Deliver on time, every time. No more chasing status updates.

Keep the shop floor moving and the customers off your back. GoSmarter connects your production planning, mill certificate management, and inventory into a single live system. No ERP replacement. No six-month implementation project.

• Faster Planning - Stop fighting fires and start planning work. Generate first-draft cutting plans in minutes, not hours.
• 50% Less Scrap - Stop throwing money in the bin. Mathematical optimisation against real stock means every cut list uses material you actually have.
• Automated Checks - Compliance done before you even ship. Mill cert data is extracted, validated, and linked to stock automatically at goods-in.
• On-Time In-Full (OTIF) improvement - When production, sales, and despatch all see the same live order data, delivery promises stop being guesses. Orders that are slipping surface in planning, not at the point of despatch. Customers using GoSmarter typically see measurable OTIF improvement within 90 days of go-live.
• Works alongside your ERP - GoSmarter does not replace anything. It sits on top of your existing order management, ERP, and comms tools. Production, quality, and sales all see the same live data without a system change.
• Live in a day - Most operations teams are processing real certificates and running live cutting plans on day one. No IT project. No migration consultant. No training course.

What Changes in the First 30 Days

Operations managers who move from spreadsheets and email chains to GoSmarter consistently describe the same shift: they stop managing information and start managing work.

Here is what teams typically report in the first month.

Week 1: The chaos becomes visible. The first thing GoSmarter shows you is where information actually breaks down. Orders without certs. Stock with no traceability. Jobs that have been marked “in production” for three weeks with no update. This was already happening. GoSmarter just makes it impossible to ignore. That is the first step to fixing it.

Week 2: The team stops chasing. When everyone sees the same live data, the daily round of “where is this order?” calls drops sharply. Production, sales, and despatch stop working from different versions of the same spreadsheet. Questions that used to generate three emails and a phone call get answered by checking the dashboard. That time goes back to actual work.

Week 3: Delivery promises get accurate. When sales can see live production progress rather than last week’s figures, their delivery estimates stop being optimistic guesses. Customers who have been receiving apology emails start receiving accurate dates. And hitting them. On-Time In-Full (OTIF) improves because the information that used to delay decisions is always visible.

Week 4: Planning becomes proactive. With stock availability, cert status, and machine loading all visible in advance, planners surface problems before they become stoppages. Orders that would have hit a wall at the saw get replanned three days earlier. The reactive firefighting that used to fill every morning briefing starts to subside.

Who Uses GoSmarter Across the Operations Team

Operations managers use GoSmarter to track order progress and identify recurring bottlenecks. The weekly planning meeting stops being a crisis debrief and becomes a forward-looking session with actual data. When a problem recurs, the data shows where. You address the root cause instead of managing the symptom every week.

Customer service teams get a live order status view without having to ring production. When a customer chases a delivery, the answer is available instantly. No hold music. No “I’ll have to check with the floor and call you back.” Teams using GoSmarter report this as one of the most immediate and visible changes for their customers.

Despatch coordinators see what is ready to ship and what is still in production. They can book haulage in advance rather than scrambling on the day. Late bookings, premium transport costs, and the Friday afternoon panic become rare exceptions. They stop being the weekly norm.

What Operations Teams Say

Operations managers using GoSmarter consistently report three immediate changes: they stop chasing paper, they stop walking the yard to count stock, and they stop making delivery promises based on stale spreadsheet data. Planning shifts from reactive to proactive. Live constraint data surfaces issues before they reach the shop floor. See how Midland Steel achieved this in practice:

Midland Steel case study.