Most process manufacturers don't have an in-house Head of Engineering. When a technology decision or vendor proposal lands on your desk, Trebuchet Systems is the call you make.
Most manufacturers in this size range can't justify a full-time technical hire — but the risk doesn't wait for headcount.
Systems installed a decade ago, nobody left who fully understands them, and no clear case for what replaces them.
An automation or software quote arrives with confident numbers and no way to tell if the payback math is real.
The historian knows what happened on the line. Finance and planning never see it. Nobody connected the two.
A system or integrator agreement signed years ago is quietly limiting what you can do now — and nobody's re-read it.
A general counsel doesn't run your company. A GP doesn't live in your house. They're the first call — with the judgment to handle it or bring in the right specialist.
A fixed-scope, fixed-fee review of where your plant's systems stand today — and what's worth fixing first.
This isn't an open-ended engagement. It's a bounded look at your current systems and risk, delivered as a report you can act on immediately — with or without Trebuchet Systems afterward.
FIXED SCOPE — FIXED FEE — NO RETAINER COMMITMENT
Book the audit →Not discrete manufacturing, not generic SMB IT — this is for businesses that run continuous or batch processes and feel the gap.
Batch production, traceability obligations, and recipe management on systems that haven't kept pace with the business.
Continuous or batch process control, DCS/SCADA environments, and safety-adjacent system decisions.
Any small-to-mid manufacturer running formulation, mixing, or continuous-line production without in-house technical leadership.
An independent, hands-on practice — not a large firm. Every engagement is worked directly, not handed to a junior consultant.
Trebuchet Systems is built on an engineering background in manufacturing and operations — time spent on the plant floor, not just in front of dashboards. That's the starting point: understanding how a process plant actually runs before talking about the systems that support it.
The technical range grows from there, deliberately — going deep on the platforms and systems that show up repeatedly across real engagements, rather than claiming expertise in everything up front. What stays constant is the judgment to know what a plant actually needs, and the honesty to say so.
Tell me what's going on at the plant. If the audit is the right first step, we'll scope it. If it isn't, you'll hear that too.