Strides Agent helps manufacturing companies and industrial SaaS reach operations directors, plant managers, and procurement heads. AI outbound built for manufacturing sales cycles.
Built for Manufacturing's Relationship-Heavy Sales Cycles.
CapEx signal monitoring, operations persona targeting, and long-cycle nurturing for industrial and manufacturing pipeline.
Prospect Research
Finds, scores, and qualifies your ideal customers from 6 live data sources — hiring signals, funding rounds, intent data, and more.
Personalized Outreach
Writes and sends emails that reference the prospect's specific context. Not templates with merge fields — genuinely unique messages for every person.
AI Phone Calls
Real phone conversations with real objection handling. The AI books meetings on the call, detects voicemail in 2 seconds, and leaves a perfect message every time.
Inbound Handling
Responds to every inbound inquiry in under 60 seconds, qualifies them against your ICP, and books a meeting before your team even opens their laptop.
Autonomous Pipeline
Stranger to booked meeting without a single human touchpoint. The full outbound motion runs on its own, 24/7, across every timezone.
CRM Sync & Reporting
Every interaction logged to your CRM automatically. Calls transcribed, scored, and summarized. Full pipeline visibility without any manual data entry.
Manufacturing Sales Is Changing — Relationship-Based Pipeline Still Wins, but AI Generates More of It
Manufacturing sales has always been relationship-driven. Buyers are conservative, vendor switching costs are high, and decisions are made by committees that include operations, procurement, and finance. The best manufacturing salespeople spend years building territory relationships. The challenge is that this model doesn't scale — one salesperson can only manage so many relationships.
Strides extends the reach of manufacturing sales teams without changing their fundamental model. It identifies new prospects through CapEx signals (new facility openings, plant expansions, equipment procurement announcements), supply chain shifts (reshoring, supplier diversification), and operational technology adoption signals, and initiates the first conversation on behalf of your team.
Manufacturing outreach must be operations-fluent. Strides doesn't send generic "I'd love to connect" messages to plant managers. It references their specific production context, supply chain situation, or operational challenge — demonstrating that the outreach comes from someone who understands manufacturing, not a generic sales tool.
Manufacturing companies and industrial SaaS vendors that deploy Strides see the most impact in geographic territory expansion — reaching plants, facilities, and procurement teams in regions where they have no existing sales presence — and in net-new account development outside their existing customer base.
Frequently Asked Questions
What signals does Strides monitor for manufacturing outreach?
New facility openings, plant expansion announcements, equipment procurement tenders, reshoring announcements, supply chain diversification signals, operations leadership hires, manufacturing technology adoption signals, and CapEx budget announcements from public companies.
Can Strides reach plant managers, operations directors, and procurement heads?
Yes. Strides identifies and contacts VP Operations, Plant Managers, Supply Chain Directors, Procurement Managers, and Manufacturing Technology leaders with messaging relevant to their specific operational context.
Does Strides work for both OEM vendors and industrial SaaS companies?
Yes. OEM and equipment vendors use Strides to prospect new facility and plant targets. Industrial SaaS companies (MES, ERP, IIoT) use Strides to reach operations technology decision-makers at manufacturers.
How does Strides handle the conservative buying culture in manufacturing?
By prioritizing trust-building over aggressive pitching. Strides' manufacturing messaging leads with operational insights and relevant industry context before introducing a product or capability — earning the right to a conversation before asking for a meeting.
Can Strides work alongside a field sales team?
Yes. Strides handles the prospecting and first-contact stage. When a meeting is booked, your field rep takes over for the face-to-face relationship development phase. Strides fills their calendar so they spend more time closing, less time cold calling.