Forecast Dashboard

Supply Chain Tracking for Materials Planning

A web-based tool that integrates complex data visualization for a wide range of sources so that Materials Planners can collect historical patterns as well as predict future challenges.

 

Web App

  • Apple Design Sprint™

  • Product Design

  • User Journey

Dashboard

  • Data Visualization

  • Prototypes

  • Key Performance Indicators

 

Jeppesen + Digital Ascent

A worldwide aeronautical manufacturer and provider of transportation products.

Challenge

The need is for a clear and intuitive way to indicate current constraints as well as identify potential areas of concern. Users consist of Materials Analysts with the task of providing aviation components worldwide that comply with local regulations, especially when a variance is detected. Recent worldwide events have made the need for robust management of supply chains critical.

Solution

Create a single unified source for truth. A system that detects the necessary details of an issue. One that is less error-prone and more dependable. Most of these already exist elsewhere, and so the challenge is to combine the functionality intelligently.

Wireframes

The User’s Story

To start, we have to identify the content and user behavior. Then we have to begin to integrate design standards and heuristics into the product so that we can see the product in a professional-level user experience. Then, it can often mean folding and rewiring standards into a product that is sensical to our users.

 
 

Wireframe Iteration

With wireframes, we start with a high-level understanding of our users and the tasks they are responsible for. Then we will lay out an experience while adhering to the boundaries of heuristics and workload. Ultimately, fold input from subject matter experts.

 

Design Durability

We are working with content to make sure that the design can handle the level of complexity an analyst will need.

 

Subject Matter Ownership

Materials Planning is challenging to understand and has been historically opaque to those who wish to refine the tool. Therefore, the design had not significantly optimized performance. To improve the user experience, a certain amount of understanding is required. Sometimes understanding can take a significant amount of time, so we have to rely on a Subject Matter Expert (SME) instead.

 

Real World Capability

As the product idea gains momentum, we test with more real content to make sure that the design can triage the content. In the case of this project, obtaining real content was a challenging task, involving learning and verifying accuracy with subject matter experts.

 

Real World Performance

With the information architecture confirmed, the task of overlaying a visual presentation can become important. Good design can help demonstrate a credible solution.

 

Services

  • Design Sprint

  • Rapid Prototyping

Software

  • Product Design

  • Information Design

  • Apple Design Sprint™

Technology

  • PowerBi

  • Tableau

  • SPM