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Manufacturing & field services2024Sample case

Built a job system that runs from quote to invoice across the office, the workshop, and crews in the field.

A field-services & manufacturing business

FIG.01 · Headline result

Paper → live

Field job capture

FIG.01 · OUTCOME — MEASURED, NOT CLAIMED

Sample case — pending client publication. This is a representative example of the kind of system we build for a manufacturing & field services business. Figures and details are illustrative until the named client case study is published.

01  /  The problem

The business & where it was stuck

Quotes, work orders, and asset history lived in separate tools that didn't talk. Field crews worked from paper, the workshop chased updates by phone, and jobs regularly stalled waiting on information that already existed somewhere.

FIG.02 — BEFORE → AFTER

4 → 1

Before · scattered

  • Bespoke business application
  • Systems integration
  • Workflow automation
  • AI assistance

After · unified

One system, built around how they operate

One record, one source of truth.

Unified into one system they own

02  /  What we built

One system, engineered around how they operate.

01

A job system spanning quoting, scheduling, asset history, and invoicing — shared across office, workshop, and field.

02

A mobile-first view for crews to capture job progress, photos, and sign-off on site.

03

Integration with the existing inventory and accounting systems so stock and billing stay in sync automatically.

04

AI-assisted scheduling that suggests the next best job for each crew based on location, skills, and parts on hand.

03  /  The results

3 metrics · before → after
Paper → live

Field job capture

~30%

Faster quote-to-invoice cycle

One system

Office, workshop & field

The crews, the workshop, and the office finally run off one system. Nothing falls through the cracks between them.
General manager · Field-services business

04  /  Capabilities

What this build drew on.

Bespoke business applicationSystems integrationWorkflow automationAI assistance

05  /  More work

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