Custom ERP, AI Agent & SaaS Development in Davao City
Custom ERP and billing, AI agents, web applications and SaaS for food and logistics businesses in Davao City. 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 Davao City
Cavendish banana plantations in the Davao region, run by growers and exporters such as Dole, Sumifru and Lapanday, ship fruit to Japan, China and South Korea through the city's port. Durian, pomelo, coconut and cacao are also grown and processed nearby. As Mindanao's main commercial city, it hosts regional offices of banks and distributors, a growing outsourcing sector and wholesale trade for much of the island.
Also known as Davao.
Where software helps: Banana and fruit exporters reconcile grower contracts, packing-house yields and rejects, phytosanitary certificates and dollar-priced shipments to Japan, China and Korea against tight vessel cut-offs.
ERP and AI for food, logistics and distribution businesses in Davao City
What we would build first for the industries Davao City is known for.
Agriculture & food processing
ERP
Procurement from many small suppliers, grading and lot tracking, shelf life and first-expiry-first-out dispatch, and processing yields from raw produce to packed product.
AI agent
A procurement assistant that collects daily prices and quantities from suppliers over WhatsApp, in their own language, and records them straight into the system.
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.
Multi-warehouse stock, customer-specific price lists and schemes, salesperson and route management, credit control and returns, all in one system that sales and accounts both trust.
AI agent
An order-taking agent on WhatsApp that lets retailers place repeat orders, check outstanding balances and get delivery dates at any hour.
Jaipur is 2 h 30 min behind Davao City all year. A 09:00 start there is 06:30 in Jaipur. Standard 09:00–18:00 office days overlap by 6 h 30 min, which is enough for live calls, demos and same-day answers.
Davao City
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05 — FAQ
Custom software in Davao City: common questions
Do you build custom ERP and AI software for businesses in Davao City?
Yes, remotely. Flip Retail is a software studio in Jaipur, India, with no office in Davao City; discovery happens on video calls and you get working software every two weeks.
How do time zones work between Davao City and Jaipur?
Jaipur is 2 h 30 min behind Davao City all year. A 09:00 start there is 06:30 in Jaipur. Standard 09:00–18:00 office days overlap by 6 h 30 min, which is enough for live calls, demos and same-day answers.
Can your AI agents talk to customers in Cebuano, Filipino and English?
For Filipino and English, yes: current language models handle them well, including mixed-language messages. Support for Cebuano is more limited, so we test with real customer messages before committing to it, and route anything the agent is unsure about to your team.
What would a first project look like for a food business?
Usually one module that fixes the most expensive problem first. For agriculture & food processing that is often farmer & supplier procurement and grading & lot tracking. It goes live early, and the rest of the system follows in two-week increments while your team is already using it.