Energy & batteries
When to charge, discharge and bid, across volatile prices.
Tell us the decision you’re stuck on. We know who can solve it.
Bentley & Co connects businesses with the right optimization specialists, from ready-made planning software to fully custom models.
The problem
Your hardest decisions still live in a spreadsheet.
What to make. How much stock to hold. Where to send it. When to charge a battery or bid into the market. Who works which shift.
These decisions cost real money, and most teams still make them by hand.
Mathematical optimization can do better. The hard part is knowing which approach, and which specialist, fits your problem.
How it works
Three steps from problem to the right people.
Tell us the decision
Share the problem you’re trying to solve, in plain language. No technical knowledge needed.
We assess it
We work out whether it can be modelled, and what kind of solution fits your size, data and budget.
We introduce the right specialist
We connect you with the team best placed to solve it, and stay involved to make sure it lands.
Where you are today
The right fit, now and as you grow.
Not every problem needs a custom model, and not every team is ready for one. We find where you are today and point you to the next step.
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Stuck in spreadsheets
Planning by hand, firefighting every week.
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Ready-made planning software
Proven tools for forecasting, inventory and scheduling, up and running fast.
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Custom optimization models
Bespoke models for complex, high-stakes decisions.
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Your own optimization team
Your people build and run the models, backed by an industrial solver and specialists on call for the hardest problems.
We introduce the right fit for today, and help you take the next step when you outgrow it.
Industries
Where we work.
Manufacturing
What to make, when, and on which line.
Pharmaceuticals
Enough stock for every market, without expiring inventory.
FMCG & food
Forecasting demand across thousands of products and promotions.
Logistics & distribution
Where to hold stock, and how to move it.
Workforce & scheduling
The right people on the right shifts, at the lowest cost.
For optimization firms
Great technology. No sales team?
Many specialist optimization and planning firms have proven technology but rely on founder networks and referrals for new business. We build the commercial side.
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Step 1
Who to target
Ideal customer profiles and segmentation.
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Step 2
When to reach out
Trigger events that signal a real, current need.
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Step 3
Start the conversation
Personalised outbound to the right people.
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Result
Pipeline
Qualified meetings with decision makers.
Built on a repeatable sales process, designed around your team.
About
Who we are.
We partner with specialists across the optimization market, from planning software to bespoke modelling teams. Our job is matching the problem to the people who can solve it.
Joshua Bentley
Director
Joshua sits between the businesses with costly decisions and the specialists who solve them. He runs outbound and outreach across energy, supply chain and optimization, and has built a wide network on both sides. If there’s a right fit for your problem, Joshua probably knows them.
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Julia Sun
Director
Julia makes sure we understand your problem before we introduce anyone, through research, segmentation and the systems behind every engagement.
Connect on LinkedIn- 10,000+
- followers across the energy, supply chain and optimization community
- 2025
- Global SDR of the Year at Gurobi Optimization, the world’s leading optimization solver company
- 3 regions
- Australia & New Zealand, India and Southeast Asia, plus a global network
Contact
What decision are you trying to improve?
Tell us a little about it and we’ll be in touch.