Custom software development for Sheffield businesses.
Custom software development for Sheffield businesses with workflows that no longer fit their tools. Bespoke web applications, internal systems and API integrations, delivered directly with Nathan at Motion.
Discuss your software projectProjects typically from £10,000. Scope agreed before build.
Start with the business problem and define a useful first release.
If your team keeps entering the same information twice, working around missing features or maintaining a spreadsheet beside the main system, it is worth examining the gaps. Sometimes an integration or an established product will do the job. Sometimes the process needs its own application.
We help turn that operational problem into a software scope: the users, permissions, records, decisions and integrations involved. A focused first release makes it possible to review a real workflow before committing to every feature on a wish list.
Motion works remotely from Doncaster with Sheffield businesses. You work directly with Nathan on discovery and delivery. Our experience includes AW Aluminium’s operational software for estimating, orders, fabrication, quality and delivery; the case study shows the kind of connected business system we can build.
What we can build for your business.
Internal tools and portals
Create an application for a specific task or service, with the screens and access each user needs. Bring a real example of the workflow so the brief covers exceptions as well as the usual route.
Software that works with existing tools
Keep the products that already serve you well and investigate the gaps between them. API availability, data formats, supplier limits and failure handling shape what an integration can do.
A planned move from an older system
Review existing records, reports and business rules before designing a replacement. Agree what needs migrating, how it will be checked and how the team will move to the new application.
Discovery, design, build and handover are agreed around your scope. We review progress with you and define how hosting, maintenance and future changes will be handled.
Relevant work
AW Aluminium
Our AW Aluminium project demonstrates custom software across nine operational areas, including timesheets, estimating and quotations, fabrication, quality management and delivery tracking. Read the case study to assess the relevance to your own process and the scope you might need.
Explore the AW Aluminium projectFrom workflow to working software.
Map the real workflow
Start with a task your team needs to complete. Identify the users, data, business rules and exceptions, then decide whether a product, integration or custom application is the right approach.
Agree the first release
Prioritise the functions needed for a usable first version. Define the scope, review points, data migration and acceptance checks before the build.
Review, release and support
Review working software against the agreed tasks. Plan the move to production, access, hosting, maintenance and responsibilities for future changes.
Questions about your project.
Custom or off-the-shelf?Do you offer custom software development in Sheffield?
Yes. Motion provides custom software development for Sheffield businesses remotely from Doncaster. You have direct contact with Nathan, with discovery discussions, design reviews and demonstrations organised around the project.
Should we choose bespoke software or an off-the-shelf product?
Choose an existing product when it meets your important requirements at a workable ongoing cost. Explore bespoke development when the gaps affect an essential process, or when the application is part of the service you sell. An integration can be a useful middle ground.
What budget and timescale should we plan for?
Our software projects typically start from £10,000. We need to understand the first release, integrations and data requirements before proposing a cost and schedule. Tell us about fixed deadlines, existing contracts and the people available to review the work.
How are ownership, hosting and ongoing support handled?
We agree code and data ownership, repository access, hosting, maintenance and support responsibilities in the proposal. If your team may take over later, include that requirement during discovery so it shapes the handover.
Tell us what needs to work better.
Describe the process, the tools you already use and the problem you want to solve. You do not need a finished software specification.
Discuss your software project