What to make, what you need to make it and whether you will ship on time.
| Late risk | Reason | Due |
|---|---|---|
| J-2421 | Material late | Wed |
| J-2430 | Machine 3 overbooked | Fri |
Live. This week's numbers, this week.
A generic ERP knows how a factory should work. Yours works the way it does for good reasons.
SME manufacturers sit in an awkward spot. Too complex for spreadsheets, too specialised for an off-the-shelf package, too lean for a six-figure ERP project. So the business runs on a patchwork, and the people who understand it are the bottleneck.
We build manufacturing software around your products, routings and customers: sales orders flowing straight into a production plan, material requirements checked against stock, shop-floor progress captured as it happens, and live numbers for the people who run the business. It connects to your ERP and accounts rather than replacing them.
The pieces most manufacturers need, shaped around your products and processes.
Sales orders become works orders automatically, with routings, materials and due dates, and a plan everyone can see.
| Works order | Line | Start | Due | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WO-6112 | Line 1 | Mon | Tue | On plan |
| WO-6115 | Line 2 | Mon | Wed | On plan |
| WO-6119 | Line 1 | Wed | Thu | Short of parts |
| WO-6120 | Cell 3 | Thu | Fri | Planned |
Material requirements checked against stock and purchase orders, with shortages flagged before they stop production.
| Section | In stock | Needed | Cover |
|---|---|---|---|
| UB 203x133x25 | 18 m | 42 m | |
| SHS 100x100x6 | 64 m | 30 m | |
| Plate 10 mm S355 | 3 sh | 5 sh | |
| PFC 150x75 | 12 m | 12 m |
Progress, downtime and scrap captured on the floor, turned into live dashboards for supervisors and directors.
| Line | Output | Downtime | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Line 1 | 1,840 | 15 min | Tool change |
| Line 2 | 1,210 | 1 h 10 | Jam at feeder |
| Cell 3 | 96 | 0 | — |
a year spent copying, checking and chasing information by hand
Count the people who re-key orders, chase progress and build reports by hand. The figures are your own estimate over a 46-week year.
hours a year
full-time people, in effect
We sit with you and the people doing the work. Where do hours disappear? Which mistakes keep coming back? We list every friction point, from quoting to invoicing.
Biggest gain first, the 80/20 way. Before anything is built we agree today's figure and the target, so everyone knows what success looks like.
Short releases your people use straight away, with a review every couple of weeks. If something new comes to light, we change direction rather than force the plan.
The system goes live, the numbers move, and you see your business clearly. Then we take the next bottleneck on the list, or you stop there. Your call.
| Bottleneck | Hours / week | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Re-keying orders | 14 | |
| Chasing job status | 9 | |
| Building quotes | 7 | |
| Month-end reports | 4 |
| Measure | Today | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Quote turnaround | 3 days | Same day |
| Orders re-keyed | All | None |
| Jobs shipped late | 1 in 6 | 1 in 20 |
| Release | What your team gets | Status |
|---|---|---|
| R1 | Orders in one place | Live |
| R2 | Job cards on the floor | Live |
| R3 | Quotes from templates | In review |
| R4 | Invoices to Xero | Next |
| Measure | Before | Target | Now |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quote turnaround | 3 days | Same day | Same day |
| Orders re-keyed | All | None | None |
| Late jobs | 1 in 6 | 1 in 20 | 1 in 14 |
Archi Stewart
Managing Director, Crawford Strategic
“Highly skilled, personable and utterly reliable, a rare mix.”
Evgeny helps us deliver outsized results for our clients. He is highly skilled, personable and utterly reliable, a rare mix. We trust Intellimatic to supercharge our clients' operations by blending the skill and experience of a first-rate business consultant with technical skills. The systems Evgeny has built for us run large departments in the financial sector, optimise manufacturing operations and help plan and deliver world-class events. If you want to wow staff and customers and get better results, speak to Evgeny.
It is software built for one manufacturer's products, processes and customers, covering areas such as order processing, production planning, stock, shop-floor data and reporting. It can replace spreadsheets entirely or extend an existing ERP where the ERP falls short.
If your processes are standard, a well-chosen ERP may be right. If they are distinctive, or an ERP would force costly workarounds, bespoke software or a bespoke layer around a simpler ERP is often better value. We will give you an honest view, even if it means recommending a package.
Yes, and that is often the best route. We integrate with your ERP and accounts so each system does what it is good at, and the gaps currently filled by spreadsheets are closed.
By capturing it where the work happens: simple tablet screens for operators to book jobs, quantities, downtime and scrap. That data feeds the plan and the dashboards automatically.
Grant schemes for digital and productivity improvements come and go across the West Midlands, Marches and North West. We are happy to help you scope a project so it can be considered for any scheme you are eligible for.
A free, no-obligation conversation with Evgeny, the person who would build it. Over coffee in Shrewsbury, on your shop floor or on a call. You will leave with at least one idea you can use, whether or not we work together.
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