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We make AI [real] for manufacturers.

We make AI [real] for manufacturers.

Less firefighting.
More floor time.
Inside the systems
you already run.

AI that fits your stack, not the other way around. We ship a measurable win in 90 days and scale from there.

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Trusted by teams who cannot afford downtime, blind spots, or planning latency.

[how] we deliver in one quarter

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No fragile pilots. No heroics. No mystery boxes.

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From diagnosis to running system. In 90 days.

From diagnosis to running system. In 90 days.

From diagnosis to running system. In 90 days.

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Week 1-2

Week 1-2

Diagnose

Map the current state — your scheduling rules, system gaps, and tribal knowledge risk.

Identify the one bottleneck costing you the most in time and margin. Build the 90-day plan around that.

Week 3-6

Prove

Connect the systems. Codify the rules. Deliver the automated output.

We run parallel to your current process so there's no disruption — just a better plan sitting next to the old one.

Week 7-12

Stabilize and Scale

Harden it. Instrument it. Package the ROI metrics.

Then expand it to the next workflow, the next plant, the next control surface. The roadmap comes from real numbers.

[Same] root cause. Different symptoms.

[Same] root cause. Different symptoms.

There's an inefficiency in your operations. You already know which one.

There's an inefficiency in your operations. You already know which one.

There's an inefficiency in your operations. You already know which one.

The spreadsheet your team built two years ago that somehow became the production schedule.

The process everyone admits is broken but nobody's touched because the expert who built it is three years from retirement.

The AI initiative that's been "in planning" for 18 months and hasn't shipped anything. That's exactly where we work.

The workaround your team built two years ago that somehow became permanent.

The process everyone admits is broken but nobody's touched. The AI initiative that's been in planning for 18 months and hasn't shipped anything. That's exactly where we work.

The workaround your team built two years ago that somehow became permanent.

The process everyone admits is broken but nobody's touched. The AI initiative that's been in planning for 18 months and hasn't shipped anything. That's exactly where we work.

  • Less manual work. More floor capacity.

  • Visibility that holds up under real production pressure.

  • Controls that run in production.

  • Outcomes measured on KPIs.

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[your] path

What kind of problem are you solving?

What kind of problem are you solving?

What kind of problem are you solving?

scheduling & planning

scheduling & planning

rfq & quoting

rfq & quoting

knowledge & quality

knowledge & quality

talent & workforce

talent & workforce

Planning & Scheduling track

Stop scheduling from spreadsheets. Start running on rules.

You're not shopping for a new ERP. You're trying to eliminate the daily firefight — the fragile Excel file that runs your floor, the expert who's three years from retirement, the Sage and Outperform systems that don't talk to each other.

What we see most

  • Single, fragile spreadsheet as the production schedule.

  • Scheduling logic living only in one expert's head.

  • ERP and planning software disconnected — manual rework daily.

  • Work order creation taking hours instead of minutes.

  • OTIF penalties from planning errors that were preventable.

What we deliver in 90 days

  • Tribal knowledge codified into an automated AI rules engine.

  • ERP planning software integration — the spreadsheet step is gone.

  • Automated schedule output in a format your team already uses.

  • Constraint-aware plans that run without manual intervention.

Examples of first wins

  • 50–70% reduction in manual scheduling effort per week.

  • 50% faster work order creation process.

  • $1–1.6M annual OTIF penalty savings (projected).

  • 48-hour planning cycle compressed to same-day.

get a scheduling fit check

get a scheduling fit check

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Proof over promises

The right fit matters to us too.

No vanity metrics. No slide decks that never become software.

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Manufacturing

Case Study 01

Manufacturing

AI rules engine built from expert knowledge. Spreadsheet step eliminated in 90 days.

$1–1.6M in annual OTIF penalty savings

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Manufacturing

Case Study 01

AI rules engine built from expert knowledge. Spreadsheet step eliminated in 90 days.

Manufacturing

$1–1.6M in annual OTIF penalty savings

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This is for you if…

We show work. We ship. We measure.

This IS for you

✓ You are operating inside a messy stack and need results anyway.

✓ You need visibility that holds up under pressure.

✓ You want a first win in a quarter, not a multi-year transformation slide.

✓ You care about governance, uptime, and measurable outcomes.

This is NOT for you

✗ You want a tool demo without accountability for delivery.

✗ You want a rewrite of everything before proving value.

Common questions

The things people ask before they book.

Do you work with our existing tools and systems?

Where does AI fit?

What does a first engagement look like?

What do you need from us?

Do you work with our existing tools and systems?

What does a first engagement look like?

Where does AI fit?

What do you need from us?

[>] Pick the
first win.

[>] Pick the
first win.

If your teams are spending time stitching systems together, chasing truth, or managing risk with spreadsheets — this is the reset.

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