Software for manufacturers, traceability without spreadsheets.
Augustova builds custom software and automation for UK manufacturers and supply chain businesses, covering traceability, quality records, production scheduling and customer reporting. Obligations passed down from large customers are usually met with spreadsheets, which is both expensive and risky.
01
Your customer audit is your real deadline
Large customers pass traceability and quality obligations down the supply chain. Meeting them with spreadsheets works until an audit, at which point somebody spends a fortnight reconstructing records that should have been produced automatically.
The risk is not only the audit. It is that the contract depends on passing it.
02
What we build for manufacturers
03
The knowledge problem underneath
In many manufacturers the process detail lives with one experienced person. That is a continuity risk as much as an efficiency one, and capturing it in software is often justified on succession grounds before productivity is even discussed.
Common questions
Do we need to replace our ERP?
Almost never, and we would advise against it. ERPs handle transactions and handle shop floor reality poorly. Building the operational layer around it is faster, cheaper and less disruptive.
Can this work without new hardware?
Often yes. A tablet or phone capture step at the right point in the process delivers most of the traceability benefit without an instrumentation project.
How long before an audit is easier?
From the first production run recorded through the system. The benefit is immediate for new records, though historical gaps remain historical.
Talk about your next audit
Tell us what your largest customer requires and how that record is produced today. That comparison usually makes the case by itself.