// case study · SME

Escaping tracking scattered across files, emails and habits

How a business process tracked across a patchwork of tools was clarified, structured and put back on a reliable footing — without an oversized project.

File tracking tool — list of files, statuses, amounts and key dates
// file tracking — statuses, amounts & key dates in one place
// 01 — the context

Tracking that held together by habit

An SME ran its client files through several shared Excel files, email exchanges and the memory of a few people. As long as volume stayed low, it held. With growth, oversights, duplicates and lost information multiplied.

No single view of a file's status.
Key steps resting on specific people.
Re-keying and files in multiple versions.
// 02 — the scoping

Understand before building

A scoping workshop made it possible to walk through the real process, spot the genuine friction and define a first useful scope. The goal: cover the core of the tracking, not reproduce every historical detail.

// 03 — the delivery

A tool centered on the main flow

A business MVP replaced the patchwork of files with structured file tracking: statuses, documents, actions and history in one place, accessible to the whole team.

A single, reliable source for each file.
The process steps made visible and shared.
Less re-keying, fewer oversights, more peace of mind.
// 04 — the result

A sound base that can evolve

The team gained visibility and reliability, without needless complexity. The tool was designed to extend gradually, at the pace of real needs rather than all at once.

“We went from tracking that lived in our heads to a tool the whole team can consult. The mental load clearly dropped.”

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