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Mobile Operations Platform — 2025Insights

Vellin

The restaurant ops copilot for inventory, purchasing, and margins.

Vellin is an all-in-one control center for restaurant back-of-house operations. It replaces spreadsheets, paper counts, and fragmented vendor communication with a single mobile app that helps kitchens count faster, buy smarter, and stay ahead of costs. Built for real-world kitchens, Vellin works offline, syncs automatically, and scales from single locations to multi-unit operators.

Services

Product strategyUX and information architectureMobile app designFull-stack engineeringAI workflow integration

Timeline

MVP build • Active development

Vellin hero

Primary users

Chefs, managers, owners

Core workflows

Inventory, POs, vendors, reports

Connectivity

Offline-first with realtime sync

Challenge

Most restaurants rely on manual inventory counts, disconnected vendor workflows, and reactive purchasing. This leads to stockouts during service, margin erosion from unnoticed price increases, and hours of admin work each week. Existing enterprise tools are expensive and complex, leaving independent restaurants underserved.

Solution

We designed an offline-first mobile app that unifies inventory, purchasing, vendor data, and reporting. Vellin introduces structured counts with autosave, AI-powered reorder suggestions, live alerts for stockouts and price spikes, and role-based dashboards that give each team member exactly the level of control they need.

Outcomes

  • Reduced weekly inventory and ordering time by hours per location.
  • Improved purchasing discipline with pars, budgets, and vendor cutoffs.
  • Prevented margin loss through automated price tracking and alerts.

Technologies

  • Expo
  • React Native
  • TypeScript
  • React Query
  • MMKV
  • Node.js
  • PostgreSQL
  • SignalR

Deliverables

  • Cross-platform mobile app
  • Role-based dashboard system
  • Offline sync architecture
  • AI-assisted ordering flows
  • Reporting and price alert engine
"Vellin finally gives restaurant teams enterprise-level control without enterprise complexity. It fits how kitchens actually work."
Internal Pilot PartnerMulti-location Restaurant Operator