Software for manufacturers and distributors
The ERP was never going to cover the part that makes you different.
Systems we integrate with
- ERP platforms
- MES, SCADA & PLC data
- Barcode & RFID hardware
- EDI VANs
- E-commerce & marketplaces
- 3PL & carrier systems
- Accounting platforms
- PLM & CAD systems
What actually goes wrong in manufacturing
Recognisable, specific, and drawn from systems we've worked on rather than an industry report.
Customizing the ERP is a trap and working around it is worse
Modifications block upgrades and cost a fortune, so the work moves into spreadsheets and Access databases that nobody supports and everybody depends on.
The shop floor reports on paper, hours later
Production counts, scrap and downtime are written on a clipboard and entered at end of shift, so scheduling decisions are made against yesterday's picture.
Inventory accuracy erodes quietly
Unrecorded moves, partial receipts and WIP that exists physically but not systemically compound until a count reveals the gap.
Big customers mandate EDI and penalize mistakes
Retail and OEM customers dictate formats, labelling and timing, and non-compliance arrives as chargebacks rather than as a support ticket.
Traceability is a fire drill
When a lot needs to be traced forward or backward, the answer is assembled manually from paperwork under time pressure, which is the worst possible moment.
Systems we've built for manufacturing
Not a menu, just a description of the shapes of work that come up repeatedly in this vertical.
- Shop floor data capture and machine integration
- Production scheduling and capacity planning tools
- Lot, batch and serial traceability with recall reporting
- Retail and OEM EDI with label compliance
- Quote-to-order configurators for custom and engineered products
- Quality inspection, non-conformance and CAPA workflows
- Barcode and RFID warehouse applications on rugged hardware
- OEE, throughput and scrap dashboards
The requirements that are easier to build in than bolt on
Compliance, auditability and correctness cost far less when they're part of the architecture from the start. Retrofitting them is where budgets go.
Traceability designed before you need it
Recall readiness is a data model decision made years earlier. Genealogy captured at the point of production, not reconstructed from paperwork.
Plant networks are not office networks
Operational technology segmentation exists for good reasons. Anything touching machine data is designed to respect it rather than route around it.
The hardware is the user interface
Gloves, scanners, glare and label printers decide whether the software gets used. Interfaces are built for the actual device on the floor.
The line does not stop for a deploy
Production systems are updated without halting output, with the ability to keep recording locally if a service is briefly unavailable.
How manufacturing clients usually engage
Systems Integration
Connect your CRM, ERP, PMS, billing and internal tools so data moves once, automatically, and stops being retyped.
Support & Modernization
We take over existing systems (including ones whose original developers are long gone), stabilize them, and modernize them incrementally.
Custom Software Development
Applications built for how your business actually works: the workflows no off-the-shelf product will ever match.
Tell us about your manufacturing project
Thirty minutes with an engineer who can scope it. You'll leave with a view on approach, a budget range, and an honest answer about whether we're the right firm, including when we aren't.