Sector · Manufacturing & Industry

AI on the shop floor. Not in the boardroom
deck.

We work with factories and production plants that already have operational data — and are wasting it. Forecasting that sharpens purchasing, anomalies detected before downtime, maintenance that stops being corrective. Business first, sensors second.

AI applied to real plant operations
The Challenge

You have data. The issue is it still lives in Excel.

Industry has spent a decade investing in MES, ERP, and IoT. The data is there — but decisions are still made via intuition because no one is using it to predict, alert, or optimize. AI doesn't solve a lack of data. It solves the lack of exploitation of the data you already had.

Forecasting remains manual

Purchasing and production planned via an Excel mixing history, sales intuition, and "what we did last year." Result: excess stock or key stockouts.

Corrective, not predictive maintenance

Machines break, lines stop, technicians are called. Unplanned downtime costs remain the top agenda item in the monthly committee.

Quality anomalies detected late

Defective batches caught at the end of the line or, worse, via client claim. Process data holds the root causes, but no one reads it in real-time.

Reporting taking days

Weekly/monthly close requiring manual consolidation across systems. By the time management sees it, it is no longer actionable.

Use Cases

Where AI pays its bill in a plant

Five concrete applications delivering measurable ROI when clean operational data exists — often, part of our project is exactly that "cleaning."

01

Demand and production forecasting

Models blending your sales history with seasonality, calendar, and external signals (raw material prices, weather, holidays). Purchasing drops the guessing game.

What changes

Typical 20-35% reduction in excess stock. Key SKU stockouts dropping 40-60%. Purchasing decisions anticipated by weeks vs manual model.

02

In-line anomaly detection

Models learning normal line behavior — temps, pressures, cycle times, vibrations — and alerting in real-time when patterns break. Way before the operator notices or the batch ruins.

What changes

Defects caught during processes, not post-mortem. Measurable drop in scrap and claims. Root causes backed by data, not "shift manager hypotheses."

03

Predictive maintenance

Based on breakdown history and critical equipment telemetry, models estimate the probable failure window. Maintenance is planned before the downtime — not after.

What changes

Unplanned downtime dropping 20-40% on applied equipment. Total maintenance costs drop by avoiding emergencies.

04

Production mix optimization

For multi-SKU plants with capacity constraints: weekly production mix proposals factoring margin, deadlines, raw materials, and load. Humans decide; the model gives a data-backed baseline.

What changes

Improved margins via better mix decisions. Fewer unnecessary tooling changes. Deadlines met without overproducing.

05

Real-time operational dashboard

Single pane for OEE, quality, costs, and plan vs. actual, streamed from existing systems (MES, ERP, sensors). Management sees operations when it matters, not at month-end.

What changes

Decisions taking a week are taken same-day. Committee meetings run on current data — no more Monday decks with last Thursday's numbers.

Our Approach

We start where there's data. We end where there's ROI.

We don't sell "digital transformation." We audit your data — MES, ERP, SCADA, IoT — figuring out where a model delivers immediate value. If data quality is lacking, we say so, proposing plumbing fixes first. Models arrive after the plumbing.

Industrial AI Readiness

3-4 weeks

Audit of operational systems, data availability, and critical processes. We identify 2-3 best 12-month ROI use cases for your specific plant.

  • Mapping data sources (MES, ERP, SCADA, sensors)
  • Data quality evaluation by process
  • Use case catalog with estimated ROI
  • 12-month roadmap with quick wins identified

Single Process Pilot

8-14 weeks

End-to-end implementation of one use case (forecasting, anomalies, predictive maintenance) on a bounded perimeter — one line, key SKU, or equipment family.

  • Data pipeline from source to model
  • Model trained on your history
  • Integration with existing MES/ERP
  • Actionable dashboard for operations manager
  • Impact tracking for 8 weeks post-go-live

Operational Platform

6-9 months

For industrial groups wanting to consolidate several cases over a shared data/model layer, continuously updated.

  • Unified data architecture
  • Multiple models over same data layer
  • Executive and operational dashboards
  • Continuous support and retraining
  • Internal adoption and data training
Results

What changes on the shop floor in 6-9 months

  • Forecasting reducing stock 20-35% while sustaining/improving service levels.
  • Unplanned downtime dropping 20-40% on predictively maintained equipment.
  • Batches caught failing mid-process — measurable scrap and claims drop.
  • Daily operational closes instead of weekly. Management runs on today's data.
  • Purchasing plan aligns tightly with forecast — goodbye "just in case" excess.
  • Growing internal capacity to identify/prioritize new AI cases independently.
FAQ

What operations managers ask us

Do I need everything digitized to start?
No. You need some data. Our initial audit spots if your data supports a use case. Often, the first months are data plumbing — and we tell you that before starting, not after.
How much historical data is needed?
Depends. Annual seasonality forecasting needs 2-3 clean years. Anomaly detection starts with weeks of normal operations. Predictive maintenance needs breakdown history plus telemetry. We pin this down in the AI Readiness phase.
What if my MES/ERP already claims to do "AI"?
Most offer reporting labeled as AI. Ask yourself: are you making different purchasing, production, or maintenance decisions thanks to it? If not, their AI isn't applied — usuallyan adoption/config issue. We audit this before you buy anything new.
How much does it cost?
Readiness: €6k-€12k. Single process pilot: €30k-€70k. Multi-case platform: €90k-€180k+ over months. Rule: every invested euro needs an 18-month business case ROI.
What about cybersecurity? I don't want OT exposed.
Hard constraint. We deploy architectures respecting OT/IT segregation, on-prem if needed, touching operational networks only in controlled, signed read-only ways. Data leaves the plant only if strongly justified.

Ready to see what
moves the needle

in your plant? A 30-minute call covering your production mix, operational systems, and concrete pain points. We leave with 2-3 candidates and clear investment clarity.