When a spreadsheet becomes load-bearing
A spreadsheet becomes a system the moment it starts holding rules rather than numbers. The observable signs, and the honest case for leaving it alone.
Logistics
Dispatch, routing and fleet work, including the half of the day drivers spend offline.
Offline-first when drivers lose signal for half the day
Drivers lose signal for half the day, so the app has to hold a day of work on the device. What that costs, and the conflict nobody designs for up front.
Transport management system
Dispatch, route planning, driver mobile app and accounting integration for a fleet that had outgrown spreadsheets.
- Drivers offline half the day
- Accounting system stays
- 2023 · in daily use
Working on something in logistics?
The pieces above describe what we ran into. If your version has a constraint none of them mention, that constraint is usually the interesting part.
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