Dashboards
Custom Dashboard Development
Custom dashboard development for businesses that need real-time reporting, KPI tracking and decision-making tools built around their exact data. Your numbers from your accounts, your website and your spreadsheets, on one screen.
The problem
Running the Business From Five Different Screens
Your numbers live in five places
Sales in Sage, orders on the website, jobs in a spreadsheet, enquiries in an inbox. Answering a simple question means opening all of them.
Someone spends Monday building a report
Copying figures into a spreadsheet every week is slow, easy to get wrong, and out of date by Tuesday.
Off-the-shelf tools don't fit
Generic reporting apps show what they were designed to show, charge per seat, and can't reach the systems your business actually runs on.
You find out too late
Stock runs low, invoices go overdue, enquiries dry up. Without a clear view, you notice when it has already cost you.
What it can show
The Numbers You Actually Run the Business On
Every dashboard is built around your business, so it shows what you decide it should. These are the things people ask for most.
Sales and cash
Takings, invoices and what is overdue, straight from Sage 50 or your online shop.
Stock and orders
Stock levels, orders in and out, and a warning before a best-seller runs out.
Jobs and bookings
Jobs booked, in progress and completed, and who is doing what this week.
Enquiries and marketing
Enquiries from your website and how people found you, including Google Search Console.
Team and targets
The KPIs you set, per person or per branch, against the targets you choose.
Alerts
An email when a number crosses a line you set, so you hear about it before it becomes a problem.
How it works
From Scattered Systems to One Screen
Your systems stay as they are. The dashboard reads from each of them, joins the figures up in one database, and shows the result wherever you are.
How we build it
Four Steps, One Person
You deal with the developer who builds it, from the first conversation to looking after it once it’s live.
- 01
A conversation
Which decisions do you need numbers for? We start there, not with charts, and agree what the dashboard must show.
- 02
A fixed quote
A fixed price for the build before any work starts. Anything extra is quoted first.
- 03
Built where you can see it
You get a working link while it is being built, with your real data, so you can try it and ask for changes.
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Hosted and looked after
It runs on UK servers behind a secure login, and is looked after on a Care plan, from £45 a month.
FAQ
Custom Dashboards: Common Questions
How much does a custom dashboard cost?
Every dashboard is quoted, because it depends on how many systems it pulls together and what it needs to do. You get a fixed price before any work starts, and anything extra is quoted first. See how apps, dashboards and AI are priced.
Can it pull figures from Sage 50?
Yes. Sage 50 integration is one of our specialisms: invoices, stock, orders and customers can all feed the dashboard. More on Sage 50 integration.
Can my team see it on their phones?
Yes. It works in any browser on a phone, tablet or computer, and each person has their own login, so you choose who sees what.
How up to date are the numbers?
As up to date as the systems behind them allow: figures from your own website can be live, and systems like Sage are brought in on a schedule you choose, from every few minutes to once a night.
Can it replace our spreadsheets?
Often, yes. If a spreadsheet is really a database, we can build it properly, with a form to enter data and the dashboard to read it. More on custom databases.
What is the difference between a dashboard and a SaaS platform?
A dashboard is built for your business and your team. A SaaS platform is software you sell to other businesses. If that is what you need, see SaaS platform development.
Tell Me What You Need to See
Send me the questions you want your numbers to answer. I’ll tell you how I’d build it and give you a fixed price.