Mavuno Greens — FMCG Manufacturing Operations Platform

An end-to-end manufacturing operations dashboard for the agricultural FMCG industry, combining real-time production monitoring, inventory traceability, procurement workflows, and supply chain visibility into a clean, responsive, and implementation-ready system.

Overview

Mavuno Greens is a full-scale FMCG manufacturing admin platform designed for an avocado processing operation in Murang’a, Kenya. The project aimed to transform complex factory workflows, previously handled through spreadsheets and legacy tools, into a modern, responsive, and fully clickable operational dashboard.

The platform brings the factory's many operational areas together into one connected system, from sourcing and production through to warehousing, logistics, and oversight. The client specifically needed a prototype detailed enough to run daily factory operations and clear enough for the development team to move straight into implementation.

Challenge

The main challenge was designing a large operational system without making it feel overwhelming. The platform had to serve many different roles across the factory, each with their own priorities, while still feeling like one coherent system rather than a collection of disconnected tools.

It also had to prove itself as more than a set of screens, every major business process needed at least one complete, end-to-end workflow, so the prototype could stand in for how the factory actually runs day to day.

Design direction

The interface was designed to feel clean, modern, structured, and friendly to the production floor. The visual direction draws on African farming environments, using natural greens, earthy neutrals, and warm soil tones so the system feels rooted in the operation it serves rather than like a generic dashboard.

The direction was never only about looking good, but about working hard. Every screen was built to support fast scanning, quick decisions, and clear next actions, on a consistent, implementation-ready foundation so the design could move straight into development without losing its structure.

Core modules & operational workflows

Dashboard Experience

The main dashboard was designed as a real-time control center for plant managers, pulling the factory's most important operational signals into a single view so the state of the whole operation can be read at a glance.

Rather than a generic analytics page, it was framed as an operational snapshot, urgent issues surface first, and everything else is arranged so a manager can tell what needs attention without digging through separate modules.

Procurement & Farmer Management

This module was designed to give procurement teams a clear path from posting a requirement to awarding it, keeping the full back-and-forth with farmers in one structured place. The priority was decision-making, making it easy to weigh competing farmer offers side by side, so teams can move from many responses to the right supplier quickly and with confidence.

Production Processing

The production module was designed as the operational heart of the platform, giving teams a clear, live view of what each line is running and how it is performing against target. A dedicated view for yield makes performance easy to track and compare over time, which matters because it is how teams catch and diagnose problems early, from poor input quality to underperforming batches. The whole experience was shaped around how production actually runs on the floor, so the prototype reflects the real rhythm of processing rather than an idealized version of it.

Warehouse & Inventory Tracking

The warehouse module centers on one thing above all, knowing exactly what stock is where, in real time, and being warned before anything runs short. Stock is organized by physical location so warehouse teams can immediately see which areas are healthy and which need action, instead of reading it out of a spreadsheet.

Traceability was treated as a first-class concern, any batch can be followed as a complete story, all the way back to the farm it came from, which is essential for a food product and for the trust that comes with it. Inventory was also extended to look forward, not just at what is in stock now but at what is coming next, so teams can plan around supply rather than react to shortages.

Logistics & Gate Operations

The logistics module governs everything that happens at the gate, keeping the movement of vehicles and goods controlled, verified, and traceable from entry to exit. The weighbridge step was deliberately pared back to big, glanceable numbers with as little distraction as possible, because a gate operator needs to read and confirm a weight in seconds. When a delivery matches its expected order, the system makes that confirmation obvious before anything is recorded. The whole flow was shaped around the client's need for controlled, auditable movement, so every vehicle leaves a clear, traceable record behind it.

Maintenance & Facility Management

The maintenance module gives operational teams a focused space to stay ahead of breakdowns, surfacing what needs attention now so small issues can be handled before they turn into unplanned downtime. Its structure follows how maintenance work really moves, from first report through to resolution, so nothing falls through the cracks along the way.

User Management & Access Control

The user-management module handles who can do what across the platform, an important concern once a system spans this many teams and sensitive workflows. It was designed to make permissions easy to reason about. Rather than burying access control inside complex settings, it lays out clearly which roles can reach each part of the system and at what level. This helps the platform scale across multiple teams while maintaining control over sensitive operational workflows.

Design highlights

Responsive Operational UX

The platform was designed to work across desktop, tablet, and mobile. Desktop leans into dense operational visibility, while mobile pares each screen back to what matters most on a small, touch-friendly display, so the system stays usable wherever the work happens.

African Agricultural Visual Identity

Rather than a generic SaaS aesthetic, the platform takes its visual cues from African agricultural operations, using earthy tones and avocado greens so the interface reflects the farming and manufacturing world it belongs to.

Light & Dark Mode System

The product also supports both light and dark mode. Light mode gives the platform a clean agricultural operations feel, while dark mode creates a more focused command-center experience for extended monitoring sessions.

Final outcome

The final result is a polished, high-fidelity FMCG manufacturing admin platform that turns complex factory operations into a structured, traceable, and easy-to-use digital system. Mavuno Greens shows how a factory's many separate operations can work together inside one unified interface. The design balances a strong visual identity with practical usability, giving both stakeholders and developers a clear blueprint for building the real production system.

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