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App Developer.
Your own in-house app developer to automate and control workflows, paper recorded tasks, time consuming data processing and the end to calculation errors.
Most of the warehouse community use a dedicated warehouse management platform. And many are still operating workflows with clunky and hard to understand home-brew rows on spreadsheets, hosted in the cloud.
What if you had your own project app developer, in-house to manage the status, input, updates and reports for the duration of the build?
What if it was made on an account opened in your company name and details, so you can have anyone access, amend and update – not being dependent on the app developer ongoing.
Get your staff and maybe even the customer doing your data entry at source.
Using a cloud hosted spreadsheet like Excel, Docs or Google Sheets means I can use an app to manipulate the data in a safe way. With a standard spreadsheet staff can enter data in the wrong place, the wrong format or delete data causing worry, loss or downtime. Using an in -house app developer refines, controls and slices the information based on the users access levels and any-one in the field, on a van or visiting site can access and record real time information. Having your customers also using your app then gives your workflow real power and time saving, error or liability as there is no re-keying of data and they can have views that you set and only see relevant information that you choose.
The app can of course handle volume, rent, time calculations and have map pins, save results and trigger SMS alerts, emails and even control lighting and switches or open barriers to automate security. All information can be seen in another app, on a web browser or updated in real time to a spreadsheet or dashboard screen in the office.
Example mobile apps.
- Container yard check (above).
- Asset delivery in real time.
- Survey inspection results from the field.
- Daily driver vehicle check and reporting.
- Staff timesheet and accountability (with tracker).
- Customer delivery call off.
- Goods inbound stock adjustment.
- Stock outbound and live van delivery logging.
If your staff are using an app to control a workflow or decisions, it takes the responsibility away from them, avoiding conflict. The app is accountable with more safely managed control given to the staff for better retention and belonging.
Ask me for help if you want your very own short term app developer within your business, get this started within your own business.
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