Manufacturing

See your factory in real time

Your machines, ERP, accounts and spreadsheets joined up in one secure cloud setup that you own, with live dashboards, automatic reports and AI tools on top. See what's happening now, not what happened last week.

See the Pilot
  • Fixed-price pilots
  • Your data, in your own cloud account
  • Works alongside your IT company
  • UK-based
Works with what you already run

Your systems, joined up

We connect the software, spreadsheets and machines you rely on today. Nothing gets replaced.

SageAccounts
XeroAccounts
QuickBooksAccounts
SAP Business OneERP
Microsoft Dynamics 365ERP
Business CentralERP
EpicorERP
OdooERP
UnleashedStock
PreactorScheduling
HubSpotCRM
SalesforceCRM
ZohoCRM
ShopifyOnline sales
SageAccounts
XeroAccounts
QuickBooksAccounts
SAP Business OneERP
Microsoft Dynamics 365ERP
Business CentralERP
EpicorERP
OdooERP
UnleashedStock
PreactorScheduling
HubSpotCRM
SalesforceCRM
ZohoCRM
ShopifyOnline sales

Don't see yours? If it stores data, we can almost always connect it.

Sound familiar?

You can't manage what you can't see

The questions every manufacturer asks, and how long they take to answer today.

How well are our machines really running?

Without live OEE, lost time hides in short stops, slow cycles and changeovers that nobody records.

Why did Line 2 stop on Tuesday?

Downtime reasons get lost between the operator, the whiteboard and the spreadsheet.

Are we going to hit this order?

Output against target only becomes clear at the end of the shift, when it's too late to act.

What does this product actually cost us?

Machine time, labour, materials and scrap sit in different systems, so pricing relies on estimates.

What we measure

The numbers that run a factory

Pick the ones that matter most to you. Most pilots start with two or three.

OEE & machine status

Availability, performance and quality per machine, with running, idle and down status live on the shop floor.

Live · per machine

Downtime & reasons

Every stop captured automatically, with operators tagging the reason on a tablet in seconds.

Pareto of top losses

Output vs target

Parts per hour against plan, by line and shift, so supervisors can act during the shift.

By line · by shift

Stock & reorder alerts

Stock levels from your ERP or stores, with alerts before you run short of critical materials.

ERP · MRP · Sage

Cost & margin by product

Machine time, labour, material and scrap combined into a true cost per job or product.

Finance + production data

Energy per part

Power use by machine and shift, to find waste and cut energy bills.

Sensor data
Beyond the dashboard

The whole data side, built and looked after

From the cloud setup and the pipelines underneath to the reports and AI tools your team uses every day.

Your own secure cloud

One place for all your business data, in your own cloud account, designed and run for you. Off the ageing server and backed up automatically.

AWS · Azure · Google Cloud

Systems joined up

Your ERP, accounts, CRM, spreadsheets and machines feeding one source of truth, with monitored pipelines so nothing silently stops.

Data engineering · APIs · pipelines

Dashboards & automatic reports

Margin by job and customer, on-time delivery, stock and output, live on screen and in your inbox every morning, without anyone building it by hand.

Power BI · Grafana · scheduled reports

AI assistants & automation

Ask "what did Line 2 make yesterday?" and get an answer. Let AI take on admin like quotes, order chasing and scheduling.

AI agents · workflow automation

Forecasting & data science

Demand and stock forecasts, early warnings when a machine or job starts drifting, and pricing based on what similar work really cost.

Forecasting · anomaly alerts

Looked after for you

Monitored, documented and secure, with fixes and new reports on a simple monthly plan. You own it all, so you're never locked in.

Monitoring · support · no lock-in
How we connect

New machines, old machines, and everything in between

You don't need a new factory to get live data. We connect what you already have.

Newer machines

CNC machines and PLCs can usually be read directly over standard industrial protocols, with no extra hardware on the machine.

OPC UA · Modbus · MQTT

Older machines

Low-cost sensors that measure power draw, vibration or part counts are enough for live status, output and downtime.

Clip-on sensors · counters

Business systems

ERP, MRP, Sage and even the spreadsheets people rely on, connected so stock, orders and costs flow in automatically.

APIs · database syncs · files
Machines & sensors→On-site gateway→Secure cloud (your account)→Dashboards & alerts
The best place to start

Two ways to start, both fixed price

Pick whichever matters most to you. Each is built end to end on your real data in 4 to 6 weeks, so you can see the value before committing to more.

Shop floor

Production visibility pilot

One line, a handful of machines, and a live dashboard your team can see on the floor.

  • 3 to 5 machines connected, including older ones
  • Live dashboard on a shop-floor screen and on phones
  • OEE, output and downtime tracking with reason codes
  • Joined up with your ERP when you're ready
01 · FREE

Data review

We look at your systems and send a short written summary: what could be joined up, and what it would cost to build and run.

02 · 4 TO 6 WEEKS

Fixed-price pilot

Built end to end on real data, with the price and running costs agreed before we start.

03 · YOUR CALL

Roll out and support

Extend it once it has proved itself, with monitoring and ongoing improvements on a simple monthly plan.

Funding may be available

The government's Made Smarter programme can part-fund digital projects like these for manufacturers in England, sometimes up to half the cost, depending on where you're based. We're happy to help you check whether it applies.

Still running an on-site server?

Windows Server 2016 reaches end of extended support in January 2027. If your business data lives on it, that's a good moment to move it into the cloud with live reporting built in, rather than just paying to replace the box.

What clients say

Numbers people can rely on

The same approach, used by businesses we've already worked with.

Read the case studies

Questions

What people usually ask

Our machines are old. Will this work?

Usually, yes. Older machines can be fitted with low-cost sensors that measure power draw or count parts, which is enough for live status, output and downtime.

Will it disrupt production?

No. Installation is planned around your schedule, typically during breaks or planned downtime, and any electrical work is done by a qualified partner.

How is this different from an off-the-shelf monitoring tool?

Off-the-shelf tools show machine data on its own. We join it up with your ERP, stock and finance data, so you can see cost and margin as well as uptime, and you own the whole system.

What will it cost to run?

You'll get the expected monthly cloud cost before anything is built. For a typical small site it's tens of pounds a month, not hundreds.

Who owns the data?

You do. Everything is built in your own cloud account and documented, so you're never locked in.

How long until we see something?

A pilot typically shows live data within 4 to 6 weeks.

Get in touch

Start with a free data review

Tell us a little about your business and we'll come back within one working day to arrange a review of your current setup.

Emailhello@superflows.co.uk
Phone01822 748013
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