish environments, permissions, a clean data model and a lifecycle process. This keeps the Power Platform fast yet controlled – even when several departments later want their own apps.

A focused first app or automation – such as a mobile inspection app or a procurement approval – is often productive within a few weeks. We deliberately scope the first use case small and deliver iteratively rather than big-bang.

Power Platform and Dataverse run in the Microsoft cloud with data centres in Switzerland. Data, permissions and the audit trail stay within the Swiss Microsoft infrastructure – a point that matters especially for export-oriented businesses with sensitive design and customer data.

Discuss the Power Platform in St. Gallen

30 minutes, no obligation: we look at the manual processes in your production or administration, identify the biggest automation potential and outline a first, feasible use case.

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