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These demos show how practical AI agents can support common manufacturing workflows. Each example can be adapted to the way a specific company tracks issues, data, documents, tasks, and decisions.

These are example demos. Real agents are scoped around each company's workflow, data sources, and approval process. Numbers and names shown below are illustrative.
Five demo agents

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01 · Operations agent

Maintenance Follow Up Agent

Captures issue reports, classifies them, and routes follow up tasks with the right priority. Drafts a manager notification you approve before it sends.

Input example
Extruder 2 temperature fluctuating during Shift 2.
What it checks
  • Machine history for Extruder 2
  • Issue type (mechanical, electrical, process, or quality)
  • Urgency relative to current production
  • Production impact on active orders
  • Follow up status of any prior related task
What it produces
  • Priority task summary
  • Manager notification draft
  • Issue log entry
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M Agent draft → production manager
14:32 · TODAY
● High priority Process Extruder 2 · Line B

Temperature fluctuation on Extruder 2. Follow up required.

Reported by
M. Alvarez · Shift 2
Recurrence
4th event · 60 days
Production impact
Order #2418 active
Assigned to
Maintenance, D. Park
→ Draft summary Zone 3 temperature swinging ±8 °C over the last hour. Pattern matches three prior events on this asset. Controller calibration is overdue. Recommend in-shift inspection before next changeover.
02 · Operations agent

Inventory and Supply Check Agent

A daily check on resin, additives, components, and consumables against your production plan. Flags shortages early, before they hit the line.

Input example
Check resin and additive availability for next week's production plan.
What it checks
  • Current inventory levels by item
  • Consumption history and recent usage rate
  • Open purchase orders and acknowledged ship dates
  • Supplier lead time vs. quoted lead time
  • Shortage risk against the upcoming production plan
What it produces
  • Shortage alert with affected items
  • Recommended follow up (reorder, expedite, substitute)
  • Purchasing summary for procurement
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I Daily inventory check → procurement
06:00 · MON
● 3 shortages Week 21 plan Lines A · B · D

Shortage risk on next week's plan. 3 items need follow up.

PP Resin · Grade A
Lines A & B, 5.0 t needed by Tue
1.2 t
2 days cover
Short
Color masterbatch · Blue 2
Line D, 30 kg needed by Wed
12 kg
1 day cover
Short
Additive AO-30
All lines, steady use
45 kg
5 days cover
Watch
LDPE Resin
Line C, light week
3.4 t
11 days cover
OK
→ Recommended follow up Expedite PP Grade A (open PO acknowledged but ship date 4 days late). Place urgent order on Blue 2 masterbatch by 10:00 today. Review supplier lead time on AO-30 next cycle.
03 · Operations agent

Production Scheduling Support Agent

A scheduling helper, not a scheduler. It checks the impact of a proposed change against the current plan and surfaces the trade-offs for a human decision.

Input example
Review schedule impact if Order #2418 becomes urgent.
What it checks
  • Order priority and customer due date
  • Machine availability across affected lines
  • Changeover needs (tooling, color, material)
  • Material availability for the run
  • Due dates of orders that get bumped
What it produces
  • Schedule conflict summary
  • Suggested review points
  • Manager decision note
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S Schedule impact → planning manager
09:12 · TUE
● Decision needed Order #2418 Line B

Promoting #2418 to urgent shifts 2 orders. Both still meet due dates.

Current plan
Mon AMOrder #2412 · PP
Mon PMOrder #2415 · ABS
TueOrder #2415 · ABS
WedOrder #2418 · PE
Proposed plan
Mon AMOrder #2418 · PE
Mon PMOrder #2412 · PP
TueOrder #2415 · ABS
WedOrder #2415 · ABS
→ Points to review Requires a 4 hour PE-to-PP changeover Monday afternoon (tooling on hand, color match needed). 2 t of LDPE for #2415 not yet received: ship date Tue 11:00. Both bumped orders still hit their customer dates.
04 · Analytical agent

OEE and KPI Analysis Agent

Reads your existing runtime, output, and quality data. Calculates OEE, explains the drivers, and points the team at the few things that are worth working on this week.

Input example
Analyze last week's performance for Line B.
What it checks
  • Availability (runtime vs. planned production time)
  • Performance (actual vs. ideal cycle rate)
  • Quality (good output vs. total output)
  • Downtime reasons by code, line, and shift
  • Scrap trend over the period
What it produces
  • OEE summary with availability, performance, and quality
  • Main loss categories ranked by impact
  • Improvement suggestions for the next week
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O Weekly summary → operations
Wk 20 · LINE B
OEE · Line B
71.4%
+2.1 pts vs. Wk 19
Availability
88%
Performance
91%
Quality
89%
Main loss categories, ranked
1
Setup & changeover
14.2 hrs
2
Minor stops (sensor faults)
8.1 hrs
3
Scrap, color transitions
3.2%
→ Suggested next steps Two of the three changeovers ran ~45 minutes long. Worth a short review of the PE-to-PP changeover SOP. Sensor faults clustered on Tue evening: check the photocell on infeed 2.
05 · Business support agent

Project and Email Follow Up Assistant

Reads across your email, meeting notes, and project tools. Surfaces open actions, drafts follow up messages, and tells you which threads are quietly stuck.

Input example
Summarize open project actions from emails and meeting notes.
What it checks
  • Open tasks across project tools, email, and notes
  • Due dates and overdue items
  • Responsible person on each task
  • Threads waiting on a reply
  • Follow up gaps (commitments without a tracked task)
What it produces
  • Action list with status and owner
  • Follow up email draft
  • Project status summary for the weekly review
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P Project status → you
Mon · 08:15
● 2 overdue 8 open Q2 onboarding

Open actions across project board, inbox, and Friday's meeting.

  • Send v2 proposal to customer
    D. Park · sent Fri 16:40
    Done
  • !
    Confirm sample material with customer QA
    M. Alvarez · due Wed, 5 days late
    Overdue
  • !
    Reply to supplier (lead time clarification)
    Procurement · email from Thu, no reply
    Overdue
  • ·
    Confirm Line C availability for trial run
    J. Lee · due Thu
    Open
→ Draft follow up to customer QA "Hi Sarah, following up on the v2 proposal we sent Friday. Could you confirm whether the substitute material grade is acceptable for the sample run? Happy to set up a short call this week. Thanks, [your name]."
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