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Rothwell CollectionRothwell & Daughters, Dayton, OH

Pick A-2207

The screen you hold at the shelf: tick off three lines. Six frying pans are on the shelf, two of them reserved for another order — pick those and you create the next shortfall yourself.

Rothwell Collection is a sample app by Awelior. Invented business, invented data, nothing is stored.

What has to be picked now

Sample data

Four orders waiting since yesterday

We promise collection by 12:00 PM on the next working day. Two lockers are free; for the other two an expired locker has to be cleared first.

4Open since yesterdaypromised by 12:00 PM
2Lockers freeof 12 · 3 expire this week
1Holding time uplocker C2 · 7 working days
6:30 PMLast collectionshop closes at 7:00 PM

Picking jobs

Tapping opens the job. Sorted by what was promised, not by when it came in — whatever has to be ready at noon is at the top.

About this app

Rothwell & Daughters does not exist. The jobs, customer names, locker numbers, collection codes, deadlines and amounts on these screens are invented.

The demo stores nothing and sends nothing. Checkboxes, buttons and input fields are labeled but have no effect.

Today

Pick A-2207

Sample data

Three lines for A-2207

Collect in store · promised today 12:00 PM

Being picked since 9:14 AM

Order

Number
A-2207
Received
yesterday, 5:48 PM
Payment
Paid online, $62.40

Collection

Locker
B2, free since 7:30 AM today
Code
Four digits, held by the customer
Held for
7 working days from the ready notice

Customer

Name
M. Kellaway
Proof
ID only if somebody else collects
Notice
Goes out as soon as the locker is filled

Lines

Mandatory, not decoration: no locker can be reported ready until the list is complete. A half-picked order costs the customer the trip and us the apology.

  • Frying pan 24 cm, 1 pieceShelf 4 · 6 on the shelf, 2 reserveddone
  • Kitchen roll, pack of 3Shelf 7 · 12 availabledone
  • Tin opener, stainlessStock says 3, none in its placeblocked
  • Receipt and bag addedReceipt from the shop systemopen
  • Locker filled and reportedonly after every lineopen

Photographs for this job

A picture of the filled locker saves the search when somebody is at the counter and the locker is empty. The shelf shot proves the tin opener really is gone.

  • Locker B2 once filledfollows after picking
  • Tin opener shelf slot, empty9:31 AM, stored offline
  • Frying pan box, dented corner9:22 AM, stored offline
  • Receipt in the bag9:28 AM, synced

Schematic shapes instead of photos: the business is invented, so there are no real pictures of it. Your app would show images from your own site here.

Clear locker C2

Sample data

One locker is past its holding time

A-2198 has been in C2 since 24 July, that is seven working days. Until it is cleared the locker counts as taken — and two of today's jobs have nowhere to go.

Lockers in use

Sorted by expiry, not by locker number. Whatever runs out first is at the top; the days left are on the right.

  • C2 · A-2198Clear itReady since 24 Jul · reminded twice0 days
  • A1 · A-2201Running outReady since 30 Jul · reminded once3 days
  • C1 · A-2203ReadyReady since 1 Aug5 days
  • B4 · A-2205ReadyReady since 8:20 AM today7 days
  • A3 · freeFreeCleared yesterday 5:10 PM · A-2190 collectedfree

Clear locker C2

Before you clear it, what follows is on screen: the goods go back into stock, the amount is refunded, and the customer gets a message saying why. Taking the label off the door does not cancel the order.

Locker
C2
Job
A-2198, one line
Ready since
24 Jul · 7 working days up
Refund
$34.90 once it is back in stock

Hand over and sign off

Sample data

How a handover runs

In this order. The third step is the one people skip when three customers are at the counter — and it is exactly the one that is missing afterwards.

  1. Collection code givendone9:41 AMFour digits from the ready notice. Without a code: order number and ID.
  2. Job matcheddone9:41 AMA-2205, locker B4, two lines, paid online.
  3. Proof checkedin progressin progressIf somebody else collects: written authority and their own ID. The name from that authority belongs in the field below.
  4. Locker opened and handed overstill openopenReport the locker free afterwards, or the late shift goes looking for the space.
  5. Handover recordedstill openopenOnly then does the order count as collected. Otherwise the system keeps reminding the customer about an empty locker.

Sign off the handover

The form is fully labeled and disabled — it records nothing.

It is in the customer's ready notice.

Proof
Code given

Without a code, ID is the only route.

For third parties, the name on the written authority.

Anything that could turn into a query later belongs here.

This form submits nothing.

Clear the queue

Sample data

Four entries queued

The last successful sync was at 9:02 AM. Three entries are only waiting for signal; the stock booking for the tin opener was rejected and needs a decision.

Queue

In the order captured. A rejected entry does not slip to the back — otherwise it only surfaces when somebody is standing at an empty locker.

  • Photo — tin opener shelf slotWaiting9:31 AM · 1.8 MB · A-2207
  • Checklist — two lines pickedWaiting9:29 AM · A-2207
  • Locker notice — B2 filledWaiting9:34 AM · A-2207
  • Stock booking — tin openerRejected9:32 AM · 1 piece taken out
  • Handover — A-2190 collectedSyncedyesterday 5:10 PM · locker A3

The four states

In a shop this is not a nicety: the stockroom behind the wall has no signal, picking carries on all the same — and the customer is at the counter at 12:00 PM.

  • Loading

    Fetching picking jobs

    At opening time the frame of the list is there before the jobs arrive from the shop system.

  • Nothing there

    Nothing in the queue

    Everything has reached the shop system. The screen says so explicitly instead of simply being blank.

  • Failed

    Stock booking rejected

    The shop system has already allocated the tin opener to another order. The entry stays put until somebody decides — it is not dropped.

  • No connection

    No signal in the stockroom

    Checklists, photos and locker notices carry on being written to the device. Syncing runs by itself once you are back on the shop floor.

No effect in this demo — nothing is stored.

In the hands of
Shop floor staff
Shown on
Android — title on the left, three system buttons below
Replaces
Replaces the printed picking slips at the shelf, the sticky notes on the collection lockers and the handwritten list of who took what. At month end nobody hunts for where an order went any more.

Everything in this demo is laid out and none of it acts: buttons only report that they have no effect in the demo, checkboxes are fixed, input fields lead nowhere. Nothing is stored, sent or fetched.

Sample data

An app like this for your business?

Rothwell Collection is invented — the fit is not. Apps come about exactly this way: from the routes that already exist in a business, only without the paper in between.

Talk about an appThe service page: Online shop & marketplace

Sample app by Awelior. Invented business, invented data, nothing stored.