LINOS LLC
Consulting · ERP · AI

Ten sectors. We know the constraints before the first workshop.

Regulation, traceability, seasonality, appropriations: the thing that makes your ERP program hard is usually specific to your industry. We work in ten of them, deeply enough to design around those constraints instead of discovering them in user acceptance testing.

Manufacturing

Discrete, process, and industrial manufacturers running multi-plant ERP estates under cost and lead-time pressure.

Segments served
  • Discrete manufacturing
  • Process manufacturing
  • Building products
  • Industrial equipment
  • Automotive supply
  • Contract manufacturing
SAPSAP EWMSAP IBPMaterial LedgerMESInfor
What we hear from this sector
  • Plants running different processes on the same ERP instance
  • Costing that does not reconcile between the plant and the ledger
  • Aging ECC estates with a 2027 maintenance cliff
  • Planning cycles too slow to absorb supply disruption
How Linos helps
  • Multi-plant SAP rollouts with a template that survives local reality
  • Product costing and material ledger design that finance signs off on
  • SAP EWM warehouse design tied to actual throughput requirements
  • Shop-floor and MES integration with real-time production signals
  • Demand and supply planning redesign in SAP IBP

Aerospace & Defense

Primes and suppliers delivering under federal contract, where traceability and cost accounting are contractual obligations.

Segments served
  • Defense primes and subcontractors
  • Aerostructures and components
  • MRO and sustainment
  • Space and satellite systems
  • Government services
SAPSAP GTSProject SystemDCAAFAR / DFARSITAR
What we hear from this sector
  • Project cost accounting that has to satisfy DCAA
  • Serialized traceability from raw material through delivery
  • ITAR and export control enforced across the supply chain
  • Program margin visibility across long-duration contracts
How Linos helps
  • Project system and grants management configured for contract accounting
  • Cost-plus, CPFF, CPIF, and T&M pricing structures with rate development
  • SAP GTS for export control, screening, and license management
  • Batch and serial traceability designed for audit reconstruction
  • Federal contracting support: RFPs, sources sought, and set-aside responses

Life Sciences

Biotech, medical device, and diagnostics companies scaling from clinical into commercial operations.

Segments served
  • Biotechnology
  • Medical devices
  • Diagnostics and lab
  • Cell and gene therapy
  • Contract research and manufacturing
SAP21 CFR Part 11GxP ValidationQMSUDISerialization
What we hear from this sector
  • Commercial-scale systems needed before commercial-scale revenue exists
  • Validation and computer system compliance under 21 CFR Part 11
  • Chain of identity and custody for patient-specific therapies
  • Serialization and UDI obligations across markets
How Linos helps
  • ERP selection and implementation sized for a company that is about to triple
  • Validation strategy, IQ/OQ/PQ documentation, and change control design
  • Quality management integration and deviation workflow automation
  • Serialization, UDI, and track-and-trace program delivery
  • Document intelligence applied to batch records and quality documentation

Pharmaceuticals

Branded, generic, and specialty pharma managing regulated supply chains and complex gross-to-net.

Segments served
  • Branded pharmaceuticals
  • Generics
  • Specialty and rare disease
  • Consumer healthcare and OTC
  • Wholesale distribution
SAPDSCSAEPCISBatch ManagementGxPGross-to-Net
What we hear from this sector
  • DSCSA serialization and saleable-returns verification
  • Gross-to-net accruals that move faster than the reporting cycle
  • Cold-chain and controlled-substance handling requirements
  • Validated environments that make every change expensive
How Linos helps
  • DSCSA-compliant serialization and EPCIS data flow design
  • Gross-to-net, chargeback, and rebate process design in SAP
  • Batch management, shelf-life, and cold-chain configuration
  • Validated-environment release management and audit readiness
  • AI document extraction across regulatory and quality documentation

Consumer Goods

CPG and durables companies balancing trade spend, retailer requirements, and direct-to-consumer channels.

