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Proposal for PTG · Tobacco operations · 13 November 2026

Every plant.One picture.

Every plant in PTG's tobacco operation already holds the detail that decides its margin. This platform lifts that detail out as it happens and sets every facility side by side at head office.

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Fixed build price$365,000One price, full scope
In scope15 + 1Facilities plus hub
Day 30LiveFirst version running
Day 60YoursSystem, data and code

01 / The report

Already history. A summary.

The detail exists. It sits on a clipboard, in a spreadsheet and in a supervisor's memory. By the time it reaches head office it has been tidied, compressed and overtaken by events.

On the floorClipboardWhere the truth starts
End of shiftSpreadsheetRe-keyed from memory
End of periodThe reportTidied and compressed
Weeks laterHead officeA summary of the past

02 / Inside the plant

It watches the work as it happens.

A satellite reads each line directly: what it produces, what it wastes and what it costs to run, hour by hour. Nothing waits for the end of the shift. Figures are illustrative.

Lines running5 of 5Straight from the machines
Output8,855 kgPer hour, all lines
Leaf waste2.0%Measured scale to line
Running cost$2,014Per hour, all lines

03 / The line stops

It knows the minute the line stops.

A stoppage is timed from the minute it begins, its cause is recorded while it is fresh, and every minute is priced. The cost of a bad night finally stands on its own. Figures are illustrative.

02:14Line 3 stopsKnown that minute
02:20Worn beltCause on record
02:28RunningFourteen minutes lost
Cost of the stop$4,820Output, leaf and labour

04 / The satellite

A satellite in every plant.

Each facility carries its own intelligence on site. Its agents read the systems the plant already runs and reconcile them into one account of the day. No one re-keys a figure.

ReadsMachinesWhat each line makes
ReadsScalesLeaf in, leaf lost
ReadsPurchasingWhat was bought
ReadsTime clockWho is on shift

05 / Fifteen facilities

Wherever you make product.

Up to fifteen facilities, each with its own satellite and each held to the same definition of cost, so one plant can finally be set against another. Three are shown in amber: off cost.

In scope15Facilities, at most
In each one1Satellite on site
Across the group1Definition of cost
Typed in by hand0The agents do it

06 / The master hub

Every satellite reports up.

Reporting stops being an event. Every satellite streams to the master hub continuously, and the hub holds one set of numbers, built the same way in every plant.

Reports upCostPer line, per plant
Reports upWasteLeaf lost, by line
Reports upDowntimeEvery stop, priced
Reports upLabourShifts and overtime

07 / The corporate suite

Which plants are not at cost. And why.

Head office sees every facility side by side, each circled by four strands: waste, downtime, labour and spend. The strand that burns is the reason that plant is off cost. Illustrative.

Plant 11 · Waste107%Leaf loss on Line 2
Plant 04 · Downtime104%Line 3, worn belt
Plant 14 · Labour103%Night shift short
At cost12 of 15Nothing flagged
  1. Opening
  2. The report
  3. Inside the plant
  4. The line stops
  5. The satellite
  6. Fifteen facilities
  7. The master hub
  8. The corporate suite

08 / The agents

No data entry. No new system on the floor.

The agents do the work.

Plant managers keep running their plants. The satellite's agents draw from the systems already in place, reconcile them, and raise what matters. Where a plant runs a system we do not yet connect to, we build the connection.

Four sources
  • The machinesWhat each line is making
  • The scalesLeaf in, and leaf lost
  • PurchasingWhat was bought
  • The time clockWho is on shift
Six agent families, in every satellite
01ProductionEach line against its plan, hour by hour.
02Leaf and wasteLeaf from scale to line, and what is lost.
03DowntimeWhen a line stops, why, and what it costs.
04LabourWhich shift is short, where overtime goes.
05SpendWhat was bought against what was used.
06ReconciliationOne cost per line and plant, built alike.
One set of numbers
  • Cost per line
  • Cost per plant
  • Waste
  • Downtime
  • Labour
  • Spend

The agents find it. Your people decide what to do about it.

09 / PTG's part

Four things from PTG

We carry the build. You keep the decisions.

ScopeThe facilitiesWhich plants are in scope, up to fifteen, and their order.
AccessThe systemsMachines, scales, purchasing and time clock, in each plant.
AgreementOne definitionHow cost is measured, settled once for the whole group.
PeopleNamed contactsOne at head office and one per plant, for the sixty days.

10 / The investment

One fixed price for the whole scope

$365,000

  • A satellite in every facility, up to fifteen
  • The master hub and corporate suite
  • Connections into each plant's systems
  • Six agent families in every satellite
  • Thirty days of refinement with your teams
  • Source code, data and training at handover
The same outcome, by three routes
Build it yourselvesTraditional development shopPackaged plant softwareLicensed, plant by plantThis proposalLabarna AI
Up-front costAbout $1.8MRoughly five times this priceLicence and rolloutPriced by the vendor, per plant$365,000Fixed for the full scope
Time to live12 to 18 monthsBefore a first working versionPlant by plantEvery site a separate project30 daysYours at Day 60
Getting the data inBuilt from zeroEvery connection written newOften re-keyedStaff enter data into a new systemThe agents do itFrom the systems already in place
OwnershipPTGAfter you build itThe vendorLicensed, not ownedPTGSource code handed over

The self-build figure is our estimate and is illustrative. It is not a quote from any firm.

11 / Yours

Built around your plants, your lines and your numbers

Day 30: live. Day 60: yours.

BuildRefine with you
Day 1StartThe build begins
Day 30LiveFirst version running
Day 60YoursSystem, data and code
Days 1 to 10Map and connectWe walk the lines, define cost once, and connect plant one.
Days 11 to 29BuildSatellites, agent families and the hub, built around PTG.
Days 31 to 59Refine with youRefined with head office and the plants as facilities join.
Day 60HandoverSystem, data and source code pass to PTG, with training.

12 / Next step

Every plant. One picture.

The next step is a working session. We take head office through the satellites, the master hub and the corporate suite, mapped against PTG's own plants and lines, and agree where to begin.