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Operations & Systems

Production-to-Dispatch

A packaging and process manufacturer was hand-syncing planning sheets, floor updates, and dispatch coordination, and every hour of data lag turned directly into fulfilment risk. They needed one view connecting live line status to what had been promised to customers. We built the backbone that carries it.

Snapshot

Client profile
Packaging and process manufacturing team, 100–300 people, GCC
Engagement
Catalyst — core deployment plus iterative optimisation
Timeline
Deployment, then optimisation across several sprints
Scope
Live production tracking, inventory movement, quality checkpoints, dispatch planning
01

The problem

Operations depended on manual synchronisation between planning sheets, floor updates, and dispatch coordination, and data lag translated directly into fulfilment risk. The business needed a shared view connecting real-time line status to customer commitments.

  • Production, inventory, and dispatch updates were not synchronised
  • Quality checks were tracked separately from release readiness
  • Forecasting bottlenecks took manual effort and arrived too late to help
02

What we built

First we mapped the planning and floor-level control points, then modelled work status, quality states, and shipment readiness as one thing rather than three.

Then live boards, inventory event capture, and rule-based dispatch orchestration, so every team works off one queue instead of reconciling three.

Then governance routines and role-level accountability, because a live signal is only as good as the discipline feeding it.

03

What stuck

  • Execution teams worked from a common live signal instead of static reports
  • Dispatch confidence improved through explicit release criteria
  • Supervisors could intervene earlier when throughput risk emerged
04

Impact

  • Planning-to-dispatch stopped depending on manual reconciliation
  • Release criteria became explicit, so dispatch stopped guessing
  • On-time release held up through high-volume periods