# AI Platform for Industrial Manufacturing Source: https://blackmountain.io/industries/industrial-manufacturing AI that pays off in manufacturing: Inspect plants and review engineering data faster, while data stays secure. ## AI for manufacturing that keeps your know-how in-house. Document inspections by voice, check freight costs and track material prices in a fraction of the time – while production, engineering and supplier data stay protected. [Book a Demo](https://blackmountain.io/contact) ## Your shop floor holds the answers. Nobody can connect them. Work orders, machine data, quality records and material news sit in separate systems – and the experts who connect them are scarce. ### Knowledge sits in silos ERP, MES, PLM and file shares each hold a piece. Connecting them still takes an expert and an afternoon. ### Specialists buried in paperwork Inspections, reports and data entry eat into the time of the people you can least spare. ### Margins under pressure Material prices, freight costs and demand shift fast. Reacting late costs margin. ## Up to 80% fewer overtime hours for your specialists. How a plant specialist documents a site inspection today – dictated on the spot instead of written up after a full working day. ### The walkthrough A specialist inspects the production site and records progress, defects and damage by voice. ### The note writes itself An assistant turns the voice memo into a structured table within minutes. ### The specialist confirms Before anything enters the system, the specialist confirms the entries along a few clearly defined checkpoints. ### Your system fills up The data is written into your existing system through an integration – no typing it in by hand. ### The report is built The documentation is created in the same chat, with current figures, in the company’s branding. ### Overtime drops Specialists save overtime and keep their focus on skilled work – and you save on staffing cost. ## Four jobs manufacturing teams stop doing by hand. Typical first use cases from purchasing, logistics and engineering – each running on 48° modules, with your experts in control. ### Check freight costs with real accuracy. Shipments are rated by weight and volume together, so low-weight, high-volume loads stop quietly eroding your margin. [Explore Chat](https://blackmountain.io/modules/chat) ### Monitor material prices and markets. Price swings and market signals are tracked from the sources you choose, so purchasing acts early and no cost increase catches your margin off guard. [Explore Radar](https://blackmountain.io/modules/radar) ### Match demand to logistics data. Demand planning, stock levels and lead times come together, so shortages show up early and teams can ask about stock in plain language. [Explore Knowledge Hub](https://blackmountain.io/modules/knowledge-hub) ### Put engineering knowledge within reach. Specs, manuals, work instructions and quality records become searchable, so new and experienced staff find the right answer – with its source. [Explore Knowledge Hub](https://blackmountain.io/modules/knowledge-hub) ## The modules behind it. Every use case runs on the same platform – with the same data, permissions and record of use. Start at one site and add the next. Work orders, specs and expertise – usable across every team. [Knowledge Hub](https://blackmountain.io/modules/knowledge-hub) ERP, MES, PLM and document systems connected. [Integrations](https://blackmountain.io/modules/integrations) Shared assistants for inspections, reports and checks. [Assistant Studio](https://blackmountain.io/modules/assistant-studio) Multi-step workflows across your systems, with checkpoints. [Agent Studio](https://blackmountain.io/modules/agent-studio) Material prices, suppliers and markets from the sources you choose. [Radar](https://blackmountain.io/modules/radar) Usage, cost and access by site and team. [Control Tower](https://blackmountain.io/modules/control-tower) [Solution: Knowledge Activation](https://blackmountain.io/solutions/knowledge-activation) ## Your know-how stays yours. Drawings, process parameters and supplier terms are what sets you apart. 48° keeps them under your control. ### European provider, EU hosting 100% European ownership. Application, storage and processing run in the EU – or in a dedicated environment, your own cloud or on-premise. ### No training on your know-how Enterprise APIs only: your content is never used to train models. Personal data is detected and controlled before it reaches a model. ### Need-to-know by design Roles on organisation, workspace and team level. AI only sees what the requesting user is allowed to see. ### Run it where you need it EU multi-tenant, a dedicated environment, your own cloud or on-premise – for data that must not leave your network. [How we protect your data](https://blackmountain.io/security) ## Questions about AI in manufacturing ### Can 48° work with ERP, MES and PLM data? Yes. Integrations connects ERP, MES, PLM, SharePoint, email, files and databases, and Knowledge Hub makes them searchable within each user’s permissions. ### Does AI change data in our systems on its own? Only where you allow it. Workflows can write into your systems through integrations, and you define checkpoints where a person confirms before anything is written – as in the inspection example. ### Can we run 48° on-premise? Yes. Besides EU multi-tenant, 48° runs in a dedicated environment, in your own cloud or on-premise. ### Where should we start? With one site or team and one well-defined job – inspection reports or freight checks are good candidates. We help you pick the use case with the clearest value and measure it before you roll out further. ### How is 48° billed? With a seat-based platform fee and no margin on tokens: you pay model usage at cost. Control Tower shows all AI spending by team in real time. ## Make AI pay off in your production. A 30-minute walkthrough of the use cases that pay off fastest in your production and supply chain. [Book a Demo](https://blackmountain.io/contact) [Explore the platform](https://blackmountain.io/product)