rag × manufacturing

RAG systems for Manufacturing.

An operator or technician needs the current revision of the right procedure — at the line, in seconds, not a binder search. We build retrieval-augmented generation over engineering specs, SOPs, and maintenance manuals that returns the controlling procedure and spec with a citation, deployable on-prem or at the edge so engineering IP stays in the plant.

On-prem / edge Revision-aware retrieval Cited to controlled doc

The right procedure and spec, at the point of work

Manufacturing knowledge is dense, technical, and revision-controlled: engineering specifications and drawings, work instructions and SOPs, equipment maintenance manuals, quality and safety procedures, and supplier documentation. The cost of retrieving the wrong revision is not an awkward answer — it is scrap, a line stoppage, a quality escape, or a safety incident. A generic search across a document estate this varied returns a superseded revision and the model presents it with confidence.

We engineer the retrieval layer to put the controlled, in-effect document in front of the person doing the work. Structure-aware chunking preserves tolerances, step sequences, torque tables, and diagrams; hybrid retrieval with reranking distinguishes the current revision from its predecessors across a large multi-product catalog; and grounding constrains the model to cite the procedure, spec number, and revision. The pipeline runs inside your environment — on-prem or at the edge on the floor — so proprietary specs and supplier content never leave your network.

Built for shop-floor retrieval.

A retrieval layer engineered around revision control, the controlled document, and the realities of the plant floor.

01 / ingestionCORE
Technical document intelligence
We parse specs, drawings, SOPs, and maintenance manuals into structure-aware, revision-tagged chunks that preserve tolerances, step sequences, torque tables, and effective dates.
  • Spec & tolerance extraction
  • Revision & effective-date tagging
  • Procedure & table handling
02 / retrievalSECURE
Revision-aware, cited retrieval
Hybrid retrieval and reranking surface the current revision of the controlling procedure, every answer cites its source, and the stack runs inside your environment — on-prem or at the edge — so engineering IP and supplier content never reach a third party.
  • On-prem / edge inference
  • Role- & site-scoped access
  • Revision-level citations
03 / corpusCORE
Manufacturing corpus coverage
Coverage spans the knowledge a plant runs on — engineering specs, SOPs, maintenance manuals, quality and safety procedures, and supplier docs — kept synced to your PLM and document control.
  • Specs, drawings & SOPs
  • Maintenance & quality manuals
  • Safety & supplier documentation

Where RAG unlocks value in Manufacturing

Value concentrates wherever the current procedure or spec already exists but is too slow, too scattered, or too risky to retrieve by hand:

  • Line & work-instruction lookup — operators get the current revision of the right SOP or spec at the station, with a citation, instead of hunting through a binder.
  • Maintenance & troubleshooting — technicians retrieve the controlling maintenance procedure and fault tree for the equipment, cutting downtime on the line.
  • Quality & safety Q&A — teams confirm the in-effect quality or safety procedure from the controlled document, with superseded revisions flagged.
  • Supplier & engineering reference — engineers pull the relevant spec or supplier datasheet with attribution, instead of a paraphrase or an outdated copy.

Common questions.

How does RAG return the current revision of a spec or procedure at the line?

We chunk engineering specs, SOPs, and maintenance manuals with revision and effective-date metadata preserved, and the index is synced to your PLM and document control systems so superseded revisions are retired. Retrieval is constrained to the controlled, in-effect document, and each answer cites the procedure, spec number, and revision so an operator or technician is working from current, released content rather than a printout of unknown age.

Can RAG run on the plant floor without sending engineering IP to the cloud?

Yes. The retrieval and inference stack deploys inside your environment — on-prem or at the edge in the plant — so proprietary specs, drawings, and supplier documentation never leave your network. Retrieval is scoped by role and site, and the system can operate in network-constrained shop-floor conditions while still citing the controlling document for every answer.

Explore related paths.

Put the current procedure at the line.

Bring a set of specs or an SOP library and the questions your teams ask daily. In thirty minutes we will show how revision-aware, cited retrieval answers them on infrastructure you control. Response inside 24 hours.