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Give your team back the hours it spends doing everything by hand.

Your software tools are built for every business, not for yours. So your team closes the gap: quotes redone at night, purchase orders copied, the schedule redone at every absence, figures compiled in Excel to see where you stand.

For tradespeople, SMEs and manufacturers, I build the tools that do this work in your place, designed for your business: automations, dashboards, business software. Starting from what you already have, or from scratch if your current tools are no longer enough.

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  1. Admin5.5 h a week
    • quote redone at night
    • client details retyped
  2. Scheduling1.5 h a week
    • schedule redone at every absence
  3. Stock & goods2 h a week
    • purchase orders copied by hand
  4. Shipping & invoicing3 h a week
    • invoices retyped from Excel

These hours appear in none of your figures

Five minutes to copy a purchase order, half an hour to redo the schedule. Spread across several people, that time shows up nowhere. Over a week, it adds up to hours.

Your team is not to blame. It is making up for software built for any business, and switching software will not fix that.

No need to come with a list of problems. In 30 minutes, you tell me how your business runs, and I spot what slows you down. Shortly after, you receive my report: a review of how you work, and the tools that would save you time.

Show me where my hours go

Free call, no commitment. You keep the report, even if we do not work together.

3 common beliefs that cost you hours

What I often hear from business owners, and the reality behind it.

  1. “Custom software is for large groups.”

    The reality

    Custom work also comes small: a single tool, for the problem that wastes the most of your time. Craftsman or manufacturer, you know the price before you commit.

  2. “We would have to change our software.”

    The reality

    Not necessarily. You can keep your software and your Excel files: the tool builds on them. If your current tools are no longer enough, we start from scratch, and you choose before signing.

  3. “IT people do not understand the trade.”

    The reality

    Before writing a line of code, I come and see how you work, on site or by video call. You explain your trade to me, and I build the tool around it.

Start with one tool, go as far as you want

  1. The call and the report

    In 30 minutes, I spot what slows you down. Shortly after, you receive my report.

    • Free call
    • You keep the report
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  2. Excel1 click

    A first custom tool

    It solves the problem that wastes the most of your time, building on your current tools or starting from scratch.

    • Dashboards
    • Automation
    • Business software
  3. StockScheduleWorkshopFigures

    The whole business connected

    Stock, schedule, workshop and figures update together. You see where the business stands on a single screen.

Picture your week with the right tool

Choose your trade. You may have been through this already.

Workshops and industry

Today

The phone rings: “Where is my order?” Your software says “in progress”, nothing more. You cross the shop floor to read the whiteboard, then find the team leader between two machines. By the time you call back, the customer has already chased you by email.

With the tool

The phone rings: “Where is my order?” You open the screen: it is at station 3, due out on Thursday. You answer without hanging up, this time.

Tradespeople

Today

7 am, a job is pushed back. You update the Excel schedule, then text each team. One message slips through the cracks, and a van heads to the old address.

With the tool

7 am, a job is pushed back. You move it in the schedule, which shows which team goes where. The team concerned gets a notification on their phone.

Retail and services

Today

11 am, you sell the last one of an item in the shop. Your till and your website do not talk to each other, so the site still shows it in stock. At 11:30, a customer buys it online, and you have to call them to apologise.

With the tool

11 am, you sell the last one in the shop. The site marks it sold out right away, and nobody buys it online a second time.

It is for you if…

  • Every week, your team redoes by hand what the right tool could be doing.
  • You want to save time on your processes with a tool built for the way you work.
  • You want a tool that belongs to you, code included.

It is not for you if…

  • You are looking for ready-made software to install tomorrow.
  • You want your team to adapt to the tool, not the other way round.
  • You want AI to decide for you.

Every step leaves something in your hands

Six steps, from the call to the review.

  1. Step 1

    You finally see where your hours go

    During a free 30-minute call, you tell me how your business runs, and I spot what slows you down. Shortly after, you receive my report. You keep it, even if you do not sign.

    In hand: the report.

  2. Step 2

    You know the price before you commit

    After the call, we meet on site or by video call to discuss your project, and I write the specification: what the tool will do, what it will not do, the schedule and the price. In it, you choose to start from your current tools or from scratch.

    In hand: the specification, the schedule and the price.

  3. Step 3

    You follow the tool while it is being built

    At each milestone, you see where it stands, and you say what works and what does not.

    In hand: the tool, step by step.

