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Rempel Automation
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Rempel Automation

People, process, then software and machines.

We start with the people who do the work and the process they run. Software, controllers, sensors, machines, and robots come after that, and only for what the assessment shows you need.

Most businesses fragment equipment, office work, and people in separate worlds. We connect them so the same information moves with the work. That includes paperwork and software, and it includes sensors, and machines.

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Our advantage

Software, hardware, and AI each get cheaper every year. One accountable team that puts all three to work inside your building is still rare.

The combination is how we deliver. What is hard to copy is below.

  • One team from the sensor to the database

    Scale weights, photos, labels, and ledger entries stay connected so the office and the floor work from the same numbers without re-keying.

  • Connect when it fits. Replace when it pays.

    We use the equipment you have already invested in unless there is good reason to replace it. We focus on staff comfort, training costs, and your bottom line.

  • AI that helps your people work

    Conduit helps your staff import spreadsheets and PDFs, get answers inside the software, and ask for reports in plain language. A person on our team stays accountable for the solution.

  • We stay

    Support is part of the product. You reach a person who knows the system. Documentation and Conduit help manage support costs.

How we compare

What the usual alternatives give you, and where they fall short.

What the usual alternatives give you, and where they fall short.
Your alternativeWhat you getWhere it falls shortWhat we do instead
Software vendor aloneFast start, low price.Stops at the screen. Scales, scanners, controllers, and machines stay outside the workflow.Software and hardware automation work together. Rules, scanners, scales, printers, and controllers feed the same workflow. Conduit helps with onboarding and day-to-day work.
Hardware integrator aloneScale, credentials, and machine experience.Priced and paced for much larger budgets. Office software is often a separate project with a separate vendor.One engagement for software and hardware automation, phased for a small or mid-sized operation, starting with the piece that pays back first.
Build it yourself with AI toolsCheap prototype, full control.Someone still has to make software and machines reliable together, train the crew, and answer the phone in harvest or peak season.We own reliability across the integrated stack and Conduit, including training and support.

What automation is for

Productivity, quality, and safety.

An engagement aims at one or more of these. We measure before and after.

  • Productivity

    Software and hardware automation together speed the process. Machines and sensors sit in the same workflow as the office. Re-keying drops. People get visibility to make better decisions.

  • Quality

    Software and machines working together improve tolerances more consistently. Identity and checks help prevent recalls. When a recall still happens, traceability shrinks the envelope.

  • Safety

    Dull, dirty, and dangerous work moves onto automation. Better morale, fewer injuries, and lower insurance cost.

Who we work with

Owner-led operations that need software and hardware to work together.

We work with businesses from a few dozen people to several hundred. Spreadsheets, paper, software, and equipment often still run as separate worlds.

  • Agriculture

    Growers, packers, and shippers. We help you answer legislated traceability demands with field and packing software tied to dock scales, scanners, cameras, and line equipment.

  • Manufacturing

    Production lines and job-based work. Time, production, and machine data feed the office so you can see where the line is slow and stop re-keying hours into the ERP.

  • Trades

    Electricians, plumbers, roofers, concrete, drywall, masonry, and similar crews. Crew time, materials, and job cost show up while the work is underway, so you can protect margin without chasing texts.

Products

Three products we implement and support.

FarmWork and FarmBridge grew out of opportunities at Froese Vegetables Inc. Conduit is the AI helper we add to the systems we deliver. Case studies are separate.

  • FarmWork crew clock manager on a tablet, shown at an angle.

    FarmWork

    Time and production

    Workforce time, piecework, and payroll rules that match how agriculture actually pays people, with offline field capture.

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  • FarmBridge lot details with scale weight breakdown and dock camera stills on one record.

    FarmBridge

    Receiving through shipping

    Receiving through shipping with scales, cameras, printers, scanners, and floor sequences in the same workflow as the office.

    Product siteProducts
  • A development screen photographed from above, showing typed automation code.

    Conduit

    AI helper

    Onboarding, training, support, ticketing, day-to-day work, reporting, and business intelligence through plain-language prompts inside the systems we deliver.

    About Conduit

Case studies

What changed for specific operations.

Froese Vegetables Inc.

Seasonal workforce time, piecework, and payroll.

Problem
Complex pay rules (conditional bonuses, program deductions, hourly plus piecework on the same task) and double-entry of hours and production. Generic time clocks and HR tools could not model that pay.
Solution
FarmWork was built so time and production are collected once in the field or packing area, pay rules run in the system, and payroll reviews a clean file.
What changed
Payroll reviews exceptions and exports. Supervisors still own the clock and the count where the work happens.
Read the case study

Froese Vegetables Inc.

Receiving through shipping for packing and distribution.

Problem
Different forms and flows per product. Receiving, processing, inventory, and shipping had to stay traced. Existing systems covered steps but forced the shed to work for the software.
Solution
FarmBridge was built as a configurable system that fits how the shed already works, including paper processes, sensors, and machines, with a recall window that can be tuned.
What changed
Identity, location, and quantity stay on one trail. Load-out is a move plus an allocation on that same trail.
Read the case study

Roofing company

Crew time, job cost, and accounting.

Problem
Once the roof is open, the job changes. Extra labour, materials from the trailer, and field notes live in texts and memory instead of the job file.
Solution
Keep the estimating tool. Connect crew time, job cost, field issues with photos, trailer inventory, equipment service, and accounting.
Read the case study

Manufacturer

Time clock, ERP, and benefits.

Problem
Hours are re-keyed from the time clock into the ERP on payroll day. Benefits live in spreadsheets.
Solution
Keep the clock and the ERP. Reviewed hours post on a schedule. Benefits move into a review step instead of a spreadsheet.
Read the case study

Continuous improvement

Seven stages that return to the start.

Select a stage to read the detail. On a phone, use the controls under the ring.

Audit and document

Audit and document

Walk the work. Map what exists, including the spreadsheets people hesitate to mention.

We walk the floor, the field, and the office, and talk with the people who do the work.

We map paperwork, software, accounting, inputs and outputs, receiving and shipping, machining and robotics, scanning and printing.

You receive a process map with time and pain points per step, and a short list of the largest wins.

See the full process

Tell us how the work runs today.

We start with an assessment. The contact form is the next step.

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