AI operations for manufacturers and contractors

Your systems don't talk to each other. Your people carry the work between them.

We find where that is costing you the most, rank it with your own numbers, and fix it with AI, so you can grow without adding headcount.

Book a 15-minute call How it works

What we look for

The work between your systems

Re-typing

Field reports, quotes and timesheets copied by hand from one system into another.

Chasing

Proposals, approvals and follow-ups that wait on one busy person.

Skipping

Reminders, renewals and callbacks that never happen in a busy week, and the revenue that goes with them.

How it works

From a 15-minute call to working systems

A 15-minute conversation
You tell us where the week gets stuck. The same day you get a one-page read of your top three opportunities.
The assessment
A short survey and a 30-minute conversation with each department head, plus real examples of their work: reports, quotes, price sheets.
Your ranked map and a working demo
Every workflow ranked by value, using your volumes, win rate and margin, with the math open to change. Then a working demo built on your own documents, shown to your leadership team.
Build, train, maintain
We build the top workflows on the systems you already use, train your team, and measure the result every month against the baseline from the assessment.

What the assessment delivers

A plan your team already agrees with

The findings come from your own people and your own numbers, so the priorities are ones your team will recognize.

Every workflow your department heads named, ranked by annual value
The math behind each number, with every input editable
Quick wins you can install this month with tools you may already pay for
A working demo on one of your real jobs, checked against what your team actually produced
A build plan with what gets automated, what stays with a person, and what it is worth

Pilot program, winter 2026

Three pilot companies

We are taking three Arizona-area manufacturers or contractors for a full assessment at no charge. In return we ask for a short case study and permission to measure the results. If you are growing and your team is stretched, this is a good fit.

Ask about a pilot spot

Who you work with

Tim Johnston

Twenty years leading product development programs and scaling manufacturing in regulated industries, from concept through pilot to full production across multiple sites in the US and abroad. I have run operations teams, reorganized them, and been the person waiting on the spreadsheet.

NextProblem pairs that operating experience with current AI tools, so the fixes fit how a plant or a field crew actually works.

Start here

Book a 15-minute call

Tell us the part of the week that gets stuck. You'll get a one-page read the same day, whether or not we work together.

tim@nextproblem.ai