What Direc-Tec does

Direc-Tec Limited is a private UK-based technology services company founded in 2018 and headquartered in Cheltenham, England. The firm specialises in data engineering, business intelligence and process automation services for manufacturing and automotive supply-chain organisations. Its core technical proposition is a 'Unified Data Handling Methodology' combined with translation middleware that connects legacy shop-floor machinery (described as speaking 'Olde English') to modern MES and ERP systems without requiring system upgrades, enabling fragmented structured and unstructured data (databases, files, emails, manuals, pictures, drawings) to be consolidated into a queryable single source of truth.

Name

Direc-Tec

Legal name

Direc-Tec Limited

Website

https://direc-tec.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Direc-Tec is a UK-based B2B technology firm that provides data engineering, business intelligence, and process automation services plus two SaaS products (Online Supplier Management and Online Change Management) to manufacturing and automotive supply-chain clients, with Hyperbat as its anchor enterprise customer.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Supply Chain Collaboration Software

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Computer Systems Design Services (541512)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Compliance, GRC Workflow & Audit Automation Platforms (HDAEAHAL)

Keywords

• Data engineering services
• Business intelligence solutions
• Process automation
• Supplier management software
• Supply chain collaboration

Headquarters

HQ city

Cheltenham

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Data Engineering Services: Professional services for organising data so it can be queried in any way now and in the future. Includes structuring fragmented data into single source of truth environments.
2. Business Intelligence Services: Bringing data to life through visualisation and intelligence delivery. Uses open source software wherever possible for cost-effective delivery.
3. Process Automation Services: Understanding business processes and automating repetitive administrative tasks. Includes audit trail generation for quality and standards compliance.
4. Online Supplier Management (OSM) SaaS: SaaS-based supplier management solution that digitalises supplier onboarding and ongoing management
5. Online Change Management (OCM) SaaS: SaaS-based change management solution for automotive and manufacturing supply chain collaboration

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Direc-Tec helps manufacturing and supply-chain organisations unlock value from fragmented data trapped across legacy systems. It delivers Data Engineering, Business Intelligence, and Process Automation services supported by a proprietary Unified Data Handling Methodology and Data Translation Middleware, and sells two SaaS products — Online Supplier Management (OSM) and Online Change Management (OCM) — that digitalise supplier onboarding and design-change collaboration.

Product overview

Direc-Tec offers a portfolio of SaaS-based solutions complemented by professional services. The core products are Online Supplier Management (OSM) and Online Change Management (OCM), which are designed to work in tandem—OSM manages supplier onboarding, engagement, and collaboration while OCM handles the change/design management process across the supply chain. Both solutions provide a bridge between manufacturers' applications and supplier systems, digitalising information flow and enabling real-time collaboration. The company also delivers data engineering, business intelligence, and process automation services that support these products or stand independently to help organisations structure their data, gain actionable insights, and automate repetitive workflows.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Online Supplier Management (OSM) SaaS solution for manufacturers that accelerates supplier onboarding to under 3 days, provides a single Supplier Management Hub for holistic supplier visibility, and enables digital collaboration across the supply chain ecosystem.
• Online Change Management (OCM) SaaS solution that digitalises and streamlines change management across the supply chain, automates detection of design/specification changes from PLM systems, manages sign-off workflows with alerts and escalations, and accelerates collaborative design innovation.
• Data Engineering Services Professional services that organise and structure fragmented data from any format (structured databases, files, and unstructured information such as emails, manuals, pictures, and drawings) into a unified data environment that can be queried now and in the future.
• Business Intelligence Services Professional services that bring data to life through visualisation, deliver intelligence for informed decision-making, and enable publishing data to customers via portals, using open-source software for cost-effective delivery.
• Process Automation Services Professional services that optimise business processes by automating repetitive administrative tasks, generating audit trails for quality and standards compliance, and enabling notifications and escalations including chasing responses, checking certificate validity, and managing sign-offs.

Quantifiable outcome

• Supplier onboarding reduced from 3 weeks to 3 months down to under 3 days
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Williams Advanced EngineeringcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Williams Advanced Engineering is part of the Williams F1 group and partnered with Unipart to form Hyperbat joint venture for EV battery manufacturing. Direc-Tec works with Williams Advanced Engineering on the Hyperbat project providing data infrastructure for automated production lines.
• UnipartcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Unipart Manufacturing Group partnered with Williams Advanced Engineering to form Hyperbat joint venture. Direc-Tec provides data infrastructure connecting Hyperbat's production line machines to MES and PLM systems.
• Nordson DageminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a partner organisation in the H1Perchain project (APC12) for developing UK capabilities in zero emission vehicle design and manufacture.
• Coventry UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a partner organisation in the H1Perchain project (APC12) for developing UK capabilities in zero emission vehicle design and manufacture.
• TWI (The Welding Institute)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a partner organisation in the H1Perchain project (APC12) for developing UK capabilities in zero emission vehicle design and manufacture.
• HSSMI (High Speed Sustainable Manufacturing Institute)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a partner organisation in the H1Perchain project (APC12) for developing UK capabilities in zero emission vehicle design and manufacture.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Ivalua: Source-to-pay and supplier management platform with a strong manufacturing customer base. Comparable to Direc-Tec's OSM/OCM offerings as a more specialised alternative to full-suite ERP procurement modules.
• HICX: UK-based SaaS provider of supplier information and lifecycle management. Closest direct peer: also targets manufacturer-supplier collaboration, also sold as a SaaS hub that sits between procurement systems and suppliers, and competes in the same buyer category as Direc-Tec's OSM.
• Wax Digital: UK-based procurement and supplier management SaaS (now part of the Volaris Group). Comparable as a domestic SMB/mid-market supplier-onboarding and e-procurement vendor competing for the same UK manufacturer buyer.

Broad incumbents

• Coupa Software: Large spend management and supplier management platform. Overlaps directly with Direc-Tec's OSM use cases as part of a broader business spend management suite; an incumbent buyers may choose over a standalone OSM.
• PTC (ThingWorx / Windchill): PLM and industrial IoT vendor. Competes in the same change-management and shop-floor-integration category as OCM, particularly with discrete manufacturers and automotive Tier 1s.
• E2open: Supply chain and supplier collaboration platform with deep manufacturing adoption. Direct overlap with Direc-Tec's OSM/OCM and with its data-integration value proposition for multi-tier supply chains.
• Siemens Digital Industries (Opcenter / MindSphere): Incumbent MES and industrial IoT platform. Competes with Direc-Tec's legacy-to-modern integration story and with OCM-style change management inside the manufacturing engineering stack.
• Dassault Systèmes (DELMIA / ENOVIA): PLM/MES and manufacturing operations platform. Overlaps with Direc-Tec's OCM product (PLM-driven change management) and with its MES integration work for Hyperbat-class customers.
• SAP (Ariba): Dominant supplier management and procurement network. Competes in the same supplier-collaboration category as OSM and is typically the default platform inside the ERP suites Direc-Tec integrates with.
• Jaggaer: End-to-end source-to-pay and supplier management vendor. Overlaps with Direc-Tec's OSM and OCM use cases for mid-market and large manufacturers, and bundles similar change/supplier workflow capabilities.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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