Notes from the workshop
What we're thinking about, what we're building, and what we're reading: notes on AI-native engineering, product work, and shipping software that lasts.
CMMS Software: Data Model, Integration, Build vs Buy
CMMS software runs maintenance: assets, work orders, preventive schedules, and spare parts. Here is the data model behind it, how it schedules PMs and integrates with ERP and IoT, the KPIs it computes, and when to build instead of buy.
What Is a Smart Factory? IT/OT Architecture & Implementation Guide
Most Industry 4.0 pilots die in proof-of-concept purgatory because of point-to-point IT/OT integration spaghetti. Here is how to architect an event-driven smart factory using Unified Namespace, brownfield PLC gateways, and IEC 62443 network segmentation.
Warehouse Management System Development: Custom WMS Guide
Warehouse management system development means engineering bin-level inventory, sub-150ms RF scan workflows, directed putaway, wave/waveless picking, and GS1-128/ZPL label printing around your floor. Here is how a custom WMS is built in 2026.
What Is a Transportation Management System (TMS)? 2026 Guide
A transportation management system (TMS) plans loads, rates contract and spot tariffs, automates EDI 204/990 carrier tendering, tracks EDI 214 status events, and runs three-way EDI 210 freight audits. Here is how TMS architecture works in 2026.
Supply Chain Visibility Software: Architecture & Build Guide
Why map dots fail when shipment IDs fracture across modes, and how to architect real-time supply chain visibility software in 2026 using GS1 EPCIS 2.0 event graphs, DCSA ocean APIs, FMCSA ELD streams, and probabilistic ETA engines.
Supply Chain Software Cost: 2026 Build & SaaS TCO Guide
What supply chain management software actually costs in 2026: engineering budgets across four custom build tiers ($50k to $450k+), why EDI X12 and ERP integration take 25% to 35% of the budget, regional hourly rates, and a 5-year SaaS vs custom TCO model.
Supply Chain Planning Software: How It Is Built in 2026
Supply chain planning software decides what to make, buy and stock before anything moves. This guide takes the engine apart: the forecasting evidence from M5, the safety stock arithmetic, the solver benchmarks and the vendor filings that show what the price pays for.
Order Management System: How It's Built
An order management system orchestrates an order from any channel to delivery. Here's the core services, the inventory and ATP logic, distributed order management, the EDI integrations, and what it takes to build.
Last-Mile Delivery Software: How It Is Built in 2026
Last-mile delivery software runs the loop from depot to door: dispatch, routing, a driver app, live tracking, proof of delivery and exceptions. How each part is built, what the measured economics say, what it costs to buy, and when building your own is the right call.
Fleet Management Software: How It Is Built in 2026
Fleet management software turns vehicle telematics into decisions about location, driving, cost and compliance. How it is built in 2026: the CAN bus to dashboard pipeline, ELD and tachograph rules as requirements, measured safety and fuel evidence, and the cost to buy or build.
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