A mobile app built for the half of your team that isn't at a desk
A mobile-first business app for field, delivery and shift staff, built around how they actually work, not a shrunk-down desktop screen.
The problem
Half the team never sits at a desk, and the software was built for people who do. A driver needs to confirm a delivery and instead has to call the office, because the only system that tracks it lives on a desktop back at base. A field engineer finishes a job and fills in the report hours later from memory, because the form doesn't work properly on a phone. Most "mobile-friendly" business tools are a desktop interface squeezed onto a smaller screen — technically usable, practically frustrating enough that staff avoid it and fall back on a phone call or a paper form. That gap costs you twice: once in the delay between something happening and it being recorded, and again in the accuracy lost when a report gets filled in from memory instead of on the spot. As your field or delivery operation scales, that delay and that inaccuracy scale with it.
What we build
We design for the phone first, not as an afterthought to a desktop build. That means large touch targets, minimal typing, and flows that work with one hand on a moving vehicle or a noisy floor — not a shrunk version of an admin dashboard. The app covers whatever your field team actually needs to do: confirm a delivery, log a job completion, capture a photo as proof, submit a report on the spot rather than hours later. It works on Next.js with offline-friendly patterns where connectivity is unreliable, syncing once a signal is back rather than losing the entry. The office side sees updates the moment they happen, not at the end of a shift when someone finally has time to type up notes. We start with the single task causing the most friction today — usually delivery confirmation or job sign-off — get that working and adopted, then add the next. Staff who are skeptical of "another app" tend to come around once the first version is genuinely faster than what they used to do, which is the bar we build to.
What you get
- Mapping of field, delivery or shift workflows that need mobile support
- Mobile-first interface designed for one-handed, on-the-move use
- Offline-friendly data entry with sync once connectivity returns
- Photo and signature capture for proof of completion
- Office-side dashboard showing field updates in real time
- Source code and infrastructure handover at project close
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Timeline
Workflow mapping: 1 week. Core mobile build for the highest-friction task: 4 to 6 weeks. Pilot with a small field team before company-wide rollout: 2 weeks.
Indicative cost
From about €6,500 for a single-workflow mobile app, up to €18,000 for a build spanning delivery confirmation, job sign-off and reporting with office-side sync.
Frequently asked questions
Do staff need to install anything from an app store?
Not necessarily — we typically build this as a web app that runs in the phone's browser and can be added to the home screen, which avoids app store approval delays and lets us ship updates instantly.
What happens if a field worker loses signal mid-job?
Entries are stored on the device and sync automatically once connectivity returns, so a dead zone doesn't mean lost data or a report reconstructed from memory later.
Will older staff who aren't comfortable with apps actually use it?
That's the reason we design for speed and simplicity over feature count — the test during the pilot is whether it's genuinely faster than the phone call or paper form it replaces, for the least tech-comfortable person on the team, not the most.
Can the office see updates as they happen?
Yes, that's the core value on the other side — a delivery confirmation or job sign-off appears on the office dashboard the moment it's submitted, not at the end of the shift.
Can we add more workflows to the same app later?
Yes — we start narrow on purpose, prove the first workflow works, then extend the same app rather than building a separate one for each new need.
How is this different from just buying an off-the-shelf field service app?
Off-the-shelf field apps assume a generic workflow — a delivery, a service call — and charge per user for features you may not need. This is built around your specific field tasks, with no per-seat cost once delivered.
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