IMtech

R&D projects

Building together with large companies

We take on a small number of commissioned projects — only those where a product has to be created, rather than a known technical specification executed. This is joint work in which both sides contribute expertise.

Discuss a project

Who this is for

For large companies with a non-standard task that the market of ready-made solutions does not cover: a specific operational process, an industry particularity, or a combination of systems that is not found together anywhere else.

Selection criteria

Formal selection criteria are currently being agreed. As a rule of thumb: we take on a task if we see product potential in it and a readiness on the partner's side to work together, rather than to hand the work to a contractor.

Built so far

Eight systems built this way

Every case below went the same route: a client's task, research into the process, a working system. We state the stage openly — including where the work is still under way.

  • In developmenthospitality and food service

    Hospitality operations

    An operations system for hotels and restaurants: rotas, training that gates shift access, maintenance tickets and a POS.

  • Liveroad freight transport in Europe

    Freight management

    Quoting and transport-request management for road carriers, their resellers and end customers in Europe.

  • Livecorporate catering and lunch delivery

    Corporate catering

    A corporate lunch platform: staff order a week ahead, the company holds the limit, the kitchen gets its reports.

  • Livefood service — a coffee shop

    Café management

    Work-time and stock tracking for a coffee shop: shift check-ins in a Telegram bot, schedules and reminders in the manager dashboard.

  • In developmenthome services and handyman crews (USA)

    Field service platform

    A field platform for US home-service and handyman crews: jobs, estimates built from photos and voice, a live crew map, invoices and payments.

  • In developmentpersonal productivity and self-organisation, in-house R&D product

    Personal productivity

    One personal system where tasks, time, money, health and shared lists live in the same data across phone, browser and desktop.

  • Prototypepolymer products manufacturing

    Manufacturing tracking

    Shop-floor tracking of finished goods: scan at the station, build the shipment in the app, keep working with no network.

  • Prototypecleaning services

    Cleaning management

    A cleaning company website with a step-by-step quote calculator, orders saved to a database, and a panel where prices and content are edited.

What the partner gets

  • A product-grade team

    Analysis, design and engineering work on the task as if it were their own product, not as an order with a fixed list of deliverables.

  • Dedicated engineering

    The architecture, code and documentation stay transparent to the partner: another team can pick the solution up without reverse engineering.

  • A prototype within a defined timeframe

    The first working result appears by a date agreed in advance, so that the decision to continue is made on facts.

  • The option of shared ownership of the solution

    For selected projects we discuss shared rights to the product created. The terms are defined case by case.

How the work runs

  1. 01

    Request

    You describe the task and its context; we respond with questions.

  2. 02

    Research

    We study the process and define exactly what the prototype validates.

  3. 03

    Prototype

    We build a working scenario within a defined timeframe.

  4. 04

    Pilot

    We launch the solution in a real environment with outcome criteria.

  5. 05

    Decision on continuing

    Together we decide whether to develop the product further.

Technologies and approaches

We choose the stack to fit the task, not the other way round. What stays constant in the approach is different: documented architecture, tests for critical scenarios, a reproducible environment and automated deployment.

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Temporary photo from an open source: a real workplace photo comes before launch.

Discuss a task

Write briefly about the process and about what existing solutions are missing. We will tell you whether we see product potential here.

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