Food Lab Reports: Typed by Hand, Now Made in a Few Taps
Anas Yaseen
In the client's words: "I'm looking for a simple solution that allows me to generate two reports automatically just by selecting a set of images."
The problem
A food testing lab team in the UAE wrote two Arabic reports by hand for every package, a PDF draft and a Word report. Most details repeated. Weights took the longest: weigh 30 boxes, weigh one empty box, multiply and subtract, all by hand.
What I built
A reporting system that works on iPads, tablets and laptops:
Tap photos of staff, containers and samples
A calculator works out the net weight
Both reports download in Arabic, right to left
The Examination Team adds the result and closes the case
The hard part
The first piece calculator asked for pieces per box. Real packages rarely give that number: the team knows boxes, strips and pieces per strip, and some samples come loose. It now works out boxes × strips × pieces × piece weight, even when there are no boxes.
Results
A first working version within 3 days
"It matches exactly what I had in mind"
"The calculation logic is perfect"
5-star review: "quick to understand my requirements with just a few words"
The client came back asking for a second phase
Tech: Next.js, React, TypeScript, Supabase, jsPDF, docx
Full case study: https://mranas.dev/work/food-lab-reporting
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Posted Oct 19, 2026
A food testing lab team in the UAE typed two Arabic reports by hand for every package. Now they tap photos of staff, containers and samples, enter the weights and download both reports as PDF and Word. A built-in calculator works out the net weight.
