Discrete Manufacturing (Auto, Engineering, Electronics)

From supplier to shop floor: find the cause of every defect and stoppage.

ERP, MES, quality and supplier data don't connect; downtime and defects are explained after the fact.

The question it answers

“Which supplier batches are driving this month's defect spike on Line 3?”

What changes: Higher OEE, fewer defects, faster root cause.

All seven layers

How ForgeOrbis works for discrete manufacturing.

  1. 01

    Connect

    Ingest

    Data sources

    • ERP
    • MES
    • QMS
    • PLC/machine data
    • CMMS
    • Supplier portals
    • PLM
  2. 02

    Understand

    Extract

    Facts from unstructured data

    • Inspection reports
    • NCR/CAPA documents
    • Shift logs
    • Supplier certificates
  3. 03

    Unify

    Resolve

    What must be matched

    • Parts across PLM, ERP and supplier codes
    • Machines across MES and CMMS
    • Supplier variants
  4. 04

    Relate

    Model

    Objects and links (the ontology)

    • Plant
    • Line
    • Machine
    • Part
    • Batch
    • Work Order
    • Supplier
    • Defect
    • CAPA
  5. 05

    Decide

    Ask

    Example question

    “Which supplier batches are driving this month's defect spike on Line 3?”

  6. 06

    Execute

    Act

    Approved actions

    • Hold batch
    • Raise supplier CAPA
    • Schedule maintenance
    • Re-plan production
    With approval
  7. 07

    Trust

    Govern

    Trust and compliance

    • Design IP protection
    • Supplier data partitioning
    • Quality audit trail (e.g., ISO 9001 / IATF 16949)

What a pilot measures

Each pilot measures 2 to 3 KPIs you already track, before and after. We publish no benefit numbers until a customer has measured them.

  • OEE
  • First-pass yield
  • Unplanned downtime
  • Supplier PPM
  • CAPA closure time

Who it is for

  • Plant head
  • VP manufacturing

Where it stands today

What runs today, and what we are still building.

We would rather tell you up front than discover it in week three. A pilot starts with what runs today.

The platform

  • 01ConnectIngestPartly live
  • 02UnderstandExtractPartly live
  • 03UnifyResolveRoadmap
  • 04RelateModelPartly live
  • 05DecideAskLive
  • 06ExecuteActLive
  • 07TrustGovernPartly live

Still to build for discrete manufacturing

  • Enterprise connectorsLayer 1ERP, databases, ticketing, CRM, TMS/WMS, PLM connectors
  • OT/SCADA connectorsLayer 1Read-only connectors to SCADA, DCS historians, PLCs (OPC-UA, Modbus)
  • Document extractionLayer 2OCR + layout, forms, tables, scanned records, stamps
  • Entity resolution (assets/things)Layer 3Vessels, parts, equipment tags, SKUs, sites across systems

Live means shipping in the product today. Partly live means part of the layer ships today and the rest is being built. Roadmap means being built and not available yet. We never show it as available.

Book a pilot

One site, one problem, measured in weeks.

Each pilot measures 2 to 3 KPIs you already track, before and after. We publish no benefit numbers until a customer has measured them.