Midlands manufacturers still run quoting, BoM checks and supplier chase-ups from shared spreadsheets
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AI Automation for Birmingham & the Midlands
n8n and Claude automations built for Midlands SMEs, manufacturers and Digbeth startups — delivered async with UK-morning overlap.
Industries I automate in
- Advanced manufacturing
- Automotive supply chain
- Professional services
- Logistics & warehousing
Where teams lose time
Jewellery Quarter e-commerce brands get hammered on returns admin and cannot afford a full ops hire
Digbeth startups want Silicon Valley-grade AI tooling on UK SME budgets
Client snapshot
What this looks like in practice
A Solihull-based automotive supplier was quoting 40+ RFQs a week by hand. I built an n8n pipeline where inbound emails get parsed, specs matched against their product database, and Claude drafts a quote with margin guardrails for sign-off. Estimator time per RFQ dropped from 25 minutes to under 5, and their win rate climbed because quotes went out same-day.
Who builds it: Waseem Nasir — AI automation engineer, digital nomad from Pakistan, based in Bali/ASEAN, serving global clients.
Frequently asked questions for clients
Are your builds suited to Midlands manufacturing workflows?
Yes, a lot of my Midlands work is manufacturing and supply chain — RFQ parsing, BoM sanity checks, supplier chase-ups and production reporting. The pattern is always the same: pull data out of emails, PDFs and ERPs, let AI do the judgement calls, and keep a human at the approval step.
Do you work with SAP, Sage or other UK ERPs?
I integrate with whatever the business already runs, and Sage, SAP Business One and Xero UK come up most often in Birmingham. Where there is no clean API I use scheduled CSV or email-based bridges so the ERP itself stays untouched and IT-safe.
Can you train my staff in Edgbaston or Solihull in person?
I deliver training remotely by default, because I am Bali-based, but the material is built for non-technical Midlands ops teams — short Looms, annotated screenshots, a single runbook. If a partner firm needs boots-on-ground training I can coordinate a local sub-contractor.
What is realistic for a Midlands SME in its first AI build?
Realistic is one painful workflow removed inside a month, not a transformation programme. I pick the process that costs the most staff hours, automate that, and only widen the scope when the numbers justify it. This keeps the risk and the change-management load low.
Book a Midlands SME automation audit
30-minute discovery call. No pitch deck. I map your current workflow, identify the highest-leverage automation targets, and tell you whether it makes sense to work together.