AI services · For manufacturers

AI for manufacturers — explained, tested, built in.

For small and mid-sized manufacturers who hear about AI every day but don’t know where to begin. Engineers who know quotes, drawings and purchase orders, helping you put AI where it saves real hours — one step at a time.

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Level 1

AI Discovery

What is AI — and where does it pay off for you?

For companies with no AI experience yet. Let us step in.

Duration
2 weeks · 1 workshop day on site
You get
  • Plain-language AI session for management and key staff
  • Opportunity map: your top 10 use cases ranked by value and effort
  • Quick check of where your data lives and how usable it is
  • One-page roadmap with a recommended first step
Example
A 30-person sheet-metal shop learns that quoting from customer drawings takes two days per RFQ — and makes it use case no. 1.
Ask about AI Discovery
Level 2

Process Optimisation

Find the hours AI can give back.

For companies that know their pain points but not the fix.

Duration
4–6 weeks
You get
  • As-is and to-be maps of quoting, documentation, drawing checks, purchasing and customer email
  • Measured time per task and a cost/benefit estimate
  • 2–3 working automations built with tools you already pay for
  • Simple usage guidelines for your team
Example
A quoting assistant reads the RFQ PDF and STEP file, extracts material, thickness and operations, and pre-fills the quote sheet. An engineer reviews and sends.
Ask about Process Optimisation
Level 3

AI Integration

Assistants and agents inside your systems.

For companies ready to connect AI to ERP, PLM, CAD and email.

Duration
Pilot 6–10 weeks → scale-up 3–6 months
You get
  • A working pilot in one department, with agreed KPIs
  • Connections to ERP, PLM, CAD and Outlook / Gmail
  • Access, logging and human-approval model
  • Training, handover and a plan to scale to more teams
Example
A purchasing agent watches shortages in the ERP, drafts purchase orders and supplier emails, and waits for a buyer’s approval before anything is sent.
Ask about AI Integration
Where we usually start
  • Quote preparation
  • Technical documentation
  • Drawing checks
  • Purchasing
  • Customer emails
  • Work instructions

How AI-ready are you?

Three questions, thirty seconds. Nothing is stored or sent.

1/3Does anyone in your company use AI tools at work today?
2/3Do you know which tasks take most of your team’s office time?
3/3Where does your engineering and order data live?
Next step

Never used AI? That’s exactly where we start.

Tell us how your quotes, drawings or purchase orders are handled today. We will come back with the first place AI can save you time — and what it would take.

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