ericai.ca

Honest AI.
Real results.

AI strategy and custom software for manufacturers who want to compete — not just experiment.

The problem

You have IT. You don't have a dev team.

Manufacturing SMBs with 100–500 employees share the same challenge: manual processes and siloed data holding back their competitiveness.

Data in silos

Your ERP, spreadsheets, and supplier portals don't talk to each other — your team fills the gaps by hand.

Hours lost every week

Repetitive tasks consuming your best employees, week after week.

Generic AI doesn't cut it

Off-the-shelf AI tools don't understand your manufacturing processes. You need solutions built for your reality.

No internal dev resources

Your IT team manages infrastructure. Nobody's building the tools you actually need.

Services

Three ways to work together

$2,500 credit applied if you move to Tier 2 or 3 within 90 days.

Start here

01

AI Readiness Audit

$5,500 – $7,000· 2–3 weeks

We map your processes, identify where AI or custom software creates measurable competitive advantage, and deliver a prioritized action plan with ROI estimates.

You walk away with a roadmap you own — whether you work with us or not.

  • Full process mapping
  • AI opportunity identification
  • ROI estimate per opportunity
  • Prioritized action plan (written report)
  • $2,500 credit toward Tier 2 or 3

02

Quick Win

$10,000 – $12,000· 4–6 weeks

One targeted tool, automation, or AI agent — delivered in 4 to 6 weeks. Fixed scope, fixed price.

A solution running in production, not a prototype.

  • One targeted, defined deliverable
  • Fixed price — no surprises
  • 4–6 week delivery
  • Testing and deployment included
  • 30 days post-launch support

03

Strategic Build

$20,000+· Scoped to requirements

A full custom solution delivered in phases. Fixed price per phase — you approve the budget before each step.

A lasting competitive advantage, built at your pace.

  • Full solution in defined phases
  • Fixed price per phase
  • Client approval before each phase
  • Documentation and training included
  • Transition and support plan

Our approach

Why fixed scope?

Open-ended hourly projects often end with billing surprises. Fixed scope changes that.

1

You know the cost before we start

No blank cheque. No "it depends". An agreed price, a clear scope.

2

We define success together

Before a single line of code, we agree exactly on what "done" means.

3

I don't get paid to drag projects out

My incentive is to deliver fast and well — not to accumulate billable hours.

4

Phases approved one at a time

For large projects, you stay in control of the budget at every step.

Case study

Aerospace manufacturing · Tier 1 supplier — aerospace industry

27 hours recovered per week with a custom ERP sync engine

27h

recovered per week

5 yrs

of sales orders & forecasts synced

0

manual entry errors

The challenge

Planners manually re-entered data between a major aerospace manufacturer's supplier portal and their Epicor Kinetic ERP — a process repeated half a dozen times per week. Only the following week's sales orders were synced manually, because they change every day. Longer-term forecasts and orders were never updated at all.

The solution

We built a custom sync engine that fully automates data transfer between both systems in real time.

Tech stack

Epicor Kinetic ERPSupplier portalREST APIReal-time sync
Mila · Quebec AI Institute · 2019

About

Hi, I'm Eric.

Software developer based in Longueuil, Quebec. I combine 20+ years of development experience with AI training at Mila — the Quebec AI Institute, one of the world's leading AI research centres.

I use LLMs to deliver projects 10x faster than competitors. That speed advantage translates directly to competitive pricing and shorter timelines for my clients.

I tell you what works and what doesn't. No jargon. No pilot projects that lead nowhere.

Mila · Quebec AI Institute · 2019

Contact

Ready to see what's possible?

A free 30-minute call. We assess together if it makes sense — no pressure.

or reach us directly eric.villemure@gmail.com