Extending the User Interface with Lightning Pages

In this chapter, we’ll extend the Acme Wireless organization for a different mobile audience. In our scenario, Acme Wireless maintains a central warehouse where all the repair parts and accessories are stored. The storefront locations order parts from the warehouse so that they can keep some inventory on hand. When they need a special part that’s not in stock, storefronts can special order it from the warehouse.

Instead of focusing on the mobile technicians like we have for most of this book, this time we’re going to shift our attention to the delivery drivers transporting inventory from the warehouse to the storefronts. Currently, the drivers use a custom app to create, update, and track their deliveries. We’re going to use a Lightning Page to create a home page for that app, which will allow us to incorporate it into Salesforce1. This way, the drivers have a single source for information they need to manage their deliveries.