Your operations,
finally under control.

Ascent OS builds purpose-built operating systems for Australian manufacturers who have outgrown spreadsheets but aren't ready for a full enterprise ERP. We walk your floor, find the pain, and build the solution.

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40+
Years operations experience
13
Operational disciplines assessed
100%
Built for your business
Production Schedule — Week 15
Job #4821 — Pressure Vessel Assy78%
Job #4835 — Conveyor Framework45%
Job #4847 — Pump Station Unit12%
94%
On-Time Delivery
3.2d
Avg Lead Time
$2.1M
WIP Value
4
Items at Risk
Inventory Status
Hydraulic CylindersIn Stock
Steel Plate 10mmLow Stock
Wiring Harness AssyOn Order
Ascent Operations Diagnostic

Know where to focus first.

The Ascent Operations Diagnostic is our entry product and the foundation of every client engagement. It combines a rigorous 260-question structured assessment with a direct interview with your leadership team. The output is a comprehensive scored report with findings, charts, and a prioritised roadmap of exactly where to focus — and in what order.

Fixed Price
$5,000
Delivered in 5–7 business days  ·  Remote  ·  No travel costs
  • 260-question Ascent Maturity Assessment across 13 operational disciplines
  • Structured interview with founders and key leaders to uncover real pain points
  • Scored report with charts, domain breakdowns, and maturity ratings
  • Prioritised improvement roadmap — top opportunities ranked by impact
  • Recommendations on which Ascent applications address each identified gap
  • 60-minute debrief call to walk through every finding in the report
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260
Assessment Questions
13
Operational Disciplines
0–5
Maturity Score Scale
4.5
Class A Benchmark — the global standard for world-class operations
Purchasing & Procurement
Inventory Management
Production Scheduling
Sales & Operations Planning
Demand Management
Supply Chain Management
Financial Planning
Data Management
People & Leadership
Process & Quality
Technology & Systems
Customer Management
Continuous Improvement
Who We Work With

Built for manufacturers
who are ready to improve how they operate.

We work with owner-led and GM-led manufacturing and industrial businesses across Australia. If your operation is running on gut feel and you're ready to bring structure, visibility, and intelligence to how you run it — we should talk.

Industry
Manufacturing & Industrial Services
Any business that makes, moves, maintains, or services physical things — from food and beverage to heavy industry, civil, mining services, and everything in between.
Geography
Australia-Wide
We work with businesses nationally, delivered remotely.
Decision-Maker
Owner / CEO / GM / CFO
We deal directly with the people who own the problem — not IT departments or procurement committees.
Sound familiar?
We have initiatives everywhere but nothing ever closes.
I don't trust the numbers my team gives me.
Everyone does things their own way. There's no standard across the business.
We're reactive. Meetings happen but nothing changes.
Customers keep asking when their job will be ready and I genuinely have no idea what to tell them.
We've outgrown spreadsheets but can't justify a full ERP.
Engagement Process

Every engagement starts with the Ascent Operations Diagnostic.

We start by understanding exactly where your business is today — scored against a Class A benchmark across 13 operational disciplines. From there, we show you where to focus, what it will take, and how our applications deliver the improvement. No guesswork. No generic advice.

01
The Ascent Operations Diagnostic
We run the 260-question Ascent Maturity Assessment with your leadership team and conduct a structured interview to understand your real pain points. The output is a comprehensive scored report — maturity ratings across every operational discipline, priority findings, and a clear roadmap of where to focus first.
02
Findings, Priorities and Recommendations
We walk you through the report in a 60-minute debrief. You see exactly where your operation scores against the Class A benchmark, which gaps are costing you the most, and which Ascent applications will deliver the greatest improvement. The priorities are yours to keep — regardless of what comes next.
03
Build and Deploy with AscentOS
For clients who want to act on the findings, we work with you to design and build exactly what your operation needs. Every solution is scoped around your specific problems — not adapted from something we built before. Fixed scope. Fixed price. Built for your business.
What We Build

Three products.
One operational picture.

Every Ascent engagement starts with the Diagnostic. What we build next depends on what we find. Each product is scoped and priced before a single line of work begins — fixed scope, fixed price, built specifically for your operation.

Ascent Agents
Custom AI Agents
Purpose-built AI agents that automate operational workflows, surface real-time intelligence, and take action across your business systems — without replacing what you already have.

We build two types of agent. The first deploys inside your existing Microsoft 365 environment — Teams, SharePoint, Outlook — so your team works with it through tools they already use. The second is a fully custom agent, built and hosted by AscentOS on your behalf, with a simple monthly subscription. No IT infrastructure required on your end. We build it, we run it, you use it.

Every Ascent Agent can be connected to the tools your business already runs — Xero, HubSpot, Salesforce, and others — giving your agent real-time access to live business data and the ability to act across systems from a single conversation.
Example applications
Procurement automation Inventory intelligence Production status reporting Sales intelligence Supplier communications Cross-system data retrieval
Ascent Command
Full-Stack Operational Applications
Bespoke full-stack web applications built from the ground up for the specific operational problems your business needs to solve. Ascent Command applications range from purpose-built standalone tools — a production scheduler that works the way your shop floor actually runs, a procurement application that enforces your purchasing process, an inventory management system built around your stock profile — through to unified operational platforms that bring the disparate elements of your business together into a single, real-time picture.

