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Your team works where there’s no signal.The app keeps working.
As a progressive web app, the application stores entries locally and syncs as soon as the connection is back. For a clearly defined process, the first productive release is ready in six to twelve weeks.
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The situation
Your team is out on construction sites, at customers’ premises or in the field – in basements, shell buildings or rural areas where the signal drops. So far that means paper notes, photos on private phones and catching up at a desk in the evening.
Typical sign: an online-only application won’t load once the signal is gone, entries get lost, and nobody in the office knows what has already been done outside. Meanwhile Excel lists creep back in as a workaround.
Our solution
We build your application as a progressive web app: installable on the home screen, no app store, offline via a service worker. Without a connection, entries are stored locally and sync automatically as soon as there’s a signal again. Often a combination is right – a web app for the office, a PWA for the field.
Our own product, the construction project management app, shows what this looks like in practice: site documentation, inventory and logs on any device, fully usable offline on site – developed by us, not a client project. For your process we build a solution of your own, hosted in German data centres or on your servers.
Web app development in detailProcess & details
Five stages to your own field app:
- 01Process analysis
- 02MVP scoping
- 03Design & prototype
- 04Development in stages
- 05Operations & growth
Tell us who captures what out in the field – photos, defects, times, materials – and what needs to reach the office. Offline capability and synchronisation between device and server are a cost driver of their own, so they belong in the process analysis and MVP scoping from the start.
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4 clients worldwide
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Adltortechnik
Waiblingen, Germany
ADL Tortechnik is a specialist company based in Waiblingen (Stuttgart region), focused on the planning, sale, installation and maintenance of modern door, gate and loading-bay technology.
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Das Catering
Germany
Das Catering (Das Catering Berlin) is the full-service catering arm of the Berlin restaurant concept Die Stulle. Based at the same address in Berlin-Charlottenburg, the team caters private celebrations, brand events and corporate functions in Berlin and Brandenburg.
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- Capture offline, sync later
- Installable without an app store
- Hosting in Germany or on your servers
- Daily automatic backups
- Code and data belong to you
- No vendor lock-in
- Owner-led studio in Berlin
This is what you get.
Every line is on our service page – nothing we don’t deliver.
- 01
Process analysis
Manual work, double entry and waiting times between field and office made visible – as a prioritised bottleneck list.
- 02
PWA with offline mode
Installable on the home screen, entries stored locally, automatic sync when connected.
- 03
Interfaces for the road
Designed for the people who use it every day – including edge cases and error messages, as a clickable prototype before any code.
- 04
Roles & permissions
Role-based access from the start – field staff, office and management each see what they need.
- 05
Operations & security
Hosting in Germany or on your servers, daily automatic backups plus a backup before every update.
Four steps to the finish.
From the first call to the handover.
- 01
Intro call
15 minutes, free. Who works where, what gets captured, where is there no signal?
- 02
Analysis & fixed quote
Bottleneck list, scope of the first version and a fixed quote with no hidden items.
- 03
Prototype & stages
Clickable prototype, then short stages with testable interim versions.
- 04
Rollout & operations
Onboarding in the team, hosting, updates, backups – and growth based on operating data.
Frequently asked questions
Does a field service app work without internet?
Yes, as a PWA. Data is stored locally on the device and synced as soon as the connection returns.
Is there an app for site documentation and acceptance inspections?
Yes – our construction project management app is an own product of KULIMO: progress, defects and acceptances are captured on site with photos, even without a signal. If it doesn’t fit your process, we build a solution of your own.
Does the app have to be in the App Store?
No. A PWA is installed straight onto the home screen. A native app only pays off when camera, sensors or background processes are used heavily.
How do we know the app is being used in the field?
From the share of mobile use and the number of workarounds: if Excel lists start running alongside again, a feature is missing. We track exactly these metrics in operation.
How long until the first version?
For a clearly defined process we estimate six to twelve weeks to the first productive release.
Where does your team lose the signal – and the data?
15 minutes, free, no obligation. Afterwards you know whether a PWA, our own product or a native app fits your field work.
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