Case Study

The Laundry Spot

From spreadsheets to real-time dashboards — automating payroll and revenue tracking.

Overview

A laundromat business drowning in Excel complexity needed a modern system to replace manual processes with automated, real-time business intelligence.

The Challenges

Managing payroll through multiple Excel spreadsheets with complex pivot tables
No visual charts or real-time insights into daily revenue and expenses
Hours spent manually computing payroll every pay period
No centralized view of customers, expenses, and overall business health

The Solution

Built a fullstack business management dashboard that automates payroll computation, tracks revenue and expenses in real-time, and provides visual charts for quick decision-making. Includes customer management, cycle tracking, inventory tracking, and goal setting.

Approach

Audited existing Excel workflows to understand every formula and pivot table logic

Designed a normalized database schema to replace scattered spreadsheet data

Built automated payroll computation engine mirroring the owner's existing rules

Created real-time dashboards with interactive charts for revenue, expenses, and profit

Implemented customer management and laundry cycle tracking modules

The Impact

Payroll Processing

Several hours per pay periodDone in minutes, automatically

Revenue Visibility

Dig through pivot tablesReal-time charts at a glance

Business Overview

Multiple scattered spreadsheetsOne unified dashboard

Results