HARCH · ATELIER
We listen to your business. Then we build the software it actually needs.
Harch Atelier is the consultative software studio of Harch Corp. A week of immersion, a custom build, and a privacy-first document vault — for African industrials that refuse generic software.
1 wk
Discovery immersion
0
Bytes uploaded to us
3–6 mo
Typical payback
OVERVIEW
The consultative software studio for African industrials
8
Harch Corp subsidiaries served first
100M MAD
Parent capital
2024
Founded
Harch Atelier is the software subsidiary of Harch Corp, the Casablanca-based industrial conglomerate. We don't sell templates. We don't sell subscriptions to a platform you have to learn. We spend a paid week inside your operations, map every workflow with an AI consultant, then build the software modules that remove the friction your team actually feels. Every document we touch stays on your device. Every line of code we write becomes yours. We exist because African industrials have real operations and deserve software that fits them, not the other way around.
THE PROBLEM
African industrials run on WhatsApp, Excel, and memory
Most mid-market industrial companies in Africa — logistics firms, cement plants, mines, cooperatives, utilities — run their critical workflows on a stack of WhatsApp groups, Excel sheets, paper forms, and the institutional memory of two or three senior people. They buy SaaS tools that nobody uses because the tools don't match how the team works. They can't use cloud PDF tools for their official documents because it's illegal under GDPR, Loi 09-08, and data-residency laws. And when they want custom software, Western studios charge six figures in euros and deliver in 12 months; local agencies deliver low-grade PHP in 8 weeks. Nobody serves the middle.
70%
Custom software project failure rate
<5%
Privacy-compliant document tools
44M
SMEs in Sub-Saharan Africa
THE SOLUTION
Listen first. Build second. Keep everything on-device.
Harch Atelier delivers three things in sequence. First, a paid Discovery Week — a consultant AI interviews your team, maps your workflows, and produces a structured Opportunity Map with ROI estimates. Second, a custom build — the highest-ROI module, shipped in 4-6 weeks, code owned by you. Third, the Private Vault — a privacy-first document tool where PDF processing happens entirely in your browser, never on our servers. The discovery is the product: it qualifies the build, produces an artifact you can take to your board, and honestly answers whether the build is worth doing at all.
1
Discovery Week
Paid 1-week immersion. AI consultant interviews your team, maps workflows, produces Opportunity Map with ROI estimates.
2
Custom Build
Highest-ROI module shipped in 4-6 weeks. Code owned by you. 30-day iteration included.
3
Private Vault
Privacy-first PDF tool. 100% on-device. PII scanning, redaction. Nothing leaves your browser.
HOW IT WORKS
From conversation to custom software in five steps
Step 1: a 60-minute qualification call to confirm fit. Step 2: a paid Discovery Week on-site — our AI consultant runs 6-8 interviews, one focused question at a time, and produces an Opportunity Map. Step 3: a readout call where we present the map and recommend (or not) a build. Step 4: a custom build in 4-6 weeks, with weekly demos. Step 5: a 30-day post-delivery iteration window and optional maintenance. You can stop at any step. The Discovery Week has value on its own — many clients use it just to know what to build, even if they build with someone else.
01
Qualification call
Day 060 minutes. Confirm fit honestly. If Atelier isn't right, we say so.
02
Discovery Week
Week 2Paid on-site immersion. 6-8 AI-guided interviews. Opportunity Map produced.
03
Readout call
Week 3Present the map. Recommend (or not) a build. You decide.
04
Custom build
Weeks 4-104-6 weeks. Weekly demos. Code owned by you. 30-day iteration.
05
Deploy & iterate
Month 3+Ship to your team. Watch usage. Refine. Optional maintenance.
THE PRODUCT
A privacy-first document vault that runs in your browser
The Private Vault is our distribution wedge and our founding principle. Drop a PDF — official, sealed, regulated, whatever — and it's parsed entirely in your browser by pdf.js. Text extraction, extractive summary, keyword extraction, reading-time estimate, PII scanning across 7 categories (emails, phones, IBANs, card numbers, URLs, dates, IDs), one-click redaction. Nothing leaves your device. The only optional server call is sending extracted plain text to our AI consultant — and that's behind a switch that's OFF by default, with an explicit confirmation dialog. It works offline. It works on a modest laptop. It works on documents you legally cannot upload anywhere else.
vault.harch-corp.ma
On-device
Document
Drop PDF here
100% on-device · 0 bytes uploaded
OverviewFull textPrivacy scanSend to AI
Summary
5-sentence extractive summary generated on-device...
Keywords
contractinvoicepermitcomplianceGDPR
PII detected
Emails: 3
Phones: 2
IBAN: 1
IDs: 4
Text extraction
pdf.js parses your PDF entirely in-browser. The file never leaves your machine.
