Sales-production gap
Delivery promises ignore capacity and materials
Light Manufacturing
Connect customer demand to materials, production, cost, and delivery.
Plan materials, manufacturing orders, and inventory without a system heavier than your needs.
We understand how your sector operates
Demand starts as a forecast or sales order, followed by material and BOM review, manufacturing order, material issue, production and waste tracking, finished-goods receipt, and delivery.
Operational challenges we recognise
Material shortages
Production starts before components are secured
Undocumented orders
Priorities and actual quantities disappear into paper
Unmeasured waste
Cost and balance exclude loss
Invisible WIP
Work-in-progress quantity and value are unclear
Weak product cost
Pricing lacks reliable material and operation cost
Reactive purchasing
Procurement begins after production stops
How ZEDIQ helps
Unachievable demand
Connect sales orders to production plan and expected date
Missing materials
BOM requirements and purchase signals before release
Invisible execution
Orders stages and actual WIP quantities
Hidden waste
Record loss and its material and cost effect
Weak pricing
Product order and variance cost reporting
Operating workflow
Demand or forecast
Production plan
Material requirements
Purchasing
Manufacturing order
Material issue
Production and waste
Finished receipt
Delivery and cost
Relevant business solutions
ERP for Business Management
Run sales, inventory, purchasing, and billing from one connected system.
Explore solution ↗Inventory & Warehouse Management
Know what is available, reserved, and ready to reorder.
Explore solution ↗Workflow Automation & Approvals
Turn recurring requests and approvals into a clear, trackable flow.
Explore solution ↗Custom Business Systems & Integrations
Build what your business needs and connect the systems you already use.
Explore solution ↗ZEDIQ services for this sector
Process Assessment & Readiness
Understand what actually happens before selecting a system or change.
Explore service ↗Solution Design & Roadmap
Turn diagnosis into scope, data model, integrations, and a phased roadmap.
Explore service ↗Business Systems Implementation
Configure systems, access, workflows, and reporting around the agreed scope.
Explore service ↗System Integration & APIs
Connect systems with explicit rules for data, status, and errors.
Explore service ↗Data Assessment, Cleaning & Migration
Move essential data in a controlled, reviewable way instead of copying disorder into a new system.
Explore service ↗Testing, Training & Change Enablement
Test real work, train users, and launch with a transition and support plan.
Explore service ↗Managed Operations, Support & Improvement
Keep systems stable, adopted, supported, and ready to improve after go-live.
Explore service ↗What the platform can manage
Products and BOM
Raw materials
Manufacturing orders
Operations
Waste
WIP
Purchasing
Finished goods
Quality within scope
Costing
Management dashboards and reporting
Production orders
Material requirements
Expected shortages
Waste
Work in progress
Order cost
Plan adherence
Relevant integrations
Sales systems
Scales or equipment within scope
Barcode
Accounting
Supplier APIs
Custom interfaces
How we implement
Discover
Map processes
Configure
Integrate
Migrate
Test
Train
Go live
Improve
Experience since 2019
Experience building and operating business systems since 2019, using a method that starts with the real process and continues through adoption and improvement.
Related insights
Designing Procurement That Prevents Delay and Uncontrolled Buying
From demand request to comparison, approval, receipt, and invoice matching.
Read insight ↗How to Make Work in Progress Visible in Light Manufacturing
Connect production orders, materials, stages, scrap, and finished goods.
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From Emergency Repairs to a Measurable Preventive Maintenance Plan
Connect asset records, meter, schedule, parts, downtime, and outcome.
Read insight ↗Frequently asked questions
Can the system manage Products and BOM;Raw materials;Manufacturing orders;Operations;Waste;WIP;Purchasing;Finished goods;Quality within scope;Costing?
Yes. We define the required data, access, and workflow and deliver it within the agreed project scope.
Can connect to the rest of operations?
The stages can share data and status without repeated entry after dependencies and exceptions are mapped.
Can it integrate with Sales systems;Scales or equipment within scope;Barcode;Accounting;Supplier APIs;Custom interfaces?
We first review available interfaces, data quality, and exception ownership, then define a feasible integration.
Can existing data be migrated?
Yes. We identify essential data, clean a sample, and test migration before launch rather than moving old files without review.
How does a Light Manufacturing implementation start?
It starts with discovery and current-process mapping, then a clear first phase followed by configuration, testing, training, and launch.
Can you see what will stop production before it happens?
Book a discovery session to review the current workflow and identify what can be connected and automated within a clear scope.
Book a Discovery Session