Manchester firms: put AI where it pays, starting with the figures.
We have worked across the Pennines since 2021, most of that time with an engineering works in Oldham. We help Greater Manchester manufacturers, distributors and service firms cut the admin, fix ageing systems and use AI where it earns its keep.
The Greater Manchester firms we work with
Engineering and manufacturing businesses in the towns around the city: Oldham, Rochdale, Bolton, Stockport, Trafford Park. Wholesalers and distributors with warehouses near the motorway network. Professional and service firms in the city centre with more paperwork than people.
Many run on a mix of an ERP or accounts package, a shop-floor system and a lot of spreadsheets in between. The spreadsheets are where the time goes and where the mistakes come from.
How we cover Manchester from Sheffield
Manchester Piccadilly is about 50 minutes from Sheffield on the train. We come over for the first visit, for workshops with your team and for go-live, and do the rest remotely with a weekly call.
At Oldham we worked in two-week blocks with a fixed scope each time, tracked on a board the client could see. Most Manchester clients get the same rhythm.
| Area | Before | After | Proof |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business software | Slow in places and hard to change safely | Brought up to date and made faster, module by module | Oldham Engineering |
| Planning | No contract forecast | A contract forecast report, plus the reports the business asked for | Oldham Engineering |
| Links to other systems | An old link to the JobBOSS ERP | The JobBOSS link upgraded, and a link to Fastems shop-floor automation started | Oldham Engineering |
| Ownership | No path to owning the system | An in-house specialist we helped recruit, and our retainer ended in December 2023 | Oldham Engineering |
Source: Oldham Engineering case study. Work ran from March 2021 to December 2023.
An engineering works in Oldham
Oldham Engineering machines, fabricates and assembles heavy components for nuclear, defence, rail and power generation, from Castle Iron Works.
Oldham Engineering
We modernised its contracts, sales, production and reporting software, then ran the recruitment for the person who took it in-house.
Everything Boxed
A packaging business met its biggest customer’s deadline for digital ordering and invoicing, and kept the account.
Starting with us
- 1
Free call
Tell us which job eats the week, and which system nobody wants to touch.
- 2
AI Profit Review
£495 + VAT, fixed. A written plan within a week, costed in pounds, ranked by payback.
- 3
Two-week blocks
Each with a fixed scope and a visible board, so you see progress and spend as you go.
Questions
- Will you come to our site in Greater Manchester?
- Yes. We visit for the first look at how the business runs, for workshops and for go-live. Day-to-day work is remote.
- Our system was written years ago by someone who has left. Can you help?
- Yes. That was the position at Oldham. We bring it up to date in small, safe steps and leave it in a state your own team can own.
- Do we need AI, or just better systems?
- Often the first saving is a better link between two systems. The review tells you which, and we only recommend AI where it pays back more than the simpler fix.
- Do you work with our ERP?
- We have worked with JobBOSS, Sage and bespoke systems, and we connect ERPs to shops, warehouses and customers’ ordering systems.
Which system is holding you back?
Book the review and we will tell you what it is costing, what fixing it would cost, and where AI fits.
Max RevittFounder and Director