A custom dashboard that replaces the spreadsheet chaos.
The imagined scenario behind the concept — a growing business outrunning the tools that got it started.
A small retail business tracks everything in a tangle of spreadsheets — stock on one tab, orders on another, supplier contacts in a third. Two people edit the same file, numbers drift out of sync, and nobody can answer “what's actually in stock right now?” with confidence.
They don't need a bloated enterprise ERP. They need a focused, custom tool that fits how they actually work — and that more than one person can use at once, safely.
Stock, orders and suppliers live in separate files that constantly fall out of sync.
No single screen shows current stock, so reorders are guesswork and stockouts surprise everyone.
One shared file, no roles — anyone can overwrite anything, with no accountability.
A focused, custom application — every screen built around the questions the team asks all day.
Key metrics up top — stock value, low-stock count, pending orders, revenue — with a movement chart and a live low-stock alert list, so the day starts with answers, not digging.
A fast, responsive data table with search, filters and clear status pills — in stock, low, out — so the right item is one query away, not one scroll-marathon away.
Every order opens to a clean detail view — line items, customer, totals, fulfilment status — with supplier records linked, so reordering is a couple of clicks.
Custom-coded auth separates staff from admin — staff fulfil orders, admins manage pricing and exports — so the right people see the right things.
Four parts of the design carry most of the operational weight.
One live screen for stock value, counts and movement — no more reconciling tabs.
Automatic flags when items dip below threshold, so reorders happen before stockouts.
Staff and admin see and do different things — safe multi-user by design.
Stock and sales exported to CSV for accounting in a click — no copy-paste.
A dashboard is exactly what page builders can't do. No invented user numbers — here's the capability on show.
Live metrics, charts and tables that stay in sync — real application state, not static pages.
Bespoke application behaviour built in code — the opposite of a drag-and-drop template.
Authentication and permissions that separate staff from admin, built properly.
Dense, sortable, filterable tables that stay usable from desktop down to tablet.
Four screens from the StockFlow design — reproduced as pixel-faithful CSS art.
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Part of a series of concept pieces exploring different kinds of build.