Design + engineering studio

Websites that convert, systems that scale, and AI that ships.

We are a design-and-engineering studio building high-performance websites, the custom systems behind them, and practical AI that helps your team move faster.

  • Websites
  • /Landing pages
  • /Portals
  • /Dashboards
  • /Automation
  • /AI integrations
dravdw.co.za
Van Der Westhuizen & Associates website
Websites

Websites that convert and stay fast

From a single landing page to a full business site — modern, clean, SEO-ready, and built to grow.

Modern brochure & business sites

Polished, professional sites that present your business clearly and build trust from the first scroll.

Landing pages that convert

Focused, conversion-led pages structured around a single action — built to turn traffic into enquiries.

Fast, responsive & SEO-ready

Responsive design, accessibility, and performance as standard, with analytics and conversion tracking built in.

Ongoing updates & maintenance

We ship, then keep things healthy — content updates, improvements, and small features on a simple retainer.

From brochure sites to web apps

Need more than marketing pages? We also build portals and authenticated experiences, backed by the right data model.

Room to grow into systems

Start with a website and grow into dashboards, automations, and internal tools — without starting over.

Custom systems

When your business outgrows spreadsheets

We build serious internal software that reduces manual work, improves visibility, and stays maintainable as you scale.

  • Workflows
  • Reporting
  • Scheduling
  • Approvals & sign-off
  • Inventory & batch tracking
  • Role-based access
  • Document generation
  • Audit trails
  • Integrations
biggi · transport scheduling
Biggi — screenshot of the live system (data redacted)

Biggi

WorkflowsReportingScheduling

Custom operational system for order flow, production orders, transport scheduling, reporting, and document generation.

  • Structured data model replacing spreadsheets
  • Operational views for day-to-day execution
  • Built for clarity, speed, and supportability
safetychem · production dashboard
SafetyChem — screenshot of the live system (data redacted)

SafetyChem

InventoryBatch productionApprovals

End-to-end production pipeline: stock receiving, product setup, batch production, QC capture, and sign-off workflows.

  • Traceability: inputs → batch → outputs
  • Dashboards for what's in progress
  • Designed to grow as the process evolves

Operations & workflow automation

Replace spreadsheets and manual handoffs with purpose-built tools: production pipelines, approvals, portals, scheduling, and audit trails.

Visibility & control

Dashboards, reporting, and role-based access so teams can see what matters and act faster — without chaos.

Integrations

Connect the systems you already use: email, payments, CRMs, accounting, inventory, and custom APIs.

Support & enhancements

We ship stable systems and then keep them healthy: monitoring, bug fixes, improvements, and small features on a retainer.

AI services

Put AI to work — without the hype

Practical help getting real leverage from AI: the right tools, in the right places, shipped properly and used safely.

AI tooling, done right

Get real leverage from Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot & co — the right tool for each job, prompt patterns, and workflows your team will actually use.

Prototype → production

Take a self-built AI tool or proof-of-concept and make it production-grade: reliability, security, evaluations, cost control, deployment and monitoring.

AI onboarding for teams

Get your company using AI confidently and safely — hands-on training, playbooks, guardrails, and a clear adoption roadmap.

Custom AI integrations

Embed AI into your website, systems, and workflows: assistants, document processing, search, and retrieval over your own data.

Workflow automation

Automate the repetitive — email triage, data extraction, summaries, report generation — wired into the tools you already use.

AI strategy & assessment

Cut through the hype: find where AI genuinely pays off in your business, prioritise the highest-impact wins, and roadmap them.

One studio

Websites, systems, and AI — under one roof.

How we work

Clear process, tight feedback loops, engineering discipline

So you get something that works in the real world — and stays supportable long after launch.

  1. 01

    Discover

    Map the workflow, define outcomes, identify constraints, and choose the simplest architecture that fits.

  2. 02

    Design

    Wireframes, data model, and key screens. We align before we build.

  3. 03

    Build

    Ship iteratively with regular demos. Prioritise stability and clarity over cleverness.

  4. 04

    Support

    Ongoing monitoring, fixes, and enhancements — ideal for monthly retainers.

Let's build something useful

Email a quick outline of what you need — your industry, current process, and the outcome you're after. We'll respond with clear next steps.

Email info@divops.co.za

Tip: include links or screenshots, timelines, and any systems you need to integrate with.