⚙ Skilled Edge Group

The Industrial
Intelligence Resource
for Shop Owners.

AI-Powered Tools for the Business Side of the Trades.

From capturing tribal knowledge before it retires to recovering thousands in hidden card yield — we build the tools that put money and expertise back in your hands.

⚡ Electricians 🔥 Welders ❄️ HVAC Techs ⚙ CNC Operators 🔧 Plumbers 🏗️ Contractors 🤖 Robotics 💻 Agencies
🧠 Knowledge Vault
30 YRS
Average expertise at risk when a veteran trades worker retires without documentation
Build your vault →
📊 Profit Leak Detector
$27K
Average annual leaks found across labor, materials, pricing, and financial routing
Find your leaks →
Our Tools
Everything You Need to Run a Smarter Business

Standalone tools. Real ROI. Built for business owners who work with their hands and their heads.

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D-Series Knowledge Vault

Capture 30 years of expertise before it walks out the door. Our AI-powered system turns veteran knowledge into searchable SOPs your whole team can use.

  • D1 Discovery — identify knowledge at risk
  • D2 Deep-Dive — structured expert interviews
  • D3 Capture — AI-powered SOP generation
  • D4 Validation — team review and deployment
  • Virtual Expert powered by NotebookLM
Starting at $997 — Virtual Sprint
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Profit Leak Detector

Diagnose where your business is bleeding money — labor inefficiency, unbilled change orders, material waste, pricing gaps, and financial routing leaks.

  • Multi-category leak analysis
  • Dollar amount per leak identified
  • 5-year cumulative loss projection
  • Priority action recommendations
  • Knowledge Vault upsell path
Free diagnostic tool
Find My Leaks →
🔶 Coming Soon
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Operational Intelligence Audit

We map your shop floor operations, identify single points of failure, and deploy AI tools to turn tribal knowledge into durable, scalable systems.

  • Shop workflow audit
  • AI-generated SOPs from walkthroughs
  • Digital knowledge base setup
  • Custom training material build
  • Ongoing intelligence brief
Starting at $2,000
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🟢 Free
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Operators AI Edge Newsletter

Weekly intelligence on AI tools, knowledge capture strategies, and business insights built specifically for skilled trades and manufacturing. No fluff.

  • AI tools you can use Monday morning
  • Knowledge capture strategies
  • Workforce continuity insights
  • Industry intelligence for operators
  • Free AI Edge Playbook on signup
Free — published 2x weekly
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⏳ Coming Soon
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Gov Contracting Intelligence

Helping trades businesses navigate SAM.gov registration, Virginia eVA procurement portal, and IFB bidding for janitorial, landscaping, and facilities contracts.

  • SAM.gov registration support
  • eVA portal setup and bidding
  • Subcontractor network access
  • IFB bid strategy and templates
  • SDB certification guidance
Pricing TBD — launching Q3 2026
Featured Tool
Is Your Business Leaking
Money Right Now?

Most contractors and shop owners have 3–5 profit leaks they don't know about. Labor inefficiency, unbilled change orders, material waste, pricing gaps, and wrong credit cards. Our free Profit Leak Detector finds them in minutes.

Run My Free Leak Diagnostic →
$27K
Avg Annual Leaks
4 MIN
To Complete
FREE
No Cost
Who We Serve
Built for Business Owners Who Build Things

Our tools work for anyone with significant operational spend and expertise worth protecting.

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Welders & Fabricators
Structural, pipe, MIG, TIG, shipyard
Electricians
Industrial, commercial, data centers
❄️
HVAC Contractors
Commercial, industrial, refrigeration
CNC & Machinists
Precision machining, setup, programming
🔧
Plumbers & Pipefitters
Commercial, industrial, mechanical
🏗️
General Contractors
Commercial & residential construction
💻
Agencies & Media Buyers
High ad spend, SaaS, online business
🛒
E-Commerce Operators
Inventory, fulfillment, advertising
🤖
Robotics & Automation
PLC, systems integration, maintenance
🏥
Medical & Dental
Practices with high operational spend
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Restaurant & Hospitality
High inventory and supply spend
📊
Consultants & Freelancers
High software and contractor spend
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AI tools, job market intelligence, and industry insights built specifically for skilled trades and manufacturing. No fluff — just what matters.

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Our Approach
An Intelligence Resource That Knows the Trades

Skilled Edge Group was built from the ground up to serve one niche — skilled trades and modern manufacturing. We focus on the problems nobody else talks about: what happens to 30 years of expertise when your best people retire, and how much money is quietly leaving your business every month through inefficient operations and wrong financial tools.

We're not consultants. We're builders. Every tool we release is a production-grade product that delivers measurable ROI — not a deck, not a framework, not a theory.

🧠 Knowledge First
Capture it before it's gone
🔧 Trades Focused
Built for the floor, not the boardroom
🤖 AI-Powered
Tools that work in a shop
💰 ROI-Driven
Every tool pays for itself
30YR
Average Expertise at RiskWhen a veteran trades worker retires, they take decades of hard-won knowledge with them.
$8K+
Average Card Yield RecoveredHVAC and trades contractors running $30k+/month on wrong business cards.
$0
Cost to SubscribeFree weekly intelligence brief covering AI tools, knowledge capture, and industry insights.
USA
Nationwide CoverageServing shop owners, contractors, and operators across all 50 states.
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