Consulting for mid-sized manufacturers in São Paulo and Minas Gerais, Brazil

We find where your plant is losing margin.Then we build the fix.

Business sense, artificial intelligence and software engineering in one team. We map your operation from order to invoice, show with numbers where the loss is, and put the fix in place using the data you already have.

Book a diagnosis call Take the margin checklist

A free 30-minute call. The Operations X-ray is a paid engagement.

An order moves through the plant. At every leak, a bit of your margin goes with it.

If you run a plant, you have probably said one of these.

“Our margin is too thin.”
What is usually behind it
Usually no one knows the real cost of each order. Prices follow the market, and the cost of setup, scrap and rework disappears into the average.
“We waste too much material.”
What is usually behind it
The waste is real, but it is not measured by machine, shift or product. Without that breakdown, you cannot tell where to act first, so it becomes “normal”.
“Everything here feels disorganized.”
What is usually behind it
Information lives in spreadsheets, notebooks and in a few key people’s heads. The ERP records the invoice, but not what happened on the floor.

Usually it takes three vendors. Here it is one team.

The consultancy points at the problem and leaves. The software shop builds whatever you ask for, even when it is not what matters most. The AI tool arrives ready-made and does not fit your operation. We do all three, at the same table.

Comparison of the kinds of vendor a manufacturer usually hires
	Traditional consultancy	Software shop	AI tool	AlefeLabs
Understands margin, cost and pricing	Yes	No	No	Yes
Maps the process inside the plant	Yes	Partly	No	Yes
Builds and integrates the system	No	Yes	Partly	Yes
Uses AI only where it pays for itself	No	No	No	Yes
Stays until the numbers move	No	No	No	Yes

From order to invoice, in three stages.

Each stage is contracted on its own. You only move to the next one if the previous one made sense.

flow mapped

material waste
rework
lead time
margin per order

01
Operations X-ray
4 weeks
We spend four weeks inside your plant. We follow an order from quote to payment, talk to the people who run it, and compare what they say with what the data shows.
Deliverable. You get a written report with every loss point: where it happens, what it costs and what to do.
02
Implementation
Short deliveries, by priority
We fix the highest-impact points first. We integrate with your ERP and the spreadsheets you already use, with no system swap and no sensors to start.
Deliverable. You get working systems, with your team trained to use them every day.
03
Follow-through
Monthly
We agree on the metrics before we start: material waste, rework, lead time, margin per order. We measure every month. If a number does not move, we change course.
Deliverable. You get a dashboard with progress and a monthly results meeting.

Book the X-ray, walk away knowing what is wrong.

In writing, prioritized, with an impact estimate. The report is yours, even if you decide not to continue with us for implementation.

A map of the real flow, from order to invoice
A list of losses: where they happen and what they cost
Priorities by impact and effort
A plan for what can be fixed in 30, 60 and 90 days

Operations X-ray report

Illustrative example

Finding	Where	Impact	Priority
Production logged on paper, then retyped into the system	Production and sales	Hours of rework every week, plus typing errors	High
Stock leaving without a record	Warehouse	Duplicate purchases and shortages at the wrong time	High
Setup cost left out of the price	Sales	Small orders losing money without anyone noticing	Medium
Scrap not measured per machine	Slitting and finishing	Waste with no owner, so it never goes down	Medium

Who it is for

A good fit if you have

A paper, packaging, food or metalworking plant
Up to 120 employees
Revenue above R$ 5 million a year
Operations in São Paulo or Minas Gerais
The will to decide with numbers, not hunches

Not yet a fit for

Large industrial groups with an established IT department
Companies with revenue below R$ 5 million a year
Anyone looking only for off-the-shelf software

Work in progress

Custom Paper

Thermal paper roll and label manufacturer

We mapped the full process for card-machine rolls, POS rolls and labels, from order to delivery. Then we started building on top of what was already there.

Delivered so far

Integration with the Omie ERP, with production, stock and sales data in one place
Management portal with sales metrics and customer portfolio
Own e-commerce checkout, connected to payments and shipping
An AI assistant that answers questions about the ERP in plain language

Results are being measured. We will publish the numbers here once they are in.

Is your plant losing margin?

Answer 12 yes-or-no questions in about 3 minutes and see where to look first.

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Writing

Short pieces on margin, process and applied AI in manufacturing.

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Frequently asked questions

We already have an ERP. Why would we need you?

Your ERP handles tax and finance. The loss happens earlier: in production, in stock, in scheduling. We work on top of your ERP, not instead of it.

Do you just point out the problem?

No. Pointing it out is the first stage. If you want to continue, we build and roll out the fix ourselves and track the numbers until the result shows up.

How much does it cost?

The Operations X-ray is billed by the hour, with a fixed estimate before we start. Implementation and follow-through are proposed after it, based on what we find. We talk about pricing on the first call.

Do I need to install sensors or cameras?

Not to start. Most of the gain is in data you already have: ERP, production orders, spreadsheets and shop-floor logs.

Will my team be able to use it?

We build with the people who run the operation. Every delivery is tested on the floor and comes with training.

How long does it take?

The Operations X-ray takes 4 weeks. Implementation ships in short, prioritized deliveries, so the first improvement shows up early.

Isn’t AI just hype?

AI is a tool, not the goal. We use it where it removes manual work or improves a decision: reading documents, forecasting demand, suggesting schedules, answering questions about your data. Where a good spreadsheet does the job, we use the spreadsheet.

Where do you work?

Plants in São Paulo and Minas Gerais, Brazil, with on-site visits during the X-ray. Part of the work is done remotely.

Shall we look at your operation?

In 30 minutes you tell us how the plant runs today, and we tell you honestly whether a diagnosis makes sense for you.

Book a diagnosis call