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GoSmarter for AI Solutions for Metals Manufacturing

AI Solutions for Metals Manufacturing

You’ve got better things to do than babysit spreadsheets. GoSmarter takes the tedious, error-prone crap off your plate so you can focus on running a profitable shop.

Most metals manufacturers are fighting the same battles: chasing certificates before a delivery, hunting down stock levels in three different spreadsheets, and trying to plan production with data that’s already out of date. None of this is the actual job. It’s the admin around the job.

GoSmarter was built to eliminate these problems. Not with a massive ERP implementation that takes 18 months and a consultant you’ll never see again. With practical tools that work the day you turn them on. They sit on top of whatever you already use: spreadsheets, email, or a full ERP. No replacement. No migration. Just better data, running alongside your existing setup.

What we fix

  • Compliance — automatically capture, store, and retrieve mill certificates and quality records so your next audit is not a panic
  • Inventory — know exactly what material you have, where it is, and what it’s committed to without refreshing an ERP screen every five minutes
  • Production — cut smarter, waste less, and stop losing orders because someone mis-allocated stock
  • Finance — see where your margins are going in real time, not at month-end when the damage is already done
  • Operations — stop the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing

Not sure where to begin? Most customers start with one thing. Some start with mill certs: the data is there from day one and the admin saving is immediate. Others start with cutting plans: the scrap reduction shows up in the first week. Either way, you’re live the same day. Add the next module when you’re ready. There’s no big-bang implementation, no phased rollout that drags on for months, and no consultant to manage.

How the savings stack up

Most customers tackle one problem first and find the savings compound quickly. Cutting scrap by 30–50% reduces your material cost directly. Recovering 100+ hours of admin time a year frees your planners to focus on throughput. Better stock visibility cuts over-ordering, releasing cash tied up in material you don’t need yet. Better order visibility improves On-Time In-Full (OTIF) performance. Revenue stays protected and customer relationships stay intact. None of these require a rip-and-replace. You can start with one problem this week.

How it all connects

A mill certificate arrives. GoSmarter reads it automatically: grade, heat number, and mechanical properties extracted and linked to the stock item in your live inventory. When a cutting plan runs, it checks available grades against live job requirements. Scrap is tracked per cut. Finance sees margin in real time. Operations sees order status without chasing anyone. That’s the full chain: cert to stock to plan to despatch. Running in one connected system while your ERP and accounting tools carry on doing what they’re good at.

Before you commit

Your budget holder wants numbers. Your IT manager wants specs. Both are reasonable.

The free Business Case Calculator puts real pounds-and-pence projections behind every GoSmarter solution. Customers typically recover the annual subscription cost in scrap savings alone within the first quarter. The calculator shows you the projection for your specific operation: scrap rate savings, staff hours recovered, emergency procurement avoided. Export it as a PDF your finance team can review without sitting through a demo first.

For technical teams, the integration strategy covers exactly how GoSmarter connects to your existing systems — from standalone use through to full REST API integration with your ERP. API documentation is available without signing up.

Compliance Management

Start Managing Compliance Without the Paperwork

GoSmarter is free to trial for 14 days. No credit card required. Most teams process their first batch of certificates automatically within an hour of signing up. Your existing certs can be uploaded directly — GoSmarter reads them from PDFs. There is no re-keying, no setup fee, and no long-term contract.

Once your certs are linked to stock, the rest follows naturally. Cutting plans pull cert data to verify grade compliance before any job starts. Order traceability links cert records to despatch notes. Audit reports generate in seconds from data captured automatically. Not assembled in a rush the week before an inspector arrives.

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Finance Solutions

See the Numbers Before You Commit

GoSmarter is free to trial for 14 days. No credit card required. Before you sign up, run your own numbers through the free

Business Case Calculator. Enter your costs and projected improvements to get detailed insights into when you will breakeven. Most finance directors who run this calculation find that GoSmarter pays back within the first quarter of use. The trial gives you 14 days to verify that against your own operation. No commitment required.

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Inventory Management

Start Tracking Stock in Under an Hour

GoSmarter Inventory is part of the GoSmarter platform. It is free to trial for 14 days — no credit card required. Most teams have their existing stock imported and their first deliveries logged within the first hour. You do not need an IT team, a consultant, or a migration plan. If you have a spreadsheet with your current stock, you have everything you need to get started.

Implementation is not a project. You log in, upload your stock list, and you are live. Once inventory is running, you can connect

Cutting Plans to plan jobs against real stock, and <a href="/products/mill-certificate-reader/"

MillCert Reader to link every cert automatically at goods-in. Each tool works standalone and together. You add what you need, when you need it, without changing how the rest of your business works.

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Operations Management

Start in a Day, See Results in a Week

GoSmarter is free to trial for 14 days. No credit card required. There is no implementation project, no data migration, and no consultant to hire. Most operations teams are tracking live orders on day one. The tools are built to be picked up without a training course — if your team can use a smartphone, they can use GoSmarter.

Start with a single workflow — order tracking or cert management — and expand as you see what changes. When you are ready,

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Cutting Plans connect to the same live data. Your entire operation runs from one view. Nobody has to chase a status update.

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Production Planning

Try GoSmarter Production Planning Free for 14 Days

GoSmarter is free to trial for 14 days. No credit card required. You can import your current order list and existing stock from a spreadsheet and run your first cutting plan in under an hour. The trial includes full access to

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Inventory Manager, and the scrap tracking dashboard.

Most teams see a measurable reduction in scrap within their first week of live use. Once you have a cutting plan running against real stock, the offcuts from each job automatically become available material for the next. That compounding effect — remnants used before new stock is ordered — is where the biggest savings come from.

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