fablane.ai

Technology for manufacturing & production

Complex
operations.
Clear solutions.

Specialist squads for manufacturing
and production businesses.

Product managers, designers and specialised engineers working alongside your team to connect equipment, systems and workflows.

Discuss your operation
Three orange-clothed specialists working alongside a larger grey-clothed factory team at connected production, software and earnings stations.
Your people.Our squad.One working team.
People + processes + technologyExplore how we work

PeopleWorking side by side

ProcessesUnderstanding the whole operation

Connected technologyHardware, software and people

AI in the workflow.
Experience in every decision.

We use AI tools throughout our daily work to investigate systems, explore designs, develop prototypes and support implementation and testing.

Product managers, designers and engineers work across increasingly overlapping roles. That helps us move from an operational problem to something your team can see, try and refine. Our specialists remain responsible for technical decisions and the quality of the delivered solution.

See our approach
An abstract product, design and engineering team using an AI-assisted workflow shown on their shared screen.

Product, design and engineering. One problem-solving team.

Case studyImplemented system

One factory implementation.
Two connected solutions.

A connected coconut-production & earnings system. Our team designed and built the complete system—from physical equipment and production workflows to workers checking their income.

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Coconuts moving through a production checkpoint, connected records workstation and worker earnings system.
Illustration of the system’s components. Anonymised project.

Connecting the factory floor

We connected scales, scanners and terminals with production applications, building the links between equipment and the information captured during work.

Explore the production system

Making earnings accessible

For workers paid according to productivity and efficiency, we built a dedicated interface for checking earnings using their identity card.

Explore the worker experience

One system. Many layers of expertise.

Our contribution covered the complete system, from architecture to the people using it.

The complete picture

System architecture

Designing how the equipment, applications and information work together.

Connected factory system
01
Factory devicesScales · scanners · terminals
02
Production recordsApplications · connected information
03
Worker accessIdentity card · earnings interface

From device to data

Hardware & software integration

Bringing scales, scanners and terminals into the production workflow.

Scale
Scanner
Terminal
Production softwareCapture · connect · access

Built for the floor

Production interfaces

Building applications for the people operating the production checkpoints.

Illustrative redesign of a production checkpoint screen, with sample weight readings and recorded batches.

Information within reach

Worker earnings access

Giving workers a dedicated way to check earnings using their identity card.

Ready for real use

Installation & training

Creating installation guidance, technical training and troubleshooting material.

Illustrated setup and troubleshooting guides for the production equipment.

Understand deeply.
Deliver with purpose.

We work with the people doing the work. Then we turn that understanding into a system they can use.

  1. 01

    Understand

    Define the right opportunities

  2. 02

    Design

    Turn insights into solutions

  3. 03

    Build

    Develop and bring to life

  4. 04

    Improve

    Learn, evolve and scale

One connected team

From the physical operation
to the software behind it.

A production problem rarely stops at one screen or one machine. Equipment, information and the people doing the work all need to connect. We design the system, connect devices, build applications and make the result usable on the factory floor.

01 / Connect

Systems integration

Connect the systems you already rely on. Align records and workflows so information can move between teams with less repeated manual entry.

  • Existing business systems
  • Data flows and integrations
  • Cross-team workflows
02 / Capture

Integrated hardware & software

Our specialised engineers build hardware and software systems as connected solutions—from devices and equipment to the applications, data and interfaces your people use.

  • Scanners, scales and terminals
  • Device and tracking integrations
  • Operator interfaces
03 / Build

Software around your process

Build practical tools around the operation, from worker-facing screens to the information managers need to make decisions.

  • Custom internal applications
  • Production and workforce tools
  • Prototypes and iterative delivery

Product thinking.
Design craft.
Engineering depth.

Product thinking, design craft and specialist engineering—in a focused squad ready to get rolling from day one.

We are product managers, designers and specialised engineers who work beyond the boundaries of a job title. Our engineering capability spans hardware systems, software systems and the integration that makes them work together. We work alongside your people to understand the problem and see the solution through.

Tell us what you’re working on
01

Different disciplines. Shared ownership.

Product, design and engineering work together from the start, connecting business priorities, the experience of your users and the systems behind it.

02

Embedded in your operation

We work with your staff, learn the process and build around the reality of the factory floor.

03

AI expands what we can do

Roles increasingly overlap as AI helps us research, design, prototype and build. Our focus stays on solving the problem, with the right expertise guiding each decision.

A squad around your challenge.

We assemble the skills around the work your operation needs, with agreed priorities and regular reviews of progress.

Before we
get started.

Can you work with our existing systems?

That is where we start. We map your existing tools, available interfaces and how information moves between them, then identify what can be connected and where a custom component is needed.

Our staff are already stretched. How do you fit in?

We bring a focused squad and take on the product, design and engineering work. We still need time with the people who know the process, but we organise that around specific questions, clear priorities and reviews of working solutions.

Do we need an AI project to work with you?

No. AI is part of how our team works. The solution itself may be an integration, a device connection or a straightforward application. We choose the technology around the problem.

What happens first?

We discuss the operation and the problem you want to solve. From there we agree which people and systems to look at, what a useful first outcome would be and how to scope the work.

Let’s work together

What needs to connect
in your operation?

Tell us about your processes, existing systems and where your team needs support.

Discuss your operation

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