Projects
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A selection of projects. Client names on request where we are under NDA.
Warehouse robotics · 2024–present
16-robot MiR fleet, East Coast distribution center
MiR250, MiR1000 and MiR1350 robots in a 300,000 sq ft facility with no prior automation. Charging stations, facility map, mission design, warehouse layout adjustments, ERP integration and staff training. Ongoing maintenance and support.
Results with numbers to be added: forklift hours saved per week, pallets moved per day.
Odoo implementation · Manufacturing
From QuickBooks Desktop to Odoo in three weeks
Challenge. Order shortages, mispackaging and wrong deliveries at peak season. Orders came in by email, fax, phone and EDI, and only met in QuickBooks Desktop at shipping, so nothing could be tracked in real time.
What we did. Odoo Sales to centralize incoming orders, a Website ordering portal for customers, Accounting in place of QuickBooks, and Inventory with Barcode for fulfillment. EDI through Business System Integrators. Go-live, with history migrated from QuickBooks, in three weeks.
Result. On-time delivery up from 74% to 91%. Order entry errors gone, live order status for planning and packing, and office time freed for customer support and marketing.
Manufacturing execution · Food processing
Efficiency breakthrough in food processing
Challenge. A new product sold well, but more SKUs meant more changeovers, production was hard to plan against stock, and profitability started to slip.
What we did. Moved production from make-to-stock to make-to-order, so fewer products run each day. Built a manufacturing execution system connected to the ERP, with digital workstations on the floor for supervisors. Ten weeks from approved plan to final touches.
Result. Labor cost per pound down 32% (fewer changeovers, less overtime) and waste down 3.4%. Production plans three days ahead, a forecast for the next week, and purchasing that sees ingredient needs before they run short.
Operations scale-up · Food manufacturing
Rapid growth response
Challenge. Within a month sales ran 150–250% above the most optimistic forecast. The production team was on heavy overtime and the supply chain was strained.
What we did. Production hours went from 40 to 120 a week with two added shifts. About 50 new employees were hired and trained in a week, the organization was restructured for a team of 90+, supervisors were trained, and the manufacturing execution system on Odoo was upgraded for the new volume.
Result. Demand met, and margins well above the industry average.
Clients, past and present
Odoo clients include: A'la Grande Fine Foods · Bcuz Snacks · Biomedical Services · Custom Filters Direct · Desert Verde Farm · Gotham Gourmet Provisions · Great Meadow Foods · Utica Specialty Foods · Vecna Robotics · Wellwoven — see our references on odoo.com.
More project history and client feedback: Viktor Elkin on Upwork
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