Manufacturing Automation for
Smarter, More Efficient Operations
Raise throughput, cut costs, and hold quality with automation built for complex manufacturing operations. AutomationCOE combines AI-powered process discovery with runtime assurance through ARIA and AURA. This helps manufacturers connect ERP, MES, and supply chain systems, and scale automation with speed, visibility, and control.
The Problem
What Slows Down Manufacturing Process Automation
The constraint in manufacturing is rarely the machines. It's the systems and paperwork between them, which is why another point integration doesn't fix any of the following.
01
ERP and MES system fragmentation
SAP, Oracle and Infor environments rarely integrate cleanly with MES, quality and supply chain systems, which leaves manual bridging work at every interface.
02
Procurement and AP processing volume
Thousands of purchase orders, invoices and vendor documents handled by hand. Delays, errors, and working capital sitting where it shouldn't.
03
Quality documentation burden
ISO, AS9100 and customer-specific quality requirements demand documentation that eats significant engineering and quality team capacity.
04
Supply chain visibility gaps
Multi-tier supplier data lives in separate portals and formats, which makes real-time inventory and risk visibility close to impossible.
05
Production reporting latency
OEE, yield and downtime data collected and reported manually, arriving too slowly to inform a decision anyone still needs to make.
06
Workforce administration complexity
Shift scheduling, payroll and compliance reporting across multiple sites and regulatory jurisdictions, all of it manual data management.
The Solution
Accelerating Manufacturing with Intelligent Automation
Our platform eliminates the paperwork bottlenecks between your machines and your legacy systems, returning capacity to your floor and delivering real-time visibility across the entire supply chain.
Unified System Integration
Bridge the gap between SAP, Oracle, or Infor environments and your floor systems. Our automation layer seamlessly connects MES, quality, and supply chain platforms without manual bridging work.
Automated AP & Procurement
Eliminate manual document handling. Intelligently process thousands of purchase orders, invoices, and unstructured vendor documents instantly, reducing errors and freeing up working capital.
Automated Quality Compliance
Generate ISO, AS9100, and complex customer-specific documentation automatically as a byproduct of your operational processes. Protect your engineering capacity and ensure continuous audit readiness.
Real-Time Supply Chain Visibility
Extract and standardize multi-tier supplier data trapped across separate portals and disparate formats. Achieve instant, centralized visibility into real-time inventory levels and supply risks.
Instant Production Reporting
Automate the collection of OEE, yield, and downtime data straight from the manufacturing floor. Deliver real-time, actionable insights to decision-makers exactly when they still matter.
Streamlined Workforce Administration
Automate complex shift scheduling, payroll processing, and localized compliance reporting across multiple sites and regulatory jurisdictions, eliminating manual workforce data management.
35%
Reduction in cycle time
6,500+
Bots deployed globally
28%
Lower operational costs
INDUSTRY OVERVIEW
Powering Smarter, More Connected Manufacturing Operations
Manufacturers run complex supply chains, production lines, and quality frameworks, and every one of them generates data. From procurement and AP to quality reporting and production tracking, much of that data is still moved and reported by hand. Automation is becoming essential to turning it into faster decisions.
AutomationCOE helps manufacturers scale automation with speed and reliability. ARIA speeds up process discovery and automation documentation. AURA provides runtime monitoring and dependency intelligence to keep production automations running across ERP, MES, and supply chain systems.
Why AutomationCOE
Bringing Intelligence to Manufacturing Automation
We connect ERP, MES and supply chain systems through an intelligent, governed automation layer, rather than another set of point integrations.
Discover with ARIA
Scale manufacturing automation by turning process knowledge into structured automation requirements. ARIA analyzes walkthroughs across ERP, MES, quality, supplier, and other connected systems to reveal how processes actually operate, including business rules, exceptions, decisions, and system interactions. In hours, teams can generate BRDs, test cases, feasibility assessments, and effort estimates that would traditionally require extensive manual documentation. ARIA helps automation teams shorten discovery cycles, improve process visibility, and create a repeatable foundation for automation across plants and sites. PII is automatically detected and anonymized by default to help protect sensitive employee and supplier data.
Learn about ARIA →Deliver with 5D1S
The 5D1S methodology moves manufacturing automation from process discovery to production with reusable components across ERP, MES, quality, and connected operational systems. Its delivery framework supports complex multi-site environments, helping teams standardize automation while accommodating plant-level variations and dependencies.
Explore the framework →
Sustain with AURA
Manufacturers rely on automations where a bot failure can hold up purchase orders, delay invoices, or disrupt a production schedule. AURA provides runtime support and dependency intelligence. It continuously monitors bots and the ERP, MES, and supply chain applications, APIs, databases, and infrastructure they depend on. It detects issues early, identifies root causes, and gives actionable insights, helping you hold the SLAs your operations teams depend on.
Learn about AURA →USE CASES
Manufacturing Use Cases
Manufacturing
Procurement and AP processing
Purchase orders and vendor invoices processed at volume across ERP environments, with working capital released as a result.
Manufacturing
ERP and MES integration
SAP, Oracle and Infor bridged to MES, quality and supply chain systems, with every interface registered as a monitored dependency.
Aerospace & Defence
Quality documentation
AS9100 and customer-specific quality documents generated, routed and archived with a full audit trail and compliance verification.
Manufacturing
Production reporting
OEE, yield and downtime data collected continuously and surfaced without a manual reporting cycle in between.
BUSINESS OUTCOMES
From Manufacturing Automation to Measurable Business Impact
From active enterprise deployments across manufacturing organizations.
35%
Reduction in cycle time
Automated procurement and finance processes eliminate the manual bottlenecks that slow operational throughput.
70%
Faster AP processing
Invoice automation reduces average processing time from days to minutes across standard invoice types.
28%
Lower operational costs
Staff redeployed from manual data entry to higher-value operational and engineering functions.
Real-time
Production visibility
AURA-monitored automation delivers continuous OEE and operational data without manual reporting cycles.
SERVICES
Relevant solutions for Manufacturing
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