Practice 02 · Manufacturing and supply chain

Less waste in every plan, order and shipment.

In manufacturing and distribution, margin is decided in thousands of small planning choices: how material is cut, how much stock is held, how orders are processed and how loads are built. Each choice looks reasonable on its own. Together they leave significant money on the table. We build optimisation and forecasting systems that make those choices consistently well.

The problem

Where the money goes.

Material is lost to offcuts and scrap

Cutting and nesting plans are built by hand from familiar patterns, not from the combination that wastes least.

Stock is in the wrong place

Too much of slow-moving items, too little of the ones customers want, because forecasts are built in spreadsheets.

Orders are re-keyed

Customer orders arrive by email and PDF and are typed into the system by hand, with errors and delays.

What we do

What we build.

Cutting and material optimisation

Cutting stock, nesting and yield optimisation that fills every order with the least material.

Demand and inventory planning

Forecasts by item and location that set stock levels on evidence rather than habit.

Order processing

Reading customer orders in any format and entering them into your system automatically.

Load and production planning

Plans that make better use of trucks, machines and shifts within your real constraints.

How it is measured

Results in money, against business as usual.

Every engagement starts with a risk-free diagnostic on your own data, and the system then runs side by side with your current process so the difference is measured. Read our approach.

  • Material yield and scrap rate
  • Inventory value and stock-outs
  • Order processing time and error rate
  • Freight cost per unit shipped
Related insights

Frequently asked questions

Do planners lose control of the plan?

No. The system proposes the plan and your planners review and release it, so the team stays in charge and adoption is straightforward.

How do you prove the saving before changing production?

We run the model on your past orders and compare its plans with the plans you actually used, in kilograms and in money, before anything changes on the shop floor.

What data do you need?

Usually a standard export of past orders, stock and production records from the system you already use.

Start with a diagnostic.

Share one report. Within seven days, we show you in money what AI would have delivered on your own past numbers. If it does not deliver, you do not pay.

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