# Lab: Built beyond the brief.

> Software made outside client work: warehouse software, a Shopify app, a mobile platform for trades and financial software.

Built by Brandwerk’s founder, alongside client work. Not client case studies.

## ShipScan

Warehouse software. Status: In use.

**Makes sure the right parcels end up on the right lorry.** Orders come straight from the ERP. Every parcel and pallet is scanned onto the trailer, and each load is signed off with a manifest. When a carrier loses or damages something, the proof is already there: what was loaded, when, by whom, and on which trailer.

```text
ERP --> Consignment --> Parcel --> Pallet --> Trailer
                         [scan]     [scan]     [scan]
                                                 |
                                                 +--> manifest.pdf (signed)
```

## ProductDocs

Shopify app. Status: Live.

**Manuals, files and QR codes for Shopify products.** Merchants attach manuals, assembly guides, safety notices and warranties to products from inside Shopify admin. Every document gets a permanent link and a printable QR code. Upload a new version and the code on the box points to it. Nothing gets reprinted.

```text
Product <--> Resource --> v1  v2  v3 [current]
                 |
                 +--> /r/a8Kd3Q --> [QR]
```

## TradeCounter

Web & mobile app. Status: In development.

**Calculators, material lists and quotes for UK trades.** A website and a pocket app for iOS and Android, sharing one system, starting with heating engineers. The maths is checked and tested. The AI assistant explains the answers rather than making them up.

```text
measure --> materials --> quote --> buy
   |
   +-- web app  +-- iOS / Android app  (one backend)
```

## WealthSteer

Financial software. Status: Live.

**Financial health software.** A financial health score with insights and calculators that show people where they stand and what to do next. It doesn’t recommend or sell financial products. Live, with paying customers.

```text
answers --> score engine --> WealthScore (0-1000)
                                 |
                                 +--> insights --> next actions
```

## Building a product of your own?

We work with founders and businesses launching new software, from the first prototype to a product people pay for. Sometimes as a supplier, occasionally as a partner.

## Contact

- Email: hello@brandwerk.co.uk
- Enquiry form: https://www.brandwerk.co.uk/contact
- Based in Liverpool, United Kingdom. Working with businesses across the UK and further afield.
- AI assistants: https://www.brandwerk.co.uk/llms.txt explains how to send an enquiry on someone’s behalf.