Cortex unites machine telemetry, production schedules, bill-of-materials inventories, and multi-tier quality approvals into one configurable AI-native operating system. Eliminate shop floor paperwork and production line bottlenecks.
The Operational Cost of Fragmentation
Traditional off-the-shelf software and spreadsheet trackers create siloed operations, slow departmental handoffs, and revenue leakages.
Operators record machine runtime, shift production counts, and part scrap rates on paper logs that sit on clipboards for days before being entered into spreadsheets. By the time leadership discovers a scrap spike, thousands of dollars in raw materials have been lost.
Older ERPs (SAP ECC, legacy Oracle, custom AS400s) require expensive consultants and months of custom coding just to add a new inspection step, change a routing sequence, or introduce a supplier barcode scanner.
Engineering maintains CAD revisions in one tool, procurement places purchase orders in another, and floor managers hoard parts safety buffers in personal spreadsheets. Mismatched part numbers cause sudden production standstills.
When quality defects appear post-assembly, tracing the exact batch of raw material, machine calibration logs, and operator shift records requires days of manual file digging, jeopardizing ISO 9001 certifications.
Configured for Your Industry
Every module is built on Cortex Studio, backed by flexible entity relationships, automated triggers, and granular role permissions.
Auto-generate and sequence production work orders based on customer delivery dates, machine capacity, tool availability, and operator skill certifications.
Maintain a live, hierarchical Bill of Materials with multi-level component dependencies. Automatically reserve stock upon order confirmation and trigger procurement thresholds.
Digital inspection checklists accessible via floor tablets with image capture. AI analyzes defect patterns and automatically trips circuit breakers on production lines exceeding tolerance limits.
A secure digital workspace where parts suppliers upload Certificates of Analysis (CoA), acknowledge purchase orders, and generate advance shipping notices (ASNs).
How Cortex Studio and Cortex Graph model complex production ecosystems into a connected schema.
Deployment Methodology
A phased, risk-mitigated rollout designed for zero operational downtime and measurable time-to-value within 90 days.
Our industrial solutions team conducts an on-site and remote audit of your factory floor, evaluating existing legacy ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, Epicor), PLC/SCADA controllers, station tablets, and paper clipboard processes. We identify critical throughput chokepoints, scrap tracking inefficiencies, and define the custom entity taxonomy required for your bills of materials and work order routings.
We configure Cortex Studio with your multi-level BOM hierarchical structures, work center capacity limits, and operator qualification matrix. Bi-directional sync connectors are established with your ERP and CAD repositories to stream part revisions, inventory reorder thresholds, and active customer order lines in real time.
Industrial touch tablets and ruggedized barcode scanners are provisioned across key machining, assembly, and inspection work centers. We configure automated circuit breakers that halt downstream routing when first-article inspection fails or when scrap rates cross defined tolerance thresholds.
We transition production lines from legacy paper logs to Cortex dynamic Gantt scheduling. Our team validates automated ISO 9001 compliance audit trails, runs end-to-end load simulations under peak factory volumes, trains shop floor supervisors, and achieves full operational cutover.
Proven Impact
Machine downtime and component shortages were causing 14% late customer order deliveries and massive overtime payroll.
Deployed Cortex Studio with tablet interfaces at 34 machining cells, connected to floor inventory sensors and automated maintenance dispatch.
Eliminated 100% of paper job travelers, compressed work order turnaround from 4 days to 18 hours, and achieved 99.8% on-time delivery.
Security & Governance
Immutable audit logs tracking every change in machine calibration, operator sign-offs, and batch inspection results.
Role-based access control ensuring contractors, floor operators, and executive leadership see strictly permitted data tiers.
Deployable within your private on-premise Kubernetes cluster or private AWS/Azure VPC with zero internet exposure.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. Cortex acts as a modern operating layer that overlays on top of legacy systems via bidirectional REST APIs, database hooks, or scheduled ETL pipelines. Floor operators interact with Cortex's fast, responsive interface while changes synchronize back to your enterprise ERP with full transactional integrity.
No. While Cortex connects seamlessly to industrial IoT protocols (MQTT, OPC-UA, Modbus) for automated runtime capture, many manufacturing clients start with intuitive digital tablet interfaces where machine operators tap to complete inspection gates and log shift completions.
Cortex Graph supports deeply nested hierarchical relationships. A finished product entity can contain dozens of sub-assemblies, each linking to raw materials, vendor parts, and required machine routing steps with automated unit conversions.
Because Cortex uses pre-configured data schemas for manufacturing, initial line deployment (work order tracking and quality inspections) goes live within 4 to 6 weeks. Subsequent modules (BOM sync and supplier portals) follow in 2-week agile sprints.
Cortex enforces multi-tenant organization boundaries, multi-factor authentication (MFA), IP allowlisting per physical plant, and AES-256 data encryption at rest and in transit.
Schedule a technical walk-through with our solution engineers. We will show you how Cortex can be configured for your exact workflows.