Operations
Production planning, job work, dispatch, gate entry and the daily registers your supervisors maintain.
Custom Software Development
Software shaped to the process, not the other way round
When the workbook stops coping and the off-the-shelf product would mean changing how you operate, the remaining option is software built to your process. That is most of what we do.
Overview
Software shaped to the process, not the other way round
Every business we build for already has a system. It is usually a mix of registers, spreadsheets and one person who remembers the exceptions. That system holds years of operational knowledge, and it is the reason a generic product so often fails here.
We map what exists, keep the parts that work, and put the rest on rails: validation at the point of entry, approvals that route themselves, and reporting that agrees with the physical reality on the floor.
What the engagement includes
- Requirement and workflow mapping with the people doing the work
- Role-based access, approval chains and full audit trails
- Data migration from spreadsheets, Access, Tally or a legacy application
- Integration with accounting, weighbridge, barcode and plant hardware
- Reporting your auditors and regulators accept without rework
- On-site or remote training, with documentation for each role
Capability
What we build under this practice
Inventory and procurement
Indent to issue, reorder levels, batch and lot traceability, consumption history that matches the stores.
Quality and compliance
Test records, batch documentation, deviation handling and the evidence an assessor asks to see.
Finance touchpoints
Costing, billing and the exports your accounting package needs, without duplicate entry.
Dashboards
What the plant head, the QA manager and the director each need on one screen, not one report for everyone.
Mobile and shop floor
Barcode scanning, offline-first capture and tablet screens for the people away from a desk.
How we deliver
Start small, then scale safely
Discovery
We sit with the people doing the work and write down the process as it actually runs. You keep that document either way.
Blueprint and prototype
A working prototype of the screens that matter most, plus a costed scope. If it does not convince your team, nothing further gets built.
Phased build
Delivery in the order that relieves the most pain first, with your existing systems running throughout.
Rollout and training
Data migration, role setup and hands-on training for the staff who will use it daily.
Support and evolution
Thirty days of stabilisation, then a maintenance or growth retainer handled by the same engineers.
Questions
What clients ask before starting
Discovery runs one to two weeks. A working prototype of the two or three screens that matter most follows within three to four weeks. A first live module is typically eight to twelve weeks from the start, depending on how much data has to be migrated.
No. Modules go live one at a time and your existing process keeps running underneath until each one has proved itself. We have never asked a client for a hard cutover across the whole business.
You do, from the first commit. The repository, database schema and deployment notes are yours, and we hand them over whether or not the engagement continues.
That is the intention. We write code in mainstream frameworks your team can hire for, document the decisions, and run a handover session when you are ready.
Your choice. We deploy to your own servers, your cloud account, or hosting we manage. Nothing in the build ties you to us as a host.
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Send us the process that is costing you the most time. We will come back with what it would take to fix it, in writing, at no charge.