Segments served
  • Food and beverage
  • Health, beauty, and personal care
  • Household and durables
  • Pet products
  • Wine, spirits, and beer
SAPSAP IBPTPMEDIDSDCommerce Cloud
What we hear from this sector
  • Trade promotion spend with no reliable read on lift
  • Retailer compliance penalties eating into margin
  • Direct-to-consumer channels grafted onto a wholesale ERP
  • Forecast accuracy that collapses at the item-location level
How Linos helps
  • Trade promotion management design and settlement automation
  • Order-to-cash redesign for mixed wholesale and DTC channels
  • Retailer EDI, compliance, and deduction management
  • Demand planning in SAP IBP with promotional lift modeling
  • Direct store delivery and route-to-market system design

Fashion & Apparel

Apparel, footwear, and accessories brands running seasonal assortments across wholesale, retail, and e-commerce.

Segments served
  • Apparel and footwear
  • Accessories and luxury
  • Specialty retail
  • Wholesale and licensing
  • Direct-to-consumer brands
SAP FMSAFSPLMAllocationOMSCommerce Cloud
What we hear from this sector
  • Style, color, and size dimensionality that generic ERP handles badly
  • Seasonal buy cycles with committed capacity and uncommitted demand
  • Markdown erosion from assortments that missed
  • Omnichannel inventory promised in more places than it exists
How Linos helps
  • SAP Fashion Management and grid-based master data design
  • Season, collection, and assortment planning process design
  • Allocation and replenishment logic across channels
  • Omnichannel order orchestration and available-to-promise design
  • Supplier collaboration and PLM-to-ERP integration

Energy & Utilities

Upstream, midstream, and utility operators managing capital projects and asset-intensive maintenance.

Segments served
  • Oil and gas upstream
  • Midstream and pipeline
  • Electric and gas utilities
  • Renewables and storage
  • Energy services
SAPAFEPlant MaintenanceJVAAOP PlanningAsset Mgmt
What we hear from this sector
  • Capital projects tracked separately from the financial close
  • Asset maintenance planned reactively against aging equipment
  • Joint venture accounting and partner billing complexity
  • Regulatory reporting assembled by hand each cycle
How Linos helps
  • AFE and capital project management design with AOP planning integration
  • Plant maintenance and asset strategy configuration in SAP
  • Joint venture accounting and partner settlement design
  • Work management integration across field and back office
  • Predictive maintenance analytics on asset and sensor data

Financial Services

Banks, insurers, and asset managers modernizing finance operations under continuous regulatory scrutiny.

Segments served
  • Banking
  • Insurance
  • Asset and wealth management
  • Payments and fintech
  • Credit unions
SAP FinanceGroup ReportingSOX ControlsLinos CIOData Governance
What we hear from this sector
  • Close cycles too long for the reporting commitments made to regulators
  • Vendor and third-party risk governance spread across teams
  • Legacy core systems that no one wants to touch
  • Manual controls where automated evidence is expected
How Linos helps
  • Finance transformation and close acceleration in SAP
  • Controls design with automated evidence capture for audit
  • Vendor, contract, and third-party risk governance with Linos CIO
  • Data governance and regulatory reporting architecture
  • Intelligent automation across reconciliation and exception handling

Public Sector

Federal, state, and local agencies modernizing enterprise systems under procurement and compliance constraints.

Segments served
  • Federal civilian agencies
  • Defense and intelligence support
  • State agencies
  • Local government
  • Public higher education and health systems
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What we hear from this sector
  • Modernization mandates with appropriated, time-boxed funding
  • Procurement cycles that outlast the technology being bought
  • Legacy systems with no remaining institutional knowledge
  • Accessibility, security, and records requirements on every deliverable
How Linos helps
  • Agency ERP modernization and legacy system replacement
  • RFP, sources sought, and set-aside response support
  • Prime and subcontract delivery under established vehicles
  • Program governance built around appropriation and reporting cycles
  • Section 508 accessible design and security documentation support

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