Built by Someone Who Lived Plant Reality
ShadowOps exists because manufacturing teams deserve visibility, clarity, and control—not another black box.
The Story
The Signal
I spent a decade implementing ERPs, fixing broken operations, and watching manufacturers get crushed by hidden constraints. I watched manufacturers lose orders, miss deadlines, and waste resources solving yesterday's problems while next week's crises went unnoticed.
The pattern was always the same:
- ERP has the data, but no one knows why jobs slip
- Late jobs surprise the customer, not the operations team
- Nobody trusts the numbers, so decisions are guesses
- Firefighting becomes the job—actual planning is impossible
That's when I realized: they don't need another ERP. They need an intelligence layer that sits on top, surfaces risk early, and helps them make decisions before the phone rings with a customer complaint.
That's ShadowOps.
That's ShadowOps.
Our Mission
See Risk Earlier
Before your customer feels the pain, you know what will slip. Early visibility means early action.
Know Why
Not just "Job A is late." The exact constraint: material, labor, machine, or queue. Plain language, not cryptic dashboards.
Know What to Do Next
Recommendations you control. Audit trails for accountability. Decisions made with confidence, not guesses.
What We Believe
Read-Only by Default
Your data is yours. ShadowOps reads. You decide. We never auto-execute changes or override human judgment.
No Black Boxes
Every recommendation should be understandable. If you don't know why ShadowOps is telling you something, it's not useful.
Accountable Execution
Every decision is logged. Every recommendation is tracked. Know who did what and when. Accountability builds trust.
Real Implementation
No 6-month consulting engagements. No enterprise nonsense. 3-week pilot, then ongoing partnership.
Let's Build Better Operations Together
Run a pilot with your real plant data. See the risk, understand why, and make better decisions.
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