Start with red flags: overdue shipments by carrier, pick errors by zone, orders at risk today. Follow with context like historical averages and volume trends. This sequence steers attention toward immediate action, then helps explain whether today’s anomaly is noise or a pattern.
Assume a small screen, dirty gloves, and glare. Use large fonts, high contrast, plain labels, and generous spacing. Group filters into presets like Morning Wave and Late Orders. A design that survives the aisle beats a beautiful layout that lives only in conference rooms.
Add one‑sentence annotations that say why a spike happened or what action is underway. Link to a checklist or Slack thread. Storytelling turns dashboards into decision aids, making it easier for new teammates to learn the logic behind each alert and threshold.
Use Google Forms for receiving discrepancies and driver notes. Store data in structured Sheets tabs with data validation. Visualize in Looker Studio using community connectors and scheduled refresh. This stack is nearly free, surprisingly powerful, and familiar to teams who already live in spreadsheets.
Design linked tables for orders, shipments, and exceptions in Airtable. Use Make to ingest tracking webhooks, enrich statuses, and post alerts. Publish a lightweight portal in Softr or Glide, giving floor teams a mobile view with filters tailored to routes, zones, and shift responsibilities.
Collect small datasets directly in Coda or Notion, then push tidy tables to Datawrapper for clean charts embedded back into your doc. Zapier automates updates on schedule. This suits teams that want documentation, processes, and KPIs living together in one discoverable workspace.
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