CRUD-style workflows
Search records, inspect details, change order statuses, and adjust stock through clear, task-focused controls.
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An internal tool that turns business activity into clear actions.
Papertrail Books is a fictional bookshop admin system created to demonstrate how I can turn orders, customer records, inventory, and reporting into a coherent application instead of a collection of spreadsheets.
The application uses fake local data only. No real customer, account, payment, or business information is represented.
- Application type
- Admin dashboard
- Front end
- React + Vite
- Workflows
- Orders, customers, and inventory
- Data
- Fake local demo records
What I built
A working application flow, not a static dashboard mockup.
The demo covers the day-to-day workflows an operations team would actually use: finding an order, changing its status, reviewing a customer, checking stock, updating inventory, reading reports, and editing business settings.
It includes a fake login experience, shared application shell, searchable and filterable data views, responsive navigation, detail dialogs, simulated updates, and clear demo-state messaging. The result demonstrates both interface design and the application logic behind useful business software.
What it demonstrates
Core capabilities for internal business software
Information architecture
Dashboard, Orders, Customers, Products, Reports, and Settings fit into one consistent application shell.
Data-heavy interface design
Tables, filters, status tags, metrics, charts, and dense records remain readable and responsive.
Safe front-end simulation
Local state demonstrates application behavior without a database, real authentication, payments, or customer information.
Included modules
A connected view of the business.
- DashboardKPIs, recent orders, activity, and stock alerts
- OrdersSearch, status filters, details, and simulated updates
- CustomersContact records, order counts, and spending summaries
- ProductsCatalog search, categories, prices, and stock controls
- ReportsMonthly revenue, top products, and operational activity
- SettingsSimulated business profile configuration
Explore the application
Try the complete workflow.
Open the interactive dashboard, or get in touch to discuss an internal tool for your own process.