Transforming operations from the back office to the production floor.

MANUFACTURING

Sparq delivers tailored solutions that streamline back-office processes, enhance factory floor efficiency, and maximize the value of your data.

Our Approach

Streamlining Back-Office Agility & Efficiency

Manufacturing administrators navigate a complex web of processes, encompassing invoicing, work order processing, purchase orders and intricate inventory management. The need to avoid delays, from initial order entry to final shipping, and to enhance inventory control is crucial. Sparq creates engineering solutions that drastically cut down processing times, from weeks to only hours. We leverage AI functions, like automating invoice processing for customers and inventory, to bring efficiency and precision to these critical tasks.

Optimizing Production Floor Efficiency & Maintenance

On the production floor, manufacturing companies require a clear understanding of machinery uptime and the ability to detect problems before they become real. Monitoring production equipment for anomaly detection is key to preventing failures. We develop predictive maintenance platforms that continuously monitor equipment for critical signals such as unusual vibrations or heat spots indicating imminent failure. These integrated solutions monitor Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) and automatically adjust based on performance, ensuring machines operate efficiently, reducing downtime and the costly need for constant equipment replacement.

Maximizing Data Utilization for Strategic Advantage

Manufacturing operations generate a massive volume of data, from countless IoT devices and sensor readings to detailed order entry and customer information. Making sense of this huge amount of data can be challenging. Our team excels at building robust data platforms designed to organize, govern, and curate all your information. We deeply understand your information flow and workflows, improving processes by transforming raw data into clear, actionable insights, empowering you to make informed decisions across your entire operation.

Beyond the Build

A leading manufacturer of conveyor solutions needed to significantly reduce its six-week engineering lead times to meet client demands. The solution we built for them used GenAI to update legacy code and an LLM to create a consistent data taxonomy, which was then used to train a machine learning model. This model helps validate the Bill of Materials for new orders, make parts recommendations, and optimize inventory management. As a result, the manufacturer reduced its lead times from six weeks to just a few days, leading to improved customer satisfaction, a stronger market position, and the ability to reallocate most of its engineers to other critical roles.

Services Overview

Driving results for manufacturing.

Custom Software Development

We build custom software to automate manual processes and enable real-time monitoring across your manufacturing operations. Our solutions make critical business functions run more smoothly, eliminating delays and boosting efficiency from order entry to inventory management.

AI Implementation

We integrate AI to drive significant advancements on your production floor. We specialize in innovating around IoT solutions to enable predictive and preventative maintenance, identifying potential equipment failures before they happen, and minimizing costly downtime.

Data & Analytics

With Sparq, you can make sense of your vast amounts of operational data. We build and integrate robust data platforms that organize, govern, and curate all your information. This transforms raw data into clear, actionable insights, empowering smarter decision-making across your entire manufacturing enterprise.

"I look at our relationship with Sparq as a great partnership. They did a phenomenal job understanding our situation and building a foundation for what was needed from the start."

Dave Schill, Chief Operations Officer at Tanis Brush

"We have been using Sparq for both DBA and SAP support for many years. They have been able to provide highly skilled personnel and have been able to scale the account as required."

IT Manager, Leading Manufacturer of Residential and Commercial Water Heaters