Light Animation builds custom software, web applications, animation and digital marketing for Chicago businesses. Our India-based engineers overlap with Central Time for live calls, and you see a working demo every week.
Chicago has been a crossroads for trade for well over a century. It is one of the busiest rail and trucking hubs in North America, O'Hare handles huge volumes of air cargo, and the region is full of food processors, metal fabricators, packaging plants and distributors. The city is also a major financial centre, home to the big futures and options exchanges, and has a large insurance and professional services sector in the Loop.
Many Chicago companies are mid-sized, family-owned or private-equity backed manufacturers and distributors running on an old ERP plus a pile of spreadsheets. That is the kind of work we like: understanding the process on the shop floor or in the dispatch office, then building software that fits it. Light Animation has been doing this since 2010 from Jaipur, India, with a US office in New Jersey and calls held during your working hours.
An India-based team keeps the cost well below what a Chicago consultancy would charge, which often makes the difference between replacing a legacy system properly and patching it for another few years.
ERP modules, production planning, dispatch and warehouse tools, and reporting dashboards for Chicago manufacturers and distributors. We can modernise an ageing system in stages so operations never stop.
Industrial and product animation that shows how a machine, part or process works, plus explainer videos and training films for Chicago sales and HR teams.
B2B websites, product catalogues and search campaigns that help Chicago suppliers win buyers across the Midwest and beyond.
Load planning, carrier management, yard and dock scheduling and shipment tracking for trucking firms, intermodal operators and 3PLs working out of the Chicago rail and highway network.
Logistics software →Bill of materials, work orders, machine downtime tracking and quality records for metal, plastics, packaging and food plants.
Manufacturing software →Internal reporting, client portals, reconciliation tools and data dashboards for trading firms, brokers and wealth managers.
Fintech software →Batch tracking, recall readiness, distributor ordering and route delivery software for food producers and wholesalers.
Inventory management software →Patient scheduling, referral tracking and internal dashboards for clinics, labs and healthcare service providers.
Healthcare software →Chicago manufacturers often have products that are hard to photograph and harder to explain: pumps, conveyors, valves, packaging lines. Our 3D industrial animation shows the inside of the machine, how parts move and why your design is better, which works well at trade shows and on product pages. We also produce corporate animation for safety training and onboarding, and explainer videos for Chicago software and fintech firms. Work is produced in our India studio and reviewed by you online at each stage.
We understand your business, users and goals.
Scope, timeline, wireframes and design approval.
Agile sprints with a demo every week.
Functional, performance and security testing.
Deployment, training and handover.
Maintenance, new features, SEO and marketing.
Everything you need to know about working with our senior team.
Tell us about your objectives, timeline, and deliverables. Our senior strategist will review your scope and provide a structured roadmap within 2 hours.
