Operations platform · Manufacturing

The work runs.
You decide.

An AI-native operations platform for manufacturers. It runs procurement, receiving, costing and approvals on its own — and stops for a person exactly where a person should be.

Operations · todaydemo data
BOMKT-2240 rev 3 imported from PLMhandled
POPO-5182 drafted · two suppliers · 37,020.00handled
POPO-5182 waiting for approval→ you
RCVGRN-2214 booked against PO-5170handled
RCVLine 3 short 50 pcs · flagged before cutting→ you
COSTKT-2240 landed cost recomputed · +0.364handled
INVINV-9931 matched three wayshandled
SUPKestrel Mills · BSCI audit expires in 30 dayshandled
103 events100 handled3 for you
The platformSix modules · one set of records · already running
01
Bill of materials
Versioned, so a change has a before and a name on it.
02
Procurement
Orders drafted from the BOM, priced from history.
03
Suppliers
One record each. Certificates that expire loudly.
04
Receiving
Booked against the order. Shortages before cutting.
05
Costing
Quoted and landed, from the same records.
06
Approvals
Who signed, when, against which evidence.

Supply chain

One order. Six companies. Five places the number gets re-typed.

Multi-tier sourcing is the hardest version of the problem: raw material to finished unit runs through several companies, several countries and about as many systems. Every handoff is a spreadsheet, and every spreadsheet is a copy of the last one. This is what the platform replaces, handoff by handoff.

Buyer
Brand or retailer
Today
EMAIL · XLSX

BOM as a spreadsheet. Three versions in flight.

On Sharka
BOM rev 3

One BOM, versioned, a name on every change.

Sourcing
Your office
Today
XLSX · EMAIL

PO typed by hand. Price from last quarter's email.

On Sharka
PO-5182

Drafted from the BOM, priced from history.

Material supplier
Mill or vendor
Today
WECHAT · PHOTO

Delivery note as a chat photo. Shortage found at cutting.

On Sharka
GRN-2214

Booked against the PO. Shortage flagged before cutting.

Manufacturer
Your plant, or theirs
Today
XLSX · CHAT

Packing list in Excel. Tracking numbers in a thread.

On Sharka
SH-3307

Every tracking code on the line it belongs to.

Freight
Forwarder, carrier
Today
PDF · PRINT

Invoice checked by eye against a printout.

On Sharka
INV-9931

Matched three ways. Overs held, not paid.

Warehouse
DC or 3PL
5 handoffs · today: 5 re-keys · 4 media · 0 shared recordson Sharka: 0 re-keys · 1 record set

The sheet

You already have this spreadsheet.

It isn’t a failure of your people. It’s what the tool makes inevitable — and every circled line is something the platform does differently.

Costing_KT2240_v3_FINAL_jy.xlsx
From: Fwd: Fwd: RE: KT2240 costing (3)
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
1
Component
Supplier
Unit
Cons
Price
Ext
Landed
Notes
2
Waffle knit 280gsm
Kestrel Mills
m
1.42
4.85
6.887
Feb quote
3
Rib collar 2x2
Kestrel Mills
m
0.18
3.20
0.576
from BW-1180?
4
Main label
Arnaud
pc
1
0.07
0.070
5
Sewing thread
Arnaud
cone
0.04
1.90
0.076
6
Polybag + carton
Verano
pc
1
0.14
0.140
7
CMT
Plant 2
2.35
2.350
8
Care + size label
Arnaud
pc
1
0.03
0.030
added 12 May
9
TOTAL
=SUM(F2:F7)
  1. Stale price

    SheetPasted from a February email. The supplier re-quoted in May. Nobody re-keyed it.

    SharkaEvery line is priced against the current supplier list, and carries the date it was priced.

  2. Re-keyed consumption

    SheetTyped across from a previous style's sheet, because it looked close enough.

    SharkaConsumption is read from the bill of materials, revision 3, not typed.

  3. Three versions in flight

    Sheetv3_FINAL is one of three copies in circulation. This one came through two forwards.

    SharkaOne record with a revision history and a name on every change.

  4. Formula drift

    Sheet=SUM(F2:F7). Row 8 was added after the formula was written, so the total is short.

    SharkaThere are no formulas to drift. Rollups are computed from the records themselves.

  5. Landed cost, blank

    SheetA column nobody fills in, so quoted cost and paid cost never meet.

