Operational Control for Growing Manufacturers

Instant

traceability reporting, down from 20+ minutes per item

BRCGS AA+ rated

unannounced audit, Sep 26

80%+ lead-time accuracy

legacy Access database retired, full order-to-cash replacement.

100% digital production control

Excel and whiteboards replaced with a scanner-driven warehouse and production system.

Keep what works. Fix what hurts.

An alternative to replacing your ERP.

Control doesn’t slip all at once. One spreadsheet. One manual check. One planner keeping the real schedule in their head. Before long, traceability takes an afternoon and different departments trust different numbers.

We build the system around the way your business actually works: materials, production, quality and warehouse as one, with your accounts staying in Sage or Xero.

No big-bang migration. No forcing your business to fit someone else’s software. One area proven inside three months, alongside what you run today, expanded only when the results justify it.

Operational control isn’t another software module. It’s the outcome your systems should have delivered all along.

Sales and orders

From enquiry to invoice.
Customers, orders and pricing managed in one place. Quotes convert to orders without rekeying, and invoices raised in Simportal post straight to Sage or Xero. Order to cash in one system.

Materials

Know what stock you actually have.
Stock, purchasing and goods in captured in real time, across every location. Planning driven by live availability, not reconciled spreadsheets.

Production

Control where work actually happens.
BOMs, works orders, planning, output and WIP on one platform. Data captured at the point it occurs, by scanner or mistake-proofed entry, whichever fits the workstation.

Quality

Traceability you can rely on.
Checks, non-conformance reports and approvals built into daily work. Batch traceability from goods in to despatch, ready for audits, recalls and compliance.

Warehouse

Right stock, right place, proven.
Picking, packing and despatch under control, with stock takes that no longer stop the operation. Warehouse teams see what production needs before it runs short.

Management

See the business as it runs.
Dashboards, KPIs and exceptions drawn from live operational data. Margin visibility by job, product and customer.

Talk through your operation

Who Simportal is for

You do not need an ERP replacement. You need operational control.

If your team is reconciling stock, double checking movements, or explaining inconsistencies after the fact, Simportal was built for you. It runs the whole operation, shaped around how your business already works, with your accounts staying in Sage or Xero.

These are the businesses we build for.

High-risk materials

Handle regulated or high-risk materials such as food grade packaging, medical packaging, plastic film or pet food

Multiple locations

Operate across multiple stock locations, stages or sites

Outgrown spreadsheets

Have outgrown spreadsheets but need something that fits the way you already work

Legacy systems

Run a legacy system that no longer reflects day to day operational reality

Traceability demands

Need reliable traceability for audits, customers or compliance

Margin under pressure

Want to protect margin by cutting the waste, errors and duplicated effort that poor control creates

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Don’t just take our word for it

“We proved it first. Then we switched off the old system, without
stopping the line.”

Peter Jolliffe – Managing Director, Thorpe Packaging (Film Converter)

“Working with Simportal helped Flexi-Films UK grow rapidly, reaching more than £10 million in sales and becoming the fastest-growing business in its sector.”

Andy Davies – Managing Director, Flexi-Films UK (Film stockist)

“With Simportal, IVC Evidensia has been able to generate more than £3 million in additional annual revenue across its 1,000+ clinics.”

Claire Slater – Group Commercial & Supply Chain Director, IVC (Veterinary Care)

“Our customers aren’t just buying a product. They’re buying a delivery date they can trust. Get the lead time right, and you win the work.”

Greg Russell – Managing Director, Aluminium Bending Specialists Ltd (Manufacturing)

“We’ve taken a lot of the manual work out of managing stock and production.”

John Smith – Supply Chain Manager, Bella+Duke (Food Manufacturing)

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Our clients success stories

Thorpe Packaging

check_circle Legacy ERP retired without stopping the line.

check_circle Traceability reporting now instant from 20+ mins per item.

check_circle Stock accuracy above 99%.

Flexi-Films UK Ltd

check_circle From spreadsheets to a complete operational system with Sage integration

check_circle £10m+ turnover with controlled stock accuracy across multiple sites

Unibox

check_circle Complete stock control across on-site and off-site locations

check_circle Year-end stock take standardised, manual collation near zero

Bella & Duke

check_circle 100% digital production

check_circle Turnover doubled while maintaining stock accuracy above 99%

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IVC Evidensia

check_circle Stock takes completed across 1,000+ clinics without closing operations

check_circle £3m increase in annual sales enabled through biannual stock takes

ABS

check_circle Lead-time accuracy 80%+

check_circle Legacy Access database retired. Full order-to-cash system replacement.

See more client success stories

How adoption works

Nothing switches off until Simportal has earned its place.

Every deployment starts with one focused area where control is slipping most. We get it working alongside what you already use and prove the results within three months.

Simportal runs in parallel with your existing systems. At Thorpe Packaging, that meant running alongside their legacy ERP. At Flexi-Films, it meant working alongside spreadsheets. Your team compares the results, validates the data and builds confidence through what they can see, not what we promise.

Then you expand. Once Simportal has earned its place, it can grow across the operation — from sales and materials through to production, quality and despatch, with Sage or Xero continuing to handle the accounts.

And there are no artificial boundaries. Our customers have extended Simportal into time and attendance, holiday approvals, contract storage, review management and other processes as their needs have evolved.

Start with one problem. Prove it. Then take control of the rest.

Assess Your Operational Control

Isn’t this just an ERP?

It covers the scope of one. It works nothing like one.

The difference isn’t what Simportal can do. It’s how you get there.

You don’t have to bend your business around the software. Simportal is built around your processes, your terminology and your shop floor.

One fixed monthly fee. £3,450/month. Unlimited users. Unlimited functional scope. No upfront capital. Development included.

Start with one problem. Prove it alongside what you already use. Then expand it across the operation as your needs change.

There are no modules to buy and no change orders every time your business needs something different. Development is part of the service.

If it matters to your operation, it can belong in Simportal. Materials, production, quality, warehouse, HR, time and attendance, document management and more.

That’s how ABS replaced a separate £500-a-month clocking and HR system with functionality inside Simportal at no extra cost.

Straight answers to fair questions

Where does it run?
Microsoft Azure, with enterprise-grade security and resilience.

Whose data is it?
Yours. Always exportable and always yours to take.

What if we part ways?
Your data leaves with you in standard formats.

Can Simportal support us?
Simportal runs live production at Thorpe Packaging and supports manufacturing businesses ranging from around £3m to over £25m in turnover.

Assess Your Operational Control

Most manufacturers think they’re in control.