Industry

Manufacturing Software Development and ERP Solutions

We build and integrate ERP, production planning and shop-floor tools that connect orders, materials and machines so you can plan with confidence.

Small and mid-sized manufacturers often run production from a mix of an ageing ERP, whiteboards on the shop floor and a planner's personal spreadsheet. It works until volumes grow, a key person is on holiday, or a customer asks for batch traceability you cannot provide quickly.

What we build for manufacturers

  • ERP and MRP – sales orders, bills of materials, material requirements planning, purchasing and costing in one system. See our ERP software solution.
  • Production planning and scheduling – capacity-aware schedules by machine and work centre, with drag-and-drop re-planning when priorities change.
  • Shop-floor data capture – tablets or terminals at work centres to start and stop jobs, record output and scrap, and log downtime reasons.
  • Inventory and traceability – raw materials, work in progress and finished goods tracked by batch or serial number from goods-in to dispatch.
  • Quality and maintenance – inspection checklists, non-conformance records and planned maintenance schedules.
  • Reporting – OEE, on-time delivery, actual versus standard cost and stock value, available in real time.

Phased rollouts, not big-bang risk

Replacing an ERP is one of the riskiest projects a manufacturer undertakes. We phase delivery, usually starting with inventory and purchasing, then production, then finance integration, and run parallel checks at each step. Our manufacturing ERP rollout describes this approach.

Custom, packaged or somewhere in between

For many manufacturers a packaged ERP with targeted customisation is the right answer. Custom ERP development makes sense when your processes are a genuine competitive advantage, or when off-the-shelf systems force costly workarounds. Our ERP vs CRM guide explains how these systems fit together.

    • Solutions for manufacturing

      • ERP Software

        Modular ERP software that connects finance, purchasing, inventory, production, sales and HR in one system, configured to your processes and rolled out in phases.

      • Inventory Management Software

        Inventory management software for multi-location stock control: barcode scanning, purchasing, batch and serial tracking, stock takes and demand-based reorder suggestions.

      • HR Management System

        HR management system for employee records, leave, attendance, onboarding, performance reviews and payroll data, with a self-service app that employees actually use.

      • AI Business Automation

        AI business automation platform that reads documents, classifies requests and runs multi-step workflows across your systems, with human approval where it matters.

    Challenges

    Common challenges in manufacturing

    • Planning in spreadsheets

      Schedules live in one person's spreadsheet and break whenever priorities change.

    • Unknown true costs

      Actual material, labour and scrap costs are not captured, so pricing relies on estimates.

    • Weak traceability

      Tracing a batch from raw material to customer takes days of searching records.

    • Limited shop-floor visibility

      Managers cannot see job progress, downtime or bottlenecks until the end of a shift.

    How we help

    Software that solves them

    • ERP and MRP

      Orders, BOMs, purchasing and costing connected in one reliable system.

    • Capacity-aware scheduling

      Plan by machine and work centre, and re-plan in minutes when things change.

    • Shop-floor terminals

      Operators record progress, output, scrap and downtime as work happens.

    • End-to-end traceability

      Batch and serial tracking from goods-in to dispatch.

    Solutions

    Software solutions for this industry

    • ERP Software

      Modular ERP software that connects finance, purchasing, inventory, production, sales and HR in one system, configured to your processes and rolled out in phases.

    • Inventory Management Software

      Inventory management software for multi-location stock control: barcode scanning, purchasing, batch and serial tracking, stock takes and demand-based reorder suggestions.

    • HR Management System

      HR management system for employee records, leave, attendance, onboarding, performance reviews and payroll data, with a self-service app that employees actually use.

    Services

    Relevant services

    • ERP Development

      Custom ERP development for manufacturers, distributors and multi-site businesses: inventory, purchasing, production, finance and reporting in one system built around your processes.

    • Custom Software Development

      Custom software development for SMEs and enterprises: bespoke business systems, legacy modernisation and product builds, delivered by an experienced .NET, web, mobile and AI team.

    • Business Process Automation

      Business process automation for finance, operations, HR and sales: workflow automation, system integrations and AI-assisted document handling that remove manual, repetitive tasks.

    Portfolio

    Projects in this sector

    • Manufacturing ERP Rollout

      A custom ERP for a mid-sized metal fabrication manufacturer, connecting sales orders, production planning, inventory, purchasing and finance in one system.

    • AI Sales Assistant for B2B Teams

      An LLM-powered sales assistant that qualifies inbound leads, drafts tailored follow-ups and summarises accounts from CRM data for a B2B industrial supplier.

    • Modern POS System for a Regional Retail Chain

      A cloud-connected point-of-sale platform with offline tills, central pricing and real-time stock visibility, built for a 60-store retail chain replacing ageing on-premise terminals.

    Case studies

    Client results

    • Retail Chain POS Modernisation

      How a 60-store retail chain replaced ageing on-premise tills with an offline-capable cloud POS, cutting checkout times by 35% and ending overnight price syncs.

    • AI Support Assistant for a B2B SaaS Company

      How a B2B SaaS company deployed a grounded AI support assistant that resolves 42% of conversations on its own and hands the rest to agents with full context.

    What our clients say

    • We used to lose half a day's takings every time a store's broadband went down. Since the new tills went in, outages barely register, and head office can change a price at lunchtime and see it on every shelf-edge promotion by the afternoon.

    • Parents now have one app instead of four, and our office teams have stopped spending Monday mornings chasing absence calls. The migration was the part we worried about most, and the trial runs meant there were no surprises on go-live day.

    • The assistant resolves the repetitive how-do-I questions and hands everything else to us with a proper summary. Our agents spend their time on the tricky tickets now, and customers get answers at 2am without us adding a night shift.

    FAQ

    Frequently asked questions

    • Should we replace our ERP or extend it?

      If your current ERP handles finance and core data well, extending it with custom planning, shop-floor or reporting tools is often faster and cheaper. Replacement makes sense when the system is unsupported, blocks integration, or forces extensive workarounds.

    • Can shop-floor data be captured without expensive machine integration?

      Yes. Many manufacturers start with tablets at work centres where operators start, stop and record jobs. Direct machine connectivity can be added later for the equipment where it adds most value.

    • How do you handle batch and serial traceability?

      We record batch or serial numbers at goods-in, through each production step and at dispatch, so you can trace forwards and backwards from any lot in seconds.

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