North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Custom ERP, AI Agent & SaaS Development in Dortmund

Custom ERP and billing, AI agents, web applications and SaaS for logistics and financial services businesses in Dortmund. Built by Flip Retail in Jaipur, India, and delivered remotely, with working software every two weeks.

Jaipur time is
4 h 30 min ahead3 h 30 min during daylight saving
Population
≈ 600,000Approximate, city or metro area
Currency
Euro (EUR)
Indirect tax
VAT 19%
E-invoicing
Phasing inXRechnung / ZUGFeRD
Data protection
GDPR

National tax, e-invoicing and data rules, with sources: Germany guide. General information, not legal or tax advice. Last reviewed October 2026.

01 — Local economy

Business in Dortmund

Coal and steel ended here decades ago, and Dortmund's former mine and mill land now holds logistics parks, the Fraunhofer logistics institute and a technology park next to TU Dortmund. Insurers Signal Iduna and Continentale, IT service firms such as adesso and Materna, and pump maker Wilo are major employers, along with the Port of Dortmund, the largest canal port in Europe.

Where software helps: Contract logistics firms and wholesalers in Dortmund's warehouse belt bill clients per pallet, pick and storage day, and need those charges pulled straight from warehouse data instead of rebuilt in spreadsheets each month.

Business districts & industrial areas

  • TechnologiePark Dortmund
  • Port of Dortmund
  • PHOENIX West
  • Westfalenhallen

Languages of business

German and English

02 — Industries

ERP and AI for logistics, financial services and technology businesses in Dortmund

What we would build first for the industries Dortmund is known for.

Logistics & ports

ERP
Shipment and job costing, warehouse management with bin locations, customs and freight documentation, and billing that captures every accessorial charge.
AI agent
A document agent that reads bills of lading, commercial invoices and packing lists, extracts the data and pre-fills customs and booking forms for review.
Software for logistics & ports

Financial services & fintech

ERP
Loan and policy lifecycle tracking, reconciliations, commissions and regulatory reporting, with role-based access, maker-checker approvals and audit logs.
AI agent
A document agent that reads bank statements, payslips and IDs, extracts what underwriters need and flags inconsistencies for a person to check.
Software for financial services & fintech

Technology & startups

ERP
Lean internal systems for growing tech firms, such as subscription billing, project time tracking and revenue dashboards, without enterprise licence costs.
AI agent
LLM features inside your own product: retrieval-augmented search over your docs, support copilots, and agents that act through your APIs, with evaluation and guardrails.
Software for technology & startups

04 — Working together

Working with Jaipur from Dortmund

Jaipur is 4 h 30 min ahead of Dortmund 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.

Pranjal is the best developer — started and ended development before schedule.
Carl LundstromTrading Algorithm Development · Zurich, Switzerland

50+ projects for 30+ clients in 11 countries over six-plus years.

05 — FAQ

Custom software in Dortmund: common questions

Do you build custom ERP and AI software for businesses in Dortmund?

Yes, remotely. Flip Retail is a software studio in Jaipur, India, with no office in Dortmund; discovery happens on video calls and you get working software every two weeks.

How do time zones work between Dortmund and Jaipur?

Jaipur is 4 h 30 min ahead of Dortmund 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 German and English?

Yes. Current language models handle German 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 logistics business?

Usually one module that fixes the most expensive problem first. For logistics & ports that is often job & shipment costing and warehouse management (bins, put-away, picking). It goes live early, and the rest of the system follows in two-week increments while your team is already using it.

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