Scale your operations without the growing pains.
We help UK manufacturing SMEs move off spreadsheets and onto the right systems, one practical step at a time.
Haidar & Marta, not a salesperson, not a junior consultant.
Jaguar Land Rover, Bosch & Philips
One team, from first fix to full system.
Six services covering the whole journey: diagnosis, the right system, and making it stick. The short version is below; the detail is a click away.
Operations Health Check £5,000 fixed
Find exactly where you’re losing time and money: the few fixes worth making first.
ERP & MRP Selection
The right system chosen on fit and function, not on a salesperson’s commission.
Implementation & Change
We run the project and stay until the new way of working is the normal way.
Process Automation
Hand the repetitive admin to software, not to more headcount.
Business Intelligence
See cost, schedule and on-time delivery in real time, not a month late.
Fractional Ops Lead
Senior operations leadership, part-time, while you scale.
It’s not 0 to 100.
We start where you are.
Most manufacturers can’t, and shouldn’t, change everything at once. We take small, practical steps and fix what pays back first, so each step earns the next.
Health Check
See exactly where you stand and what is costing you most.
Fixed fee · low riskQuick wins
Fix the cheap, high-impact things first, before any big spend.
Weeks, not monthsThe right system
When you are ready, the right system chosen on fit.
Part-funded where eligibleAutomate & see clearly
Build on what works: automation and real-time visibility.
Each step earns the nextWe know your world.
Growing manufacturers across the sub-sectors we have worked inside, not consultants learning on your time.
Precision & Metals
Production planning, quality and scaling across precision and fabricated-metal shops.
Automotive
APQP, PPAP, IATF 16949 and OEM delivery across Tier 1 to 3.
Aerospace
Programme delivery, supplier management, AS9100 and change control.
Food & Drink
The UK’s largest sub-sector. Traceability, planning and compliance at scale.
Electronics
High-mix, high-complexity production where data makes the margin.
The gap between what your operation could do and what it actually does is exactly what we are built to close, and we stay through delivery so the fix is permanent.
Efficiency now.
AI-ready next.
Clearing out manual admin is the obvious win. But the same groundwork is exactly what lets you use automation and AI for real: clean data, consistent processes, structured content and the right metadata.
Fix the foundations
One version of the truth instead of twelve spreadsheets. Documented processes. Content that is structured and tagged, not trapped in people’s heads.
Then the tools work
Reporting you can trust, automation you can rely on, and AI features that actually deliver on your data, because they finally have something solid to run on.
It starts with the basics
Most manufacturers aren’t held back by the technology, but by what sits underneath it. Get the basics right and the rest becomes possible.
The free manufacturing efficiency toolkit.
Three practical tools to find, cost and fix what is slowing you down: a 10-minute self-assessment, a semi-automated Gantt, and a board-ready business case with a built-in ROI calculator. Yours free, no catch.
- Operations efficiency self-assessment
- Semi-automated project Gantt
- One-page business case with ROI
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.
Ready to take the first step?
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.
Book a free discovery call