Manufacturing Planning, Execution & Automation Advisory
Advisory services for single-site manufacturing businesses (£10m–£75m turnover) that combine deep, end-to-end supply chain planning expertise with the targeted application of cost-effective automation and AI.
This service focuses on improving how decisions are made and executed across the full planning and execution lifecycle—from S&OP through to finite scheduling—by first fixing planning structure and decision logic, then selectively applying automation and AI where they materially reduce effort, delay, or error.
Typical services include
- End-to-end supply chain planning design, from demand through execution
- S&OP and integrated planning structure, governance, and cadence
- Demand, supply, and capacity planning alignment
- MRP logic, parameters, and exception design
- Finite scheduling principles and execution handoff
- Identification of decision bottlenecks, manual work, and lost value across existing ERP and planning tools
- Low-cost automation of planning-adjacent and administrative processes using existing platforms
- Selective use of AI for decision support, scenario evaluation, prioritisation, and exception handling where it provides clear operational benefit
Typical environments include
Life sciences manufacturing, precision machinery, aerospace and defence, automotive, electrical assembly, project manufacturing, and MTO/ETO operations.
This service is ERP-agnostic and does not include ERP implementation, configuration, or vendor selection.
IFS Delivery & Architecture
Senior IFS functional consulting and solution architecture services for manufacturing and supply-chain organisations.
This stream is focused on hands-on delivery and design authority across complex IFS environments, ensuring that operational requirements are translated into robust, supportable solutions.
Typical services include
- IFS functional consulting across manufacturing and supply-chain domains
- Hands-on functional delivery across core IFS modules
- End-to-end solution and integration architecture
- Design authority and design assurance roles
- Early-phase project shaping and scope definition
- Support for complex, high-risk, or stalled IFS initiatives
This service is delivery-focused and operates within established IFS programmes and partner ecosystems.
ERP & IFS Presales Advisory
Specialist IFS presales execution and advisory services for ERP vendors, partners, and buyers.
This stream supports presales teams and early-stage engagements by bringing operational credibility, architectural clarity, and structured narrative development—without owning the sale or the selection.
Typical services include
- Presales execution for IFS partners, from RFI and RFP responses through to demo preparation and delivery
- Demo narrative design aligned to real manufacturing and supply-chain scenarios
- Presales solution and architecture support
- Early customer engagement and discovery support
- Presales content authoring and refinement
- ERP presales coaching and advisory (IFS and non-IFS)
This service is explicitly presales-focused and does not transition automatically into delivery or implementation.
How Engagements Typically Work
Engagements are scoped to the problem at hand and structured to deliver clarity quickly. Most work is delivered through short, focused advisory or execution phases rather than long, open-ended programmes.
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