INTEGRATED BUSINESS SOLUTION FOR LIGHT MANUFACTURING, ECOMMERCE & 3PL

Manufacturing ERP Software for Light Manufacturers Running on Spreadsheets.

From shop floor to shopper's door, your business lives in motion. Raw materials in, finished goods out—across machines, warehouses, channels, and carriers.

  • Manufacturing & 3PL Experts
  • Seamless Integrations
  • End-to-End Visibility
  • Scalable for Growth
Light Manufacturing OS: the AI control plane we build, over the platforms it runs on and delivering through the channels to light manufacturers running on spreadsheets.Three layers, read bottom to top: the platforms it runs over (Inventory and finance, Sales CRM, Storefront, 3PL and carriers, Marketing automation, Analytics); the control plane, Light Manufacturing OS, with its capabilities (Procure, Make, Sell, Fulfil, Report, Human gates); and the channels it delivers through (Online store, Marketplaces, EDI, B2B and resellers, Carriers), reaching light manufacturers running on spreadsheets.RUNS OVER THE PLATFORMS YOU ALREADY HAVEInventory and financeSales CRMStorefront3PL and carriersMarketing automationAnalyticsWHAT WE BUILD: THE AI CONTROL PLANELight Manufacturing OSProcureMakeSellFulfilReportHuman gatesDELIVERS THROUGHOnline storeMarketplacesEDIB2B and resellersCarriersLight manufacturers running on spreadsheets Light Manufacturing OS: the AI control plane we build, over the platforms it runs on and delivering through the channels to light manufacturers running on spreadsheets.Three layers, read bottom to top: the platforms it runs over (Inventory and finance, Sales CRM, Storefront, 3PL and carriers, Marketing automation, Analytics); the control plane, Light Manufacturing OS, with its capabilities (Procure, Make, Sell, Fulfil, Report, Human gates); and the channels it delivers through (Online store, Marketplaces, EDI, B2B and resellers, Carriers), reaching light manufacturers running on spreadsheets.RUNS OVER THE PLATFORMS YOU ALREADY HAVEInventory and financeSales CRMStorefront3PL and carriersMarketing automationAnalyticsWHAT WE BUILD: THE AI CONTROL PLANELight Manufacturing OSProcureMakeSellFulfilReportHuman gatesDELIVERS THROUGHOnline storeMarketplacesEDIB2B and resellersCarriersLight manufacturers running onspreadsheets
AI-driven integrated business solutions

The AI control plane.

Light Manufacturing OS is an AI control plane above your inventory, accounting and CRM applications, your storefront and your 3PL. It proposes reorders, builds assemblies from one message, allocates and ships orders through the 3PL, matches receipts to bills, and reports margin per SKU and channel every day. The planner and the floor talk; you approve every purchase order.

When systems don't connect, inventory drifts, orders stall, and customers feel it. CodeStringers builds a connected operating system that unifies manufacturing, ecommerce, 3PL, and finance—so you can run leaner, fulfill faster, and grow with confidence.

Company chat #plant-floor
#plant-floorCompany chat
  1. Carlos V

    Reorder the low items for Warehouse B.

  2. CodeStringers AI Solution Controller

    Three vendors, 14 lines, 4,820 dollars, reasons per line. One gate per vendor; your 1 creates and sends the purchase orders.

    1 Yes, do it2 No3 Change something
  3. Carlos V

    Build 40 of the 12-inch kit for the Acme order.

  4. CodeStringers AI Solution Controller

    One component short. Build 28 now and 12 on Thursday's receipt, or substitute? 1, 2 or 3.

    1 Yes, do it2 No3 Change something
  5. Carlos V

    What did we make on the online storefront last week?

  6. CodeStringers AI Solution Controller

    Margin table posted. Rule derived: stop promoting the two SKUs that lose money after 3PL fees.

Inventory, the storefront and analyticsOur skin of Warehouse B
Purchase orders, Warehouse BInventory
three items short inside lead time
Read
stock by warehouse, open sales orders, delivered lead time per vendor, terms on file
PO-⁠1182 Northline Steel
6 lines, 2,140.00: Draft 6 lines, 2,140.00: Sent
PO-⁠1183 Harbor Fasteners
5 lines, 690.00: Draft 5 lines, 690.00: Sent
Pell Packaging
3 lines, 1,990.00: Draft 3 lines, 1,990.00: Held, note sent

Run log. approved by Carlos V, 07:04. One gate per vendor; the read-back lands in the channel.

12-inch kit, Acme orderInventory
40 units, promise date 26 Sep
Brackets
4 per kit, 160 in stock
Panels
2 per kit, 80 in stock
Cartons
1 per kit, 40 in stock
Fasteners
16 per kit, 448 in stock: enough for 28
Assembly AS-⁠0412
proposed, 28 now Booked, 28 now; AS-⁠0413 on Thursday's receipt

The short line. The plane reads the item page before it answers. The order record says what it can promise.