  4. Step 4

    You validate on your real data

    You try the tool with me, on your own cases. Every gap is fixed before go-live.

    In hand: the list of gaps, each one fixed.

  5. Step 5

    Your teams use it without me

    I install the tool and train the people who use it. Documentation, short videos, then the source code and its rights after full payment.

    In hand: the tool, the documentation, the code.

  6. Step 6

    You know what the tool really changed

    A month later, we look at what it removed and what still gets in the way. After the warranty, monthly maintenance remains available, as an option.

    In hand: the review report.

    Included in the price

Start with the free call

What if something does not work? I fix it for 3 months, and the code stays yours.

  • 3-month warranty

    A gap with the specification in the 3 months after go-live? I fix it, free of charge.

  • The code and its rights are yours

    Source code delivered and rights assigned once paid in full. You develop it further with anyone you like.

  • Your data, where you want it

    Your computers, your server, the European host of your choice or my server. You stay in control of access.

  • Confidentiality in writingA non-disclosure agreement from the first exchange, if you wish. A GDPR processing agreement for personal data.
  • On site or by video callOn site in the Loire and the Lyon area, for meetings as well as training. By video call anywhere else, or if you prefer.

Quoted per project.

You know the exact amount before you commit.

What makes the price vary

  • Screens and documentswhat the tool shows, and the documents it prepares: quotes, order forms, reports
  • Data sourceswhat needs linking: management software, spreadsheets, shared folders
  • Automationwhat the tool does on its own, and what waits for your go-ahead
  • Level of checkingan internal export is not checked like a document sent to a client

Always included

  • The code and its rights, once paid in full
  • The documentation
  • Training and short videos
  • The 3-month warranty
  • The one-month review

Optional: hosting on my server, and monthly maintenance after the warranty.

The first call is free: you tell me how your business runs, and you receive my report.

I reply within 24 business hours.

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Portrait of Lyam Farhi
Lyam FarhiMethods & tools engineer. Loire and the Lyon area.

I watched engineers redraw the same diagram, again and again.

Since 2024, I have worked in the methods and tools team of a large nuclear company. Around me, engineers filled in Excel files, then modelled the same diagram by hand in drawing software. Each diagram took 1 to 5 hours, and everything started again at the slightest change.

I did not ask the team to change the way it worked. First, I listened to the engineers, in meetings: who fills in what, in which file, how many times the same information is typed again, and what each person expects from the tool.

Then I built the tool around their habits. The engineers keep filling in Excel, as before. The diagram generates itself in a few seconds, and every correction made on the diagram goes back into Excel. Nobody copies anything by hand any more. The tool is deployed in France, and being rolled out in Germany.

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Tradespeople and small businesses often live the same thing, but rarely have a methods team and a developer to deal with it. Those are the businesses I started mine for. I come and see how you work, and I deliver a tool that is tested, documented and understood by the people who use it.

Your questions, before you start

Your question is not here? Ask it during the call. 

I know nothing about IT. Is that a problem?

No. You know your trade; I handle the technical side and explain everything in your words.

Is my business too small?

If manual tasks take your team several hours a week, they are worth discussing. The free call is there to check, and I tell you honestly whether a tool is worth its price.

How much does it cost?

Each project is quoted. The price is written in the specification, with what the tool will do and the schedule. You know the exact amount before you commit.

How long does it take?

It depends on the tool. The schedule is written in the specification, before you sign, and you follow progress at each checkpoint.

What happens during the call? Does it commit me?

No, it is free and lasts 30 minutes. You tell me how your business runs, and I spot what slows you down. Shortly after, you receive my report, and you keep it, even if we do not work together.

What if you are gone tomorrow?

Your tool keeps running. You host it yourself, or I host it on my server for a monthly fee. Either way, you have the code, its rights and the documentation. If we stop working together, I move the tool to your server or to the host of your choice.

What about AI?

It prepares, you decide. It is optional: it comes once your first tools are in place, if you want it, and your tool works without it. It can read the incoming emails, invoices and purchase orders and prepare the data entry, or answer a question asked in plain words, such as “Which items will run short this week?”. You read and you approve: nothing goes out without your click. It runs with a European host or on your own machines, and I tell you where your data will go before setting anything up.

What will your next week look like?

Thirty minutes, free, with no commitment. You tell me how your business runs, and I spot what slows you down. Shortly after, you receive my report, and you keep it, even if we do not work together.

I reply within 24 business hours.

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