Everything a growing manufacturer needs to scale.
Six ways we help you run leaner, see clearly and grow without the chaos. Start with a low-risk review, then go only as deep as it earns. Open any service to see exactly what’s included.
Operations Health Check £5,000 fixed
A fixed-scope, five-day review: two days on-site mapping the real workflow, the rest in your data, on the shop floor and in the back office.
You get a written report and a walkthrough meeting to talk it through together: the three or four changes worth making first, what they are worth, and what order to do them in. No inflated scope, no pressure to go further than makes sense.
What’s included
- Two days on-site, then three in your data and processes
- A written report: the few fixes worth making first, ranked by payback
- A walkthrough meeting to talk the findings through together
- A straight answer on whether you even need a new system yet
ERP & MRP Selection
Independent, vendor-neutral help to choose the ERP or MRP system that actually fits how you make things, not the one a salesperson is paid to push.
We define your real requirements across production, purchasing, inventory and sales, shortlist and score the options, and build a costed plan with a Made Smarter funding route where you are eligible.
What’s included
- Requirements defined across production, purchasing, inventory, quality and sales
- A shortlist scored against how you actually make things
- A costed implementation plan and a Made Smarter funding route where eligible
- Independent advice, with no reseller commission in the mix
Implementation & Change
We run the system project end to end alongside your team, the part most projects get wrong.
Requirements done in full, data cleaned before migration, your people trained on how their work changes, and the system integrated with what you already use. We stay until the new way of working is the normal way of working.
What’s included
- Full requirements and configuration, run alongside your team
- Data cleansed and migrated properly, not dumped across
- Your people trained on how their day-to-day actually changes
- Integration with the tools you already run, and support until it sticks
Process Automation
Repetitive manual admin, rekeying, chasing and copy-paste, quietly eats your team’s week.
We automate it with Power Automate and the tools you already own, so your people spend their time on the work that actually needs them, not on feeding spreadsheets.
What’s included
- A map of the repetitive admin quietly eating the week
- Automations built in Power Automate and the Microsoft tools you already own
- Approvals, notifications, rekeying and reporting handled for you
- Documentation, so it is yours to run, not a black box
Business Intelligence
Most manufacturers only find out something went wrong a month later, in the accounts.
We build Power BI dashboards and reporting so you can see cost, schedule, on-time delivery and margin in real time, and make decisions on facts instead of gut feel.
What’s included
- Power BI dashboards for cost, schedule, on-time delivery and margin
- One version of the truth, pulled from your real systems
- Live views your team will actually open, not a monthly PDF
- Training so you can extend the reports yourselves
Fractional Ops Lead
Part-time, senior operational leadership for a manufacturer that is scaling faster than its structure.
The steady hand between you and your next stage of growth: running improvement, holding the plan, and coaching your team, without the cost of a full-time hire.
What’s included
- Senior operational leadership, a day or two a week
- A steady hand running improvement and holding the plan
- Coaching for your emerging managers and team leads
- A flexible commitment that scales up or down with you
Grant funding most manufacturers never claim.
Employ 10 to 249 people and turn over under £50m? Made Smarter offers matched grants of up to £20,000 towards new systems, plus a fully funded digital roadmap. We help you win it and spend it well.
Not sure where to start?
Book a free 30-minute call with a founder. No obligation, just a straight read on where your operations are holding you back, and the one change worth making first.
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