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See the shop floor. Predict the breakdown. Pass the audit.

Manufacturers lose money in the gaps — unplanned downtime, undetected defects, paper approvals, and security postures that fail OEM audits. We close those gaps.

The reality on the ground

What's actually going wrong.

On most shop floors, downtime is discovered when the line stops, quality escapes are discovered by the customer, and the true cost of a job is discovered at month-end. Data exists — in machine logs, quality registers, and ERP entries — but nobody has wired it into decisions.

Meanwhile OEMs now audit their suppliers' cybersecurity the way they audit their quality systems. A flat network and an exposed portal are no longer an IT detail; they are a contract risk.

  • Unplanned downtime discovered when the line stops, not before
  • No live OEE or production visibility — reports compiled next day
  • Quality inspection manual and sampled, with escapes reaching customers
  • Purchases and approvals on paper, arriving after the spend
  • OEM security assessments exposing flat networks and legacy systems
  • Production planning disconnected from actual demand signals

What we deliver

Built for manufacturing & automotive.

Machine monitoring & OEE

Live dashboards on downtime, output, and equipment effectiveness — per line, per shift, per plant. Explore this practice →

Predictive maintenance

Models on sensor and log data flagging failure patterns before the breakdown. Explore this practice →

Vision-based quality inspection

Camera-plus-model inspection catching defects at line speed — every unit, not every tenth. Explore this practice →

Plant security & OEM audit readiness

Segmentation, hardening, VAPT, and the evidence pack that clears supplier assessments. Explore this practice →

Manufacturing ERP

ERPNext-based production, inventory, purchase, and costing — with mobile approvals for the floor. Explore this practice →

Process automation

Requisitions, gate entries, dispatch documents, and compliance reports generating themselves. Explore this practice →

Results we target

The numbers we aim for.

Targets based on engagements of this shape — actual goals are agreed per project, upfront, in writing.

0%Less unplanned downtimeTypical monitoring + PdM target
0%Units inspectedVision QC versus sampling
0dayApproval turnaroundDown from ~5 days on paper
0OEM audit clearedSecurity posture, evidenced
Sample 0

Auto-parts manufacturer cleared its OEM security audit after full hardening. Read the full sample case study for this industry.

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Representative scenarios

8 problems we know how to solve.

Honesty note: these are illustrative engagement scenarios — problem patterns we solve and the results a well-run engagement targets. They are not real client names or audited figures, and they'll be replaced by documented case studies as projects complete.

01 · Auto-parts maker facing a mandatory OEM security audit

Client profile: Auto-components manufacturer, 2 plants.

The problem: A ransomware attack at a peer triggered OEM supplier assessments; the company had a flat network and an exposed supplier portal.

What we build: Full VAPT, network segmentation separating plant and office systems, patching cadence, monitoring, and phishing training with an evidence pack.

Typical results: OEM assessment cleared in one review cycle, phishing failure rate from 34% to 6%, zero incidents since.

02 · Plant losing 200 hours a month to surprise breakdowns

Client profile: Machining plant, 120 machines.

The problem: Downtime was logged on paper after the fact; causes were argued about, never analyzed, and repeated monthly.

What we build: Sensor and PLC data feeding a live OEE dashboard with downtime classification, alerts, and maintenance scheduling.

Typical results: Unplanned downtime down ~35%, maintenance shifted from reactive to planned, causes now ranked by measured cost.

03 · Job shop quoting blind

Client profile: Custom fabrication shop.

The problem: Quotes were estimated from memory, actual job costs were unknown until month-end, and some product lines quietly lost money.

What we build: ERPNext with job costing, routing, and material tracking — every job's estimate versus actual visible as it runs.

Typical results: Quote accuracy up sharply, loss-making product lines identified and re-priced, month-end costing eliminated.

04 · Quality escapes reaching the customer

Client profile: Precision components supplier.

The problem: Manual sampling inspected one unit in ten; defect batches reached OEM customers and triggered penalty debits.

What we build: Vision-inspection station with a custom defect-detection model checking every unit at line speed, with an operator review queue.

Typical results: Customer complaints on covered defects near zero, 100% inspection at line speed, debits eliminated on that part family.

05 · Purchases approved after the money was spent

Client profile: Mid-size manufacturer, 3 units.

The problem: Paper requisitions traveled days behind reality; head office learned of purchases from invoices.

What we build: Mobile requisition and approval workflow with budget context attached, integrated into the ERP purchase cycle.

Typical results: Approval turnaround from days to hours, spend visible before commitment, purchase policy actually enforced.

06 · Production planned against last month's guess

Client profile: FMCG contract manufacturer.

The problem: Production schedules followed rough monthly estimates; rush changeovers and dead stock were both routine.

What we build: Demand-forecasting model on order history and seasonality feeding weekly production plans with confidence ranges.

Typical results: Changeovers down, finished-goods dead stock reduced double digits, service levels up with the same capacity.

07 · Maintenance team firefighting the same failures

Client profile: Process plant, continuous operation.

The problem: The same pump and motor failures recurred; logs existed but nobody mined them, and spares were either missing or overstocked.

What we build: Predictive-maintenance models on vibration, temperature, and runtime data with alert thresholds and spares forecasting.

Typical results: Majority of covered failures flagged in advance, emergency spare purchases cut, planned windows replacing night calls.

08 · Dealers ordering over phone calls

Client profile: Equipment manufacturer, 200+ dealers.

The problem: Dealer orders, warranty claims, and stock queries all ran through phone calls and a shared inbox.

What we build: Dealer portal with live stock, ordering, order tracking, and warranty-claim submission with document upload.

Typical results: Order-entry effort largely eliminated, warranty processing days faster, dealers self-serving around the clock.

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