I dream of a brand-new car. I’ve picked out the model and my preferred color, wheels, seat material, smart phone integration, trim kit, you name it. The “Build Your Dream Car” tool on the manufacturer’s website enables me to define the exact car I want without talking to a single person. It’s pretty great. 

Locus clients have a similar experience with our software thanks to its metadata driven architecture – which might be the coolest aspect of Locus EHS&S software. Simply put: Locus enables power users to tweak the software to make it their own without writing a line of code and without talking to a single person (unless they want to).   

Do you want to change field labels or create a new form? Easy. Would you like to make a custom workflow to align with your team’s operations? No problem. How about a new report format? Simple. Locus clients can roll out all sorts of changes without any coding experience and without any interruptions. It’s pretty great. 

The “how” versus the “what” 

My selection of a V6 with a sunroof and vegan leather seats has no impact on how the car runs, and my selections have zero bearing on any other owner of this model of car. My configurations only affect what my driving experience will be, not how the mechanics operate. 

It’s the same with Locus software. Think of Locus Platform as the “engine” that makes EHS&S software “go.” Thanks to our metadata driven architecture, Locus clients can configure what their software does without affecting how the engine works. And since Locus software runs on a multitenant cloud, our clients’ configurations are instantly rolled out to their organization (and only their organization).  

Why architecture matters 

This multitenant, metadata-driven architecture is what makes the Locus Platform uniquely flexible, agile, and resilient in the face of constant regulatory change. Our clients can rapidly adjust to new requirements without writing a single line of code and without waiting on a vendor to release new product functionality. Whether our clients need to add new data elements, modify workflows, change rules, or change what is being reported, it’s all configurable by their power users without impacting Locus Platform’s underlying code. Company A sees their modifications in real time, and Company Z sees theirs, while all clients continually see the latest version of Locus Platform that underpins all tenants. 

“But wait! There’s more!” Create your own apps. 

Our multitenant, metadata-driven architecture not only supports true configuration by power users, but it also enables our clients to build their own no-code apps on the platform. Perhaps you need to track the daily particulate matter of chickens or do something else super-specific to your business. It’s no problem with Locus.