Orders, production, quality and despatch connected, from first firing to final pallet.
| Late risk | Reason | Due |
|---|---|---|
| J-2421 | Material late | Wed |
| J-2430 | Machine 3 overbooked | Fri |
Six towns. One city, one system.
The Potteries mastered firing clay at scale. Mastering the data around it is the next craft.
Stoke-on-Trent, the six towns of the Potteries, has a manufacturing heritage built on ceramics that continues today in tableware, sanitaryware, tiles and advanced ceramic materials, alongside engineering, food and a large logistics sector along the A50 and M6.
We help Stoke manufacturers connect orders, production scheduling, quality and despatch, so rejects are understood, capacity is planned and customers get accurate dates. We are based in Shrewsbury, about an hour away, and work on site across Staffordshire.
Systems for Stoke's ceramics, materials, engineering and logistics businesses.
A visual schedule for lines, kilns and cells, built from real orders and capacity.
| Works order | Line | Start | Due | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WO-6112 | Line 1 | Mon | Tue | On plan |
| WO-6115 | Line 2 | Mon | Wed | On plan |
| WO-6119 | Line 1 | Wed | Thu | Short of parts |
| WO-6120 | Cell 3 | Thu | Fri | Planned |
Rejects and their causes captured at each stage, turned into yield dashboards that show where to improve.
| Stage | In | Good | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forming | 4,200 | 4,116 | |
| Firing | 4,116 | 3,869 | |
| Glazing | 3,869 | 3,792 | |
| Final check | 3,792 | 3,716 |
Pick lists, packing and despatch documents generated from orders, with carrier booking and tracking.
| Order | Pallets | Carrier | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SO-8812 | 4 | Pallet network | Booked |
| SO-8815 | 1 | Courier | Label printed |
| SO-8817 | 6 | Own van | Picking |
We are based in Shrewsbury and work on site across Shropshire, the West Midlands, Cheshire, Staffordshire, North Wales and Greater Manchester. Further afield, we work remotely with visits when they matter.
| Place | Known for | Typical work | Drive |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shrewsbury | Roushill, town centre | Bespoke systems | Our base |
| Telford | Halesfield and Hortonwood | Manufacturing systems | 25 min |
| Shropshire | Oswestry to Ludlow | Spreadsheet replacement | County-wide |
| Bridgnorth | Stanmore Industrial Estate | Engineering and food | 40 min |
| Whitchurch | Waymills and the borders | Agri and engineering | 35 min |
| Wolverhampton | i54 and the Black Country | Aerospace and metalwork | 40 min |
| Birmingham | A thousand trades | Supply-chain systems | 1 hr |
| Wrexham | Wrexham Industrial Estate | Manufacturing systems | 45 min |
| Chester | Deeside and Broughton | Aerospace supply chain | 55 min |
| Crewe | Rail and automotive | Engineering software | 1 hr |
| Manchester | Trafford Park | Scaling SMEs | 1 hr 30 |
Archi Stewart
Managing Director, Crawford Strategic
“Highly skilled, personable and utterly reliable, a rare mix.”
Evgeny helps us deliver outsized results for our clients. He is highly skilled, personable and utterly reliable, a rare mix. We trust Intellimatic to supercharge our clients' operations by blending the skill and experience of a first-rate business consultant with technical skills. The systems Evgeny has built for us run large departments in the financial sector, optimise manufacturing operations and help plan and deliver world-class events. If you want to wow staff and customers and get better results, speak to Evgeny.
Yes. Stoke is about an hour from our Shrewsbury office, and we work on site with businesses across the city and Staffordshire, including Newcastle-under-Lyme, Stone and Leek.
Sometimes replacement is right; often it is better to keep the legacy system and build modern screens, integrations and reporting around it. We will recommend whichever carries less risk and more value.
Yes. Capturing rejects and their reasons at each stage, then presenting yield by product, line and shift, is a quick way to find where improvement pays.
A free, no-obligation conversation with Evgeny, the person who would build it. On your premises in Stoke-on-Trent, at our office in Shrewsbury or on a call.
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