Built a tool for the gap between spreadsheets and ERP in small manufacturing

I’ve been noticing a pattern in small manufacturing shops.

They don’t move cleanly from spreadsheets to ERP.

They hit a stage where:

• spreadsheets stop matching reality

• inventory drifts

• tracking gets inconsistent

• but ERP is still too heavy for what they actually need

So they end up layering:
ERP + spreadsheets + manual fixes

Which creates multiple sources of truth.

I’ve been building BUS Core specifically for that middle stage.

Not ERP.
Not another spreadsheet.
A local-first system that stays aligned with what’s actually happening on the floor.

Still early, but I wrote up the thinking behind it here:
https://buscore.ca/what-is-bus-core/

Would be interested if others have seen the same gap.