Propelr

Internal tools & custom builds

Internal tools built around how your team actually works.

Most teams run on spreadsheets, group chats, and software that almost fits. We scope and build the internal applications that close that gap — team management, tracking, reporting, and industry-specific systems you own outright.

What we can build

From a single workflow to a full operating system.

Every build starts with the bottleneck, not the technology. Here's the range of internal tooling we deliver.

Team & people management apps

One place for your team to see assignments, capacity, and status instead of five group chats and a spreadsheet.

  • Scheduling & shift boards
  • Time and PTO tracking
  • Onboarding checklists
  • Role-based permissions

Job, project & work order tracking

Track work from intake to invoice with clear ownership at every stage and a record of what actually happened.

  • Intake forms & queues
  • Stage-based pipelines
  • Photo & document uploads
  • Customer status updates

Inventory, assets & production systems

Custom MRP/ERP-style tooling built to your process instead of forcing your process into someone else's software.

  • Stock levels & reorder alerts
  • BOMs and job costing
  • Asset & equipment logs
  • Barcode / QR scanning

Dashboards & leadership reporting

The numbers leadership asks for, refreshed automatically, with the same definition every time someone opens it.

  • KPI dashboards
  • Revenue & pipeline views
  • Scheduled email digests
  • Drill-down detail tables

Approval & automation workflows

Replace the manual handoffs that stall work — routing, reminders, and approvals that run without someone chasing them.

  • Quote & PO approvals
  • Automated notifications
  • Escalation rules
  • Audit trails

Data cleanup & integrations

Connect the systems you already pay for so data stops being retyped between them.

  • CRM & accounting sync
  • API integrations
  • Data migration
  • Deduping & validation

Spreadsheet replacements

That critical workbook one person maintains becomes a real application with permissions, history, and backups.

  • Multi-user editing
  • Change history
  • Validation rules
  • Exports that still work

Client & customer portals

Give customers a branded place to submit requests, track progress, and find their documents.

  • Secure logins
  • Request submission
  • Status visibility
  • File sharing

Industry-specific tooling

Software that speaks your operation's language.

Off-the-shelf platforms are built for the average company in your category. Your margins live in the parts that aren't average. We build to the process you already run — and to the vocabulary your team already uses.

  • We map your current process before proposing a single screen
  • Your terminology, stages, and rules — not a vendor's template
  • Built to fit alongside the tools you're keeping
A team reviewing a custom internal application on screen

Industries we build for

Where custom beats off-the-shelf.

Construction & trades

Job tracking, crew scheduling, daily field reports with photos, change orders, and equipment logs.

Manufacturing

Production scheduling, work orders, BOM and inventory control, scrap tracking, and job costing.

Logistics & field service

Dispatch boards, route and delivery tracking, proof-of-service capture, and fleet maintenance records.

Professional services & legal

Matter and case intake, document collection, deadline tracking, and client status portals.

Health & wellness

Appointment flows, intake forms, provider scheduling, and outcome reporting built around your practice.

Retail & e-commerce

Multi-location stock views, supplier ordering, returns handling, and margin reporting by SKU.

Not on the list? The process is the same. If your team is doing repetitive work by hand, there's usually a tool worth building.

How a build runs

Fixed scope, fixed price, clear handover.

1

Discovery & mapping

We sit with the people doing the work, document the current process, and identify what's actually costing time. You get a written scope, timeline, and price before you commit.

2

Build & review

We build in short cycles with something usable in front of you early. You review real screens with real data instead of approving a diagram.

3

Rollout & ownership

Training, documentation, and full access transfer. You own the system, the data, and the code — with optional ongoing management if you'd rather not maintain it.

What you get

A tool your team uses, not one they work around.

Adoption is the whole point. We design for the person who has to open it fifty times a day — on a phone in the field or a desktop in the office — and we stay involved through the first weeks of real use.

  • Mobile-friendly from the start, not as an afterthought
  • Role-based access so people only see what they need
  • Secure hosting, backups, and an audit trail
  • Documentation and training for your whole team
  • Full code and data ownership transferred to you
Specialists planning an internal tool build

Signs it's time

You probably need this if…

A critical spreadsheet only one person understands.

The same information gets retyped into two or three systems.

Leadership waits days for numbers that should be instant.

You're paying for software where you use a tenth of the features.

Work gets missed because status lives in someone's inbox.

Growth means hiring more admin help just to keep up.

Tell us where the work slows down.

30 minutes. No commitment. You'll leave with a clear view of what's worth building and what it takes.