Keep running your business. We’ll handle the technical work.

Websites, software and connected systems for manufacturers. We get to know your business, work out what will help and deliver the agreed improvements.

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Based in Bradford. Working across Yorkshire and the UK.

Technical consultancy · Design · Development

What your customers experience

Slow quotes and awkward ordering leave an impression.

Buyers see the wait for a price, the back-and-forth to reorder, the update they have to chase. Behind it, your team is bridging gaps between inboxes, spreadsheets and separate systems.

We can help you improve one part of that experience and take on the technical work needed to make it happen.

If the website is where buyers get stuck, see our website design work for manufacturers.

Automation is changing the office, too. When another supplier makes quotes, repeat orders and updates easier, that becomes part of what a buyer compares.

What an improvement could look like

A useful answer sooner.
An enquiry arrives with the right specifications, so sales can prepare a quote without chasing the basics.
An easier next order.
A trade portal lets customers reorder on their account terms, with approved orders passed to your systems instead of retyped by staff.
Confidence about what happens next.
Customers can see agreed order updates. Your team works from the same information, with fewer calls interrupting their day.
Read our guide to office automation for manufacturers

Practical guidance and a worksheet to use yourself. Freely available.

Your first piece of work with us

One problem.
A clear solution within a week.

An ordering workflow, a customer portal or another recurring problem. You’ll see how the solution would work from start to finish, how it fits your business and what it takes to put it into use.

We agree the scope, cost and start date, with the required information and access ready before the week begins. You then decide whether to commission the build.

More about working together

What you have by the end of the week

  1. 01

    The whole workflow, made clear.

    We map each step, what your customers or staff would see, and who does what. You can follow a real example from the first request to the outcome.

  2. 02

    How it fits your business.

    Which existing systems it connects to, what information moves between them and what can stay as it is. We identify dependencies and any technical checks still needed.

  3. 03

    A practical route to getting it built.

    A defined first build, estimated cost and timescale, plus the decisions and input needed from your team. You know what you are commissioning before development begins.

What we need from you

A walkthrough of one real example, the relevant access and answers to focused questions. We handle the investigation and bring the solution back for you to review.

What that can look like

Useful changes.
Built around your business.

We start with where the work gets difficult. The right next step might be a better website, a connection between systems or a tool for one recurring task.

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A perspective from inside the business

There’s a business
behind every system.

I’ve been involved with Temple4 since day one, helping establish and grow its online business and supporting its move into B2B sales. I’ve worked with the people making the products as well as the systems used to sell them.

For your business, that means looking at what happens around an enquiry or order. Can a buyer find the right specification? Does sales have enough information to quote? Will an online order save your team work or create more? Those are the questions I want answered before recommending a change.

Tom Hirst Founder, Launched

Relevant work · Delivered and handed over

Wholesale orders, stock and Shopify in one workflow.

A stationery retailer had managed orders, customer records and stock in Excel and Word for eleven years.

We built a wholesale ordering portal connected to stock records and the existing Shopify store. Orders through the portal now generate shipping calculations, warehouse emails and invoices.

Read the wholesale project

Specialist industrial supplier · Project scope

Shopify ecommerce and Sage integration.

The scope brings together a technical product catalogue, trade ordering and the website-to-Sage connection. It includes defining customer access, order handling and which records the systems need to exchange.

Before you start

You don’t need
all the answers.

Prefer to read first? Our guide explains what to ask, what to check and how to choose a software development partner.

Read the practical guide

We know something needs to change. Where do we start?

Tell us what keeps coming back to you, where staff lose time, or what customers find difficult. You do not need a technical brief or a chosen platform. The first conversation helps us understand the situation and agree a useful next step, including the scope and cost of any further investigation.

How much time will you need from us?

The first week focuses on one agreed problem. We need a walkthrough of a real example, the relevant information and access, and answers to focused questions. We handle the investigation and bring the proposed solution back for your review. We agree who needs to be involved before starting; any time needed from your team during a build is scoped separately.

What will we have within a week?

A written solution for one agreed problem: the workflow from start to finish, how it fits your existing systems, and a route to implementation with estimated cost and timing. The week runs from our agreed start date, with the required access and information ready. This defines the solution; commissioning the build is a separate decision.

Can we keep our existing website and software?

Often, yes. We check what your current tools can support before recommending changes. An improved catalogue, an integration or a small staff tool may be enough. If replacement is worth considering, we explain why and what it would involve.

Can you connect to Sage or our ERP?

We check the exact product, version, hosting setup and available interfaces first. Then we agree which records need to move, in which direction and how often. A direct API, supported connector or export process may be appropriate. We confirm the practical route before committing to the integration.

Do we need to be doing something with AI?

That depends on the task. We look for a specific, useful application and consider data access, accuracy and who checks the output. A simpler integration or process change may be more appropriate. Any AI work should have a bounded trial and a way to judge whether it helps.

How do cost, handover and support work?

We agree scope, responsibilities and cost before each stage, including any investigation, development, platform fees or support. Larger changes can be phased. Handover, documentation and launch aftercare are defined as part of the project; ongoing support can be arranged separately.

Your first solution, mapped out within a week.

Give us one problem to solve.

An enquiry that takes too long to quote. An order entered twice. Bring us the one thing getting in your way, and we’ll map out a practical solution for your business within one week of our agreed start.

Let us prove our value on that. Then decide what comes next.

Start with one problem

A few lines about what’s getting in the way is enough to start. We’ll reply by email.

A focused piece of work

  • One problem, with an agreed definition of what better looks like.
  • A clear scope, cost and start date, with the information and access ready before the week begins.
  • An end-to-end solution and a route to implementation. You decide whether to commission the build.