Get new Business Systems with match-funding from the made smarter Programme
Matt was approached by a consortium of investors to help implement new business systems in a small engineering firm, based in South Yorkshire, that they’d just bought. As it stood, they, the new management team and accountant were struggling to get a handle of the company’s key metrics and see where they could make savings and improvements.
Matt was able to help them access Made Smarter funding to help pay for him to conduct an analysis, advise them on the best ways of doing things, and put together a proposal based on their requirements. He’s then been able to help them apply for further match-funding to pay for his time to build and implement the bespoke fully-integrated systems that they need, including:
- a CRM to keep track of customers and suppliers
- a job booking system
- inspection tracking (via tablets on the shop floor)
- a digital clocking in system (via tablets in the staff entrance)
- hours per job tracking (via tablets on the shop floor) and automated tracking of billing per job
- bill of materials and parts lists
- purchase ordering and goods in system (including a QR for each job that scanned as it comes in and automatically opens the purchase order details)
- assemblies
- training and support
In addition the investors, management team and accountant will be able to access real-time reporting on:
- work in progress
- staff hours
- forecasting
- estimated hours
- planning
This will enable to them to identify savings and efficiencies, and grow the business quickly.
The next stage of the project is to:
- create a stock and inventory control system
- and integrate the billing and accounting information with Xero
Matt’s Offer to Similar Engineering & Manufacturing Companies
Talk to Matt is you have or are working with an engineering or manufacturing firm with a turnover of £1 million+ that’s still using paper-based or spreadsheet systems, but has ambitions to grow and develop. His modular cloud-based system can be tailored to your needs, and once implemented, can be updated and managed by you. And he can help you to access access funding to pay for up to 50% of his time to both scope out the project and then build and install it.