Catch steel shortages before the job starts
Nets the next two weeks of jobs against plate, sheet and tube on hand and on order, lists each shortage by job and drafts service center POs for the buyer.
The shortage shows up at the machine.
Inventory counts drift, jobs get added and remnants get used without logging. Buyers check stock by walking the racks or running reports nobody trusts. By the time the shortage is found, the service center lead time has already blown the ship date.
A 300 piece job is scheduled for the laser Thursday. On Wednesday afternoon someone notices there are only four sheets of 10 gauge in the rack, and the job slides a week.
Material shortage watch, step by step.
The agent does the work inside your systems. Your team approves what matters.
- 1
Net out demand
Compares the next two weeks of jobs against material on hand and on order.
- 2
Flag the shortages
Lists each short gauge and size with the job, ship date and quantity needed.
- 3
Draft the buy
Drafts POs to approved service centers and sends them to the buyer for approval.
Your team keeps the judgment calls.
The agent takes the repetitive work. People approve, decide and talk to customers.
- Shortages found before the job is released
- Buys combined to hit price breaks
- Ship dates protected
Works inside the systems you already run
Before you ask.
Nets the next two weeks of jobs against plate, sheet and tube on hand and on order, lists each shortage by job and drafts service center POs for the buyer. It works in three steps: net out demand, flag the shortages and draft the buy.
It works inside the tools your team already uses, including ERP, inventory, email and purchasing. Nothing to rip out and nothing new to learn.
It starts in shadow mode, drafting the work for your team to approve or correct. You decide what it handles on its own, and every action is logged.
Your data is used only to run the workflows you approve. We do not use your proprietary data to train public or unrelated AI models.
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