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Client work

Client work, described by sector

Enterprise implementations usually sit under a non-disclosure agreement. Rather than borrow credibility from a logo wall we cannot evidence, we describe the sector, the problem and the scope of what was delivered.

Sectors
Manufacturing to fintech
Scope
ERP · data · custom build
Naming
Only with permission
Figures
Only where evidenced
How to read this

What we can and cannot show.

Most of our work happens inside finance, plant and operations systems that clients do not want discussed publicly, and we take that seriously. So the pages below describe the situation we were brought into, the work we did and the shape of the outcome, without naming the organisation unless we have written permission.

We have also left out percentage improvements and cost savings unless the client measured them and agreed we could publish the number. Precise-sounding figures are easy to write and almost impossible for a reader to verify, and we would rather be useful than impressive.

If you want detail on a specific engagement, ask during a consultation. We can usually walk through the approach, the architecture and the lessons in a conversation, even where the client cannot be named in public.

Selected engagements

Systems we were brought in to fix or build.

A cross-section of the sectors we work in and the kind of problem that usually starts the conversation.

How we present client work

Most of this work cannot carry a logo.

Enterprise implementations are usually covered by confidentiality terms, and we treat client information as confidential by default whether or not a separate agreement is in place. That produces an awkward tension for a portfolio page, and the honest resolution is to describe the work rather than to name the client.

So each entry sets out the sector, the systems involved and the scope of what was delivered. Where a client has approved being named, we name them. Where they have not, we do not, and we will not imply a relationship through a carefully placed logo either.

We also do not publish performance statistics. Figures like a percentage reduction in close time depend on baselines only the client can verify, and quoting them without that verification is closer to marketing than to evidence. Describing the mechanism is more useful and can actually be checked in conversation.

If you want to speak to a reference, ask. We approach clients individually for permission rather than keeping a standing list, which takes a little longer and is the reason those conversations tend to be candid.

Credentials

The accreditations behind the work shown here.

Enterprise buyers ask what we are accredited to do and how we handle regulated data. These are the answers, stated precisely.

Client words

What the clients behind this work say.

Comments from the people who own the systems we build, run and hand back.

  • What sold us was that they argued with our brief. We asked for a reporting layer and they came back saying the reporting was fine, the batch data underneath it was not, and fixing that first would cost less. That turned out to be right. Our first mock recall after go live took an afternoon instead of the better part of a week.
    Finance Director Food manufacturing group, Karachi
  • We had been through one failed implementation already, so we were sceptical of the whole category. The difference here was the migration work. Two full rehearsal loads before the real one, with a reconciliation pack we could check ourselves. Nobody had ever handed us evidence like that and asked us to sign it.
    Head of IT Wholesale distribution business
  • Our cost reports used to show what we had paid, never what we had committed. Once the subcontract orders and approved variations started registering as commitment, the forecast stopped flattering us. It was uncomfortable reading for a month and then it became the most useful number we have.
    Chief Financial Officer Construction and contracting firm

Recognise your situation in any of these?

Most engagements start with a problem that sounds specific and turns out to be common. Describe yours and we will tell you how we would approach it.