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PlatformManufacturing assistant

An assistant for the work behind every decision.

Ask Zen an operational question, automate the routine and get reports and live status from the floor. The master data agent keeps the data behind every answer precise.

Decide with the impact in mind. Every option shows its effect on your shop floor and KPIs.

The information behind the answer

Requirement and current commitments

New order120 housings2 h machining, then 2 h inspection
MaterialAssumptionExpectedSupplier confirmed delivery for Thursday night, before Friday’s first shift
CNC 0208:00–16:00Friday shift fully scheduled
Inspection12:00–14:00Free after machining

Existing commitments3

OrderDueStatus
MO-000201Friday, 12:00On time
MO-000202Friday, 16:00On time
MO-000203Monday, 12:00On time
Required Friday, 16:00

Click through the four steps. Fictional order and data.

Understand

Works through every decision with your team. From the first question to automations, reports and precise master data.

Speaks up before a delay reaches your customer.

Tell Zen which risks you want to hear about. When an operation runs over plan, Zen names the order that would miss its date and brings you the options with their cost and the time left to decide, before anyone has to ask.

  • Raises a risk as soon as a delivery date is in danger
  • Names the operation, machine and order behind it
  • Prices each option and says how long it stays open

Shows what each choice would mean.

Compare a new sequence and extra capacity against the same demand and see the effect on every committed order.

  • Alternatives measured against the same demand
  • Effect on existing delivery dates
  • Extra labor cost, staffed hours and qualifications per option
Automations

Handles routine work, at the autonomy level you choose.

Decide what Zen does when a machine stops, a delivery moves or a shift starts. Each automation runs on its own or waits for your approval.

  • Triggers from machines, orders, materials and the calendar
  • Runs automatically or with a human in the loop
  • Every run logged with what it changed

Writes the report before the meeting.

Ask for a shift brief, a weekly review or a cost check and Zen builds it from live data, ready for PowerPoint.

  • On-time delivery, OEE and lead time
  • On request or on a schedule you set
  • Export to PowerPoint and Excel

Shows where every order stands, right now.

Machine signals and terminal entries move every order forward as the work happens, so the answer to “where is it?” is always current.

  • Progress per operation, live from the shop floor
  • Ready time recalculated as the work moves
  • Deviations flagged the moment they appear
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Master data agent

Keeps your master data precise, continuously.

The master data agent compares setup times, cycle times and lead times with what actually happens and proposes a correction when they drift apart.

  • Drift spotted in your run data with machine learning
  • Where each value came from and why it should change
  • Approved values written back to your system of record

Keeps your team in charge.

Set directives the plan must respect, confirm the ones Zen drafts from your team’s decisions and choose which decisions run automatically.

  • Directives record who set them and when
  • Each change becomes a new schedule version
  • Autonomy you dial in, function by function

Grounds every answer in the Agentic Twin.

The Agentic Twin is the dynamic model at the core of Zentio: machines, people, materials, orders, routings and knowledge. Every agent and every area works from it.

Knowledge management
  1. Your team

    Planners, shift leads and operators set the rules and make the decisions Zen brings to them.

  2. Ask Zen

    Zen answers questions, handles routine work within the rules you set and asks your team for every decision beyond them.

  3. Specialist agents

    They do the work behind each answer: scheduling, scenarios, staffing or master data.

  4. Agentic Twin

    It holds everything from machine states to the rules your team confirms.

  5. Your systems

    Your ERP, MES, machines and Excel files stay in place and feed the Agentic Twin with orders, routings and machine states.

Three steps, repeated with every change.

Each pass leaves the Agentic Twin more precise.

  1. Understand

    Zen reads the Agentic Twin to show what changed, which delivery dates are at risk and where you lose time and capacity. Each answer keeps recorded facts apart from assumptions.

    Zen · Agentic Twin

  2. Decide

    The agents compare your options with their cost, test each one against likely disruptions and draft the next move for your team to approve.

    Specialist agents · Your team

  3. Learn

    Stop reasons, actual times and the rules your team confirms flow back into the Agentic Twin. The master data agent proposes new planned times when the actuals drift.

    Master data agent · Knowledge graph

Questions about the assistant.

What can we ask the assistant?

Operational questions about orders, machines, people and materials: whether a rush order fits, what a machine stop affects or where an extra shift helps. Every answer names the orders and resources it used.

What can Zentio automate?

Recurring work such as the morning shift brief, the response to a machine stop or a late delivery and the dispatch of an updated plan. Each automation runs on its own or waits for approval, as you set it.

Does the assistant change the active schedule?

Only at the autonomy level you choose. Each change becomes a new schedule version, and your planners decide which version goes live.

What does the master data agent do?

It compares setup times, cycle times and lead times in your system of record with what happens on the floor, shows where each value came from and proposes a correction. Once your team approves it, the new value flows back to your system of record.

What is the Agentic Twin?

The dynamic model at the core of Zentio: machines, people, materials, orders, routings and knowledge. Specialist agents share it to schedule work, staff shifts, keep master data precise and explain what changed.

Which data does the assistant need?

Orders, resources, routings and shift calendars for the area you start with. We agree on each source with your team during the evaluation.

Which language model does Zen use?

Zen works with all common large language models, or with one you host yourself, and your data is never used to train the models. Zentio stores your data in Germany, or in another region if you prefer, and your team decides which data Zen reads.

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