Industrials & manufacturing use case

Supply-chain control tower

The operating problem, the system we deploy, and the one metric it should move. Scoped as a specification, not a slogan.

The operating problem

Planners have no single view of which inbound parts are late, so they find out a build is short only when the line stops.

What we deploy

A control-tower assistant that reconciles purchase orders, supplier confirmations and throughput into one view and drafts the expedite or reschedule message.

  • Reconciles orders, confirmations and throughput into one view
  • Flags the parts that put a build at risk
  • Drafts the expedite or reschedule message
Outcome target
Target: 20 to 40% reduction in line-down hours caused by inbound shortages.
Time to value
10 to 14 weeks to production
Metric we measure
Line-down hours attributable to unforeseen inbound shortage.

Where it goes nextExtend to supplier scorecards that rank vendors on confirmed-versus-actual delivery.

Works with the systems you already have
SAP S/4HANA
SCADA / historians
Manhattan WMS
Power BI

Your data remains under your control.

How every use case is scoped

The same four questions, every time

Every use case is scoped around the operating problem, the system, the metric, and the time to value. Nothing ships without a number to move and a source it can cite. The first step is the deployment review, where we map the business process to your systems and agree the metric before building.

Next step

Put a number on this use case

Bring the process. We will define the problem, the metric, and the route to production.

See the deployment review

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