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We built this because we needed it
Autom8ERP is part of Alta Brands Group. We came to automation from the warehouse floor and the back office — not from a software lab.
From the warehouse floor to the automation layer
We spent years running operations inside businesses like yours — wholesale orders arriving in six different formats, a stock file that drifted a little further out every week, and someone keying invoices long after everyone else had gone home.
We bought the ERP that was supposed to fix it. Like most businesses, we discovered that an ERP is only as good as the hours you feed into it. The software didn’t remove the manual work — it just gave the manual work a nicer interface.
So we started building automation on top of it. First for ourselves, then for the businesses around us who had exactly the same problem. Autom8ERP is what that turned into.
It’s why we start with your worst process instead of a platform pitch, and why we’d rather tell you something isn’t worth automating than sell you a project that quietly gets abandoned.
Who you’ll actually be dealing with
Two operators with four decades in clothing between them — the same businesses whose back-office pain Autom8ERP was built to fix.
Al Wright
Al brings 20 years of sales and operations experience in clothing — from Elwood, to leading a full team at Superdry, to co-founding Epoch and Elwood Workwear. That lived experience means there are very few operational problems he hasn’t already had to solve.
Lawrie Pigot
Lawrie brings 20 years in clothing design and marketing. He started his career at Globe, worked with brands including FXD and Stüssy, then moved into brand ownership alongside Al with Elwood Workwear and Epoch. His broad skill set has helped drive the business.
Four things we won’t compromise on
Start where it hurts
We don’t sell a transformation programme. We find the single task costing you the most hours and fix that first.
No silent failures
An automation that quietly gets things wrong is worse than a manual process. Ours stop and ask rather than guess.
Talk like operators
You’ll deal with people who’ve packed orders and chased stock, not account managers reading from a deck.
Prove it early
You should see a result in weeks. If an automation isn’t worth building, we’ll tell you before you spend money on it.
Backed by an operating business, not a startup runway
Autom8ERP is a division of Alta Brands Group. That means the automations we sell are the same ones we rely on ourselves — and that we’re still going to be here when your process changes next year.
Come and tell us what’s broken.
Thirty minutes with people who’ve run the process you’re trying to fix.