Dashboards and reporting
Bring key measures together and prepare recurring reports with less manual work.
Custom software for everyday operations
Custom software.
Built around your operation.
Connect scattered information, simplify daily work, and give your team a clearer next step. Cairn builds dashboards, apps, and automation around your people, processes, and existing systems.
Request a free reviewA 30-minute conversation about one workflow you want to improve.
Explore what we build
- Founded by an operations leader
- Built around your workflow
- Start with one practical project
Illustrative concepts · Sample data
The daily friction
Too much time gathering information.
Too little time acting on it.
Reports, spreadsheets, messages, and disconnected systems leave your team piecing together the day. By the time the picture is clear, priorities may have changed.
A clearer way to work
Bring the work into focus.
Bring the information you need into a shared view, automate repeatable steps, and make the next action clear.
Scattered information
The answer lives across several tools.
Connected information
See the relevant details together.
Repeated manual work
The same information gets copied, checked, and entered again.
Simpler workflows
Reduce repetitive reporting and data entry.
Unclear follow-through
Requests and decisions lose momentum without a clear owner.
Clear accountability
Give requests an owner, a status, and a next step.
Give leaders more time to coach, solve problems, and plan ahead.
Practical tools, built to fit
Keep what works.
Build what's missing.
Your existing systems already do important work. We build focused tools for the reporting, coordination, and workflows they do not fully cover.
Team and field apps
Give people a simple way to manage tasks, complete checklists, share photos, and report issues.
Workflow automation
Route requests, approvals, reminders, and alerts through a clear process.
Planning and decision tools
Help leaders evaluate labor, scheduling, and dispatch options while keeping final decisions with people.
System integrations
Connect information across supported business systems, spreadsheets, and applications.
Business websites
Create a clear, professional online presence that makes it easy to understand your services and get in touch.
Systems we can assess for connection
- WMS (warehouse management)
- ERP (enterprise resource planning)
- MES (manufacturing execution)
- Accounting software
- Ecommerce platforms
- Point-of-sale systems
- BI and reporting tools
- Excel and Google Sheets
- Field service apps
- Scheduling tools
- EDI (electronic data interchange)
Connections and update frequency depend on the systems, permissions, and data access available.
Industry applications
Built around the work you do.
Explore starting points for your industry. Each project is scoped around your priorities, workflows, and available data.
Match labor to demand.
Keep the shift moving.
Tools for distribution centers, warehouses, and third-party logistics teams managing productivity, staffing, docks, and inventory.
- Problem
Labor plans are rebuilt by hand.
SolutionCompare workload, available hours, and productivity in one planning view.
- Problem
Reports take time away from the floor.
SolutionPrepare recurring performance reports by associate, department, and shift.
- Problem
Dock updates rely on calls and messages.
SolutionCoordinate appointments, door assignments, and carrier updates in one place.
- Problem
Inventory issues lack clear follow-up.
SolutionAssign count tasks, variance reviews, and replenishment requests to an owner.
See production clearly.
Respond to issues sooner.
Tools for plant managers, supervisors, and manufacturers coordinating production, maintenance, quality, and staffing.
- Problem
Production reports come from several systems.
SolutionCompare planned and actual output by line, shift, and job.
- Problem
Downtime details are difficult to trace.
SolutionRecord stops, reasons, and maintenance follow-up in one workflow.
- Problem
Quality holds get buried in email.
SolutionKeep findings, photos, ownership, and disposition decisions together.
- Problem
Skills and schedules do not line up.
SolutionMake qualifications, training status, and coverage visible when planning crews.
Keep orders moving.
Make exceptions visible.
Tools for ecommerce brands and fulfillment teams coordinating channels, inventory, returns, and customer reporting.
- Problem
Order exceptions hide across tools.
SolutionBring holds and delayed orders into a shared queue with owners and deadlines.
- Problem
Returns require repeated manual handling.
SolutionCapture return details and route inspection and restocking decisions.
- Problem
Inventory updates fall out of sync.
SolutionCoordinate inventory updates across supported channels and flag discrepancies.
- Problem
Client reporting depends on spreadsheets.
SolutionPrepare account-specific dashboards and recurring reports.
Coordinate crews. Track changes.
Understand job costs.
Tools for contractors and service businesses managing schedules, estimates, field updates, and recurring work.
- Problem
Dispatch depends on group messages.
SolutionKeep crew assignments, routes, and schedule changes in a shared view.
- Problem
Extra work starts before approval.
SolutionCapture scope, pricing, and customer approval in a consistent change-order process.
- Problem
Job costs become clear too late.
SolutionCompare recorded labor, materials, and approved changes with the estimate.
- Problem
Equipment ownership is unclear.
SolutionTrack checkouts, condition notes, and service reminders.
A stronger website.
Simpler daily work.
Practical websites, dashboards, and automation for owners who need useful tools with a manageable scope.
- Problem
The website makes it difficult to take the next step.
SolutionMake it easy to understand your services, call, or request a quote.
- Problem
Business information lives across several apps.
SolutionBring selected sales, scheduling, and operating measures into one view.
- Problem
The same details are entered repeatedly.
SolutionConnect supported forms and systems to reduce duplicate entry.
- Problem
Scheduling depends on one person.
