Real work, real outcomes. Here's what we accomplished with teams across different industries.
A regional LTL carrier managing shipments across 12 states was losing operational visibility. Exception handling was manual and slow. Customer queries bounced between systems.
Northline's operations team tracked shipment events across three disconnected systems: a legacy TMS, a carrier network portal, and email. When exceptions occurred (missed pickups, delivery delays, damaged shipments), the team had no unified view. They'd spend 20-30 minutes per incident searching emails and logging into different portals to understand what happened and route to the right person.
Industry
Logistics & Transportation
Team Size
12 operations, 2 IT
Systems
TMS, 3PL APIs, email
Timeline
12 weeks design & build
Focus
Data Foundations, Operational Analytics, Automation
A regional B2B distributor struggled with fragmented inventory visibility, spreadsheet-based demand planning, and frequent stockouts on high-volume items.
Hearth & Field tracked inventory in a legacy ERP system, but purchasing decisions lived in spreadsheets maintained by different people. Sales data updated with a 24-hour lag. When demand surged, the team had no way to see it coming. They over-ordered slow movers and constantly ran out of fast movers. Finance spent 2-3 days every month just reconciling inventory counts.
Industry
Wholesale Distribution
Team Size
8 purchasing, 4 finance
Systems
Legacy ERP, spreadsheets
Timeline
10 weeks design & build
Focus
Data Foundations, Operational Analytics
A 50-person management consulting firm wanted to improve client delivery speed and consistency without adding headcount.
Every client engagement started with research: reviewing past work, compiling relevant case studies, building historical context. Consultants spent 8-12 hours per project doing detective work. Client documents (emails, RFPs, contracts) scattered across drives. There was no single source of truth about what the firm had learned from similar engagements.
Industry
Professional Services
Team Size
50 consultants, 2 operations
Systems
Google Workspace, various file stores
Timeline
16 weeks design & build
Focus
Data Foundations, AI Workflow Automation
Every industry has a "messy middle" where data lives nowhere and decisions are left to chance. Let's talk about what's possible for yours.
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