Manufacturing
Your machines run around the clock.
Your administrative processes don't.
Automation for manufacturing companies, from procurement to quality control to supply chain management. End-to-end automated, ERP-integrated, in production not on the roadmap.
The Reality in Manufacturing
Production is highly optimized - everything around it isn't
Production runs, the rest is manual
Millions invested in machines, but orders are triggered by email, delivery notes typed up manually, and quality logs maintained in spreadsheets. The value creation sits in production, the waste sits in the processes around it.
Supply chain under constant stress
Supply chain disruptions, volatile raw material prices, short-notice demand changes. Those who plan manually always react too late. Those who monitor automatically act before the line stops.
Talent shortage in administration too
Everyone talks about missing skilled workers on the shop floor. But procurement, quality, logistics, and accounting are short-staffed too. Those who are there spend their time on data entry instead of value creation.
SAP is there, but nobody uses it properly
SAP can do a lot. But between SAP and reality lie media breaks, manual workarounds, and spreadsheet bridges. The ERP system is only as good as the data that goes in, and that data often comes in manually.
Trusted by more than 120 companies
What We Automate in Manufacturing
The processes around production with the greatest leverage
Identified across 15+ projects with manufacturing companies. Not the machines themselves, but everything that happens between machine and ERP.
Procurement & Purchasing
Automatic demand detection from SAP, supplier selection by price/availability/quality, automatic order placement, order confirmation, and delivery tracking.
Quality Control & Complaints
AI agent checks quality data in real time, detects deviations, automatically triggers holds or releases. Complaints are automatically captured and categorized.
Production Planning & Order Management
Automatic scheduling, optimized machine allocation, and real-time sequencing. Orders that steer themselves through production, with less setup time and higher on-time delivery.
Claims Management
Capture complaints, auto-generate 8D reports, support root cause analysis, track corrective actions. Faster closures, happier customers, fewer repeat failures.
Maintenance & Asset Management
From reactive firefighting to planned maintenance. Work orders are created automatically, spare parts are ordered on time, and downtime is predicted before it happens.
Cross-industry use cases particularly relevant in manufacturing
Case Study: Invoice Processing
Incoming invoices were transferred manually between isolated systems — with no direct integration between the document inbox and the ERP. Staff extracted document data by hand, performed manual matching, and routed each order individually through the approval workflow. This resulted in high time expenditure, error-prone data entry, and delays across the entire accounts order process.
UiPath Intelligent Document Processing (IXP) with Document Understanding and LLM integration for automatic extraction and classification of invoice documents — with direct ERP connectivity. Rule-based matching, automatic exception handling, and seamless routing through the approval workflow. No manual intervention between inbox and posting.
Standards in Manufacturing
Automation in a regulated production environment
ISO 9001
ISO 14001
GxP
GDPR
Industry
Why Lunatec for Manufacturing
We automate around the production floor
Industry Experience
15+ projects with manufacturing companies
From mechanical engineering to automotive suppliers to food production. We know the processes, the systems, and the language of the industry.
SAP-Integration
SAP integration isn't a project, it's our standard
SAP MM, PP, QM, PM, FI/CO: we have productive integrations at dozens of clients. Not a proof of concept, but proven patterns.
Focus
Everything between machine and ERP
We don’t automate your machines, we automate procurement, quality, logistics, administration. The processes that keep your skilled workers from creating value.
Speed
Results in months, not years
Manufacturing companies have no patience for 18-month projects. We deliver initial results in weeks and scale from there.
Technology for Manufacturing
The right technology for your production IT
Systems we integrate with
Proud Diamond-Partner of UiPath
Ready?
Your production runs.
Does everything around it?
Let’s look together in 30 minutes at which processes around your production have the greatest automation leverage.
No sales pitch. Just an honest assessment.
120+ Clients. 100% Satisfaction. 7 months to Profitability.
WHAT YOU GET IN THE DISCOVERY CALL
Identify your best use cases
Based on your industry and process landscape
Calculate concrete ROI
In Euros, FTE equivalents and time savings
Show examples from your industry
Real results of comparable companies
Define timeline and next steps
Concrete roadmap, no vague promises