Industries

ERP and automation by industry, built for how your floor runs

Every sector breaks in its own places: bills of materials in manufacturing, expiry dates in distribution, tills in retail, timesheets in services. Below is where we usually start in each one, and what we measure before changing anything.

By sector

Where we usually start

Manufacturing & Heavy Engineering

Multi-level BOMs, work-order routing, and live shop-floor scheduling.

What breaks today

Spreadsheets tracking WIP that never match floor counts; delayed job-costing calculations; unexpected machine breakdowns stalling production lines.

What we usually build

One ERP with MRP, barcode work-order entry on shop-floor tablets, planned maintenance, and scrap tracking at each work center.

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Manufacturing (MRP) Inventory & Warehouse Maintenance (CMMS) Purchase & Vendors
Automations worth building

Low-stock triggers for raw materials, automated machine downtime notifications, and live yield variance calculation.

Platforms that usually fit

Odoo Enterprise or ERPNext for agile custom manufacturing; Dynamics 365 for high-volume enterprise plants.

What we measure in discovery Work-in-progress accuracy, days to close job costs, unplanned downtime hours.

Wholesale, Distribution & 3PL Logistics

Multi-warehouse bin routing, batch FEFO/FIFO tracking, and EDI courier dispatch.

What breaks today

Inventory discrepancies between warehouses, slow order picking, manual re-typing of courier waybills, and dead stock caused by expired lots.

What we usually build

Barcode-driven WMS with wave picking, automated 3PL carrier API integration, customer-specific price tier engines, and automated purchase replenishment.

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Inventory & Warehouse Purchase & Vendors Sales & Quotation Accounting & Finance
Automations worth building

Automated shipping label generation, automated back-order allocation upon receipt, and customer shipment tracking webhooks.

Platforms that usually fit

Odoo or Dynamics 365 Business Central for complex multi-warehouse fulfillment.

What we measure in discovery Pick accuracy, picking hours per order, stock written off as expired.

Retail & Omnichannel Commerce

Offline-ready POS, unified stock across stores and web, and centralized promotions.

What breaks today

Store tills hanging during internet hiccups; double-selling items listed simultaneously in store and online; manual end-of-day register reconciliation.

What we usually build

Offline-capable Point of Sale synchronized to central relational ERP, real-time inventory reservation between e-commerce and retail stores, and unified gift cards.

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Point of Sale (POS) Inventory & Warehouse CRM Accounting & Finance
Automations worth building

Instant stock decrement across all channels on sale, automated daily cash register reconciliation, and VIP tier loyalty rewards.

Platforms that usually fit

Odoo POS with custom offline sync or Shopify connected to central ERP core.

What we measure in discovery Oversold orders, till downtime, time to reconcile each register.

Professional Services, EPC & Contracting

Project timesheets, milestone billing, resource planning, and real-time margin visibility.

What breaks today

Lost consultant billable hours; invoices delayed by manual timesheet approvals; project cost overruns discovered only at completion.

What we usually build

Integrated project management with role-based timesheet logging, automated milestone billing triggers, subcontractor PO tracking, and live gross margin tracking.

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Project Management Sales & Quotation HR Management Accounting & Finance
Automations worth building

Automated timesheet reminder escalation, automated milestone invoice dispatch, and live budget depletion alerts.

Platforms that usually fit

Zoho One or Odoo Enterprise for rapid consulting and project services deployment.

What we measure in discovery Billable hours captured, days from milestone to invoice, margin per project.

Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals

Strict batch expiry tracking, compliance audits, and validated procurement chains.

What breaks today

Expired medicine write-offs, manual paper temperature logs, audit anxiety during compliance checks, and slow vendor qualification workflows.

What we usually build

Strict First-Expired First-Out (FEFO) warehouse enforcement, immutable lot traceability, digital batch records, and vendor quality management.

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Inventory & Warehouse Purchase & Vendors Accounting & Finance Document management (add-on)
Automations worth building

Automated 90-day expiry warnings, automated certificate of analysis (COA) generation, and vendor re-certification alerts.

Platforms that usually fit

Odoo Enterprise or Microsoft Dynamics 365, configured with full lot traceability and audit trails.

What we measure in discovery Expired stock written off, audit preparation time, vendor qualification time.

Government & Public Sector

Program and grant tracking, case records, and reports that survive an audit.

What breaks today

Program data spread across spreadsheets and inboxes, funder reports assembled by hand before every deadline, and records requests that take weeks to answer.

What we usually build

One system of record for programs, funds and cases, with role-based access, a full audit trail and reports drawn from live data.

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Accounting & Finance Project Management CRM Helpdesk & Support Document management (add-on)
Automations worth building

Spend alerts against each budget line, funder and audit report packs built on schedule, and document intake for applications and invoices with human approval.

Platforms that usually fit

Salesforce or Dynamics 365 where an approved enterprise platform is required; ERPNext or a custom build where open source and data residency come first.

What we measure in discovery Hours to prepare a funder or audit report, time to answer a records request, budget variances found late.

Field Service, Fleet & Asset Rental

Offline mobile technician dispatch, equipment GPS tracking, and digital job sign-offs.

What breaks today

Lost paper service sheets, technicians missing equipment maintenance intervals, and unbilled overtime on remote client sites.

What we usually build

Dispatcher board with route scheduling, mobile technician app with offline job logging, asset meter tracking, and on-glass digital customer signature.

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Maintenance (CMMS) Helpdesk & Support Sales & Quotation Technician mobile app (add-on)
Automations worth building

Automated job assignment based on technician location/skill, automated work certificate PDF email, and preventive maintenance triggers based on meter hours.

Platforms that usually fit

Custom Flutter mobile app backed by Odoo or Zoho CRM backend.

What we measure in discovery Days from job to invoice, missed maintenance intervals, first-time fix rate.

In every sector

Three rules we apply everywhere

One source of truth

Customers, stock and money live in one system, so there is one copy of each record instead of several that disagree.

Standard first, custom where it counts

We extend platforms through documented APIs, so your customizations survive the next upgrade.

A person approves what matters

Repetitive paperwork is automated, but anything above your financial or operational limits waits for a named approver.

Next step

Not sure what to fix first?

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