ERP MES Quality CMMS Supply Historian

Manufacturing

An operating system for action, not just answers

Manufacturing data is fragmented across ERP, MES, quality systems, historians, spreadsheets, and supplier portals. Datafi connects it into a single operating system so every employee, from the plant floor to the boardroom, has superhuman ability to investigate issues, coordinate workflows, and take action.

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Manufacturing organizations aren't short on data. AI initiatives stall because production, quality, maintenance, and supply chain data live in separate worlds, and the people who need context can't assemble it fast enough.

ERP & Planning Systems

Production schedules, material requirements, cost data, and demand forecasts locked inside SAP, Oracle, or legacy ERP. Planning teams toggle between systems to reconcile what was planned versus what actually happened on the floor.

MES & Historians

Real-time production data, cycle times, OEE metrics, and process parameters captured at the machine level but siloed from quality, maintenance, and business context. Operators see signals but can't connect them to causes.

Quality Systems

Inspection results, SPC data, non-conformance reports, and CAPA records stored in dedicated quality platforms. Root cause investigations require manually pulling data from multiple systems and correlating across lots and shifts.

Maintenance & CMMS

Work orders, asset histories, vibration data, and failure records trapped in maintenance systems. Predictive insights require combining sensor data with production schedules and quality trends, a manual exercise today.

Spreadsheets & Tribal Knowledge

Critical operational data (shift handoff notes, custom calculations, process adjustments, yield tracking) lives in spreadsheets and notebooks. When an experienced operator retires, the knowledge goes with them.

Supplier Portals & External Data

Supplier scorecards, lead times, quality certifications, and delivery performance scattered across portals, emails, and shared drives. Supply chain risk surfaces only when it's already disrupting production.

The Operating System

An operating system that turns AI from pilot to enterprise capability

A vertically integrated data and AI stack that provides trusted context, safe autonomy, and an interface that manufacturing teams actually adopt.

1 unified

Data Experience

Production, quality, maintenance, and supply chain data connected in a single governed interface

100% governed

By Design

Role-based access, audit trails, and policy enforcement across every AI interaction with operational data

Every role

Enterprise Wide

Plant managers, quality engineers, maintenance supervisors, planners, procurement leads, and finance leaders

Signal→ action

Not Just Answers

From detecting a variance to assembling context, identifying root cause, and recommending corrective action

Use Cases

Autonomous agents for high-impact manufacturing functions

Each workflow delivers a tangible business artifact — a root cause report, a quality investigation brief, a maintenance schedule, a risk assessment, an executive report — governed, auditable, and ready for action.

Production Variance & Root Cause Analysis

From variance detected to root cause identified in minutes, not days

Production variance eats margin and delays shipments. Each investigation requires pulling data from MES, quality, maintenance, and ERP, often across shifts and lines. Datafi replaces manual root cause analysis with an agentic pipeline that detects variances, assembles operational context from every relevant system, identifies contributing factors through pattern analysis, and delivers a complete root cause report: governed, traceable, and ready for corrective action.

Automated variance detection across production lines and shifts

Cross-system data assembly from MES, quality, maintenance, and ERP

AI-driven pattern analysis identifying contributing factors

Root cause reports generated with corrective action recommendations

Root Cause Analysis Pipeline Agentic workflow · Fully governed STEP 1 Variance Detected STEP 2 Data Assembly STEP 3 Pattern Analysis OUTPUT Root Cause Report Connected Data Sources MES Quality Maintenance ERP Enterprise Policies Applied Role-based access · Audit trail · Governed AI · Traceable RESULT: Root cause identified with 3 contributing factors in 8 min (was 2-3 days)
Defect Traceability Analysis Multi-source convergence · AI trace Lot Records Line / Shift Data Supplier Materials Process Params Inspections AI TRACE Quality Investigation Brief Defect Cluster: Line 3, Shift B Root Cause: Supplier Lot #4821 Contributing: Temp drift +2.3°C Containment: 847 units flagged Actions: Hold, notify, re-inspect CONTAINMENT READY RESULT: Full traceability brief with containment scope in 12 min (was 1-2 days)

Quality & Defect Tracing

Trace any defect to its source across the full production chain

Quality investigations span lot records, line configurations, supplier material data, process parameters, and inspection results, typically scattered across five or more systems. Datafi enables AI agents that converge every data stream into a single traceability analysis, identifying defect clusters, isolating root causes, and defining containment scope, so quality engineers spend time on resolution, not data gathering.

Multi-source traceability across lots, lines, shifts, and suppliers

Defect clustering and pattern identification across production history

Supplier material correlation with quality outcomes

Quality investigation briefs with containment scope and recommended actions

Predictive Maintenance & Asset Health

Know which asset needs attention before it disrupts production

Unplanned downtime costs manufacturers thousands per hour, yet maintenance decisions still rely on fixed schedules or reactive responses. Datafi connects sensor data, work order history, production schedules, and quality trends into a unified asset health view, enabling AI agents that continuously assess risk, predict failures, and generate prioritized maintenance schedules aligned to production windows and cost impact.

