Operational reporting · case study
A production schedule built for the morning planning decision.
The reporting view brings date ranges, departments, work orders, quantities, due dates, exceptions, notes, and exports into one operating surface.
Completed as part of Data Graphics' internal production workflow.
Public interface view captured July 11, 2026. Customer rows were not included in the capture.
Context and problem
Daily planning depended on seeing the same schedule from several angles.
Production work moves through departments with different due dates, quantities, statuses, tags, links, and notes. A useful view has to answer what is late, what is due, where the work sits, and what deserves attention without turning the morning huddle into a spreadsheet exercise.
What Brent designed and built
Brent mapped the review workflow, designed the responsive reporting interface, implemented date and department filtering, added searchable work-order visibility, exposed an include-completed control, and kept CSV export and data refresh close to the decision.
How the system works
- 01Source
Production schedule data is retrieved from the existing operating source.
- 02Normalize
Dates, departments, statuses, quantities, notes, and links are shaped into a consistent record.
- 03Review
Filters and search create a planning-ready view for the current department and time window.
- 04Decide
A human operator uses the view to plan, follow up, export, or refresh.
What was learned
Operational dashboards work best when they begin with the decision and expose only the data needed to support it.
What improves next
Add documented refresh health, stronger empty and error receipts, and a reviewed mobile summary if the daily operating workflow calls for it.
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