Margin by kit and channelAnalytics
11 to 17 Sep, after every cost
12-inch kit, storefront
31 percent
18-inch kit, storefront
27 percent
6-inch kit, storefront
12 percent
6-inch kit, marketplace
minus 4 percent after the per-order fee
Marketplace listing, 6-inch
Live Paused, gate 1, weekly rule

Read-back. Listing paused through the storefront connector, logged with the rule it came from.

Run log

  1. beat 1Three vendors, 14 lines, 4,820 dollars, reasons per line. One gate per vendor; your 1 creates and sends the purchase orders.
  2. beat 2One component short. Build 28 now and 12 on Thursday's receipt, or substitute? 1, 2 or 3.
  3. beat 3Margin table posted. Rule derived: stop promoting the two SKUs that lose money after 3PL fees.
  1. What it controls.

    Reorder the low items for Warehouse B.

    inventory · accounting · CRM · analytics · storefront · 3PL and carriers · company chat

  2. Governance designed in.

    Build 40 of the 12-inch kit for the Acme order.

    Every dollar has a gate a person controls, caps are enforced in code below the gate, every action is logged with who approved it, and no credential is ever visible to a person or a prompt. The screens stay for administrators, reports and dashboards; the work moves to the conversation.

  3. Company chat.

    What did we make on the online storefront last week?

    Works in the chat your team already uses. Email and other channels with an API on request.

  4. The ladder

    Agentic orchestration.

    Configured applications, then integrated solutions, then agentic orchestration. The control plane is the third rung, and this page is what it looks like in your industry.

    1. Configured applications
    2. Integrated solutions
    3. Agentic orchestration
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THE HIDDEN COSTS OF DISCONNECTED OPERATIONS

The Hidden Costs of Disconnected Manufacturing, eCommerce & 3PL Operations.

Disconnected systems create costly gaps between your shop floor, warehouses, and channels. The result? Higher costs, delayed orders, and frustrated customers.

Three disciplines, one overlap: digital enablement.

6hidden costs
  1. 01

    High Operating Costs.

    Extra labor, expedited shipping, penalties, and lost sales.

  2. 02

    Siloed Data & Reporting.

    No single source of truth, leading to poor decisions.

  3. 03

    Disconnected 3PLs.

    Poor visibility, shipping delays, and manual reconciliations.

  4. 04

    Delayed Orders.

    Slow order processing, fulfillment bottlenecks, and late deliveries.

  5. 05

    Manual Work & Errors.

    Duplicate data entry, missed updates, and costly mistakes.

  6. 06

    Inventory Inaccuracies.

    Stock mismatches, overstocks, stockouts, and write-offs.

FOCUS ON OPERATIONS, NOT JUST TRANSACTIONS

You're Not Just Managing Leads. You're Managing Products, Orders, Inventory and Fulfillment.

Success in light manufacturing and ecommerce depends on real-time visibility and tight coordination across every step—from raw materials to returns. We build systems that connect your people, processes, and platforms so you can run smarter, faster, and more profitable operations.

"Just installing a tool" rarely works here.

The lesson most operators learn the expensive way.

In manufacturing and wholesale, software meets physical reality, so getting it wrong has bigger consequences.

Integration, ownership, and process-understanding matter more than features.

  • Happier customers with on-time, accurate deliveries.
  • Scalable processes that grow with your business.
  • Accurate reporting for better decisions.
  • Automated workflows that reduce manual work.
  • Real-time visibility across sites, channels, and partners.
  • One system for inventory, orders, and fulfillment.
codestringers solution

Manufacturer OS — The Connected Operating System for Light Manufacturing, eCommerce & 3PL.

Architecture diagram of the Light Manufacturing OS: one surface over the applications a maker that sells online runs, six category boxes each naming the kinds of applications it runs on by category, never by vendor (inventory and finance: inventory, accounting, ERP; sales CRM: CRM, quoting, B2B portal; storefront and marketplaces: your store, the marketplaces and EDI partners, orders in one queue; 3PL and carriers: orders released to the 3PL, labels and status synced back by API; marketing automation: email marketing, SMS; analytics: BI dashboards, reporting), a company chat panel in which the AI agent confirms stock, a carrier label and the margin after 3PL fees and asks whether to release a batch, and the five workflow stages the solution controls: procure, make, sell, fulfil, report.

Light Manufacturing OS.

One Platform. Your End-to-End Product-Based Business.

real impact

How Tubr Storage Built a Scalable Light Manufacturing and 3PL Solution on One Platform.

Tubr Storage, a premium utility and adventure brand, partnered with CodeStringers to unify their manufacturing, inventory, ecommerce, and 3PL operations. We built a connected system that streamlined production, improved inventory accuracy, automated order flow, and enabled real-time visibility across every channel. The result: fewer stockouts, faster order fulfillment, fewer manual tasks, and scalable growth without adding headcount. Tubr now operates with confidence, agility, and full control across their entire supply chain.

5outcomes
  1. 01

    Operational Efficiency.