Extractive summary
5-sentence summary generated on-device. No server call. No API.
PII scanning
7 categories: emails, phones, IBANs, cards, URLs, dates, IDs. All detected locally.
One-click redaction
Mask sensitive data instantly. Copy redacted text to clipboard. Export safely.
7
PII categories scanned
0
Bytes uploaded
100%
On-device processing
LIVE METRICS
The numbers Harch Atelier is moving
A real business is measured. We publish our key metrics live: discoveries run this month, builds in progress, vault active users, cumulative hours reclaimed for clients, average payback period. Not because we have to — because African industrials deserve vendors who show their work. If a metric is red, we say so. If a target is missed, we explain why.
3
Discoveries this month
5
Builds in progress
1,247
Vault active users
187
Hours reclaimed/week
4.2
Avg payback (months)
PRICING
No subscriptions. No lock-in. You own what we build.
Three engagement tiers. Fixed-scope phases. No surprise invoices.
Discovery Week
Spark
25,000 MAD
1 week
- Pre-questionnaire + kick-off call
- 6-8 AI-guided interviews
- Opportunity Map (structured)
- PDF proposal branded
- Readout call (60min)
- Fee applies to any build
★ Most popular
Custom build
Forge
140,000 MAD
4-6 weeks
- Everything in Spark
- 1 custom module built
- Code owned by you
- Private Vault included
- 30-day iteration post-delivery
- Weekly demos
Transformation
Foundry
380,000 MAD
3-6 months
- Everything in Forge
- 2-3 integrated modules
- Dedicated tech lead
- Priority support
- Team training
- Quarterly roadmap
COMPARE
The middle nobody else serves
| Criterion | Harch Atelier | Western studio | Big integrator | Local agency | Vertical SaaS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $14-38k | $80-150k | $200k+ | $5-15k | $5-30k/yr |
| Timeline | 4-16 weeks | 16-32 weeks | 26-52 weeks | 6-12 weeks | Immediate |
| Discovery | Paid, structured | Light, included | Separate fee | None | None |
| Code ownership | 100% yours | Variable | No | Variable | No |
| Privacy | On-device | Cloud | Cloud | Cloud | Cloud |
| African presence | Native | None | Limited | Local | None |
ROI CALCULATOR
See what your time is actually worth
Drag the sliders to match your business. Get a CFO-ready number in 30 seconds.
Team size12 people
Loaded cost per hour$28 $/hr
Weekly hours on manual work60 hrs/wk
Automation potential65%
Hours reclaimed / week
39 hrs
Monthly savings
$4,728.36
Annual savings
$56,784
Payback period
~3 months
Estimates only. Your real numbers come from the Discovery Week.
USE CASES
Built for the industries Harch Corp already knows
Harch Atelier starts inside the Harch Corp portfolio — eight industrial subsidiaries that are both our first clients and our industry references. For each vertical, we build a reusable module after the first custom build.
Logistics
Dispatch, reconciliation, fleet management
Cement
Compliance vault, quality traceability, customs
Energy
PPA billing, ONEE compliance, meter management
Mining
Permits, production reporting, ESG traceability
Agriculture
Harvest traceability, certifications, buyer contracts
Water
Utility billing, quality reporting, regulator submissions
Finance
Portfolio management, BAM compliance, credit scoring
Intelligence
Data platform, briefings, the War Room
WHY ATELIER
Four reasons African industrials pick us
We listen before we build
The Discovery Week is a paid, structured immersion, not a free sales call. We map your workflows before writing a single line of code.
Privacy is the principle, not a setting
Documents never leave your device, period. On-device by default. GDPR and Loi 09-08 compliant by design, not by configuration.
You own the code
No lock-in. No subscription trap. No hostage IP. 100% of the code is transferred to you. You can maintain it, modify it, or take it elsewhere.
Harch Corp backs us
A 100M MAD conglomerate means we don't disappear in six months. We already serve eight industrial subsidiaries that look like you.
PROCESS
From conversation to custom software
01
Discovery call
60 minutes. Qualify fit honestly.
60 min
02
AI immersion week
Paid on-site. 6-8 interviews. Opportunity Map.
5 days
03
Custom build
Phased. 4-6 weeks per module. Weekly demos.
4-6 weeks
04
Deploy & iterate
Ship to your team. Watch usage. Refine.
Ongoing
INNOVATION
The War Room — eight AI agents that brainstorm your strategy
Our internal R&D is the War Room: a multi-agent brainstorm tool where eight AI personas — the boss, the competitor analyst, the spy, marketing, the trend-watcher, the CFO, the CTO, and the skeptic — debate a topic in round-robin, weighted by confidence. We use it internally for every strategic decision. Clients can use it during the Discovery Week. It produces a transcript export that captures the real disagreement, not a sanitized summary. It's the kind of tool that doesn't exist anywhere else — and it's ours.
