Demand forecasting
Agents pull order history, open pipeline, and seasonality to project demand by SKU and plant, surface where signals are shifting, and hand a planner the numbers to confirm before the plan locks.
Manufacturing
AI agents for manufacturing
Aluxion deploys autonomous agents that run the planning, procurement, maintenance, and quality workflows behind your shop floor — integrated with your ERP and MES, with oversight and a full audit trail. A person approves what matters.
- End-to-end
- plan to production
- Real-time
- downtime & OEE signals
- 100%
- auditable agent actions
The outcomes that matter
In manufacturing, a stockout, an unplanned breakdown, or a defect that ships compounds straight into cost and missed delivery. Agents take the repetitive, high-stakes coordination off your team so lines keep running and the right parts arrive on time.
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Lines that keep running
Maintenance and parts are planned ahead of failure, so a worn bearing becomes a scheduled task instead of an unplanned line stop.
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Fewer defects shipped
Inspection data is screened continuously and out-of-spec runs are flagged the moment they drift, before bad product leaves the floor.
03
Plans that hold
Demand, materials, and capacity are reconciled in real time, so the schedule reflects what can actually be built today.
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Root cause, not guesswork
Downtime and quality events are tied back to their drivers automatically, so your team fixes the cause instead of chasing the symptom.
What our agents handle
Real tasks our agents run end to end — with oversight at every step.
Production planning & scheduling
Agents build and re-sequence work-order schedules against capacity, materials, and due dates, propose the trade-offs when a line is constrained, and hold the final plan for a scheduler’s sign-off.
Predictive maintenance
Agents watch sensor, runtime, and downtime data for the patterns that precede failure, raise a maintenance work order before a breakdown, and route the spare-parts check — with a person approving the schedule change.
Quality inspection & defect triage
Agents screen inspection results and vision-system output against spec, group recurring defects by type and station, and escalate a true out-of-spec run to a quality engineer instead of the operator chasing it.
Supplier RFQ & management
Agents issue RFQs to qualified suppliers, normalize the quotes into a like-for-like comparison, and check lead time and compliance — leaving the award decision to your buyer with the analysis already done.
Purchase order management
Agents convert approved requisitions into purchase orders, send them to suppliers, track acknowledgements and delivery dates, and chase the ones running late — flagging any exception that needs a buyer’s call.
Inventory & MRP
Agents run material requirements against the production plan, track stock and reorder points across locations, and raise replenishment before a shortage hits the line — holding any unusual order for review.
BOM & engineering change orders
Agents keep the bill of materials current, route engineering change orders to the right approvers, and check downstream impact on inventory and open work orders before a change takes effect.
Work-order routing
Agents release work orders to the right line and station, attach the current routing and documents, and re-route around a blocked resource — escalating to a supervisor when a priority conflict needs a human decision.
OEE & downtime root-cause
Agents track availability, performance, and quality in real time, tie each downtime event to its likely cause, and draft the root-cause summary for your team to confirm before it reaches the daily review.
EHS & warranty handling
Agents log safety incidents and intake warranty claims, gather the supporting evidence, route each one through your workflow, and prepare the report — keeping a person in the loop on every disposition.
Shop-floor knowledge Q&A
Operators and engineers ask in plain language and get an answer drawn from your SOPs, manuals, and maintenance history, with the source document one click away — so the right procedure is never buried in a binder.
These are examples, not a catalog
If a workflow is repetitive and rule-based, we can build an agent for it — the use cases are open-ended. Tell us the one slowing your team down and we’ll scope it.
How we work
From first workflow to full rollout
A short path from your highest-friction process to agents running in production — with your team in control at every step.
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Map the workflow
We start with the process where work piles up and define exactly what a good result looks like.
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Build & govern
We configure the agents to your systems, rules, and tone — with oversight and audit trails built in.
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Pilot on real work
Agents go live on a real process under your supervision, so you see results before scaling.
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Scale with confidence
Once proven, we extend to more workflows and teams, measuring adoption as you grow.
Built for lines that can’t afford to stop.
Every agent action is logged, reversible, and governed — so your team keeps full control of the floor while the coordination runs itself.
Frequently asked questions
Straight answers on how our agents work, keep your data secure, and leave your team in control.
Can manufacturing agents work with our existing ERP and MES?
Yes. Aluxion agents connect to the systems you already run — ERP, MES, CMMS, and quality tools — and operate inside them instead of replacing them. Work orders, POs, and inventory updates happen in your systems of record, with nothing re-keyed by hand.
Will agents change a production schedule or place orders on their own?
Only within the limits you set. You decide which actions agents take autonomously and which need sign-off; schedule changes, purchase orders, and other high-impact steps wait for the approvals you define. Every decision is recorded with a full audit trail.
How do agents help reduce unplanned downtime?
Agents watch sensor, runtime, and maintenance data for the patterns that precede failure and raise a work order before a breakdown happens. They also check that the spare parts are on hand, so a predicted fault becomes a scheduled task instead of a line stop.
Can agents handle quality inspection and defect triage?
Yes. Agents screen inspection and vision-system data against spec, group recurring defects by type and station, and escalate a true out-of-spec run to a quality engineer. The goal is to catch drift early, not to remove human judgment from the call.
How do agents keep procurement and inventory in sync with production?
Agents run material requirements against the live production plan, track stock and reorder points across locations, and raise replenishment before a shortage reaches the line. RFQs, purchase orders, and delivery follow-ups run automatically, with exceptions held for a buyer.
Is our production and supplier data kept secure?
Yes. Every agent action is encrypted, logged, and reversible, and runs against your controls before anything moves. Access is scoped to what each workflow needs, so your team keeps a complete, auditable record of every step.
How long does it take to put a manufacturing agent into production?
We start with one workflow — often predictive maintenance, demand forecasting, or purchase order management — and take it live before expanding. You see a working agent on a real process first, then scale across plants and lines from there.
Put your manufacturing agents into production
Tell us which workflow to automate first — forecasting, maintenance, or procurement — and we’ll show you how Aluxion takes it live.