Production, procurement, and quality,
connected in one system.
Technology for manufacturers: production tracking, procurement approval, supplier management, and ERP integration.
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Manufacturing businesses often run on a patchwork of an ageing ERP, spreadsheets, and email chains for anything the ERP doesn't handle well. That patchwork creates blind spots exactly where control matters most: procurement approval, production status, and supplier reliability.
The operational challenges we hear again and again.
Procurement approval happens over email with no audit trail
Purchase requests and approvals move through email chains with no enforced hierarchy, creating real financial control gaps on large purchase orders.
Production status isn't visible in real time
Floor managers, sales, and management often work from different, outdated snapshots of what's actually in production and when it will be ready.
Legacy ERP systems are costly to extend
The core ERP works, but adding the specific reporting, integration, or workflow the business now needs is expensive or simply unsupported by the vendor.
Supplier reliability isn't tracked systematically
Late deliveries, quality issues, and pricing changes from suppliers aren't captured anywhere that informs future purchasing decisions.
Your outsourced technology department for manufacturing.
Structured procurement approval workflows
Purchase requests routed through a configurable approval hierarchy with a full audit trail, closing the financial control gap email chains leave open.
Real-time production visibility
A dashboard showing current production status across the floor, accessible to sales and management without walking the floor or calling for an update.
ERP integration and extension
Custom tools that connect to your existing ERP via API, adding the specific reporting or workflow it lacks without a costly, risky ERP replacement.
Supplier performance tracking
Delivery times, quality issues, and pricing history tracked per supplier, informing better purchasing decisions over time.
Relevant systems
- Procurement approval portal with configurable workflows and audit trail
- Real-time production status dashboard
- ERP integration layer for custom reporting and workflow extension
- Supplier performance tracking and scorecard system
- Automated purchase order generation and document management
Relevant automation
- Purchase orders automatically generated once an approval workflow completes
- Supplier notified automatically when an order is approved and ready to fulfil
- Production status updates pushed to sales automatically as jobs progress
- Supplier scorecards updated automatically based on delivery and quality data
Relevant AI opportunities
- AI-assisted demand forecasting based on historical order and production data
- Anomaly detection flagging unusual purchase order patterns for review
- AI summarisation of supplier communication history for procurement decisions
- Predictive maintenance alerts based on equipment usage and production logs
Common questions from manufacturing businesses
We already have an ERP system, do we need to replace it?
Usually not. Most of our manufacturing work involves building tools that sit alongside or integrate with your existing ERP to add what it's missing, rather than replacing a system that already works for its core purpose.
How does procurement approval prevent unauthorised purchases?
The workflow enforces sign-off at each required level before a purchase order can be generated, with a complete audit trail. This is the exact gap we closed for a manufacturing group previously managing approvals over email.
Can different departments see different levels of production detail?
Yes, dashboards are built with role-based access, so the floor, sales, and management see the detail relevant to their role.
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