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Software Automation for Machines, Laboratories and Business Systems
We build practical software that connects machines, people and business systems.
From machine control and factory floor apps through to custom MES, LIMS integrations and live performance reporting, Motion Design helps turn manual, disconnected processes into reliable digital workflows.
Our strength is combining software engineering with real-world automation experience. We understand the machine, the operator, the process and the data behind it.
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Machine Control Software
Software built for real equipment, real operators and real production environments.
We develop custom machine control software for automated equipment, production lines and laboratory systems. Our software can manage machine sequences, operator workflows, recipes, devices, sensors, robotics, safety states, alarms and production data.
Because we design and build automation systems ourselves, our software is developed with the machine in mind — not as a disconnected layer sitting above it.
Typical use cases:
- Custom HMI and operator interfaces
- Machine sequencing and control logic
- Device, sensor and robot integration
- Recipe and job management
- Error handling, alarms and diagnostics
- Production and test data capture
- Machine upgrade or modernisation projects
Custom MES and LIMS Systems
When off-the-shelf systems do not fit your process, we can build one that does.
Many manufacturers, laboratories and processing businesses rely on spreadsheets, legacy systems or manual workarounds because standard MES or LIMS platforms do not match how their operation actually works.
We design and build custom MES and LIMS-style systems that fit around your workflow, your equipment and your reporting needs. These systems can manage jobs, samples, batches, production steps, traceability, users, approvals, quality checks and system integrations.
Typical use cases:
- Production workflow management
- Laboratory sample tracking
- Batch, job or order tracking
- Quality checks and validation steps
- Traceability and audit history
- Custom screens for operators, supervisors and admin users
- Replacing spreadsheets or ageing legacy systems
Integration: Machines, LIMS, MES and Existing Systems
Get your machines and business systems talking to each other.
We build integrations between equipment, databases, ERP systems, MES platforms, LIMS platforms, reporting tools and other business software. This helps remove double-handling, reduce manual entry and create a more reliable flow of information across your operation.
Whether you need a machine to receive jobs from a production system, send results to a LIMS, report live status, or exchange data with an existing database, we can design the integration layer to make it work reliably.
Typical integration points:
- Machine to MES
- Machine to LIMS
- Machine to ERP
- LIMS to reporting systems
- Legacy database integration
- API, file, database and message-based integrations
- Live machine status and event capture
Paper to Digital
Replace manual forms, spreadsheets and handwritten records with structured digital workflows.
Paper-based processes are often slow, hard to search, difficult to audit and prone to errors. We help digitise these workflows so data is captured once, validated at the source and made available where it is needed.
This can be as simple as replacing a paper checklist, or as complete as building a full digital workflow around operators, machines, supervisors and reporting.
Typical use cases:
- Digital checklists and forms
- Operator production records
- Quality and compliance records
- Batch or sample tracking
- Approval workflows
- Barcode and label scanning
- Searchable production history
- Reduced double-entry between systems
KPIs and Live Performance Reporting
Know what is happening now, not after the report is manually compiled.
For live KPI tracking, machine event reporting and production dashboards, we can connect your equipment and systems to Insight, our live event reporting product.
Insight can receive events from multiple systems, tag them with useful reporting data, and display live dashboards and graphical reports. It can report on throughput, stoppages, error types, actuals versus targets and OEE-style machine performance.
Typical use cases:
- Live production dashboards
- Machine and station performance tracking
- Throughput reporting
- Downtime and error reporting
- OEE reporting
- Actuals versus targets
- Bottleneck visibility
- Reporting across multiple machines or sites
Mobile on Factory Floor
Put the right information in the hands of the people doing the work.
Factory floor and laboratory staff do not always need a desktop workstation. We build mobile and tablet-friendly tools that help operators capture data, view jobs, complete checks, scan items, report issues and interact with production systems from where the work is happening.
These tools can be standalone applications or part of a wider MES, LIMS, machine control or reporting system.
Typical use cases:
- Operator tablets
- Mobile job tracking
- Barcode and QR scanning
- Digital checklists
- Issue reporting
- Supervisor views
- Production status updates
- Factory floor communication tools
Built for the Real World
Software automation projects succeed when the software matches the process, the people and the equipment.
Motion Design brings software development, automation engineering and machine-building experience together. That means we can work across the full picture: the machine, the operator, the database, the business system and the reporting layer.
