Industrial IoT Mobile App Design & Development
1. The Problem
A large manufacturing enterprise with multiple plants and factory floors was struggling to monitor real-time machine data across locations. Operations teams faced challenges like:
- No centralized visibility of machine performance
- Manual tracking of downtime and alerts
- Delays in responding to critical issues
- Lack of historical data for predictive maintenance
- No mobile access to live plant data for managers or engineers
The enterprise needed a smart mobile app to connect their IoT-enabled machines and provide real-time insights anytime, anywhere.
2. Our Approach
We started with on-site visits and interviews with plant managers, floor engineers, and IT heads to understand their existing workflows.
Our UX/UI team created wireframes focused on real-time visibility, ease of navigation, and fast access to alerts.
Key design principles:
- Mobile-first interface for engineers on the move
- Plant-wise and machine-wise hierarchy for easy drill-down
- Instant alerts and status indicators
- Lightweight design optimized for low-connectivity environments
We worked closely with their internal IoT team for seamless API integration.
3. Solution
We developed a custom Industrial IoT Mobile App with the following key features:
- Login
- Secure role-based access for Plant Managers, Engineers, and Supervisors.
- Dashboard – Visual summary with:
- Total Plants, Factory Floors, and Connected Machines
- Active/Idle/Faulty Machine Count
- Live Alerts, Energy Usage, and Downtime Summary
- Plant & Machine Monitoring
- Drill down from plant → floor → machine
- Real-time machine data: temperature, pressure, speed, uptime, etc.
- Fault & error logs with timestamps
- Graphs to view trends over time
- Alerts & Notifications
- Instant push notifications for fault, overload, downtime, or maintenance due
- Color-coded status indicators (Green: Normal, Yellow: Warning, Red: Fault)
- Maintenance Logs
- Log completed maintenance
- View upcoming and overdue maintenance tasks
- Assign tasks to on-ground technicians
- Reports
- Download daily, weekly, and monthly reports
- View machine-wise or plant-wise efficiency metrics
- Profile & Access Control
- User roles: Admin, Plant Manager, Supervisor, Technician
- Access limited based on role and plant assignment
- Logout
Secure sign-out for user safety
The app was built with an intuitive UX, fast loading time, and support for offline data sync in low-network zones.
4. Outcome
After the mobile app rollout:
- Plant monitoring time reduced by 50%
- Downtime response improved by 60% due to real-time alerts
- Managers could monitor performance remotely, boosting productivity
- Maintenance tasks became more organized and timely
- Data-driven decisions helped improve machine efficiency by 30%
- The app scaled successfully across 7 plants and 120+ machines within 3 months
The Industrial IoT Mobile App brought real-time visibility, speed, and control to the enterprise’s factory operations.