Roster
Y
Youssef
The Boss
L
Lina
Competitor Analyst
P
Priya
Marketing Lead
R
Rae
CTO / Builder
H
Hans
CFO / Finance
D
Dana
The Skeptic
Conversation
Live
Y
YoussefThe Boss
Discovery is the product, not a pre-sales. The opportunity map has value independently of the build.
L
LinaCompetitor Analyst
Agreed. But we need to validate the conversion rate from discovery to build. 80% is aggressive.
P
PriyaMarketing Lead
The story writes itself — 'We listen before we build.' That's the angle for LinkedIn content.
R
RaeCTO / Builder
The vault on-device is non-negotiable technically. pdf.js is mature. No server call by default.
PRESENCE
Casablanca today, Abidjan and Lagos tomorrow
Harch Atelier is headquartered in Casablanca — the natural hub for francophone African business, with CFC infrastructure, banking access, and engineering talent. Year 2 opens a satellite in Abidjan for West African francophone clients. Year 3 adds Lagos or Cairo for anglophone expansion. We don't open offices everywhere — we partner locally and operate remotely where it makes sense.
Casablanca
HQ
Operational 2026
Abidjan
Satellite Y2
Planned 2027
Lagos
Satellite Y3
Planned 2028
Cairo
Future
Planned 2028
Dakar
Future
Planned 2029
Nairobi
Future
Planned 2029
TESTIMONIALS
They let us listen. Then we built.
"We were drowning in Excel and WhatsApp. After the Discovery Week, Harch Atelier built a dispatch module that recovered 14 hours per week for my team. The code is ours. No subscription. No lock-in."
Karim B.
COO, Casablanca logistics firm (180 employees)
"Our clinic had 3 systems that didn't talk to each other. Atelier consolidated to 1. Patient scheduling, billing, records — all in one place. The privacy-first vault was decisive for our medical records."
Dr. Salma E.
Director, Rabat healthcare clinic
"Month-end close went from 2 days to 3 hours. The reporting dashboard Atelier built pulls from our 3 systems automatically. My board finally gets real-time KPIs."
Youssef T.
DAF, industrial group (600 employees)
CASE STUDIES
How Harch Atelier recovered 14 hours a week for a Casablanca logistics firm
Logistics firm — Casablanca
180-employee logistics firm drowning in WhatsApp dispatch and Excel reconciliation. Discovery Week identified dispatch + billing as highest-ROI. Built a custom dispatch module with mobile check-in and auto-reconciliation. Month-end close: 2 days → 3 hours.
14 hrs/week reclaimed
Healthcare clinic — Rabat
Multi-site clinic with 3 non-communicating systems. Discovery Week mapped patient journey across scheduling, billing, records. Built unified platform with privacy-first medical records vault. Adoption: 94% within 30 days.
3→1 systems consolidated
Industrial group — Casablanca
600-employee industrial group with 3 factories. Board demanded real-time KPIs. Discovery Week identified reporting gap. Built automated reporting dashboard pulling from all 3 ERP systems. Board gets live KPIs; DAF gets 2 days back per month.
2 days→3 hrs monthly close
FAQ
The things buyers actually ask us
SaaS tools are built for everyone, so they fit nobody perfectly. We build for YOUR workflow — the one your team actually uses. The Discovery Week maps it. The build matches it. You own the code. No subscription, no feature bloat, no learning curve for features you'll never use.
RESOURCES
Take it to your CFO
Four downloadable artifacts. Free, no email gate.
Discovery Week sample
PDF · 2.1 MBA redacted Opportunity Map from a real engagement. See what you get.
ROI calculator spreadsheet
XLSX · 340 KBOffline version of the interactive calculator. Take it to your finance team.
Loi 09-08 cheat sheet
PDF · 890 KBWhat's legal to upload and what isn't, in plain language. Morocco data law.
Build contract template
PDF · 1.2 MBThe actual IP-transfer + privacy clauses we use. Your legal team can review before we talk.
SECTORS
Eight sectors we know cold
We come in already fluent in your industry's paperwork. Each sector has its own regulatory environment, its own document types, its own friction patterns — and we've mapped them through the Harch Corp portfolio.
Logistics & freight
Healthcare clinics
Field services
Finance & accounting
Wholesale & retail
Cement & materials
Mining & extraction
Agriculture & cooperatives
START
The room is ready. Are you?
Book a 60-minute Discovery call. We'll qualify fit honestly — if Harch Atelier isn't right for you, we'll say so and recommend someone who is. If it is, we'll schedule the Discovery Week and start building. Your documents stay on your machine. Your software becomes yours. Your team stops raging at their tools.