April 2026
An operations company should have the same clarity as the software companies it serves.
A software company runs on one stack. If a deploy fails, PagerDuty fires. If a customer churns, the CRM flags it. Every team sees the same data, in real-time, from one source. The cost of coordination is near zero.
An operations business runs on twelve. The quote lives in Pipedrive. The production schedule is a whiteboard. Fleet routes are in someone's head. Inventory is an Excel file last updated on Thursday. The warehouse team texts the kitchen. The kitchen texts the driver. The driver texts nobody.
The coordination tax is invisible until it isn't. Until the wrong items are on the truck. Until the client calls asking where their delivery is. Until the 3am WhatsApp from a department lead who can't find tomorrow's prep list.
Operations companies don't fail from bad food or bad service. They fail from bad signal.
Three beliefs
01
One source of truth, or none at all.
If the quote says 200 portions and the prep list says 180, someone is wrong and no one knows who. Every number in Batchtab traces back to one origin. Change it once, it propagates everywhere.
02
Operations is a pipeline, not a department.
A customer order isn't "sales work" then "production work" then "fleet work." It's one flow — quote to delivery to reconciliation. The software should mirror that. Handoffs should be automatic, not heroic.
03
Configuration over customization.
Every operations business thinks it's unique. The patterns are the same: take orders, plan work, produce goods, move them, track what happened. The details differ. Batchtab is configurable where it matters — and opinionated where it doesn't.
Batchtab is an ERP.
It just doesn't act like one.
No 14-month implementation timeline. No solutions architect named Kevin. No modules you'll never use but still pay for.
A single system for the full operations lifecycle:
Each step feeds the next. Nothing falls through the cracks because there are no cracks.
Batchtab doesn't just store plans — it reacts when reality diverges from them. A route changes, the prep list updates. A delivery is short, the inventory adjusts. The system doesn't wait for someone to notice.
Three commitments
Your data is yours.
Export anything. API everything. Batchtab is infrastructure, not a hostage situation.
Complexity is opt-in.
Start with routes and deliveries. Add production scheduling when ready. Turn on capacity planning when needed. The system grows with you — it doesn't arrive as a 200-feature avalanche on day one.
Built for operators, not buyers.
The person who approves the purchase is not the person who uses the software at 5am. Batchtab is optimized for the 5am person.
Built in Berlin by someone who lived the chaos firsthand.