Use case
Use case3 min readBy The Data Workers Team

Automated production reports, run by agents

Daily production reports are assembled by hand from MES, ERP and spreadsheets before the morning meeting. Here is how Data Workers runs it instead.

Key takeaways

  • •The problem today. Daily production reports are assembled by hand from MES, ERP and spreadsheets before the morning meeting.
  • •What changes. Agents assemble, reconcile and publish the report as a routine, with exceptions highlighted.
  • •What stays with your people. Figures shared with leadership: decisions depend on them.
  • •The result. The morning report is ready before anyone arrives.

The problem today

Daily production reports are assembled by hand from MES, ERP and spreadsheets before the morning meeting.

What changes with Data Workers

Agents assemble, reconcile and publish the report as a routine, with exceptions highlighted.

The workflow: Pipeline Building agent (generate_pipeline) → Quality Monitoring agent (run_quality_check) → Autonomous Data-Conductor (verify_data) → Data Context & Catalog agent (define_business_rule).
Fig. 1:The workflow: Pipeline Building agent (generate_pipeline) → Quality Monitoring agent (run_quality_check) → Autonomous Data-Conductor (verify_data) → Data Context & Catalog agent (define_business_rule).

The workflow, step by step

  1. 1.The Pipeline Building agent calls generate_pipeline and builds the report.
  2. 2.The Quality Monitoring agent calls run_quality_check and reconciles MES to ERP.
  3. 3.The Autonomous Data-Conductor calls verify_data and publishes before the meeting.
  4. 4.The Data Context & Catalog agent calls define_business_rule and governs production metrics.

The impact metrics we move

  • •Daily report: from about 3 hours to minutes
  • •MES-to-ERP tie-out: from about a day to 8-15 min
  • •New metric added: from about a week to 4 h
Time to complete, current practice (black) vs. with Data Workers (green). Illustrative.
Fig. 2:Time to complete, current practice (black) vs. with Data Workers (green). Illustrative.

What goes on autopilot

  • •The report runs as a routine, so nobody builds it by hand.
  • •MES and ERP reconcile daily, so the numbers agree.

Where your people stay in charge

Figures shared with leadership always go to a named approver, because decisions depend on them. Everything starts at L1, observing only, and autonomy rises only on evidence.

The pilot

  • •Scope. One plant's daily report.
  • •First week. Agents run at L1, observing only, and show the fixes they would have made, with receipts.
  • •By week two. The routine work above runs on its own; anything sensitive stays with a named approver.
  • •At day 30. We review the impact metrics against your baseline:
  • •Daily report: from about 3 hours to minutes
  • •MES-to-ERP tie-out: from about a day to 8-15 min
  • •New metric added: from about a week to 4 h
  • •Cost. Start with a pilot ($7,500 one-time, credited in full against the first year). Scale is from $1,000 a month and Enterprise from $3,000 a month, billed annually, with unlimited seats, no usage meter and no markup on model spend. See pricing.

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