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Supply Chain SaaS Web App

Objective

I worked with Elemica to build a product component library and features that empowered logistics teams to track and make decisions about shipments.

Role
UX/UI Designer
2015-2019
UX/UI
Design Systems
Web App
Prototyping
Enterprise Design

Key problems

  1. 1 Users could not easily navigate complex tables of data with no visual hierarchy to provide structure.
  2. 2 Product interfaces were not flexible. Data was cut off or hidden from users.
The solution

I built variable layouts that could respond to many types of data, and a central component library that the design team could use to quickly mock up designs.

My design approach

Due to the confidential nature of Elemica's enterprise clients, I wasn't always able to interview or survey our end user. I built out user personas as a way to consider user Jobs to Be Done in the design process.

I also conducted a Zoom user study with a few colleagues internally to test out new features early. This helped us to catch problems in comprehension early.

Optimizing a risk management tool

One project I worked on was a risk management dashboard. Shipment managers check daily reports to track impacts on delivery timeliness ā€” weather delays, a train strike, staffing shortages ā€” for hundreds of shipments.

I collaborated with a team of product managers and engineers to build a tool that showed the impact of events like weather or strikes on a shipment path, all in a handy and actionable dashboard. This helped our client easily be able to diagnose problems with any shipments.