Manufacturing Consultant UK
Select, design and deliver an ERP that fits how you make product. Or rescue the one that is not working.
Manufacturing ERP projects usually fail because the system is configured around an unstable, undocumented process. Inaccurate bills of materials, routings and stock records, unclear ownership and requirements written from a vendor demo are the common causes, not the software itself.
An ERP does not fix how work flows. It records and plans it. If planning rules, lead times and routings are wrong, the system produces confident wrong answers faster. That is why our implementation work follows an operations assessment and process stabilisation.
Process baseline, requirements, vendor longlist and shortlist, demo scripts built around your products, and a business case.
Process design, master data readiness, vendor oversight, testing and go-live planning. Delivery experience includes Oracle NetSuite for manufacturing.
Independent review of a stalled or live system, root-cause of the gaps, and a recovery plan with the vendor and your team.
| Area | Question to ask |
|---|---|
| Fit to your process | Does it handle your make-to-order or make-to-stock reality, variants and subcontracting without custom code? |
| Planning | Can MRP use your real lead times, yields and capacity, and who maintains them? |
| Shop-floor data | How are job progress, scrap and downtime captured without re-keying? |
| Quality and traceability | Does it support lot and serial traceability, NCRs and the audits your customers require? |
| Total cost | Licences, implementation, data migration, training and ongoing support over five years |
| Vendor delivery | Named UK manufacturing references and who actually does the implementation |
An ERP implementation consultant defines requirements, helps select the system, designs the future process, prepares data, oversees the vendor and supports testing and go-live. An independent consultant keeps scope, cost and benefits honest on your behalf.
MRP plans material requirements and production from demand, bills of materials and stock. ERP is wider: it adds finance, sales, purchasing, quality and more in one system. Many manufacturers implement MRP functions first inside an ERP.
It depends on scope, data quality and the number of sites. The most reliable way to shorten it is to stabilise processes and clean master data before the project starts.
Yes. We review what was built against how the factory actually works, identify the root causes, and agree a recovery plan with your team and vendor.
Start with a conversation about your process, your data and your timeline.
Manufacturing operations assessment and digitalisation for UK manufacturers. Led by a chartered engineer. Stabilise first, then automate.
UK-based. Serving manufacturers nationwide.
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