Manufacturing

Manufacturing software built around the systems you already run.

An independent engineering partner for manufacturers, industrial OEMs and industrial technology companies. We build, integrate, modernize and support the software around your ERP, MES, quality and plant-floor systems.

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  • Independent of ERP and MES vendors
  • Your code, your IP
  • US · Canada · UK/EU · Middle East · ANZ

Faster quotes, connected products and new service revenue, without replacing your ERP.

Projects in flight

  • Distributor order portalEquipment maker · dealer channelLive
  • Connected product appIndustrial OEM · service revenueIntegrating
  • Quote configuratorFabricator · engineered to orderConfiguring
  • Supplier portalManufacturer · 120 suppliersAssessing

Illustrative screens, not client data.

Who we work with

Every plant. Every step from order to shipment.

Pick the segment you make for or the kind of business you run. Each page starts with that segment's plants, systems and standards.

By segment

01

Discrete Manufacturing

Machinery, components and assembled products: work orders, routings and shop floor data.

  • Shop floor
  • Routings
  • Assembly
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02

Process Manufacturing

Food, chemicals, plastics and batch production: recipes, batches and lot records.

  • Batches
  • Recipes
  • Lots
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03

Automotive & Mobility Suppliers

Tier 1–3 suppliers: traceability, quality documentation and customer portals.

  • Traceability
  • Quality
  • Portals
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04

Electronics & High-Tech

Electronics assembly and devices: serial tracking, test data and fast product changes.

  • Serials
  • Test data
  • Changes
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By type of business

01

Manufacturers

Mid-market and multi-plant manufacturers modernizing around the systems they run.

  • Plant data
  • Quality
  • Planning
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02

Industrial OEMs & Equipment Makers

Equipment makers adding connected products, service and dealer channels.

  • Connected products
  • Service
  • Dealers
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03

Industrial Technology Companies

Series B–D teams building products that manufacturers run on.

  • Platform
  • Integrations
  • Scale-up
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04

Contract & Job-Shop Manufacturers

Make-to-order shops: quoting, scheduling and customer order visibility.

  • Quotes
  • Scheduling
  • Portals
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Problems we solve

From order to shipping dock, the work we're asked for most.

Six problems we hear from manufacturing teams. Each row names the problem the way your team describes it, and what we typically build to fix it.

Plant data “Our machines and our ERP don’t talk.” Output, downtime and scrap are typed in at the end of the shift, so the office always sees yesterday.
What we build

Machine data connectors, MES and ERP integration, and live production dashboards.

Maintenance “We find out a machine is failing when it stops.” Maintenance runs on fixed calendars and breakdown calls, and machine history is scattered across notebooks.
What we build

Condition monitoring, maintenance apps and integration with your maintenance system.

Quality & traceability “Tracing a complaint back to the lot takes days.” Inspection results, non-conformances and lot records live on paper and in separate spreadsheets.
What we build

Digital quality records, non-conformance and corrective action workflows, and lot and serial traceability.

Planning & supply chain “Our schedule lives in one person’s spreadsheet.” Orders, materials and capacity are juggled by hand, and supplier delays show up too late.
What we build

Planning and scheduling tools, supplier portals, and material visibility across plants.

Frontline operations “Work instructions are still on paper.” Operators work from printed binders, and changes take weeks to reach the floor.
What we build

Digital work instructions, operator apps, checklists and skills tracking.

Customers & service “Quotes take a week and dealers call for every order status.” Quoting is manual and customers can’t see where their order or machine stands.
What we build

Quote configurators, customer and dealer portals, and connected product and field service apps.

AI in the workflow

AI does the busywork. Your team makes the calls.

AI reads sensor data, inspection reports, delivery slips and shift logs, checks them against your own rules, and prepares the work. Pick a task to see it on the file.

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Illustrative examples, not plant data.

Modernize without starting over

No platform to sell. Just the right system for how you work.

Most manufacturers can't stop a line for a system switch. We build, integrate and modernize around the systems you already run, one line, plant or workflow at a time.

Platform implementation partnerChapter247
Starts from a vendor's product

Starts from how your plants actually run

Configures within one platform

Builds what your ERP and MES don't cover

Specializes in one platform

Works across ERP, MES, quality, PLM and homegrown tools

Large program teams

Senior teams sized to the problem

Hands over at go-live

Can build, run and evolve the same system

We don't resell or implement any ERP or MES. We build around the ERP, MES, quality and plant-floor systems you already run, using their supported APIs and standards such as OPC UA and MQTT.

  1. 01

    Start contained

    One line, plant or workflow.

    Week 1
  2. 02

    Keep proven systems

    Your ERP, MES and machines stay. We connect around them.

    No rip and replace
  3. 03

    Prove it on the floor

    A scoped release on one line, measured against a baseline.

    Measured
  4. 04

    Expand on the same foundation

    Add the next line, plant or workflow without restarting.

    Plant by plant

How manufacturing uses CLEAR

Every manufacturing engagement starts with C247 CLEAR.

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  1. C ClarifyTarget: the office sees what the floor produced, as it happens
  2. L Locate · most effortMachines, PLCs, historians, the MES, the ERP and the spreadsheets between them
  3. E Evaluate · most effortOPC UA or MQTT, edge or cloud, and an OT security review
  4. A ArchitectEdge connectors, a production data service and ERP postings
  5. R RoadmapOne line first, then the whole plant, then the other plants

Engagement models

Clarity before code. Evidence before scale.

Start small and expand, or bring us in for a defined program. Models can change as the work changes.

01

Discovery sprint

Fixed scope. Map one workflow and agree what to build, with a clickable prototype.

Best forStarting with clarity
02

Fixed-scope project

Defined outcome, timeline and price for a well-understood build, integration or migration.

Best forClear requirements
03

Dedicated team

A cross-functional Chapter247 team on your plant and product roadmap, scaling as you need.

Best forOngoing product work
04

Managed support

Maintenance, integrations and monitoring under agreed service levels, planned around your production schedule.

Best forRunning what's live

Proof

Built for real plants. Measured on real results.

A manufacturing system we built and still run, measured against the baseline we agreed during CLEAR.

Precision components manufacturer

Predicting machine failures before they stop the line

  • Manufacturing
  • IoT data
  • Predictive models

Security & compliance

Built for plant networks and audit-ready records.

Manufacturing systems connect to machines and hold quality records, and manufacturing is one of the industries most targeted by ransomware. These controls are part of how we design, not a review at the end.

01

Plant and OT security

Connecting to machines without opening up the plant

  • Read-only by default edge connectors kept separate from machine control
  • Designed with IEC 62443 in mind zones and conduits agreed with your OT team
  • Encrypted in transit and at rest keys in your cloud account
02

Quality and compliance records

Audit-ready from the first release

  • Audit trails to support ISO 9001 and IATF 16949 audits
  • Electronic records and signatures for FDA 21 CFR Part 11 where it applies
  • Lot and serial history kept and searchable from order to shipment
03

Responsible AI on the floor

Every AI step explainable to your team

  • Human review on quality, safety and maintenance decisions
  • No training on your production data without explicit consent
  • Audit trails on every automated step and approval

“Think first. Then build.” is not a delay before delivery. It is how we make delivery more dependable.

Connect

Clarity before code.

We will help clarify the workflows, data, users, risks, and build path before your team commits engineering budget.

  • Workflows
  • Data
  • Users
  • Risks
  • Build path
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