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CAPABILITY / SYSTEMS INTEGRATION

Connect the systems
your operation runs on.

Lavinium brings forward-deployed engineers into your team to connect legacy applications, equipment data and modern software. We build the integrations and custom middleware that let information move between systems and become useful inside the operation.

Legacy and modern systems

Existing applications rarely share the same interfaces, data models or access rules. We assess the APIs, databases and exports available, identify the connections that are missing and build software around the systems your team already depends on.

The work can include connecting an internal application to a newer platform, synchronizing records or replacing a repeated manual transfer with a traceable workflow. The right approach depends on the interfaces and permissions available.

D-SI-01 Legacy and modern systems (illustrative)Illustrative: a desktop app writes a nightly export; an integration matches on order number, sends matched orders to the scheduling tool and unmatched ones to a named reviewer.ILLUSTRATIVEDesktop appNightly exportIntegration(match onorder number)MatchedUnmatchedScheduling toolNamed reviewerD-SI-01 Legacy and modern systems (illustrative)Illustrative: a desktop app writes a nightly export; an integration matches on order number, sends matched orders to the scheduling tool and unmatched ones to a named reviewer.ILLUSTRATIVEDesktop appNightly exportIntegration(match on order number)MatchedUnmatchedSchedulingtoolNamedreviewer
Illustrative: export → match → create, with unmatched records sent to a person.

Sensors, IoT and PLC data

Equipment signals are useful when they reach the people and software that need them. We assess how sensor and programmable logic controller (PLC) data can be collected, structured and connected with operational applications.

For example, a signal from equipment could feed an internal status view or a maintenance workflow. This is an illustrative integration pattern, not a claim about a completed client deployment. Access to equipment and any control changes require an agreed scope with the operating team.

D-SI-02 Sensors, IoT and PLC data (illustrative)Illustrative: PLC values read through the existing gateway by a read-only collector that adds the asset ID and opens a maintenance request. No write-back to the PLC.ILLUSTRATIVEPLCExisting gatewayRead-only collector(adds asset ID)Maintenance systemrequest openedno write-backD-SI-02 Sensors, IoT and PLC data (illustrative)Illustrative: PLC values read through the existing gateway by a read-only collector that adds the asset ID and opens a maintenance request. No write-back to the PLC.ILLUSTRATIVEPLCExisting gatewayRead-only collector(adds asset ID)Maintenance systemrequest openednowrite-back
Illustrative: equipment data read once, tagged, and sent to the maintenance workflow. No control changes.

Custom middleware and software

When existing products do not provide the connection, we build the missing layer: an API, data flow, workflow or internal tool. Middleware translates between systems, applies the agreed rules and makes failures visible so that people can act on them.

Data ownership, identity, access and traceability are part of the integration design. Applied AI can be included where it serves the workflow, with evaluation and human review; it is not a requirement for every integration.

Explore AI and LLM integration ↗
D-SI-03 Custom middleware and software (illustrative)Illustrative: a billing platform and an operations database exchange updates through one middleware service with an approved mapping table and safe retry; failed transfers go to a queue a reviewer checks.ILLUSTRATIVEBilling platformMiddlewaremapping table · safe retryOperations databaseFailed-transfer queueReviewerD-SI-03 Custom middleware and software (illustrative)Illustrative: a billing platform and an operations database exchange updates through one middleware service with an approved mapping table and safe retry; failed transfers go to a queue a reviewer checks.ILLUSTRATIVEBilling platformMiddlewaremapping table · safe retryOperations databaseFailed-transfer queueReviewer
Illustrative: one translation layer, one approved mapping, one visible queue for failures.

Engineering inside the operation

We begin with the team using the systems: observe the operation, understand the friction, and structure data and access. We then build the missing connections and deploy alongside the team.

Documentation, handover and an agreed support scope help your team own what is delivered. We add hands-on engineering capacity to the people already responsible for the operation.

What is a Forward Deployed Engineer? ↗

Our deployment approach ↗

START WITH YOUR OPERATION

What needs to connect?

Tell us which systems are involved, who uses them and what needs to move between them. We can discuss the scope and access needed before defining a deployment.

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