Where Is It, Flow, and Bridge
Three dashboards answer the same family of questions — "where is my work?" — but at different scales.
Production Where Is It
A search-by-style dashboard. Type or pick a Tech Pack, a Production Order, or a Batch, and the page shows you exactly where the work is right now: which operation, which unit, how long it's been there, and what's next.
This is the dashboard a customer-service person opens when a brand calls and asks "where's my order?" One search, one answer.
Production Batch Flow
A visual flow of a single Batch through every operation it's touched. Drawn as a timeline: cut on day 1, stitched on days 2–4, washed on day 5, finished on day 6.
Use it when you want to understand a Batch's journey, not just its current state. Often opened to investigate why a Batch took longer than expected — the visual makes idle gaps between operations obvious in a way a list view doesn't.
Production Bridge
A connecting view from the design side to the production side. For a given Tech Pack, the Bridge shows every Production Order, Production Batch, and Sample tied to it, with their current states.
This is the dashboard a designer or merchandiser opens when they want a single view of "what's happening with this style across the whole pipeline." It connects the dots between Tech Pack → Samples → Orders → Batches → finished goods that would otherwise require five separate searches.
When to use which
- Brand asks "where's my order?" → Where Is It.
- Production manager asks "why did this batch take so long?" → Batch Flow.
- Designer asks "where is this style in the pipeline?" → Bridge.
Image: The Production Where Is It dashboard with a Production Order searched, showing the current operation, unit, time-in-state, and next steps for each Batch under the Order.