Agentic manufacturing
Agentic manufacturing with AI agents on the shop floor
Most systems report what already went wrong. 24Flow’s AI agents spot capacity issues, WIP build-up and incidents early, and help your team act before they cause delays.
In agentic manufacturing, AI agents do more than analyze data. They anticipate downtime, capacity issues and material shortages and propose the next step in your production flow. Your team confirms, and orders keep moving.
From reporting to acting
Traditional tools tell you what happened.
Agents help you act on it.
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Too many orders to plan by hand
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Changing mixes, unbalanced load
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WIP nobody controls
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Paper handovers
How 24Flow puts this into practice
Agents for planners, operators
and team leaders.
24Flow’s manufacturing agents connect workforce availability, WIP control and daily incidents, so your team stays ahead of disruptions.
Capacity impact of absences
When a team leader marks someone as sick, the agent calculates the capacity impact, warns you when output targets are at risk and suggests adjustments.
The agent watches WIP levels and proposes which orders to hold or release based on actual capacity. The planner confirms, so the floor does not flood and teams work on the right priority.
Shift handovers in plain language
The agent summarizes completed tasks, open issues and incident reports, so the next shift knows what was done and what needs attention.
Patterns in incidents
The agent groups incidents by machine, team or category and surfaces the repeat offenders, so maintenance and safety work on root causes.
Agentforce and Claude
Agents that work where
your production data lives.
Native on Salesforce
Agentforce
Proof from the shop floor
Trusted on the shop floor by make-to-order manufacturers
Mariasteen
AI scheduling at scale
See how Mariasteen runs AI scheduling across 100 work centers, with Flanders Make.
Atlas Copco
AI scheduling for oven batching
See how Atlas Copco groups orders for its coating ovens with AI scheduling instead of gut feeling.
Kuyer Metaal
Improving delivery reliability
See how Kuyer Metaal stopped ERP orders flooding the shop floor and caught up on six months of backlog.
Questions we hear often
Agentic manufacturing FAQ
Why does agentic manufacturing matter on the shop floor?
Because it moves the shop floor from reporting to acting. Instead of showing data and waiting for someone to react, agents anticipate bottlenecks, capacity issues and material shortages and propose a response, so your team handles problems earlier and flow becomes more predictable.
Do the agents act on their own?
No. Agents propose, people confirm. A planner, operator or team leader reviews every suggestion before anything changes in production.
What is the role of AI in production planning?
AI works as a real-time planning assistant. It follows the order pool, machine availability and workforce capacity, and when a disruption hits it recalculates production times and proposes where to move work. The planner confirms, instead of rescheduling by hand.
How does agentic manufacturing affect WIP control?
It keeps WIP in check. Agents follow how busy the shop floor is and propose new work only when there is capacity for it. Your team confirms the release. The floor does not flood, lead times get shorter and operators stay on the right priorities.
Does 24Flow work with Agentforce and Claude?
Yes. 24Flow works with Agentforce to let AI agents propose routine production tasks for your team to confirm, and with Claude to ask questions about your production data. See all integrations
Talk to our team
Agents propose the next step.
Your team makes the call.
Talk to an expert about your orders, your capacity and where AI agents can help first. We show you where 24Flow fits and where to start.