SolutionKeep appointments, jobs, or staff schedules visible to the people who need them.
Websites for local businesses
Show customers the work you already do.
When someone nearby searches for a landscaper, a mechanic, or a bakery, your website is often the first thing they see. We build simple, good-looking sites that show your real work, explain your services clearly, and make it easy to call, book, or ask for a quote.
- Designed to work well on phones, where many customers search
- Your services, hours, and service area, easy to find
- Photos of your own work, front and center
- Clear ways to call, book, or request a quote
- Page titles, descriptions, and business details set up so search engines can read them
Greenline Lawn & LandscapeGet a quote
Yards that look cared for.Mowing, planting, and seasonal cleanups.Get a quote
Greenline Lawn & Landscape
Yards that look cared for.Get a quote
Landscaping
A project gallery up front, the neighborhoods served, and a simple quote request.
Northside Auto RepairBook service
Honest repairs, done right.Brakes, diagnostics, and routine maintenance.Book service
Northside Auto Repair
Honest repairs, done right.Call the shop
Local auto shop
Services and hours at a glance, with a tap-to-call button and an online service request.
Rise & Crumb BakeryOrder ahead
Baked fresh every morning.Breads, pastries, and custom cakes.Order ahead
Rise & Crumb Bakery
Baked fresh every morning.Order ahead
Bakery
Today's menu, directions, and a custom order form that collects the details the bakery needs.
These are sample concepts for fictional businesses, created to show the style of work. They are not client projects.
Ask about a websiteFeatured project · TIDE
A clearer view of the shift.
A better basis for the next decision.
Throughput Intelligence & Decision Engine
In development · Discovery and early integration · Not yet in production
The concepts below illustrate intended functionality using sample data.
TIDE is being developed to bring workload, staffing, and performance information into one operational view. Its goal is to help supervisors assess priorities and review proposed labor moves with the relevant information in front of them.
Operational visibility
Review workload, available labor, and performance by department.
Suggested labor moves
Evaluate proposed adjustments against operational needs.
Supervisor approval
Keep people responsible for approving labor decisions.
Labor by department · Shift A · 12:40 PMSample data
Actual hoursPlanned hours
Suggested moveMove 2 associates from Parcel to Bulk at 1:00 PM
- Bulk: 6 hours behind plan, wave due 3:00 PM
- Parcel: 2 hours over plan and ahead of goal at 142 UPH (units per hour)
From the supervisor to the floor
Clear assignments.
Visible progress.
Follow-through.
The planned employee experience connects daily work with the people doing it, giving associates a clearer view of assignments and a straightforward way to raise requests.
Employee app
View assignments, tasks, and relevant performance information.
Request routing
Send issues to a designated owner and track their status.
Shift reporting
Prepare consistent summaries from available operational data.
AI assistance with review
Draft recaps and exception summaries for a supervisor to review.
Planned functionality. TIDE is in discovery and early integration and is not yet in production.
12:42
Good afternoonAlex Morgan
AMParcelShift AClocked in
My assignments 2 open
Move to Bulk at 1:00 PMApproved by A. Lee
✓Cycle count, Bin B14Due 2:30 PM
›My requests
Pallet jack downAisle 7 · #214
In progressRequest #214Sample data
Pallet jack down, Aisle 7
- SubmittedA. Morgan · 12:31 PM
- Assigned to MaintenanceOwner: R. Patel · 12:33 PM
- In progressReplacement unit on the way
- ClosedRequester notified
How we work
Start with one workflow.
Build with the people who use it.
- 01
Understand the work
Walk through the current process, the people involved, and the points where work slows down.
- 02
Define the project
Agree on the scope, data access, responsibilities, and what success will look like.
- 03
Test a focused pilot
Put an initial version in front of users, collect feedback, and refine the workflow.
- 04
Launch with a plan
Prepare users, document the handoff, and agree on ongoing support.
A clear scope comes before a larger commitment.
Time-savings calculator
What could your team do with more time?
Estimate the time that could be redirected from manual reporting and repetitive data work.
Enter the number of people, average pay, and weekly hours to see an estimate.
Estimated hours recovered per week
Estimated annual value of recovered time
Hours per year
Equivalent full-time capacity
Full-time capacity shows how much time could be redirected. It does not mean eliminating positions.
This estimates the value of staff time that could be redirected to other work. It is not guaranteed cash savings, net ROI, or a measured TIDE result. Implementation and ongoing costs are not included.
How this is calculated
- Hours recovered per week = people × hours per person per week × share recovered.
- Hours per year = weekly hours × 52.
- Hourly rate: if you enter an annual salary, it is divided by 2,080 hours (40 hours × 52 weeks).
- Annual value = hours per year × hourly rate.
- Full-time capacity = hours per year ÷ 2,080.
- Your entries stay in this browser. Nothing is sent or stored.
Founder
Built from experience on the operations floor.
I've watched capable leaders lose hours of their day, and days out of their week, running the same reports, clicking through the same systems, and trying to get the numbers to agree. That time should go to their people and to building the business, not to busywork a computer can handle. Cairn exists to give leaders that time back, so they can spend it on what actually matters.
Joe DahmanFounder, Cairn Decision Group
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- Meet by phone or video.
- No cost or obligation for the initial review.
- On-site visits can be discussed where practical.
What happens next
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