LittleMan Pty Ltd

Operating from Newcastle in New South Wales since 2006, LittleMan calls itself a studio that builds software for businesses. It says its engineers build the production systems that businesses run on, including trading desks, terminals, care platforms and business engines. The studio's stated aim is to ship a working system in weeks and to keep it in service for many years afterwards.

Example systems on the current site

The studio's website shows example applications rather than a list of services, and each example illustrates the kind of software it says it builds. One sample is an asset inspection record in which an office chooses whether to fix an item during the visit, raise a quote for the work or replace the unit. The record then produces a report that can be downloaded as a PDF with photographs and a sign-off, or shared with a client through a read-only link that expires.

Another sample is a dashboard for blending commodities. It shows ore quality against a specification, freight costs, currency movements and the contracts in progress, and it logs operational events from a port as they happen. A third example points to similar past contracts when a new blend is being planned, and flags when a planned share sits outside its normal range. The site presents these as illustrations rather than a catalogue of finished products.

Software for trading and operations

The company names trading desks, terminals, care platforms and business engines as the kinds of systems it has in mind. Its stated position is that the software a business needs does not have to fit an existing product, and it invites clients to bring the idea that does not fit anywhere. Its messaging also says that the same system works from a phone and from a desk, so a team can see the same information wherever it is working.