    SharkaComputed on every shipment. The variance is shown, not discovered at year end.

How it runs

Eight steps. Two are yours.

Procurement, start to finish. The platform does the reading, the drafting, the chasing and the matching. You approve the order and confirm what arrived. That is the whole design principle, applied to every process on it.

01 · DATA
BOM imported
02 · AI
Requirements worked out
03 · AI
Purchase order drafted
04 · YOU
Approve the order
05 · AUTO
Supplier notified
06 · AUTO
Shipment tracked
07 · YOU
Confirm what arrived
08 · AI
Invoice matched

Already running.

Demonstration data. Client names withheld by agreement.
Waffle Crew — cost sheetKT-2240 · AW27
Demo data
Season: AW27Factory: Plant 2Currency: USDrev 3
ComponentSupplierUnitCons.PriceExtended
Waffle knit 280gsmKestrel Millsm1.4204.8506.887
Rib collar 2×2Kestrel Millsm0.1803.2000.576
Main label, wovenArnaud Trimspc1.0000.0700.070
Care + size labelArnaud Trimspc1.0000.0300.030
Sewing threadArnaud Trimscone0.0401.9000.076
Polybag + cartonVerano Componentspc1.0000.1400.140
Materials7.779
CMT2.350
Overhead + profit0.631
FOB quoted10.760
Landed, actual11.124
Unreconciled variance+0.364
Priced against supplier list of 14 Feb6 components · 0 unpriced
Sample costing, days to minutes
Payment applicationPA-2027-0148
Demo data
Entity: Northfield Trading LtdBeneficiary: Kestrel MillsAwaiting step 4 of 5
Amount
USD 48,320.00
Terms
30% deposit · T/T
OriginatedL. Novak · Sourcing
12 Feb 09:14signed
Cost verifiedM. Chen · Costing
12 Feb 11:02signed
Finance reviewS. Brennan · Finance
12 Feb 16:40signed
Director approvalT. Okafor · Operations
Awaiting signatureyou
Bank instructionGenerated on approval
Evidence: PO-5182 · INV-9931 · GRN-2214Chain sealed on completion
Five-step audited approval chain
Goods receipt — handheldPO-5182
Demo data
Device: warehouse scannerstep 2 of 4
Receive against
PO-5182 · Kestrel Mills
Scan carton
CTN 018 / 024Ready to scan
Waffle knit 280gsm1,150 / 1,200
Rib collar 2×21,200 / 1,200
Main label, woven1,200 / 1,200
50 pcs short on one line. Flagged to sourcing before cutting.
Offline-tolerant · queues and syncs on reconnect
Shortages caught before cutting

How it starts

One process. One week. A straight answer.

Tell us the process you already know is broken. We sit inside it for a week — the emails, the sheets, the friction — and come back with where the time goes, what would fix it, and whether you should build anything at all.

Sometimes the answer is buy the off-the-shelf product. We’ll say so. If it isn’t, a working slice runs in your environment within weeks — possible because the platform already exists.

01
You name the process
Procurement, receiving, costing, approvals — whichever hurts most.
02
We do the job for a week
Real emails, real sheets, real friction. No diagnostic by deck.
03
You get a written answer
Where the time goes, what to change, and build-or-buy in writing.
Tell us the process

Straight answers

The four questions everyone asks on the second call.

Who owns the code and the data?
You do. Both. From day one — your data, your code, and your instance of the platform. We don’t licence you your own operations back to you, and we don’t hold your data hostage to a renewal.
What happens if you disappear?
Your code lives in your repository from the first commit, with the documentation and the deploy scripts. It runs on your infrastructure under your accounts. There is no switch we can flip.
What does it cost to run?
Hosting and a database — typically a few hundred dollars a month, not a per-seat licence that grows every time you hire someone.
Why not just buy NetSuite or Odoo?
If your processes are standard, buy them — we’ll tell you so, and the first week is where we’d tell you. Where we differ is that you aren’t choosing between a product that doesn’t fit and a build that starts from nothing. The spine exists; what gets built is only the part your operation genuinely doesn’t share with anyone else.

Get in touch

Tell us which process is costing you the most.

A couple of lines is enough to start. We reply within two working days, with a few honest questions — and sometimes with a recommendation to buy something off the shelf instead.

Or email hello@sharkasystems.com directly.