--- title: "Software for engineering and manufacturing firms | Fluff" description: "Software for engineering and manufacturing: AI maintenance tools, safety calculations, spreadsheet replacements and ERP integration." url: https://www.fluff.software/for/engineering-and-manufacturing/ updated: 2026-10-23 publisher: Fluff Software --- # Engineering and manufacturing. Maintenance platforms, safety tools, spreadsheet replacements and integrations with the systems you already run, like SAP. Built carefully, because operations depend on them. [Book a 20-minute call](https://www.fluff.software/contact/) [See pricing](https://www.fluff.software/pricing/) _Image: People working in a bright open-plan office_ ## What we hear. - **Critical work runs on spreadsheets.** Manual entry, broken formulas and nobody quite sure which version is current. - **Know-how lives in people’s heads.** When your most experienced engineer is off, the answers go with them. - **Everything has to talk to the ERP.** And the ERP itself is changing: SAP ECC mainstream maintenance ends in 2027, so anything bolted onto it needs care. ## How a fractional team helps. ### We’ve done it before iMaintain’s AI maintenance platform, SGMF’s marine fuel safety tool (95% faster processing) and EAL’s grading engine with its one-way SAP integration. ### Integrations with a boundary We connect systems through clean interfaces, so when one changes the rest keep working. ### Practical AI AI where it removes real work, such as answering questions from your own manuals and maintenance history. Solid software everywhere else. One spreadsheet to replace? Start with an [Automation Sprint](https://www.fluff.software/ways-to-work/automation-sprint/). A platform to keep improving? [Embedded Plus](https://www.fluff.software/pricing/). Manufacturers in some regions can get match funding for technology projects through [Made Smarter](https://www.madesmarter.uk/adoption/in-my-region/south-west/). A queue like yours Example 1. Replace the shift handover spreadsheet Shipped 2. Maintenance history search for engineers Shipped 3. SAP order sync: retry and alerting Building 4. Supplier certificate expiry reminders Up next 5. Shop-floor tablet view for work orders Queued + Add a request Add as many as you like. Each track builds one at a time, and you review every piece as it lands. ## Relevant work. - [ _Image: iMaintain_ iMaintain ### iMaintain: from a founder’s idea to an AI maintenance platform iMaintain’s founders knew maintenance inside out but weren’t developers. We acted as their product team: discovery first, a two-week proof of concept, then a production MVP built sprint by sprint alongside them. Discovery to MVP in six months](https://www.fluff.software/work/imaintain/) - [ _Image: SGMF_ SGMF ### SGMF: safety calculations that took days now take minutes A global industry body was running critical marine fuel safety calculations through manual entry and Excel. We worked out what was really slowing it down, then replaced it with validated, automated software. 95% less processing time](https://www.fluff.software/work/sgmf-safety-zones/) - [ _Image: EAL_ EAL ### A grading engine an awarding body can stake its reputation on EAL needed final grades for a brand-new qualification calculated correctly, for every candidate, every time. We designed it so the engine stays right even when everything around it changes. Grading thousands of candidates](https://www.fluff.software/work/grading-engine/) > Before working with Fluff, our biggest challenge was understanding the tech side of things. We needed a partner who could turn our vision into a real product. Fluff did exactly that and more. **Hannah Savagar**, COO and Co-Founder, iMaintain ## Questions we hear. Can you work on our existing software? Yes, and most clients start that way. We review the codebase early so we understand it before we change anything. Is AI writing our code? Is that safe? We use the latest AI tools because they make us faster, but a senior developer designs, reviews and tests everything before it reaches you. Nothing ships just because a tool produced it. Who owns the code? You do. Everything we build lives in your repositories and belongs to you. ## Worth reading. [From AI prototype to production The checklist for apps that need to grow up.](https://www.fluff.software/guides/ai-prototype-to-production-checklist/) [How to clear a software backlog A method that works without a workshop.](https://www.fluff.software/guides/how-to-clear-a-software-backlog/) [Is AI-written code safe? What a senior review checks.](https://www.fluff.software/guides/is-ai-written-code-safe/) --- Fluff Software, a senior product team embedded in your business. Book a call: https://www.fluff.software/contact/ or email contact@fluff.software. Agents: see https://www.fluff.software/llms.txt and https://www.fluff.software/AGENTS.md.