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Metalique

Approach

Build. Connect. Remain.

Engagements are scoped after a short discovery call. We do not publish a price list — the work depends on the operation.

The floor is the spec

01

Custom operations software

Discovery through launch. One system tailored to how the business runs.

  • Product-led discovery and a written scope before build starts
  • UI designed for operators, not a demo deck
  • Full-stack build with QA and a planned release
  • Migration from spreadsheets and existing tools
  • Pricing is scoped after a short discovery call

02

Integrations

Connect the system to tools you already rely on — only where it earns its keep.

  • Payments, email, calendars, and accounting
  • CRMs and WhatsApp Business APIs where staff already live
  • APIs in and out so you are not trapped in a silo
  • We pick the connection to fit the problem, not a partner list

03

Ongoing care (retainer)

Fixes, small features, and reliability after launch — with someone who already knows the product.

  • Dedicated care contact on the retainer
  • Monitoring, hosting coordination, and routine upkeep
  • Small features without reopening a full project
  • Clearer than hiring a freelancer who has to relearn the system each time

What discovery produces

  1. 01

    A map of how work, stock, and money move today — including the exceptions a template never modelled.

  2. 02

    A written scope: what is in, what is out, what depends on an integration.

  3. 03

    Roles: owner, floor, and anyone who needs a thinner portal.

  4. 04

    A sequence of slices you can review before anything is ‘done’.

Method

  1. 01 Discover

    How work, stock, and money move today — including the exceptions.

  2. 02 Design

    Roles and screens for the floor, not a demo deck.

  3. 03 Build

    Shipped in reviewable slices. History migrated, not discarded.

  4. 04 Launch

    Training, monitoring, an operating change — not a URL.

  5. 05 Care

    A named contact. Fixes and small features on retainer.

On the engagement

  • Product lead

    Discovery and scoping — the person who makes sure we are building the right system.

  • UI/UX designer

    Screens and flows your team can use under time pressure, on the floor and at a desk.

  • Full-stack engineers

    The application, data model, and integrations. Senior attention, not a revolving bench.

  • QA / release

    The unglamorous work that keeps launch from becoming a second job for your staff.

  • Dedicated care contact

    On retainer: a named person for fixes and small changes after you are live.

  • TypeScript
  • React / Next.js
  • Node.js
  • Python
  • PostgreSQL
  • REST / GraphQL APIs
  • Cloud deploy (Vercel / AWS)
  • Stripe and common business APIs

Problems we solve

Where the floor usually breaks.

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Packaged hire software vs the floor.

Fair pages for operators already searching a named product. Templates fit some shops. Custom wins when the exception is the week.

From the floor

Notes on the week, not a magazine.

  • Equipment hire

    Kit clashes happen before the van leaves

    The van is not where the clash starts. It starts when sales confirmed a date the warehouse could not honour, and availability was a colour instead of a lock.

  • Deposits & damage

    The till book is not a deposit system

    A deposit was taken. Nobody can say against which kit, or whether it should still be held because a head came back warm. That is not a bookkeeping quirk. It is a missing object.

  • Field service

    The visit should write the invoice

    Work is booked in a diary. Parts are guessed from memory. Technicians update status in a chat. Invoices are written days later from whatever survived. That is three objects. It should be one.

  • United Kingdom · SMEs

    WhatsApp is not the operations system

    UK SMEs do not fail because they lack software. They fail because the tools do not share a record. Accounts may already live in Xero or QuickBooks. Jobs still live in a spreadsheet. WhatsApp carries the exceptions.

  • Event hire

    When Excel breaks on show week

    Show week is not when the spreadsheet gets a bit messy. It is when the diary, the warehouse, and the invoice stop being the same job.

  • Custom ops

    Template ERP is not the floor

    A template is a bet that your exceptions are someone else’s average. Most growing operations lose that bet on the floor, not in the demo.