Helix Meridian is an independent software and data practice for manufacturers. We build the pipelines that move your production data, the dashboards leadership actually trusts, the access control that keeps them scoped, and the systems that put all of it in front of the floor.
The spreadsheet is never the problem. It is the symptom of a system that will not give anyone a straight answer.
of argument per reporting cycle, spent reconciling numbers instead of acting on them. The meeting becomes about whose figure is right, not about what to do.
Getting production data out of the systems holding it and into somewhere it can actually be queried.
Detail →Dashboards leadership trusts, because they reconcile to the reports your people already use.
Detail →Single sign-on, per-site scoping, and an audit trail that survives a real question.
Detail →Getting the numbers onto screens the floor walks past, and standing up new sites quickly.
Detail →Someone accountable for keeping it running after the build is finished.
Detail →No account manager between you and the person writing the code, and no junior team learning your plant on your budget. That caps how much we can take on at once. It also removes the handoff where most of the context normally dies.
The first engagement is deliberately small and load-bearing — one report that has to be right, one integration that keeps breaking. It proves the working relationship before anyone commits to a platform.
We reconcile to the reports your people already defend, to the penny, before adding anything new. Divergences get documented and raised — never silently adjusted to make a dashboard look clean.
Every build ships with its own monitoring, audit trail and freshness checks. You should be able to tell whether a number is stale without calling us.
A committed monthly block of hours at a reduced rate, drawn down against whatever matters most that month. Best when the roadmap is long and priorities move.
A scoped piece of work at the standard hourly rate — an integration, a dashboard, an access-control build. Fixed boundary, clear finish line.
For the shipped products. Per site, monthly, implementation included, on an annual commitment — with no professional-services minimum attached.
A worker taps a tablet, the right person on shift is alerted, and if nobody responds inside the window it escalates automatically. Every call logged, classified and timed. Runs on phones, browsers and TVs you already own.
See the product →Wall-mounted TV boards driven by the same pipeline as the dashboards, with a pairing system and central fleet management, so a screen can be replaced without a site visit. Hardened for unattended operation.
Ask about Floor Boards →A short call, a look at your data, and an honest answer about whether this is worth building. Most engagements start with one report that has to be right.
