Mannin Systems / About
A software company, designed by an engineer
Mannin Systems builds production software from the shop floor up, for small manufacturers who’ve outgrown the spreadsheet. Based on the Isle of Man, working across the UK.
Where it comes from
I've spent my career in manufacturing, on the receiving end of MRP, WMS and ERP systems that were bought to help and ended up getting in the way.
My background is extrusion, process improvement and development, so Mannin Systems starts from the shop floor rather than the software. Fewer screens, fewer clicks, your names for your products, and nothing that slows a line down. I know what a changeover costs, why regrind ratios matter, and how much of a factory runs on knowledge that was never written down.
If it's not helping, it's hindering.
The same goes for compliance. Traceability and ISO records should come out of the way you already work, not sit on top of it as extra paperwork. Log it once, where it happens, and the audit trail builds itself, without costing you output.
How we build
Bespoke where people touch it, engineered where it counts.
Our creed, and the five principles behind every system, whichever trade it’s for.Start from the shop floor
We design around how work actually moves through your factory, not around how software likes to be organised.
Your names, your units
Your product codes, your terms, and metres, kilos or pieces as you use them. Nobody should have to translate.
Log it once, where it happens
Record each event at the point it happens, and let the costs, stock and audit trail build themselves.
Fewer screens, fewer clicks
Every extra tap on a busy line is a reason not to use the system. If it’s not helping, it’s hindering.
Honest about fit
If Mannin Systems isn’t right for your business, we’ll say so on the first call.
Why Mannin
Mannin is an old name for the Isle of Man, where the business is based. The mark is drawn from an extrusion die plate, with the centre lines of an engineering drawing: a small reminder of where the software comes from.
Tell us what you're running on now
A few lines about what you make and how you plan production today is plenty to start with, or simply ask for an introductory call. You'll get a personal reply.