Costs are rising
I work with your team to put cost improvements into practice and track their impact on your margin.
Hands-on consulting for owners & CEOs
I don't stop at recommendations. I work alongside your team to implement improvements in operations, ERP, and AI, then measure their impact on your profit margins. I bring nearly 40 years of experience across Sri Lanka, Europe, India, and the Middle East to making change happen.
Sumith Jayawickrama Business consultant, ERP specialist & AI practitioner
Business experience across
Sri Lanka, Europe, India
& the Middle East
Sumith Jayawickrama · Photo: Daily Mirror
Start with your business
A busy business isn't always a profitable one. I get involved in how your work gets done, put improvements into practice with your team, and track what changes in your costs, performance, and margins.
I work with your team to put cost improvements into practice and track their impact on your margin.
Together, we tackle bottlenecks, improve handovers, and measure whether the work moves faster.
I work with your team to connect information and embed it in everyday decisions and routines.
We establish where you stand, agree what needs to improve, and track the results as changes take effect.
How I can help
I bring together operations, ERP, and practical AI, taking the work from agreed priorities through implementation to measurable business outcomes.
I work with your team to change the processes behind lost time, excess cost, and weak margins, then measure the difference.
Process improvement / Cost visibility / Better execution Explore this areaI stay involved through ERP implementation, adoption, and review, whether we are introducing a new system or improving your existing one.
New implementations / Existing ERP improvement Explore this areaI work with your team to put useful AI applications into practice, test them in everyday work, and assess the value they deliver.
Useful automation / Business knowledge / Decision support Explore this areaExperience that brings perspective
My experience spans nearly 40 years, from the operating floor to the leadership team, across Sri Lanka, Europe, India, and the Middle East.
I've worked in operational leadership across tea, manufacturing, FMCG, and food production. Those roles have given me a first-hand understanding of the people, processes, and systems behind business performance.
That is why implementation is central to my consulting. I work alongside your team to make the changes, resolve the issues that arise, and review the results with you.
ERP & AI, with a business purpose
Your systems hold information. Your people hold experience. Bringing them together creates a better starting point for decisions.
I work with your team to implement the processes and tools that make this possible. We test them in daily use and review whether they reduce repeated work and improve the information behind your decisions.
Explore ERP & AIA practical approach to decision support.
Working together
You work with me through the changes themselves. We agree what success looks like, put the improvements into practice, and review the results against where we started.
I work with your team to understand the processes and numbers, establishing a clear starting point for measuring improvement.
We choose the changes that matter most, agree the outcomes to measure, and set clear responsibilities and milestones.
I work alongside your team to put the changes into practice, resolve obstacles, and build them into everyday work.
We compare results with our starting point, review the impact on performance and margins, and adjust what needs more work.
A few useful perspectives
Ready to put change into practice?
Tell me what needs to improve. We can discuss the changes to implement, the role I can play alongside your team, and how we will measure success.
I'm based in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
My experience reaches across borders.