Custom Software for UK Manufacturers
Bring orders, materials, production and reporting into a system built around your operation. We develop custom manufacturing software for made-to-order and other specialist manufacturers whose products and processes do not fit standard tools comfortably.
Whether the problem starts with an ageing ERP, disconnected spreadsheets or a gap between the factory and the office, we help you work out what needs to change first.
Software built for real manufacturing operations
Granada Secondary Glazing
For window and door manufacturer Granada Secondary Glazing, BSPOKE built a bespoke ERP spanning processes from machinery to customer relations. The work includes desktop and mobile applications, developed after Granada experienced difficulties with its previous software developer.
Read the Granada ERP case studySharpak Romsey
Sharpak needed its office team to process orders wherever they were working. BSPOKE built a web portal covering the journey from order to delivery, including part-delivery scheduling when an order could not be completed in one shipment.
Explore Sharpak's order-management portalThese projects demonstrate different approaches: a wider ERP and a focused operational portal. The right scope depends on the part of your business that needs to work better.
Find the gaps between the departments
Manufacturing problems often appear where work passes from one team to another. A changed specification does not reach production. Purchasing cannot see what is already allocated. The office needs to chase the factory for a delivery update.
Another dashboard will not necessarily fix the underlying problem. The information needs to be captured at the right point, connected to the correct order or job and available to the people making decisions.
We start by understanding those handovers, including the exceptions that make your operation different.
From specification to despatch
This illustrative made-to-order workflow is a starting point for scoping a system. It is not a claim that every feature appears in the projects above.
- Quotation and specification: keep product requirements, revisions and agreed details connected to the order.
- Materials and purchasing: relate bills of materials, available stock, allocations and purchasing requirements to planned work.
- Production planning: organise works orders and production stages around the capacity and constraints that matter in your facility.
- Shop-floor progress: give operators a practical way to record activity, issues and completion without duplicating office administration.
- Quality and traceability: connect inspection records, batch or component references and any required documents to the relevant work.
- Despatch and job review: connect delivery status with labour, material and other cost information so managers can review the job.
For some businesses, the priority will be a specific production or order-management tool. Others need custom ERP software connecting several of these functions. We agree the useful scope before choosing the solution.
Connect what works. Replace what holds you back.
Your accounting platform or specialist equipment may still do its job well. We review how the new software can work alongside those systems, including Sage, Xero and other platforms with suitable interfaces or data exports.
Where older software needs replacing, we consider the records, working practices and dependencies it has accumulated. Migration, testing and training are part of planning the change, with cutover arrangements agreed around your operation.
Explore systems integration and legacy modernisation.
Start with a defined operational priority
You do not need to replace the whole factory's software in one project. Start with the process causing the clearest difficulty, understand the dependencies and agree what a useful first phase should deliver.
Our UK team works with you through development, showing progress and testing it against real working scenarios. Named developers retain knowledge of the system, while transparent hourly billing keeps work and priorities visible.
Your bespoke software belongs to your business on completion. Future development, support, hosting and third-party services need to be considered separately when planning its ongoing cost.