Custom software for manufacturers
Make your existing systems work like your business does.
Keep the ERP, stock system and processes your team already trusts. We build the missing operational tools around them—from production planning and job tracking to quoting, customer updates and traceability.
The systems you already rely on
The missing operational layer
Built around your decisions
A focused alternative
You probably don’t need another platform.
Most manufacturers already have plenty of software. The problem is what happens between it: exports reconciled in spreadsheets, information rekeyed between systems, approvals buried in emails and important decisions dependent on a handful of experienced people.
We build focused operational tools that use your existing data and reflect the way your business actually works—without turning one missing workflow into a two-year systems replacement programme.
The useful question
What still falls between your systems?
The best custom software projects often begin with a question that your current systems cannot answer without a workaround.
What should each production line build next?
Can we promise this delivery date with today’s stock and capacity?
Where is this job without somebody walking onto the shop floor?
Which materials will prevent next month’s orders being completed?
Why is the same information being entered into three systems?
Which report still takes half a day of spreadsheet reconciliation?
How we work
Solve the gap. Keep control.
01
Keep what works
Your ERP, inventory or accounting system remains the source of truth. We connect to it rather than beginning with the assumption that it must be replaced.
02
Build only the missing piece
Production planning, job tracking, quoting, approvals or customer communication—we solve the specific operational gap without forcing you to buy an entire platform.
03
Own your roadmap
No per-seat pricing, mandatory modules or vendor-controlled feature roadmap. Add the capability your business needs, when it needs it.
Cin7 Core + custom production planning
20 hours of planning. Now generated live.
Southstar already had reliable order, product and stock data. What they lacked was a production plan that reflected capacity, BOM availability, finished stock, downtime and delivery commitments.
We built that missing decision layer around Cin7 Core, leaving the system of record in place while turning its data into a live, practical plan for the factory.
Read the Southstar case study
20 hrs
Weekly planning before
Automatic
Generated when the page loads
Software that evolves with the business
Build what you need. Add what comes next.
G&A Harris has used its custom production system for more than two years. It began with focused pricing automation, then grew into end-to-end shop-floor tracking, barcoding, traceability and production visibility.
When the team needs the next capability—such as human-approved customer updates—it can be added to the workflow they already trust. No reimplementation. No new module licence. No paying per user for the privilege.
Why SmartWorks
Manufacturing engineer first. Software developer second.
SmartWorks is led by Jake Saunders, with ten years of experience across manufacturing and software engineering. The work starts by understanding the constraint, decision and process—not by reaching for the largest possible software project.
More about SmartWorks →“We have a stronger level of control and knowledge of WIP and we can also better budget based on current workloads.”
Jake quickly understood our needs, probed the business carefully and brought forward practical ways to make our manufacturing system come to life.
Matt Lehmann
G&A Harris
“SmartWorks have been the perfect partner for us.”
Jake’s ability to understand the inner workings of our business, remain pragmatic and deliver quality software to tight time constraints has been continually impressive.
Ben Mason
Jaguar Land Rover
Start with the gap
Where does operational reality fall between your systems?
Bring the spreadsheet, manual export or awkward workflow. We’ll work out whether a focused piece of software can make it disappear.
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