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Estimates, Jobs & Invoices Dashboard - Optimizing small business workflows

I’ve been spying on the progress of a small business dashboard being done by a designer in Wales. Take a look at his first post about the need for a better way to track the workflow and metrics surrounding project estimation, billing and job status for his design practice. After getting a sense of his requirements, take a look at this update where he posts his progress. I grabbed for you the dashboard screenshots shown here. There are 4 tabs: dashboard, jobs, estimates and invoices. I’ll only show a screenshot or two for each tab, but you can go to the links above to see (and read about) the lower level pages such as the edit pages and generated bills and estimates. A nicely designed solution to a common need for small businesses to track the job process from estimation to invoicing.

job invoices estimates dashboard

Project Listing Dashboard

Estimation Dashboard

Client Estimate

Invoices Dashboard

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