Making production
dependencies visible
UX and interface design for a manufacturing workspace, connecting supplier issues with affected components, orders and production plans.
- Design lead
- Lorenzo Rogante
- Design scope
- Product direction · UX architecture · UI design
- Collaboration
- Management and development team
- Designed for
- Production managers and specialised operators
Production teams need to understand how a disruption travels through a plan. The connected view places suppliers, components, work centres and products in the same workspace, with a route from the overview to the affected order and part.
Reconstructed interface · Synthetic operational data
3D assembly created for this case study
Key decisions
Relationships before lists
The network makes dependencies visible across entities that otherwise sit in separate views.
Impact beside the issue
Affected orders and illustrative impact estimates remain next to the path under investigation.
Context through detail
The selected order and component remain connected while the team compares a possible response.
Supplier delay
Order impact
S-07 → C-104 → AS-02 → LA-200
28 units can proceed, assuming other parts remain available. €420/day × 4 working days.Drive-end bearing housing
- Reference
- C-104
- Material
- Aluminium
- Supplier
- S-07
- Available
- 28 / 40 required
- Unit cost
- €48
Buy · Custom machined part
CNC milling at supplier
Interface demonstration · no structural analysis
Alternative supplier
€48 / part
€61 / part
- 12 × €13 additional unit cost
- €156
- Expedited freight
- €120
- Incremental cost
- €276
Drawing revision B and material compatibility still need review. Delivery is not confirmed.
Review supply request
- To
- S-12 · Alternative supplier
- Part
- C-104 · Revision B
- Quantity
- 12 units
- Required arrival
- 12 October 2026
- Reference
- MO-1048 / LA-200
Nothing is sent. The team reviews the next step.
Read the relationships behind an order
Suppliers, components, work centres and products share one connected view. The production manager can follow a dependency path instead of assembling the relationship from separate lists.
Place the impact beside the issue
The investigation links a delivery issue to the affected component and order. Estimated delay and cost sit beside that path, connecting the alert to its operational consequences. The displayed figures are synthetic.
Change scale without losing the order
The selected order remains visible as the product detail opens. An illustrative 3D assembly, created for this portfolio, connects the network view to a physical part without presenting it as a recording of the original application.
Connect the part to its operational context
Selecting a component reveals its supplier, availability and cost. The assembly supports spatial understanding; the design decision is to keep that part connected to the production work that depends on it.
Make the response and its conditions comparable
Delivery, additional cost and outstanding checks appear together when reviewing an alternative supplier. A possible response remains distinct from a confirmed resolution.
Carry the context into the next action
Part, quantity, order reference and required date carry into the request. The team can review those details before proceeding. This reconstruction prepares a local draft; it does not contact a supplier or place an order.
Request 12
replacement parts
C-104 · Revision B · Required 12 Oct
Drawing, material and delivery require confirmation.
The alert is only
the beginning
The design connects a production alert to an investigation and a possible response. The walkthrough preserves the affected order and part while the team reviews the available options.
This presentation demonstrates the design approach qualitatively. Operational figures are illustrative; they are not measured project outcomes.