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Redthorn MRP
Redthorn Ltd delivers MRP software and consultancy for aerospace, defence, energy, and advanced manufacturing. With 30+ years' experience, we support thousands of users worldwide through a skilled team with deep industry and supply chain expertise.
Business challenges solved:
Enterprise Management
Research Consultancy
We use technology to help people work smarter. We don't like to call ourselves an AI company but we are an AI company. We believe that all data holds intrinsic value. we use state of the art methods to help extract that value, starting from the problem. We aim to deliver value quickly and efficiently.
Business challenges solved:
Research & Development
Cloud Hosting, Backup, Disaster Recovery, IT Managed Services, IT Hardware Supply, IT Consultancy, Cyber Security, Network & WIFI solutions, Microsoft O365
VMhosts’ Key Services:
1 - Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS): Our IaaS offering is replicated between three Tier3 UK Data Centres and is cheaper, plus 200x quicker than Azure or AWS.
2 - Disaster Recovery As A Service (DRaaS): Our DRaaS is under pinned by Zerto, offering for both On-Prem, Hybrid or Cloud offerings provide a recovery time of 5 secs before the Disaster.
3 - Backup As A Service (BaaS): Our BaaS offering is powered by Veeam and again we offer On-Prem, Hybrid and Cloud offerings.
O365 Backup: Provided by Datto or Veeam Data Cloud.
4 - Hardware Supply: We are partners with HPE, Dell, Lenovo and Cisco and can provide very competitive prices.
5 - Consultancy & Professional Services: We have highly skilled Microsoft, VMware, Veeam, Zerto, Sophos engineers that deal with these products’ day in day out. They are not limited to these technologies so please keep us in mind for any project as we can help design, install and migrate environments.
6 - Support & Managed Services: VMhosts experienced UK team of technology professionals can manage IT for you – pre-empting issues, optimising performance, and reducing operational costs. VMhosts can provide selective management services or a comprehensive managed IT service that suits your business.
7 - ISO27001 certified
Business challenges solved:
IT Systems & Platforms
Optimisation AI
We develop advanced, scalable solutions and AI-powered decision-making tools to solve complex optimisation challenges across industries. Our optimisation suite tackles the three hardest day-to-day planning problems on a modern shop-floor:
1. Production-line scheduling – it assigns multiple product families across parallel lines, respecting change-over times, batch sizes and delivery windows, and automatically re-optimises in seconds when a machine goes down.
2. Skill-aware staff rostering – it builds fair, regulation-compliant shift plans, matching each task to operators’ certifications and dynamically filling gaps when someone calls in sick.
3. Space-efficient load sequencing (advanced “smart-stow” packing) – it packs mixed SKUs, pallets or kitting trolleys into confined bays or trailers while honouring weight limits and unload order, boosting cubic utilisation and dispatch speed.
Together these modules raise throughput, cut overtime and reduce WIP by double-digit percentages; they integrate via a simple REST API and can run on-prem or in the cloud.
Proven performance: our algorithms won the 2024 Airbus x BMW Optimisation Challenge (production scheduling & transport routing) and were finalists in Renault’s 2023 Cargo-Packing Grand Challenge, demonstrating industry-leading solution quality and runtime at real-world scales.
Web to Print / Online Ordering
An eCommerce solution designed to allow print manufacturers to sell print-on-demand services online, in both public stores and private branded portals, but also suitable for many other types of manufacturer.
Utilise online ordering and integrations to reduce admin overheads and production process touch points.
Business challenges solved:
E-commerce
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Infoboss data platform
Do you consider your data to be an asset? Whether in the cloud or on-premise, our innovative search-based data management and processing platform, monthly pricing and partner network empower you to take control of your data assets and maximise their value.
Infoboss is fast, scalable, easy to use and delivers a broad range of innovative data solutions across structured and unstructured data assets.
ABC of Manufacturing Systems Design: Assuring Best process, Completeness and Correctness!
While popular de-facto 2D and 3D modelling languages greatly assist the capture of key characteristics of complex manufacturing systems in their design, they fall short in assuring ‘completeness and correctness’. Idealogix would like to apply use of a mathematically-based modelling language to assure existing (and future) designs of manufacturing systems.
Business challenges solved:
Operational Efficiency
Condor MES Platform
Promtek Condor MES ensures real-time production tracking, quality control, and traceability. Our Storaweigh control system offers precise batch and process control. Kestrel SCADA provides centralized control, monitoring and alarms. Together, they optimize efficiency, reduce downtime, and ensure product quality.
Business challenges solved:
Manufacturing Execution System
Software Product Development and Delivery Consultancy
Sienso is a trusted delivery partner in transformation, delivering expert-led strategy, compliance and a people-centric approach and sustainable change leadership to help businesses become secure, efficient, and future-ready.
From discovery to development and delivery, Sienso ensures that every project is guided by industry best practices and handled by the right experts at the right time. Unlike traditional consultancies weighed down by rigid frameworks and excessive overheads, Sienso thrives on agility, adaptability, and real expertise, ensuring success is both achievable and enjoyable.
Hawkvision AI
HawkVision AI uses computer vision to turn existing CCTV into real-time safety intelligence. From PPE checks to hazard alerts, we help industrial teams prevent incidents, ensure compliance, and protect workers—reducing safety events by over 80%.
Business challenges solved:
Manufacturing Process
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