Continuous asset health monitoring with risk scoring

Predictive failure analysis combining sensor, maintenance, and quality data

Maintenance scheduling optimized around production windows

Cost avoidance tracking and downtime prevention reporting

Asset Health Dashboard Predictive monitoring · Risk scoring Press #4 87% HIGH RISK CNC Mill #2 12% LOW RISK Conveyor A 47% MEDIUM Robot Cell 7 19% LOW RISK 30-Day Failure Risk Timeline Vibration spike Predicted failure Day 1 Day 30 Maintenance Priority Schedule 1. Press #4 — Bearing replacement — Risk: 87% — Window: Sat 6am-2pm 2. Conveyor A — Belt tension adj. — Risk: 47% — Window: Sun shift change Est. cost avoidance: $142K in prevented unplanned downtime
Supply Chain Risk Network Multi-tier visibility · Risk propagation TIER 2 TIER 1 PLANT CUSTOMERS Resin Co. Steel Corp Chip Mfg Chem Intl Parts Inc. Assembly Ltd Material Co PLANT Production OEM Alpha Retail Beta SUPPLY RISK ASSESSMENT Exposure: Steel Corp delay → Assembly Ltd → 3 product lines at risk Alternative: Qualify backup supplier (MetalWorks GmbH) — 2-week lead time Recommended action: Split PO, expedite qualification, notify customers of potential 5-day delay

Supply Chain Risk & Inventory Intelligence

See supply chain risk before it reaches the production floor

Supply disruptions propagate from tier 2 suppliers through tier 1 and into plant operations, but visibility typically ends at the first tier. Datafi maps the full supply network, monitors risk signals across supplier performance, geopolitical factors, and quality trends, and delivers proactive risk assessments with exposure analysis, alternative sourcing options, and recommended actions, before disruptions impact production schedules.

Multi-tier supply network mapping with risk propagation analysis

Supplier performance monitoring with early warning signals

Inventory optimization aligned to demand and lead time variability

Supply risk assessments with alternative sourcing recommendations

Operational Performance & Executive Reporting

From 14 data sources to executive-ready report in 45 seconds

Operations leaders spend hours assembling performance data from production, quality, maintenance, supply chain, and finance systems into weekly and monthly reports. Datafi enables any authorized user to generate comprehensive operational performance reports on demand, pulling OEE, scrap rates, on-time delivery, labor efficiency, and cost metrics from every relevant system and delivering a structured, governed executive brief with key findings and recommended actions.

On-demand report generation from natural language requests

Cross-system KPI assembly from 14+ operational data sources

Trend analysis with automated anomaly detection and flagging

Executive-ready reports with key findings and action recommendations

VP "Generate this week's operational performance report" VP Operations · Just now Weekly Operations Performance Report March 3-9, 2026 · Generated in 45 seconds from 14 data sources OEE 84.2% Scrap Rate 2.1% OTD 96.8% Labor Eff. 91.5% OEE by Line (This Week vs. Prior) Line 1: 88% Line 2: 79% Line 3: 86% Key Findings Line 2 OEE dropped 6% — root cause: changeover delays on new product intro Scrap rate trending up 0.3% — correlated with Supplier Lot #4821 materials Press #4 flagged for predictive maintenance — 87% failure risk within 14 days Recommended Actions 1. Expedite changeover optimization for Line 2 · 2. Hold Lot #4821 materials · 3. Schedule Press #4 PM EXECUTIVE-READY

Enterprise-Wide Impact

From the production floor to the boardroom

Datafi doesn't replace expertise. It amplifies it. Every role in the manufacturing organization gains the ability to reason across the full operational context, execute multi-step workflows, and produce real business outcomes.

Plant Manager

Monitors production, downtime, throughput, labor, and quality signals in one place, with AI-generated shift reports and exception alerts

Production Planner

Understands inventory constraints, supplier lead times, and customer demand without toggling across systems, and plans with full context

Quality Engineer

Traces defects across lots, lines, and shifts with all relevant context assembled, and investigates root causes in minutes, not days

Maintenance Supervisor

Prioritizes maintenance based on actual asset health, production impact, and cost avoidance, not just calendar schedules

Procurement Lead

Sees supplier risk, performance trends, and inventory exposure in real time, and acts on disruptions before they reach the floor

Finance Leader

Connects operational performance to margin, working capital, and forecast risk, and makes decisions grounded in full business context

Outcomes

The operational impact manufacturing leaders measure

Manufacturers that deploy Datafi stop treating AI as an experiment and start treating it as infrastructure. The results show up where it matters: faster root cause resolution, fewer unplanned stops, and better decisions at every level.

Faster Than Internal Builds

Internal data teams spend months building dashboards and integrations that serve one use case. Datafi provides a governed operating system where new workflows deploy in days, not quarters, each building on the same trusted data foundation. The compounding effect means the tenth use case is faster than the first.

More Capable Than Point Solutions

Point solutions optimize a single function (maintenance, quality, or planning) but can't reason across domains. Manufacturing problems don't respect system boundaries. A quality issue may originate in supplier materials, surface in process parameters, and manifest in customer complaints. Datafi connects the full context so AI can solve cross-domain problems.

Broader Than Copilot-Style Tools

Copilot tools answer questions about data they can see. Manufacturing decisions require assembling context from MES, ERP, quality, maintenance, and supply chain, then reasoning across it to identify patterns, predict outcomes, and recommend actions. Datafi provides the full operating system: data, governance, workflows, and AI working together.

Build AI into your manufacturing operating model

A practical, scalable path to faster root cause analysis, predictive maintenance, supply chain resilience, and operational excellence, powered by an operating system for business AI.

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