MicrosoftExpandedProductionEvidence: Medium50/100

Shell Empowers Employees with DIY Low-Code Solutions Using Microsoft Power Platform

Use case typeCode assistantUpdated Jun 13, 2026

Shell initiated a DIY low-code movement leveraging Microsoft Power Platform, empowering over 4,000 employees to create innovative apps improving efficiency and reducing costs. Examples include optimizing furnace energy in Moerdijk and streamlining approval processes that resulted in operational benefits. This initiative underscores Shell's commitment to driving energy savings and enhancing workflows with technology.

Organization
Shell
Published
November 2023

Reported outcomes

Time: −40%

Time & speed

Catalog median for time & speed deployments: −50% across 295 reported metrics. Compare benchmarks →

Why do we believe this?Outcome claims, sources, and evidence checks

Normalized claim

Time: 40% decrease

microsoft.comNov 3, 2023Customer storyInferred claimMedium evidence strength

Reduced lifting approval time by 40%

Last evidence check: Jul 22, 2026

Why do we believe this deployment?Customer identity, provider attribution, maturity, and source checks
Customer
Shell
Provider
Microsoft
Maturity
Production
Linked source
microsoft.com

Examples include optimizing furnace energy in Moerdijk and streamlining approval processes that resulted in operational benefits

Customer identity supportedSource describes one deploymentMaturity supported

Primary read

Use case focus

Showing 2 of 2

  • 1low-code app development
  • 2employee empowerment
  • Implemented Microsoft Power Platform for low-code app development
  • Promoted a 'DIY' low-code movement enabling employees to innovate
  • Optimized furnace energy efficiency using a platform-based app
  • Leveraged the platform to create a mobile app for rapid lifting approvals
Technologies
Reduced lifting approval time by 40%
Sources & evidence1
Evidence: Medium50/100Evidence strength
  • Customer explicitly identified
  • Primary source available
  • Quantified outcome available
  • Recent evidence check available
  • Last evidence check: Jul 22, 2026.
ExpandedExpanded

The same organization appears in newer AI deployment evidence.

  • Same organization re-documented as recently as 2025.
  • Cited source last checked Jun 12, 2026 — ok (0/1 broken).

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Type: Customer StoryPublished: Nov 3, 2023Publisher: microsoft.comEvidence: PrimaryConfidence: High

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