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Do more with what you already have.

Foresight helps manufacturers get the most out of their people, processes, and tools. With the right setup and the right mindset, a small shop can compete with the big names, and often beat them.

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THE IDEA

Size isn’t the advantage it used to be.

Big companies have more people and bigger budgets. Smaller manufacturers have something just as valuable: they can change quickly. Give a small shop clear processes and the right tools, and it can hold its own against companies many times its size. Often it wins, because it can move faster.

Larger companies can do the same thing. It starts with being willing to look at the work differently.

Use what you already own

Many shops use only part of what their CAD, PDM, and ERP software can do. We help you put the rest to work before you buy anything new.

Let the computer do the repeat work

Quotes, models, drawings, part numbers, and reports that get rebuilt by hand can often build themselves. Your people get that time back.

See your capacity before you commit

Know who’s busy, who’s free, and what a new job will do to the schedule before you say yes to it.

Make the process easy to follow

Clear steps and checkpoints from quote to delivery, so jobs don’t stall and nobody has to guess what happens next.

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CONSULTING

Start with how the work really flows.

Before we change anything, we look at how work actually moves through your shop: quoting, engineering, purchasing, and the floor. Then we fix the steps that cost you the most, using the tools you already own whenever we can.

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Illustration of project data being set up in order: tables first, then the rules, then the model.
KEYSTONE

Part numbers that make sense.

Keystone is our SolidWorks add-in for part numbers and descriptions. Every part gets one number and one clear description, so nobody wastes time hunting for duplicates or fixing bad parts lists.

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DRIVEWORKS

Quotes that build their own models.

With DriveWorks, a salesperson picks the options, and the 3D model, drawings, and parts list build themselves. We set it up so it fits the way your shop already works.

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HARVEST

The one that feeds people.

Harvest is a free meal-planning app we built for church food shelves. It runs 52 Meal Bank, a food shelf staffed by volunteers.

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Illustration of Keystone creating a new part number, 84-0117-A, with its description checked and marked OK.
Keystone: new part numbers
Illustration of a family of part configurations, each with its own sizes and materials, marked OK.
Keystone: part families
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DriveWorks: checking model data
Illustration of project data being set up in order: tables first, then the rules, then the model.
Consulting: setting up project data

We picture a future where any shop, big or small, can compete with the best. We’d like to help you get there.

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