Custom ERP and billing, AI agents, web applications and SaaS for pharma and chemical businesses in Lyon. Built by Flip Retail in Jaipur, India, and delivered remotely, with working software every two weeks.
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01 — Local economy
Business in Lyon
Vaccines are a Lyon speciality: Sanofi's vaccine division and bioMérieux's diagnostics business trace their roots to the city's Mérieux family, and Boehringer Ingelheim's animal-health arm also has a large base here. South of the centre, the Vallée de la chimie lines the Rhône with chemical and refining sites, Renault Trucks builds lorries in Vénissieux and Saint-Priest, and food firms and technical-textile makers continue older trades.
Also known as Lyons.
Where software helps: Pharma, diagnostics and chemical suppliers in the Lyon area must keep GMP batch records, certificates of analysis and cold-chain data tied to each lot, and pass them cleanly to customers and auditors.
ERP and AI for pharma, chemical and auto-component businesses in Lyon
What we would build first for the industries Lyon is known for.
Pharma & life sciences
ERP
Batch and expiry tracking from raw material to finished pack, formula management, QC release before dispatch, and audit trails that inspectors and customers can follow.
AI agent
A document agent that drafts batch records, certificates of analysis and customer responses from approved data, with every output reviewed by QA before it is used.
Formula-based production with yield and loss tracking, batch and container-level stock, hazardous-goods documentation, and pricing that follows raw-material costs.
AI agent
An agent that answers customer questions on specifications, safety data sheets and order status, and routes anything technical to a chemist.
Customer schedules turned into production plans, lot and heat-number traceability from raw material to dispatch, and the packing, labelling and advance-shipping-notice rules each customer demands.
AI agent
An agent that reconciles customer schedules, goods-receipt notes and debit notes every day and flags mismatches before they become payment disputes.
Jaipur is 4 h 30 min ahead of Lyon on standard time, and 3 h 30 min ahead during daylight saving time there. A 09:00 start there is 13:30 in Jaipur. Standard 09:00–18:00 office days overlap by 4 h 30 min to 5 h 30 min, which is enough for live calls, demos and same-day answers.
Lyon
Jaipur
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09:00–18:00 office hoursShared hours
Local time, standard time.
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05 — FAQ
Custom software in Lyon: common questions
Do you build custom ERP and AI software for businesses in Lyon?
Yes, remotely. Flip Retail is a software studio in Jaipur, India, with no office in Lyon; discovery happens on video calls and you get working software every two weeks.
How do time zones work between Lyon and Jaipur?
Jaipur is 4 h 30 min ahead of Lyon on standard time, and 3 h 30 min ahead during daylight saving time there. A 09:00 start there is 13:30 in Jaipur. Standard 09:00–18:00 office days overlap by 4 h 30 min to 5 h 30 min, which is enough for live calls, demos and same-day answers.
Can your AI agents talk to customers in French and English?
Yes. Current language models handle French and English well, including mixed-language messages. We still test an agent in each language your customers use before it goes live, and route anything it is unsure about to your team.
What would a first project look like for a pharma business?
Usually one module that fixes the most expensive problem first. For pharma & life sciences that is often batch & expiry control and formula and recipe management. It goes live early, and the rest of the system follows in two-week increments while your team is already using it.