New Mascherpa
Energy infrastructure
2x
revenue in two years, with no new hires in planning, quality or procurement.
“We doubled revenue in two years. Thanks to Progress Lab we managed to handle the rapid growth without having to hire new resources.”
Installed isn't adopted.
Adopted isn't results.
That's the gap we own
Software, data and AI for industrial companies. We take your project from the first assessment to results you can measure, under one contract.
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“Two days after rollout nobody had complained. Everything was simply working.”
Alessandro Cecchetto
BDF Digital · Industrial electronics -
“Now I can handle twice the order volume with more precision and ease. It was simply unfeasible before.”
Alberto Zanella
Esseti · Aerospace & defense electronics -
“We achieved a very satisfying result in an unexpectedly short time.”
MF Marco Franchini
I-Tech Industries · Medical devices
The scope problem
Why the gap exists
You've probably seen it happen. The partner delivered the system and the training. Weeks later, nothing had changed. The problem you wanted solved is still there.
New requirements arise, people struggle to adopt it, other departments and systems need to be aligned. All leading to the answer "it's out of scope".
We cover this too
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Installed
Licences bought, system live, project closed.
Where most vendors stop
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Adopted
People rely on it every day.
Where most rollouts stall
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Results
E.g. hours saved, shorter lead times, higher throughput.
Measured, not promised
One contractor for the whole project
We work the way a general contractor works on a building. We plan the project together, from present need to final desired state and everything in between. No gap is left for you to fill on your own.
Who it's for
One team, every department
Our clients are industrial companies growing faster than their systems. The problems that slow them down span multiple departments, so our work does too.
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Operations
See where every order stands, and fix problems while the shift is still running.
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Engineering & NPI
The latest product specs reach the shop floor automatically with every work order.
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Quality
Traceability and compliance reports produced as the work happens, not the week before the audit.
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Sales
Get quotes out faster, with costs and lead times you can stand behind.
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Procurement
Buy what production needs, when it needs it, and track every order to delivery.
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Admin and finance
Clean numbers without the hours in Excel.
What we cover
Everything the project needs, under one contract
You don't need six suppliers. You need one team that picks the right technology and makes the pieces work together.
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AI
Agents that work with your company data and with the tools your team already uses.
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IIoT
Machines connected, so production data records itself.
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MES, WMS & co.
Systems set up around the way your plant actually runs.
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System integration
Every team sharing the same data.
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Business intelligence
Dashboards built on data collected at the source.
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Custom software
What the market doesn't sell, built around your process.
Not sure which of these you need? That's what the first call is for.
Book a callOutcomes
Growth that reaches the bottom line.
Two companies that took on more work with the team they already had.
Esseti Circuiti Stampati
Aerospace and defence electronics
2x
orders without extra admin staff, and 600 hours saved in a year.
“A large defense company said we’re well ahead of other suppliers in terms of control.”
How we work
From first call to first results in weeks
It usually starts with one person on your side. Together, we build the business case and bring in the key stakeholders.
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First call
Project lead
Let's talk about your processes and goals. Depending on who's in the room, the next step is an on-site assessment or an in-depth briefing with your key stakeholders.
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Assessment
Key stakeholders · 1–2 days on site
We walk the floor and talk to every department involved. You get a plan: where the hours go, what to fix first, and what it's worth. It's paid, because it's real work, and the plan is yours either way.
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Pilot
Live within 6 weeks
A first working solution, sized to pay for itself within six months even if the project stopped there. The payback usually comes from capacity: more orders handled by the same team.
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Scale
At your pace
We extend to other departments and processes. Each step has to justify itself before the next one starts.
Why we do this
“Either the company builds the systems to carry more work, or it spends its energy holding itself together.”
Successful manufacturers always reach the same point. Orders are coming in, the product is good, but every new customer means more checks, more reports, more chasing between departments.
So companies hire more people hoping it will solve the issue, but instead it creates additional friction and coordination overhead and the business starts slowing down under its own weight. Growth gets expensive just when it should make things easier.
That's the stage when either the company builds the systems to carry more work, or it spends its energy holding itself together.
I saw the gap between what software could do and what factories ended up with. Vendors and integrators each cover their piece, and nobody owns the whole. So the owner ends up chasing every handover between departments personally.
I started Progress Lab to be the partner that owns the whole: from the first assessment to results you can measure, and still there when adoption gets hard.
If growth is starting to feel heavier than it should, let's talk.
Luca Sorgiacomo
Founding Partner, Progress Lab
Let's close the gap.
Tell us where growth gets stuck, or where your last project stalled. Whatever the fit, you'll leave the call knowing how to move forward.
Book a call