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AI implementation · 07.2026

Production planning laid out by AI.

A pilot of an AI tool connected to the ERP.

Profile production planning
Process production planning and order assignment
Status production pilot, 2 months

Weekly plan proposed by the system

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Upholstery
Sewing
Foaming
Exceptions two orders without confirmed materials — the planner decides

The system proposes, a person approves.

Starting point

The plan gets made every day depending on department workloads.

Upholstery and sewing depend on each other: a delay in one department pushes back the rest. A planner built the plan — from ERP data, notes, conversations and their own knowledge. A missing material, an absence, or a rush order meant recalculating everything from scratch.

We started with an audit: conversations with planners, a process map, a list of input data, and a check on whether the ERP data was fit for training a model. In the next step we set the goal, the scenario and the pilot metrics.

What we built

Data flows both ways.

There was one condition: data had to flow freely both ways. The tool pulls data from the Saturn ERP — orders, deadlines, semi-finished stock, and who's on shift — and imports back the finished plan and a proposed order assignment.

Proposed work plans for each department, accounting for people and materials
Rules, dictionaries and validation of input data
Clear rules for when the planner needs to step in
A record of events and earlier assignments
Pilot launched on a chosen department, not the whole plant

How we check it

A pilot with concrete outcomes.

During the pilot we logged every case where the planner changed the system's proposal. These records show where the tool helps and where the process needed fixing.

At the end, a report is produced: how accurate the plans were, what's worth keeping permanently, and to what extent. The client confirms the pilot's results.

Results

3 departments covered by planning
2 months pilot period
20 hrs audit and solution design
40 hrs implementation and ERP integration
10 hrs training and workshops
Tools AI / LLM tool ERP Saturn Two-way integration Rules and dictionaries EDIH hub4industry

A production plan can be tested before rollout.

We don't name the company. Numbers come from the audit and process measurement at the client.

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