Whether you need one thing solved well, or everything connected in one place, Ascent Command is built precisely around your operation. Every engagement is fixed scope and fixed price — what is in the scope is what gets built, nothing more, nothing less.
Example applications
Production scheduler Stocktake & inventory control Job management portal Supplier portal Procurement application Workforce & shift planning
Ascent Clarity
Operational Intelligence & Reporting
Ascent Clarity turns your operational data into clear, actionable intelligence — delivered in the format that works best for your business. Whether that is a live Power BI dashboard connected to your ERP, a custom HTML operational dashboard embedded in your internal tools, or a structured reporting layer that gives leadership a consistent weekly picture — Clarity makes the invisible visible.

Most manufacturing businesses are sitting on more useful data than they realise. The problem is not the data. It is the lack of a clear, consistent way to see it.
Example applications
Power BI operational dashboards Live production visibility Inventory & WIP reporting On-time delivery tracking Financial operations reporting Custom HTML dashboards
Areas We Specialise In
Production Scheduling Inventory Management Sales & Operations Planning Procurement Workforce Management Sales Intelligence Financial Visibility Custom Operational Dashboards Business System Integrations
Who Builds This
Ivan Skobe — Founder, Ascent Operating Systems
MCIPS Chartered CPIM CSCP FIML
Ivan Skobe
Founder — Ascent Operating Systems

40 years on production floors. Not advising from the outside — actually doing it. Supply chain, procurement, production scheduling, inventory management, ERP implementations. The full stack, at real manufacturers, across Australia.

I built Ascent OS because I spent four decades watching the same problems repeat themselves in business after business. Inventory nobody trusted. Purchasing that ran through phone calls and spreadsheets. Production schedules that existed in one person's head. Leaders who knew something was fundamentally wrong but couldn't get traction on fixing it.

The tools I build are the tools I wish had existed when I was running these floors. Purpose-built for how manufacturing actually works — not adapted from something designed for a different industry.

Every engagement is with me directly. No junior staff, no handoffs, no account managers. You deal with the person who has run the operations you're trying to fix.

Currently Deployed

Built and running at real manufacturers.

AscentOS applications are not concepts or prototypes. They are live in production, running daily inside real manufacturing and industrial businesses.

Production Scheduler
Live across three sites at a $40M mining services manufacturer in WA
A purpose-built production scheduling application running daily for a workforce of 35+ across three operating sites. Replaced a combination of spreadsheets and tribal knowledge with a single real-time scheduling picture. Built and deployed in under 10 weeks.
AI Agents — Microsoft 365
Operational AI agents running inside a live Microsoft 365 environment
Custom AI agents deployed within an existing Microsoft 365 environment — Teams, SharePoint, Outlook — automating operational workflows and surfacing real-time intelligence without replacing the tools the team already uses. No new software to learn. No IT infrastructure required.

Client details withheld at their request. References available to serious enquiries.

Common Questions

What you're probably wondering.

What exactly do I get from the Operations Diagnostic?
A scored maturity report across 13 operational disciplines, a structured interview with your leadership team, priority findings with root cause analysis, and a ranked improvement roadmap. You also get a 60-minute debrief where we walk through every finding. The deliverable is a document you can act on — not a presentation that sits in a drawer.
Do I need to be in the same city as you?
No. Every engagement is delivered remotely. The Diagnostic interview is conducted via video call, the assessment is completed online, and the report is delivered digitally. We work with businesses across Australia without anyone needing to travel.
We already have an ERP. Is the Diagnostic still relevant?
Usually more relevant, not less. Most of the businesses we work with have an ERP. The Diagnostic assesses whether your processes and disciplines are mature enough to get value from it — ERP maturity is one of the 13 disciplines we score. A system is only as good as the processes it's built on.
How is this different from hiring a consultant?
The Diagnostic is a fixed-price product with a defined deliverable — not an open-ended engagement billed by the day. You know exactly what you're getting and what it costs before we start. There are no ongoing retainers, no ambiguous scope, and no surprises. If we build anything after the Diagnostic, that is also fixed scope and fixed price, agreed before a single line of work begins.
What happens after the Diagnostic?
You receive your report and roadmap. What happens next is entirely your decision. Some clients take the roadmap and act on it internally. Others work with us to build the specific applications the Diagnostic identifies. There is no obligation to proceed beyond the Diagnostic, and no pressure to do so.
$5,000 feels significant. How do I know it's worth it?
The Diagnostic typically identifies between $50,000 and $300,000 in addressable operational cost — excess inventory, manual labour that can be automated, margin lost to rework and expediting. Most clients find the roadmap alone justifies the investment. The 30-minute discovery call is free and will give you a clear sense of whether the Diagnostic is the right fit before you commit to anything.
Get Started

Ready to stop firefighting
and start operating?

Start with a 30-minute discovery call. We'll understand your operation, identify where the pressure is, and show you exactly how the Ascent Operations Diagnostic gives you the clarity to move forward with confidence.

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Or reach out directly hello@ascentoperatingsystems.com.au