Autonomous optimization · The plant network

Your Manufacturing Decision Team.

Nine closers. One per plant function. They decide. They act.

+5–15%Throughput

−10–25%Inventory

−10–20%Downtime

−8–15%Energy

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How it works · One closer per plant function

Nine closers, across four desks.

Hire the closers you need, one at a time. Each owns a class of decisions — runs the math behind it, makes the call under your real constraints, and hands you a one-click-approvable action pushed straight into your systems.

Portfolio & Demand Desk

Decide what to build and how much to make — before a single line is loaded.

The Product Strategist

PRODUCT

“I decide which products and variants earn their place in the catalog — and I strip the complexity that quietly taxes every plant.”

Decisions it makes

Set the product mix toward contribution, not just volume
Rationalize variants down to the configurations worth building
Time each product's launch, ramp, harvest, and retirement
Standardize parts and options to cut proliferation across plants

Tracks:portfolio contribution · margin per variant · complexity cost · standardization rate

Supports:Product Management & Engineering · Head of Product / Chief Engineer

The Demand Planner

DEMAND

“I turn every signal into one demand number the whole network can plan against — and I decide who gets served first when capacity runs short.”

Decisions it makes

Build one consensus demand signal from orders, history, and the field
Allocate constrained capacity across customers, channels, and regions
Protect strategic and contractual accounts when supply is tight
Revise a promise date before it's missed, not after

Tracks:forecast accuracy · bias · service level · allocation fairness · penalty exposure

Supports:Demand Planning & S&OP · Head of Demand / Sales Operations

Production Desk

Run every plant and every line flat-out — without missing a promise.

The Production Planner

PLANNING

“I decide which plant builds what, and in what campaign, so every constraint resource runs flat-out and no promise is missed.”

Decisions it makes

Set production volumes across plants over the planning horizon
Load each line against finite capacity before commitments are made
Size batches and sequence campaigns to cut setup and changeover cost
Protect and exploit the bottleneck so it never starves

Tracks:plan attainment · capacity utilization · bottleneck output · changeover cost

Supports:Production Planning & Master Scheduling · VP Operations / S&OP

The Plant Scheduler

SHOP FLOOR

“I sequence every job, balance every line, and staff every shift so the floor runs flat-out without tripping over itself.”

Decisions it makes

Sequence jobs across work centers to hit due dates at full throughput
Balance stations to takt so no operator is starved or overloaded
Staff each line and shift to the plan and the skill mix
Reschedule around a breakdown, a hot order, or a missing part

Tracks:schedule adherence · throughput · line balance / takt · overtime · labor %

Supports:Plant Operations · Plant Manager / Scheduler / Industrial Engineering

Supply & Materials Desk

Source every part, hold the least inventory, and never starve a line.

The Sourcing Lead

SOURCING

“I decide who supplies each part — at what price, terms, and split — and I never sign a source I can't trust to deliver.”

Decisions it makes

Choose the supplier and award split for each purchased part
Set the price, terms, and lead time captured in the purchase agreement
Decide make-versus-buy for each component on cost, capacity, and risk
Add, drop, or dual-source to hold continuity and competition

Tracks:landed cost · supplier OTIF · single-source exposure · price variance

Supports:Procurement & Strategic Sourcing · CPO / Category Managers

The Materials & Inventory Manager

MATERIALS

“I keep every plant and DC stocked at the lowest inventory — I decide what to replenish where, and peg every shortage to the order it threatens.”

Decisions it makes

Release, expedite, or pull in a purchase order against the live plan
Decide what to replenish at each plant and DC, from which source, and when
Cover a shortage before it stops a line — substitute, reallocate, or transfer
Position spare parts against the downtime risk they protect

Tracks:line-down risk · inventory cash · node fill · expedite premium · spares fill

Supports:Materials Management & Inventory · Materials Manager / Buyer-Planner

The Logistics Lead

LOGISTICS

“I move every replenishment and order at the lowest landed cost — the right lane, mode, and carrier to hit the window.”

Decisions it makes

Choose the route, mode, and carrier for each move
Build and consolidate loads within cube and weight
Optimize lane mix and carrier rates across the network
Reroute around a capacity crunch or a missed connection

Tracks:freight cost per unit · on-time delivery · dwell · load utilization

Supports:Logistics & Distribution · VP Logistics / Transportation

Asset, Quality & Sustainability Desk

Keep assets running, quality first-pass, and energy per unit falling.

The Reliability & Quality Lead

RELIABILITY

“I keep assets running and quality first-pass — I catch the failure and the defect before they cost you a shift.”

Decisions it makes

Schedule maintenance to the failure risk, not the calendar
Pull a machine for service before it fails mid-run
Tune process parameters to lift first-pass yield
Trace a defect to its root cause and recommend the fix

Tracks:unplanned downtime · OEE · first-pass yield · scrap & rework · defect rate

Supports:Maintenance & Quality Engineering · Plant Engineering / QA

The Sustainability Lead

ENERGY

“I cut the energy, utilities, and carbon per unit — without ever slowing the line.”

Decisions it makes

Shift energy-intensive runs to the lowest-cost, lowest-carbon windows
Optimize steam, compressed air, water, and utility use across processes
Cut peak-demand charges without missing the schedule
Lower CO2 per unit against cost and policy targets

Tracks:energy per unit · utility cost · CO2 per unit · peak-demand charges

Supports:Energy, Utilities & Sustainability · Head of Sustainability / Facilities

Across the value chain

Every stage, an optimizer.

From the network down to the work center — the closers map to the manufacturing value chain, stage by stage.

Manufacturing Value Chain

Stage 01 · Enterprise

Steer

Capacity AllocatorCapex SequencerS&OP SynchronizerNetwork PlanMake-Buy

Stage 02 · Portfolio & Demand

Plan & Forecast

Agentic ForecasterMix OptimizerLifecycle PricerNPI SequencerChannel Allocator

Stage 03 · Production

Make

Production Scheduling OptimizerChangeover OptimizerLine BalancerThroughput GovernorShift Planner

Stage 04 · Supply & Materials

Source

MRP OverrideInventory PositionerSupplier AllocatorLogistics OptimizerExpedite Selector

Stage 05 · Asset, Quality & Sustainability

Sustain

Predictive Maintenance OptimizerQuality Loop CloserYield GovernorEnergy Consumption OptimizerSpare Parts Optimizer

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