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Software for manufacturers, built and then run

We build the systems a plant actually runs on: attendance, machine and job records, ERP work, AI agents with guardrails. Then we stay on to run them. For manufacturers who are tired of handover documents and silence.

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Where we help

Software for manufacturers, built and then run, end to end.

Attendance and workforce tracking

Shift-based attendance across multiple plants, contractors included. Rosters, overtime, exceptions and a clean export for payroll. We have built this across three manufacturing plants.

ERP and machinery systems

We have built a machinery ERP. Orders, inventory, job cards, dispatch and the reporting layer above them, sized for a manufacturer rather than an enterprise licence you will never fully use.

AI agents on the shop floor

Agents that answer from your own manuals, service history and job records, or triage incoming enquiries. Put into production with guardrails, monitoring and rollback, not left as a demo.

Integration with what you already run

Most plants already have Tally, an accounting package, a machine log or a spreadsheet that matters. We take on the connective work so data moves once, not three times by hand.

Websites and product catalogues

Webflow and Shopify builds for manufacturers selling to distributors or direct. Product catalogues, spec sheets, enquiry routing, and a CMS your marketing person can edit without us.

Reporting managers will read

Utilisation, downtime, headcount, output against plan. One screen a plant head can open in the morning, plus scheduled reports that land in an inbox without anyone running them.

How it runs

Plan. Build. Run.

01

A 30 minute call

You tell us what breaks. We ask about plants, shifts, headcount and the systems already in place. No deck. By the end we either know what to build or we say it is not for us.

02

Fixed scope, timeline and price

We write down what is being built, in what order, by when and for how much. You approve it before anything starts. Change is possible later, but it is priced and agreed, not absorbed quietly.

03

Build, with the plant involved

We build in visible stages and show you working software, not screenshots. Supervisors and operators try it early, because software they resist is software that gets bypassed within a fortnight.

04

Go live, then we run it

Rollout plant by plant rather than everywhere at once. Then the run retainer starts: monitoring, fixes to response targets, security updates, improvements and a monthly report.

Why infoloop

We do not hand over and leave.

  • We stay after go-liveMost agencies deliver, hand over a document and leave. Our run retainer means the same team that built it monitors it, fixes it and improves it month after month.
  • We have built for plants beforeAttendance across three manufacturing plants and a machinery ERP. We know what a shift pattern does to a data model and why the contractor gate is where things go wrong.
  • Fixed price before we startScope, timeline and price agreed up front. You are not signing an open-ended time and materials arrangement that grows every month you do not read the invoice closely.
  • AI that runs in productionWe put agents live with guardrails, monitoring and a rollback path. If an agent starts answering badly, we can see it and switch it off. That is the difference from a pilot.
  • Small team, direct contactYou talk to the people building it. No account manager relaying questions to a developer you never meet, and no three-day wait for an answer that takes two minutes.

What you get

Every engagement includes these, in writing, before work starts.

  • A written scope with timeline and fixed price, agreed before any build work starts
  • Working software shown in stages, so nothing is a surprise at the end
  • Rollout plant by plant, with supervisors trained on the system they will use daily
  • Exports and integrations so payroll and accounts get data without manual re-entry
  • Monitoring, fixes to agreed response targets and security updates under the run retainer
  • A monthly report covering uptime, work done, issues raised and what we suggest next

Who this is for

Three situations where this is the right call.

Attendance is still paper or a spreadsheet

You have multiple plants, contract labour and shifts, and payroll takes days of reconciliation every month. Nobody trusts the numbers, and disputes at month end are routine rather than rare.

The ERP quote came back at six figures

You need order, inventory and job tracking, but the enterprise systems you have been quoted are priced for a company ten times your size and half of the modules do not apply to you.

You bought software and nobody supports it

Something was built for you a year or two ago. The people who built it have moved on, small changes go unanswered for weeks, and you need someone to take it over and keep it running.

Proof

Software we built, and still run.

Attendance across three plants

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Machinery ERP, rebuilt and run

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Questions

What buyers ask us first.

What does a manufacturing project cost with infoloop?
We quote a fixed price for a fixed scope, so you know the number before work starts rather than after. The way to get that number is a 30 minute call: we ask how many plants, how many people, what shifts look like, and what systems you already run. From there we write down what is being built, in what order and by when, with a price attached. You approve it before anything begins. After go-live, running the system is a separate monthly retainer, quoted at the same time so there is no surprise. Changes to scope during the build are possible, but they get priced and agreed rather than absorbed quietly.
Have you actually built software for manufacturers before?
Yes. We have built attendance across three manufacturing plants, covering shift patterns, contract labour and the export payroll needs. We have also built a machinery ERP covering orders, inventory and job tracking. That is the manufacturing work we can point to, and we would rather say so plainly than imply a longer list. For work outside that, such as an AI agent trained on your service manuals or a Shopify store for a direct-to-customer line, we describe it as capability: it is what we build, and we will tell you honestly on the call whether your case is close to something we have done or genuinely new to us.
What happens after the system goes live?
The run retainer starts. That means we monitor the system, fix problems within agreed response targets, apply security updates, and make improvements as the plant's needs change. You get a monthly report covering uptime, what was done, what was raised and what we suggest next. This is the part most agencies do not offer. They deliver, hand over documentation and move on, and a year later nobody knows how to change anything. Our position is that software in a plant is not finished at go-live, it is only started, and the team that built it should be the team that keeps it working.
Will this work with the systems we already have?
Usually, yes. Most plants we speak to already run something for accounts, and often a machine log or a set of spreadsheets that matter more than anyone admits. We take on the integration work so data moves once rather than being typed in twice. On the call we ask what you run and where the data currently gets re-entered by hand, because that is normally where the time goes. If a system you use has no sensible way to connect, we say so up front and propose an export-and-import route instead, rather than promising a live integration that we cannot deliver.
How long does it take to roll out across multiple plants?
We roll out one plant at a time rather than switching everywhere at once. The first plant takes longest, because that is where you discover the shift pattern nobody mentioned and the gate where contractors sign in differently. Later plants go faster, since the system is proven and the surprises are mostly behind you. The timeline is agreed in writing before the build starts and depends on how many plants, how many shift patterns and how much integration is involved. We would rather commit to a date we can meet than quote an optimistic one and then explain the slippage.
Do we need to change how the plant works to use your software?
No, and we would push back if a vendor told you otherwise. Software that fights how a plant actually operates gets bypassed within a fortnight, with supervisors keeping a parallel spreadsheet and the system quietly becoming fiction. We build around your shift patterns, your contractor arrangements and the way your supervisors already record things. Where we do suggest a change, it is because the current process is causing the problem you asked us to fix, and we explain the reasoning rather than simply imposing it. Supervisors and operators try the system during the build for exactly this reason.

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Book a 30 minute call. Bring the thing that costs you days every month, whether that is attendance reconciliation, job tracking or a system nobody supports. You leave with a clear view of what it would take to fix.

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