Field note
Why the weighbridge slip is the first number we trust
Every tonne that enters the plant is weighed once. We build the stores ledger from that slip, not from the purchase order.
A product cost nobody can state with confidence
Rates paid that differ from rates agreed, invoices matched by hand, a month-end close that takes a fortnight.
Where it breaks, and what changes
Where it breaks today, by hand: Purchase to Finance: email; Stores to Finance: paper; Line to Finance: retyped; Finance to Management: spreadsheet. Once fixed: Purchase, Stores, Line, Finance and Management on one record.
Judged on
- Working capital days
- Unmatched invoices
- Days to close
- Margin by product
We put procure-to-pay on one record, capture actual cost by product, batch and customer, and show margin where the decision is made.
How we would run it
Four steps, one measure agreed before we start.
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Diagnose
A written diagnostic, yours to keep
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Decide
A ranked roadmap and the number it is judged on
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Deliver
Working output in weeks, not at the end
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Embed
You own the process, the system and the data
The capabilities behind the fix
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Core business systems
ERP, planning, quality and maintenance systems, selected and implemented.
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Private AI and workflow automation
AI on your own data and systems, measured on each process’s own number.
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Data and management decision systems
One view of the plant for the people who run it, drawn from the source.
Also from the field
Questions
Which problems do you solve?
Throughput, quality, maintenance, planning, inventory, costing and working capital, sales and service, systems that do not talk, adoption, energy and compliance. The problems page lists them with their measures.
Who owns what you build?
The client. Your process, your system, your data. There is no licence that meters your growth, and every engagement runs under a non‑disclosure agreement.
What happens in the first conversation?
Thirty minutes with a consultant on one operating problem. No deck, no demo. You leave with a view of where it breaks and what it costs.
Next problem
Sales, orders and customer service
A dispatch date promised from memoryBring us one operating problem
Thirty minutes on the problem that costs you most. No deck, no demo.