Field Operations Management Dashboard
Challenge
A field services company coordinated daily operations across dozens of job sites using a combination of phone calls, text messages, and a shared spreadsheet. Site supervisors submitted daily reports via email — often incomplete, often late. The office team spent hours each morning reconciling reports and updating the master schedule. There was no real-time visibility into which crews were at which sites or whether jobs were running behind schedule.
Strategy & Execution
We built a responsive web dashboard for the office team and a companion mobile app for field supervisors. The mobile app supported offline-first daily reporting — supervisors filled out structured reports that synced automatically when connectivity was available. The web dashboard provided real-time job status, crew assignments, progress photos, and automated schedule alerts. We integrated GPS check-in so the office could confirm crew presence at assigned sites.
Key Decision
We chose React Native over Flutter because the team already maintained a React web application. Sharing component patterns, state management conventions, and API client code between web and mobile reduced development time and made future maintenance simpler — one team could work across both platforms.
Outcome
Representative outcome: daily reporting completion went from an estimated 60% to near-full coverage once field supervisors could submit reports from their phones in under two minutes. The office team's morning reconciliation process was reduced from hours of manual work to a dashboard review. Schedule delays became visible in real-time rather than surfacing days later.