Fractional systems architecture
Decisions that cross the ERP, the network, and everything between them get made by one architect who sees all of it, without adding headcount.
Systems architecture and continuity for manufacturers
Nobody owns the whole stack. Stillmark does.
Your ERP partner owns the ERP. Your MSP owns the network. A reseller owns the backups. Stillmark owns how they fit together. One accountable architect leads one architecture, from the business process down to the hardware.
01 Services
What Stillmark does
Technical assessments
You get a written picture of one part of your systems, what is at risk, and what to do first.
Continuity retainer
Your systems keep a person who knows them, month after month.
ERP integration and automation projects
The manual step between your ERP, your bank, and your other systems goes away.
02 Layers
One architect, every layer
Problems rarely stay in one layer, so Stillmark treats your systems as one stack, from the business process down to the hardware. You work with the architect directly.
| Layer | Usually owned by | Stillmark |
|---|---|---|
| Business operations | Your operations team | Stillmark: one architecture |
| Enterprise applications and ERP | ERP partner | |
| Custom software | One person in-house | |
| APIs and integrations | One person in-house | |
| AI and automation | Often unassigned | |
| Identity and access | MSP | |
| Cloud and virtualization | MSP | |
| Operating systems | MSP | |
| Storage and backup | Backup reseller | |
| Networking and security | MSP | |
| Servers and hardware | MSP |
03 Track record
Track record
- production systems and integrations, from payments to inventory
- 6
- countries supported: US, Italy, Spain, India
- 4
- Payment file automation
- Expense to ERP integration
- Dual-ERP portal
- Shop-floor execution system
- Internal operations portal
- Blind inventory counting
Stillmark’s principal led the engagements described on Work before the firm was founded. Names are withheld.
04 Alternatives
Why not the alternatives
Each of these covers one part of your systems, and none of them owns the whole.
| Option | Good at | Where it falls short here | What Stillmark does instead |
|---|---|---|---|
| ERP partner | The ERP itself: licensing, configuration, upgrades | Stops at the edge of the ERP. The integrations, identity, network, and backups belong to someone else. | Works with your ERP partner and owns how the ERP fits the rest of the stack. |
| Large consultancy or systems integrator | Large programs with full teams | Continuity work is too small for them. They cost roughly 5 to 8 times as much a month and need months to learn systems that already work. | One accountable architect on a fixed monthly block of hours. |
| Managed service provider | Day-to-day infrastructure and helpdesk | Runs the network, not the architecture across it. Usually does not touch the integrations or the payment pipeline. | Owns the architecture from the ERP to the network, and works alongside your MSP. |
Stillmark is independent by policy. It sells no software and no hardware, and it takes no referral fees and no reseller margin.
05 Process
How an engagement starts
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You send one email. Stillmark replies within one business day.
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A 30-minute call within the week, about what you run and what is at risk.
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A written proposal within 5 business days of the call, with a fixed monthly fee or a fixed project price.
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A master services agreement and a statement of work, with vendor onboarding in parallel. Retainers start the first of the following month. Projects and assessments start on signature.
