Industries
Industry Expertise
Industry knowledge changes what we look for. Below is how we approach each industry we work in: what makes it different, where the challenges usually are, and what we build to solve them.
Manufacturing
Aerospace & Defense · Automotive · Industrial Products · Metals/Fabrication · Plastics · Chemicals
What makes it different
Margins are made or lost between the quote, the production schedule, and the shop floor. The data to see it is usually already in the ERP, just not in one place.
Common challenges
- Quotes that don't reflect the true cost to build
- Schedules run in spreadsheets that break when priorities change
- Scrap, rework, and overtime that don't show up until month-end
What we build
- Dashboards for production vs. plan, on-time delivery, scrap and rework, quote-to-actual margin, and inventory turns
- Custom quoting (CPQ) tools
- Production scheduling tools
Recent work includes
- A manufacturer of commercial refrigeration equipment: replaced a spreadsheet-based production schedule with a real-time scheduling tool.
- A manufacturer of laboratory equipment: built a CPQ platform for faster configuration and dynamic pricing.
- A retail fixture manufacturer: built a sales forecasting tool connected directly to their ERP.
- An MRO aircraft repair shop: pulled together the diligence data requests and pro formas for a potential acquisition.
Related work
Logistics & Transportation
Trucking · Distribution · Warehousing
What makes it different
Thin margins and high volume mean small inefficiencies add up fast. Knowing which customers, lanes, and shipments actually make money is the whole game.
Common challenges
- Profit by customer or lane is unclear
- Capacity and labor planning done by hand
- Data split across dispatch, warehouse, and accounting systems
What we build
- Customer and lane profitability dashboards
- Capacity and labor planning tools
- Tracking for on-time delivery, cost per shipment, and utilization
Energy & Resources
Oil and Gas · Mining · Renewables
Capital-heavy operations where project costs and asset performance drive results. We help track project cost vs. budget, asset uptime, and operating cost per unit.
Consumer Goods
Apparel · Consumer Products · Food & Beverage
Many SKUs, many channels, and margins that shift with every promotion. We help show SKU profitability, pricing and promotion results, and inventory by channel.
Technology
Electronics/Telecom · Software · IT Hardware
Fast-moving businesses where recurring revenue, pipeline, and customer profitability need to be clear. We help track revenue trends, pipeline, and margin by customer and product.
We also work with companies in Agricultural Products · Healthcare · Paper & Packaging · Printing/Publishing · Retail
Don't See Your Industry?
Most of our work applies wherever there's an ERP and a margin to protect.