Software built around your work

Custom software development.
From business tools to mobile apps.

Bring a workflow that needs attention or an idea for a new product. Milk Can builds custom software and mobile apps from Appleton, Wisconsin, starting with what people need to do.

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A useful place to start

What does your software need to make possible?

A tool should fit the people and processes using it. We can help define a focused project when you need to:

  • Build a new product. Turn an idea into software people can use, with the core workflows defined before adding more.
  • Support a business workflow. Bring time tracking, reporting, data gathering or other specific tasks into a custom web application.
  • Take work onto mobile. Build for iOS and Android, considering how people use the app in the field or away from a reliable connection.
  • Improve an existing app. Address a troublesome workflow, connect an existing system or work through a focused set of fixes.

For device-connected apps, explore our hardware-to-mobile integration capabilities.

A practical approach

Define the problem.
Agree on the next step.

A new business tool and an existing mobile app need different starting points. We’ll talk through the work, the systems involved and what a useful first scope could include.

  1. Understand the work

    Who will use it? What do they need to accomplish? Bring examples of the current process, existing software or the product idea.

  2. Choose a focused scope

    Discuss the key workflows, web and mobile needs, integrations and constraints. Agree on what belongs in the project and what can wait.

  3. Build and review together

    Work through the agreed software, review how it supports the task and discuss the next changes with a shared understanding of the scope.

Related work

Different problems.
Purpose-built software.

Examples from our broader portfolio, from business systems to a new product launch.

Web & mobile application

OMS

Custom web and mobile applications for time tracking and reporting.

Explore the OMS project

Business systems

Huzzard Data Systems

A web portal and custom data-gathering tools that work with existing technology.

Explore the Huzzard project

New product & business

Rexnote

Milk Can helped create and launch the entire new promissory note software product and business.

Explore the Rexnote project

Mobile work also includes the Cuphead companion app for a tabletop game and My HVAC Plan improvements for equipment, maintenance, reporting and offline sync.

Let’s find the next step

What would useful software change for you?

Tell us what you’re trying to build or improve, who will use it and what gets in the way today. We’ll talk through whether Milk Can is a good fit and where to start.

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