    Reduced manual work and eliminated errors.

  2. 02

    Improved Reporting.

    Actionable insights for smarter decisions.

  3. 03

    3PL Integration.

    Connected with 3PLs for shipping and tracking.

  4. 04

    Automated Order & Fulfillment.

    Orders flow seamlessly from sales to shipment.

  5. 05

    Real-Time Inventory Visibility.

    Accurate stock across warehouses and channels.

AN OPERATING MODEL BUILT FOR COMPLEXITY

An Operating Model Built for Light Manufacturing, eCommerce & 3PL.

Our end-to-end approach connects your systems, people, and processes to improve accuracy, reduce costs, and drive growth.

Reorder: the morning proposal, one gate per vendor, and the purchase orders on the 1.
See it runReorder: the morning proposal, one gate per vendor, and the purchase orders on the 1.

Automation & Workflows.

Eliminate manual work and reduce costly errors.

Reporting & Analytics.

Operational and financial insights in real time.

3PL & Fulfillment.

Connected pick, pack, ship, returns, and tracking.

Order Management.

Unified order flow across all sales channels.

Purchasing & Suppliers.

Automate POs, receipts, and vendor performance.

Inventory & Visibility.

Real-time stock across locations, bins, and channels.

MORE THAN AN ERP MODULE

More Than Inventory. An End-to-End Operating System.

We go beyond inventory management. Our solutions connect every part of your operation—manufacturing, ecommerce, 3PL, and finance—into one platform.

Analytics.

Dashboards and reports that drive decisions.

CRM & Service.

Customer management and support.

Finance.

AP, AR, GL, and reconciliation.

3PL & Logistics.

Shipping, receiving, and returns management.

eCommerce.

Orders, payments, and fulfillment across channels.

Manufacturing.

BOMs, routings, work orders, labor, and machine tracking.

THE HARD PART IS NOT THE TECHNOLOGY

Where the Hard Part Isn't the Technology. It's the Disconnected Work.

Most light manufacturers, eCommerce businesses, and 3PL operations already have software. The problem is that inventory, orders, purchasing, production, fulfillment, shipping, finance, and customer service often evolved independently. The work between those functions is where friction appears: manual handoffs, duplicate data entry, inventory discrepancies, delayed updates, hidden exceptions, and teams constantly checking multiple systems just to understand what is happening.

Our job is to design the operating model first, then use your applications, integrations, automation, and custom software to make that model executable, measurable, and easier to operate from demand through delivery.

Leadership + Accountability.
Give managers and operators the real-time visibility, ownership, and exception management they need to keep inventory, orders, fulfillment, and financial activity aligned as the business grows.
Leadership that compounds.
Automate repeatable work only after the process is clear, so every order, purchase, production run, shipment, and exception benefits from the same operating discipline.
Process clarity over tools.
Define the journey, responsibilities, decisions, exceptions, and required information across sales, purchasing, inventory, production, fulfillment, and finance before automating anything.
WHY CODESTRINGERS

Why This Role Matters More Than People Expect.

We help manufacturing, ecommerce, and 3PL businesses run smarter and scale faster. Our role goes beyond software—we become a strategic partner in your growth.

  • We deliver clarity, control, and confidence every step of the way.
  • We design scalable solutions built for your future.
  • We connect your teams, systems, and partners.
  • We align technology with your business goals.
How a solution is delivered

What a managed solution includes.

You adopt the paradigm; we run it. Every solution we sell is a managed solution: the software, its integration to the platforms you already run, the people who keep it running, and the advice that keeps what goes into it sound. One subscription, four parts.

  • The software.

    The solution and its surface: the agents, the routines, the gates, and the record of every run. Released as versions, tested before each one reaches you.

  • The integration.

    Connected to the platforms you already run, CRM, marketing, finance, help desk, through their own APIs, with every write read back and logged.

  • Managed operations.

    The people and the monitoring that keep it running: connections tested daily, a regression fixed before you see it, upgrades applied, administration done, questions answered.

  • Advisory.

    The strategic work that keeps the inputs sound. A system runs what it is given, and poorly conceived themes produce failed campaigns, so a senior person reviews the plan, the targets and the results with you.

How it is sold

As a subscription: one monthly price for the software, the integration, the operations and the advice, in tiers for each solution set by how much of it you use in a month. No hourly billing and no change order for a routine fix.

Who it is for

Operationally complex businesses that want the outcome run for them, not another application to staff. If what you need today is hours of configuration or integration work on your own platform, that is on our services pages and we take it on; the managed solutions are where we are going. Our services

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eCommerce.

Unified order and channel management.

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Direct and channel sales for product-based businesses.

Analytics Integration Services.

Dashboards and reports that drive results.

Inventory Integration Services.

Real-time visibility and accuracy across locations.

READY TO CONNECT YOUR OPERATIONS?

See where your operations and systems stop agreeing.

No-strings discovery to identify gaps, risk, and opportunities across your manufacturing, ecommerce, and 3PL operations.

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