The list you never get to
You know what needs fixing. Between customers, crews and whatever broke this morning, there's never a week to do it.
Nobody's whole job is to push it through. So it waits.
Operations Audit & Improvement
For trades, manufacturing and industrial companies
You built a business that works. Running it shouldn't be this hard.
temio TRADES helps established trades, manufacturing and industrial companies run smoother, grow through the relationships they already have, and keep the owner in the know. More often than not, that means finally making the changes you've wanted to make for years, the ones that keep getting bumped by whatever's on fire that day.
Book 30 minutes
Not sure what you need yet? That's reason enough to call.
- Office and field on the same page
- Know where every job stands
- Follow up on quotes the same week
- Retire the side spreadsheet
- Figure out what tech is actually worth it
- Write down what only one person knows
- Call the GC who went quiet
- Why the new process didn't stick
Keep what built your business. Fix what slows it down.
Not sure what you need yet? That's the usual starting point. You know the business should be getting more from technology. You also know you don't want to turn a good shop into a tech company. There's a sensible middle, and it's smaller than you think.
Tell us what you've been pitched, or just what's been on your mind. We'll tell you what's actually worth it, and what to leave alone. Technology is one of the tools. It's never the point. Your accounting and industry software stay put.
Had the ideas. Couldn't make them stick? That's not a you problem. Nobody's whole job was to push it through, and whether you're on site every day or running the business from a distance, you can't be the only one holding it up. Making it stick is the part we own.
Sound familiar?
Referrals could do more
Relationships built your business. The next level is making them repeatable: who sends work, who to call next, where the bigger jobs are.
The relationships are earned. A system makes them repeatable.
Get More ReferralsEveryone's selling you AI
Every pitch wants to sell you something. You want a straight answer on where technology would actually help, and where it wouldn't.
You want the first sensible step, not an overhaul.
Technology Audit & ReadinessSoftware that never fit
You bought a system, you pay for it monthly, and your people still work around it.
The workarounds tax you, your people and your business.
Custom TechnologyThe site hasn't kept up with the business
You've grown, added services, outgrown the photos. The site still describes the company from five years ago.
Your work has earned a better first impression.
Websites That Get FoundOne person knows how
The estimator who knows every customer's quirks. The lead who knows which machine needs a tap. When they're out, things slow down.
Great people shouldn't be a single point of failure.
Knowledge Transfer & Adoption
Six offerings. Start anywhere.
It doesn't have to be this hard.
No required order. Start with the offering that solves the problem in front of you, and add others only if they earn it. Fixed price, agreed up front. Every one of them ends the same way: in use in the business, not in a binder.
Operations Audit & Improvement
The list you never get to.
Owner visibility and team accountability come first: you know what's going on today without walking the floor, and everyone knows what they own. We get there by walking the business the way you'd walk a job: you, the office, the shop or field. You get an honest read on what's working, where things slip, and what your people actually think. Then we take the two or three fixes that matter most, own them, and push until they're done. Your people do the work; we keep it moving. Nothing to buy.
Get More Referrals
Your best work comes by referral. Make it on purpose.
Most of your work comes from people who already know you: general contractors, property and facility managers, other trades, suppliers, past customers. That's working. We take what works and give it structure, strategy and a system, so it's repeatable and takes less effort to keep going.
Technology Audit & Readiness
The right first step for you.
You know the business needs more of it. You don't want to turn it into a tech company. This is the honest first step: we audit how the business actually runs and tell you where technology would amplify what you already do well, where it would take weight off your people, and where it wouldn't earn its keep. Plain feedback, and a plan that's yours to keep.
Custom Technology
When nothing off the shelf fits, we build it around how you work.
Some processes don't fit any product you can buy, and bending the shop around one creates workarounds that cost you for years. When that's the case, we build the system around your process, not the other way around, and the workarounds stop.
Websites That Get Found
Built for the way people search now.
A website should bring work in, not just sit there. We build custom sites with sharper copy and content, a blog that earns traffic, and optimization for Google and for the AI tools people now use to find a business. Ask an AI tool to recommend a shop like yours, and you want to be the answer.
Knowledge Transfer & Adoption
What's in people's heads, written down and actually used.
Your best people are the system, and when they're out, retire or move on, what they know goes with them. We get the way things are done out of heads and into plain steps your crew will actually follow, then train until it sticks. A process or a tool only works if people use it, and want to.
Something else on your mind?
Don't see it here? Happy to talk it through.
Most problems in a shop don't come with a label. Bring what's been nagging at you and we'll sort out together whether it's worth doing, and who should do it. If it isn't us, we'll tell you that.
What working with us looks like
Here's how it actually works.
Every engagement runs the same way, whether it's a process fix, a referral program, a tool, a website or a handoff plan. We listen first, we do one thing at a time at a fixed price, and we don't call it done until it's actually being used.
Step 1 · Listen first
We start with the people who do the work.
You, the office, and the shop or field. You get a plain read on where you stand before anything is built or changed.
Step 2 · Do the work
One thing at a time, at a fixed price.
A defined scope and a finish date, agreed up front. We own the work, your people do their part, and a short weekly check-in keeps it from drifting back to the bottom of the pile.
Step 3 · Make it stick
Nothing is done until it's in use.
People trained. Steps written down so they survive turnover. The new habit, system or tool actually running in the business, not sitting in a binder or a browser tab.
Ongoing
Stay in Your Corner
Monthly. Optional. Sits on top of any of the six.
A monthly scorecard with numbers you didn't have before. A standing check that the new habits and systems haven't slipped. A quarterly look at what's next. A call when a decision comes up fast and you want someone who already knows the business.
Keep what built your business. Fix what slows it down.
Who we are
Why temio TRADES
We've operated inside and led small and medium businesses, including trades, technology and more, so we know what it takes to run a successful company. We also advise some of the most nimble and technologically advanced companies in the world, early-stage technology companies, and we bring those best practices to the trades. Everything we've learned about process, technology and partnerships comes with us, translated to fit the business in front of us. We use modern tools, including AI where it quietly earns its keep, and we never lead with it.
More about how we workLet's have the conversation.
No pitch. An honest look at where the business stands.
Thirty minutes at your shop. You don't need to come in with a plan. Bring what's been on your mind, including the ideas you've tried before that didn't stick, and we'll sort out together whether any of this is worth doing. If it isn't, we'll tell you that too.
Let's see if it's worth it.
Book 30 minutesPick a time
Pick a time that works. If the calendar doesn't load, open it here or call (410) 449-0069.
Show us the one thing you keep meaning to fix.
Don't have one? Ask your people.