A lot of conversations about AI in manufacturing start from the wrong assumption: that the ERP is somehow the problem. It almost never is. SAP, Oracle, Epicor, Infor — these systems exist because they’re genuinely good at what they were built to do, and most manufacturers running one aren’t looking to rip it out. The […]
AP Automation for Manufacturers: How AI Agents Match Invoices to Purchase Orders
Ask anyone in a manufacturing finance team what eats the most time in their week, and invoice matching comes up constantly. Not because it’s complicated — it’s the opposite problem. It’s tedious, repetitive, and exactly the kind of task that quietly consumes hours without ever feeling like “real work” got done. The process is almost […]
How AI Agents Eliminated 80% of Manual Supply Chain Work
Most supply chain teams don’t have a visibility problem. They have a busywork problem. Every morning, someone opens a stack of supplier emails to check on order status. Someone else manually pulls line items out of invoices and shipping documents. Someone calls a supplier to ask “where’s my shipment?” because there’s no other way to […]