For mid-market manufacturers and distributors
Senior technology, security, and AI leadership sized to the work. Make sound system and investment decisions, reduce security risk, and apply AI in daily work and in the processes that run the operation.
20+ years in manufacturing and distribution IT, including 10 years as a CIO.
Business perspective. Hands-on understanding.
Technology in the right proportion to the work you do.Fractional leadership and delivery
Fractional CIO, CISO, and CAIO leadership, plus applied AI and software development. Each engagement is scoped around the decision, risk, or workflow you need to improve.
Set technology direction, make system and investment decisions, and hold IT providers to a clear plan.
Example deliverablesPrioritize security risk, respond to customer, insurer, and CMMC requirements, and prepare the business to recover.
Example deliverablesHelp people use AI in their roles, and embed assistants, agents, and software in the processes that need them.
Example deliverablesFor any of these, EdgePoint can advise, configure or build, oversee delivery, or equip your existing provider with clear requirements. For applied AI, see fractional CAIO consulting, employee AI enablement, and AI agents in the process.
Applied AI
EdgePoint helps people use AI in their roles, and redesigns processes so assistants, agents, and automations carry specific steps. The platform follows the job. Governance and security are included.
Role-based enablement: the tasks to try, the prompts and workflows to reuse, and safe-use guidance for company information.
AI enablementRedraw the workflow and place an assistant, an agent, or an automation in the steps, with a person still accountable for the outcome.
AI agents and process redesignFrontier models: Anthropic Claude, OpenAI ChatGPT and GPT, and xAI Grok. Microsoft Copilot: Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, Copilot Cowork, and Copilot agents in Copilot Studio. Open-weight models when sensitivity, cost, control, or on-prem or private hosting is the better fit.
Where we workOur approach
You may need a fresh perspective, a clear plan, or help delivering a solution. The involvement is shaped around the problem, alongside your team and existing providers.
Get clear on the business problem and what a worthwhile outcome looks like.
Consider fit, cost, risk, and the practical ability to deliver.
Choose the next step, with clear requirements and responsibilities.
Advise, configure, build, or equip the right provider to deliver.
Practical work
TacitTalks, Apollo Scheduler, and Kindra show the hands-on development capability: applications built around specific operational needs.
A custom build is one option. The right answer may be a better process, a configured tool, or clearer requirements for your existing provider.
Explore the work
TacitTalks
Capture expert knowledge, make it easier to share, and help colleagues learn the judgment behind the work. TacitTalks supports knowledge transfer and organizational continuity across roles.
Apollo Scheduler
Manufacturing scheduling, order visibility, steel coil and raw-material needs, and remaining-work tracking, brought into the same operational view.
Kindra
Practice operations, scheduling, communications, and report workflows, organized around the people doing the daily work.
Perspective with practical depth
Advice is more useful when it comes from someone who understands the work behind it.
EdgePoint is built on 20+ years in manufacturing and distribution IT, including 10 years as a CIO. It combines executive technology judgment, cybersecurity leadership, and hands-on software development, connecting the larger business picture with what it takes to make a solution work.
Wondering what fractional leadership costs? Read the fractional CIO cost guide.
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