# Centre of Business > Australian manufacturing and supply chain consultancy. We help manufacturers hit delivery dates by stabilising planning, fixing the inventory mix and automating transactional supply. Architect and builder: we design the improvement, build the tools, and stay until the team can run it without us. - Site: https://www.centreofbusiness.com.au/ - Legal name: Centre Of Business Pty Ltd (ACN 636 251 824) - Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Remote and on-site across Australia. - Email: info@centreofbusiness.com.au - LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/company/centre-of-business - Founder: Craig Bennett, Founder & Director. Seven years building business systems as an analyst/programmer and applications development team leader, then a decade in supply chain planning, including S&OP Manager at Orrcon Steel and National Demand & Inventory Manager and Global Program Manager, Planning & Supply Chain Analytics at FLSmidth. He has run the planning meetings the software is built for, not only advised on them. https://www.centreofbusiness.com.au/about.html - Slogan: Where strategy meets execution ## Who we work with Manufacturers, processors and distributors, with particular depth in food, FMCG and inventory-heavy operations. Clients and partners shown on the site include FLSmidth, Earlee Products (FIAQ 2023 Queensland Manufacturer of the Year), Concept Labs, Hussey & Co, Vege Chips and the Manufacturing Excellence Forum (MEFSC). Craig also volunteers with the Australasian Supply Chain Institute (ASCI). ## Services https://www.centreofbusiness.com.au/services.html 1. Operational reviews: end-to-end people, process and technology; root-cause of late deliveries; prioritised roadmap. $5,000 +GST each. For a limited number of customers, the first review is free. The project that follows is scoped separately. https://www.centreofbusiness.com.au/services.html#pricing 2. Planning & inventory: replenishment, MRP settings and demand signals so stockouts and excess fall together. Quoted after the review. 3. Systems & automation: Power BI, Power Apps and transactional automation integrated with the ERP. Quoted after the review. 4. AI & automation: reading customer purchase orders, validating against pricing and customer records, loading sales orders to the ERP. Quoted after the review. Engagement model: diagnose, design, build, embed. Free 90-minute consultation, no obligation. That conversation is not the $5,000 review. ## Products https://www.centreofbusiness.com.au/products.html Consulting and software are separate. We do not require clients to buy our platforms. - Integrated Planning Platform: one plan the floor can run: demand, supply, inventory and the production board. Core licence $4,500/month plus GST, 24-month, one site and one ERP connection. Advanced is Core plus complexity, quoted. Enterprise is Advanced across more than one plant, entity or planning team, quoted. Implementation scoped separately. Forecast only from $1,000/month +GST, 12-month: demand and inventory without MRP or the production board. https://www.centreofbusiness.com.au/products.html#planning-pricing - CheckSetGo: CHECK, SET, GO: understand reality, decide what matters, execute visibly. Network licence $49/month +GST (unlimited organisations and users; 5 AI templates/month). Review credits: 3 for $249, 10 for $699, 30 for $1,499 +GST, last two years. A company reviewing itself sits on Centre of Business's network and buys credits only. https://www.centreofbusiness.com.au/products.html#checksetgo-pricing and https://www.checksetgo.com/ - Safety Reporting System: WHSQ-compliant incident, near miss, hazard and safety walk reporting. Licence $350/month +GST, 12-month, one organisation, unlimited floor reporters. Implementation scoped separately. Extra sites quoted. https://www.centreofbusiness.com.au/products.html#safety-pricing and https://safety.centreofbusiness.com.au/ ## Proof - FLSmidth: 10:1 ROI on purchase-order automation, break-even in five weeks, delivered under budget. https://www.centreofbusiness.com.au/case-studies/flsmidth.html - Earlee Products: delivery IFOT +113%, stockouts −27%, stock cover −13%, revenue +22%. https://www.centreofbusiness.com.au/case-studies/earlee.html - Named client quotes (Hawkins, D'Allura, Vege Chips, Flanagan / Hussey, Kelly / MEFSC) and a separately labelled ASCI volunteer note: https://www.centreofbusiness.com.au/about.html#what-they-said ## Insights Practical writing on manufacturing operations: https://www.centreofbusiness.com.au/insights/ - Why operations teams stop trusting the plan: https://www.centreofbusiness.com.au/insights/trust-the-plan.html - Why firefighting becomes normal: https://www.centreofbusiness.com.au/insights/firefighting.html - Most late deliveries start weeks before production: https://www.centreofbusiness.com.au/insights/late-deliveries.html - Most supply chain metrics measure the wrong thing: https://www.centreofbusiness.com.au/insights/metrics.html - From strategy to execution (ASCI webinar, 16 July 2025): https://www.centreofbusiness.com.au/insights/ (on-page talk) and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Uw74GZ3YYA - Simplicity: the key to streamlined business processes: https://www.centreofbusiness.com.au/insights/simplicity.html - Transforming operations at Earlee Products: listed on the insights index, published as the case study: https://www.centreofbusiness.com.au/case-studies/earlee.html - Transformational improvements at FLSmidth: listed on the insights index, published as the case study: https://www.centreofbusiness.com.au/case-studies/flsmidth.html ## Contact https://www.centreofbusiness.com.au/contact.html ## Optional - Privacy: https://www.centreofbusiness.com.au/privacy.html - Terms: https://www.centreofbusiness.com.au/terms.html