Fix the foundations
- Centralize production data in a single off-the-shelf tool.
- Standardize quoting to protect margins.
- Reliable backups and basic security hygiene.
Case study · Manufacturing
A century-old foundry charts its digital roadmap
This family-run foundry has been pouring metal for three generations, yet still ran operations on paper and spreadsheets, with no IT staff at all. Instead of selling them software, we started with a digital maturity assessment, then drew a realistic 18-month roadmap — prioritized, costed and eligible for public funding.
32processes mapped
18 monthsroadmap across 3 phases
11quick wins identified
ESSOR 1Bassessment eligible for funding
At a glance
- Client
- Confidential
- Industry
- Manufacturing · Aluminium foundry
- Region
- Trois-Rivières, Quebec
- Context
- 75 employees, no in-house IT team
- Services
- Digital assessment · Strategic consulting · Roadmap
- Duration
- ≈ 6 weeks of assessment
A strong SME, blind on the data side
The company delivers quality parts, but every decision relied on the experience and memory of its foremen. No visibility into real costs, lead times or scrap rates. Before investing in any technology, we needed to know where the company really stood.
- Production tracked on paper and spreadsheets, re-keyed several times.
- No reliable data on cost of goods or scrap rates.
- Quotes estimated by hand, putting margins at risk.
- No in-house IT resource to carry a transformation project.
Diagnose before prescribing
We spent time on the shop floor, with foremen and management, to understand the business before talking technology. The assessment scored digital maturity across six axes, surfaced the priority pain points and separated quick wins from deeper initiatives.
- 1Shop-floor immersion
Observing operations and interviewing teams to map real flows, not the ones on the org chart.
- 2Maturity assessment
Scoring digital maturity across six axes: data, production, sales, finance, security and skills.
- 3Impact/effort prioritization
Separating low-cost quick wins from structural investments based on business value.
- 4Costed roadmap
A three-phase plan over 18 months, with milestones, indicative budgets and measurable success criteria.
Digital maturity, axis by axis
We scored each dimension from 0 to 5, then set a realistic 18-month target. The goal is not to reach 5 everywhere, but to progress where the business impact is greatest.
Today18-month target
Data & traceability1 4
Production control2 4
Quoting & sales2 5
Finance & costing1 3
Cybersecurity1 3
Digital skills2 4
The roadmap in three phases
No unrealistic five-year plan: a progressive trajectory where each phase funds and enables the next.
Run on data
- A dashboard for cost of goods and scrap rates.
- Real-time tracking of orders and lead times.
- Training foremen on the new tools.
Optimize & connect
- Connect the shop floor to accounting, with no double entry.
- Performance indicators per workstation.
- Prepare the first AI use cases (maintenance, quality).
A management team that finally knows where to invest
Instead of an impulse purchase, the company has a clear, prioritized plan it can defend to a board — and a solid case to apply for public funding.
32processes mapped and documented
11low-cost quick wins identified
18 monthsof prioritized, costed roadmap
50%of the assessment potentially funded (ESSOR 1B)
Vendors had been pitching us software for years. Codally did the opposite: they understood our shop floor first, then showed us what to do, in what order, and what it would cost. For the first time, we’re moving forward without flying blind.
Deliverables
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