Task Management Mobile App For A Food Cold Chain Logistics

The Overview

The client is a leading SaaS-based project management and user management software provider. Located in Europe, the client offers a customized project management platform for diverse industries like the food industry, CPG, retail, manufacturing, FMGC, IT, and many more industries. The software enables enterprises with features like project management, tracking and ticketing, live chat, contact management tools, dashboards and custom reporting, custom templates, document sharing and collaboration tools, task management, and workflow management capabilities.

The Background

Earlier, the client in collaboration with Minds Task Technologies implemented a project management solution for food cold chain maintenance (Read here the full case study). The solution was an upgrade to their existing technology stack in terms of providing more flexibility and features to their customers’ cold supply chain needs. It provides better capabilities in tracking mechanism to check the suitable and functioning refrigeration. Now the client wanted to extend its task management capability with a robust mobility solution.

Solution

The idea was to build a mobile app(hybrid) that provides a convenient and secure way to access and manage tasks related to their cold supply chain while on the move. The mobile app was designed, development, and deployed by keeping in mind the personalization factor when an assigned user logged into the app. Moreover, it gives a complete overview of task management-related features and functionalities in an intuitive way.

The authorized user can manage and keep track of activities that are specifically assigned to them. It provides the following features:

• Task and Role Management
• Track Assigned Tasks
• Check Status of Activities
• Get Notifications
• Custom Chat Integration
• The mobile app also works in offline mode, and the data automatically gets synced once it gets online.

Technologies and Tools: : iOS and Android

The Result

The solution now empowers operational teams with improved capabilities in task management and tracking system. The operation team can keep more stringent eyes on task related activities and issues with real-time collaboration, thus they can better plan and complete the job within the defined timeline.

With faster response time and improvement in efficiency, the client has garnered positive results in their operational excellence.