AI automation for manufacturing
In manufacturing, sales, purchasing and quality teams carry a lot of work that follows fixed patterns. We build AI agents for quotes, invoices, inspection records and reporting duties. Approvals stay with your specialists.
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Enquiries come with drawings, and estimators pick out material, tolerances and machining steps by hand.
Supplier invoices are checked against order and goods receipt line by line.
Customs, CBAM and export control need data from several systems.
How an agent runs in your business
The exact steps depend on your process and your systems.
Read the enquiry
The agent reads the email and the drawing and picks out material, dimensions, tolerances and quantity.
Derive the steps
It maps the machining steps to your machines.
Calculate
Using hourly rates and material prices from the ERP, it drafts the quote.
Approve
Sales checks price and calculation and approves, then the quote goes out.
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A selection of our projects
We build every solution individually for each business. This is only a selection, and your process does not need to be on it.
Manufacturing
Automatic Invoice Processing
Over 90% less processing time per invoice through AI-powered automation.
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AI Quality Control
AI-powered visual inspection catches defects in real time — 99.2% detection accuracy while cutting inspection costs by 47%.
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What an agent can take on for you
Use case: how this could work for you. Not a client project.
Quote from a drawing
The agent reads the technical drawing, identifies material, tolerances and machining steps and drafts a quote using the hourly rates in your ERP. Sales checks and approves.
Cutting red tape in manufacturing
CBAM, the EU carbon border adjustment, entered its definitive phase in 2026. Anyone importing more than 50 tonnes of steel, aluminium, cement or fertiliser a year from outside the EU needs authorisation and files an annual declaration. The agent gathers quantities and emissions data from purchasing and supplier documents. Before each export, it checks goods against the control lists and customers against EU sanctions lists. Your export control team makes the call.
Your systems stay
The agent works with the software you already use, for example:
- ERP
- CAD and PDM
- Document management
Where people decide
Sales commits to prices and delivery dates. The agent calculates and drafts, and sends nothing without approval.
How we work
Three steps: selection, proposal, pilot. In the free automation check we work out which process is the right place to start and which system access we need. Our proposal comes with a cost-benefit analysis at a fixed price. We build an agent in one to two days and test it with real cases the same week. The result belongs to you.
Data protection
We work GDPR-compliant on European infrastructure, with a data processing agreement as standard. If you prefer, the models run locally on your own hardware, so the data never leaves your premises.
Impact
Depending on the process, we cut process costs by 20 to 80 percent on average. That is our own figure at Sophera, not a study. Above all, your people get time back for the work they were hired to do.
Frequently asked questions
How fast is a quote ready?
The AI creates individual quotes in under a minute. Sales checks prices and calculation and approves.
Do our drawings leave the company?
Not if you prefer: the models then run locally.
How quickly is the first agent running?
We build an agent in one to two days. Testing with real cases happens the same week, and the pilot usually starts within the first week. Before that, we agree on the system access we need.
What does an automation cost?
We only work at a fixed price. You get the price in our proposal, once the open questions are settled in the free automation check. After that, the only running cost is the usage of the AI models, billed directly to you. No subscription, no operating fee.
Who looks after the automation once it is live?
Every automation comes with a maintenance agent included in the fixed price. It monitors operation, checks every interface for changes and tests changes against past cases. Anything it cannot fix itself becomes a ticket for your IT team.
Which of your processes is the right place to start?
We work it out together in the free automation check, along with the system access we would need.
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