We build and run AI automations for businesses around Middleton. Most of that work is on Stakehill Industrial Estate, 2.8 million sq ft in Rochdale borough on a Middleton postcode, with occupiers including Booker, Fanatics, CEVA Logistics and Toolstation, and on the Linkway estate off Grimshaw Lane. The manufacturers include Robert McBride on Middleton Way and JW Lees at Middleton Junction.
What we automate for Middleton businesses
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Distribution and warehousing
Goods-in discrepancies, damaged-stock claims and carrier disputes raised the same day, with the evidence attached.
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E-commerce fulfilment
Where-is-my-order questions, returns authorisations and stock alerts answered from the WMS and the shop platform together.
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Wholesale
Account applications, credit checks and price-list updates pushed to customers without a week of spreadsheet work.
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Manufacturing
Batch records, supplier certificates and production paperwork kept in step with the ERP instead of a filing cabinet.
Middleton’s business base, briefly
- Stakehill covers 80 hectares and 2.8 million sq ft, with units from 2,000 to 108,000 sq ft. Invest in Rochdale
- Fanatics occupies Stakehill 185, employing about 200 people. Rochdale Council, December 2023
- The planned Stakehill expansion, about 150,000 sq m of industrial and warehouse space, straddles the Rochdale and Oldham boundary. Oldham Council planning report, October 2023
An example automation
Third-party logistics example. An illustration, not a client result.
Questions from Middleton businesses
Do you come out to Stakehill?
Yes, it’s about 28 minutes from us. Warehouse processes are easier to scope standing next to the dock doors than from a description, so we do the first session on site.
We run fulfilment for several online brands. Can one system handle them all?
Yes. Each client’s rules, formats and service levels are configured separately on top of the same stock and order data, and exceptions are routed to whoever looks after that client.
Our WMS vendor charges for API access.
Then we’ll compare that cost with working from exports or the database, and put the cheaper workable route in the scope before quoting.
Can you help a manufacturer rather than a warehouse?
Yes. The paperwork problems are similar: documents arrive in one format and need to end up in another system. We automate the matching and keep a person on the exceptions.