Make better manufacturing technology investment decisions.
NaviFacto is being developed to help manufacturing businesses assess technology opportunities, compare their options and make more informed investment decisions.
Technology investment is not always straightforward
Manufacturers can face many technology options, limited budgets and uncertainty about where to invest first. Choosing the right technology is only part of the challenge — understanding whether it is the right investment for the business is equally important.
A simple four-step approach
A straightforward way to think through a technology investment decision.
Understand
Understand the manufacturer’s business, current situation and objectives.
Assess
Review relevant capabilities and investment considerations.
Compare
Explore potential technology opportunities and compare the options.
Decide
Support a clearer investment case and next step.
Explore the NaviFacto prototype
See an early demonstration of the NaviFacto product concept and proposed user experience.
View PrototypeThe prototype is an early demonstration and uses illustrative information. NaviFacto is currently in development.
A developing decision-support platform for manufacturers
NaviFacto is a developing decision-support platform for manufacturing businesses. It is intended to bring relevant business information and technology investment considerations together in one place, helping manufacturers approach investment decisions in a more structured way.
NaviFacto is being developed as a vendor-neutral decision-support solution for manufacturing businesses.
Built for manufacturers, not for enterprises
In early development
NaviFacto is currently in early product development. The current website and prototype demonstrate the concept and intended user experience. Further product development and manufacturer validation are planned.
NaviFacto is being developed in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The initial focus is on manufacturing businesses in Northern Ireland.
Speaking with manufacturers as the product develops will help shape the next stages of development and validation.
Why I am building this
I am Muhammad Sohail, founder of NaviFacto, based in Belfast.
My background is in science and operations rather than software. I trained as a microbiologist, which taught me to work with process, measurement and controlled testing, then moved into operations managing inventory for a district hospital, reducing waste and keeping critical stock moving.
Since coming to the UK in 2023 I have completed an MSc in Management at Queen’s University Belfast and worked in operational roles across large-scale environments including Tesco and Amazon warehousing. What struck me throughout was how often significant operational decisions get made without a structured way to compare the options, and without anyone checking the outcome afterwards.
NaviFacto is an attempt to fix that for manufacturers: the sector where the decisions are largest, the capital commitment is real, and the support available to smaller firms is thinnest.
The principle
Recommendations should be independent of whoever is selling, transparent enough to argue with, and checked afterwards against what actually happened.
Based in Northern Ireland
Focused on manufacturers across Belfast, Newtownards, Lisburn, Ballymena and Craigavon — close enough to visit the factory floor, which is where these problems are actually visible.
If you run or manage a manufacturing business, I would value 20 minutes
I want to speak with manufacturers across Northern Ireland about technology investment decisions. It would be research, not a sales call, and there is nothing to buy.