athos_Vancouver → BC → Canada / US
Athos
Working software on the systems manufacturers already run. No rip-and-replace. Start small, prove value, ship something that holds up mid-shift.
Short call → paid discovery → fixed pilot
problem
Industrial ops still run on paper, tribal knowledge, and brittle glue between ERP / WMS / MES / email and the floor — even when the machines are modern.
People burn shifts on retype, spreadsheet glue, and hunting status across email and the floor.
When something breaks, tribal knowledge and binders beat the systems that were supposed to help.
Recalls, exceptions, and “where are we?” get pieced together from paper instead of a live picture.
how we work
Not a platform sale. A clear commercial path to something that runs on your floor. Ballparks are honest ranges — fixed quote after discovery.
00 · start here
Short call
Hear the plant and the painful workflow. Decide together whether paid discovery is worth it. No deck theater.
Days to ~2 weeks · often ~$5–10k
Walk the flow. Map systems, paper, and tribal knowledge. Name one workflow, a success metric, and a fixed build quote.
~4–6 weeks · often ~$15–40k · one-time fee
Ship one painful workflow. Working software mid-engagement. No obligation to expand after.
After proof · scoped retainers
More role apps on the same data model. Light retain for connectors, model refresh, and new workflows.
CTA is discovery — not “buy a platform.”
what we build
We assemble commercial, enterprise, and open-source tools on your stack. Not a catalog wall. Not rip-and-replace by default.
Two arcs — in order
Paper → station capture → connect ERP / WMS / QMS / email → machines, sensors, cameras where it pays.
Cited search → agents that draft or act with approval → scheduling / quality / shortage intelligence.
Never sell Arc 2 without a credible path through Arc 1 for that site.
Example builds
Kill paperwork retype at the point of work.
Line, dock, cold room — a live picture of the work.
SOPs, quality, ERP/WMS, docs — answers with sources.
Where’s my order? Where’s inventory? Queues that matter.
Constraint help and downtime intelligence — planner approves.
Lot genealogy, inspection, labels, dock OCR — when it pays.
who it’s for
Plants where people, paper, and systems have to meet on the floor — not another SaaS seat tax for a team that already lives in Excel.
Fit
Primary geography: Vancouver / Lower Mainland → BC → similar plants in Canada and the US.
Soft exclude
Not a fit for:
principles
How we show up on site. These are the habits we try to keep.
Start on the floor — with operators and ops leads, not a remote deck review.
Prove value on one painful workflow before anything bigger.
Fixed-scope work that has to hold up mid-shift — not theater.
Humans stay in the loop for consequential actions.
Assemble on the systems they already run.
If it doesn’t work mid-shift, it doesn’t ship.
AI with sources. Agents propose. People approve.
Legacy, family, industrial ops — not consultant dashboards.
about
Athos is led by Graham Fleming — sits with operators and ops leads, hears the real work, and ships hard technical systems: AI implementations, infrastructure, and the glue that has to hold up mid-shift.
Proof posture
Early-stage and honest about it. No fake case studies. Prefer paid discovery, fixed-scope pilots, and working software over decks.
contact
Tell us about the plant and the painful workflow. We’ll reply and book a short call.
00 · start here
Reach Graham
Direct line. No form maze. Use a subject that names the site or workflow if you can.