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Manufacturing Job / Project Status Agent

Catch the production jobs at risk before the shift starts, straight from Epicor or SAP Business One.

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The problem it solves

Every morning your production manager digs through Epicor or SAP Business One, or walks the floor, trying to find which jobs are behind, short on material, or stuck at an outside processor. By the time a problem surfaces it is often a missed ship date or a rush-freight charge. This agent scans every open job before the shift starts and hands you a ranked list of what needs attention today.

Who it's for

  • Job shops and contract manufacturers running 20 to 500+ concurrent work orders
  • Tier 1 and Tier 2 automotive and industrial suppliers with strict customer ship dates
  • Plant managers who start the day with a floor walk-through or spreadsheet
  • Production schedulers tracking jobs across multiple work centers
  • Operations teams using Epicor or SAP Business One as their production system of record

What it does

  1. 1

    Pull every open job each morning

    At your configured time the agent reads all released and in-process work orders from Epicor or SAP Business One, capturing routing, quantities, material status, outside-process status, and quality holds.

  2. 2

    Show the summary count first

    Before the detail it reports total open jobs and how many are on track, at risk, and critical, so you know the shape of the day at a glance.

  3. 3

    Classify each job by risk type

    It sorts flagged jobs into behind schedule, material shortage, outside process delay, quality hold, stalled with no movement, and missing routing.

  4. 4

    Name the specific cause

    Each flag carries detail, such as the exact missing part, the outside processor and overdue days, or the open NCR blocking the next operation.

  5. 5

    Rank flagged jobs by urgency

    Jobs shipping within five business days come first, then SLA and premium-freight penalty risk, then days overdue.

  6. 6

    Deliver the daily ops brief

    It posts a concise brief to Slack or email with critical jobs, at-risk jobs, one recommended action per job, and yesterday's resolved items.

  7. 7

    Track recurring patterns weekly

    Over time it surfaces the processors that consistently delay, the bottleneck work centers, and the chronic material shortages in a weekly plant-manager summary.

Key benefits

  • Spot at-risk jobs before the shift starts instead of after the ship date slips
  • Cut premium freight charges driven by late discoveries
  • Replace the daily ERP dig and floor walk with a brief that lands in Slack or email
  • Protect customer ship-date commitments and SLA terms with urgency-ranked alerts
  • See the specific cause of every flag, from missing parts to open NCRs to overdue outside processing
  • Expose the chronic processors, work centers, and suppliers behind repeat delays

Sample use cases

A job is due to ship in three days but is still waiting on a plated part at an outside processor that is two days overdue.

The agent flags it as critical, names the processor and the overdue days, and recommends a call to confirm the return date so the scheduler can act before the ship date is blown.

A work order has sat in the same operation for four days with no recorded progress.

It surfaces as stalled with no movement, pointing to a likely hidden bottleneck like a down machine or missing tooling, so the manager can investigate rather than assume it is moving.

A Tier 1 automotive job with a premium-freight penalty clause is short one material with no PO on file.

The agent ranks it near the top for SLA risk, flags the missing part and the absent PO, and recommends expediting procurement before the shortage stops the line.

The same outside heat-treat vendor has caused delays on a dozen jobs this month.

The weekly pattern summary names that processor as a recurring source of delay so the plant manager can renegotiate lead times or shift work elsewhere.

Key integrations

  • Epicor

    Manufacturing ERP read as the system of record for work orders, routings, inventory, and NCR status.

  • SAP Business One

    Alternative ERP source for open production jobs, material release status, and quality holds.

  • Slack

    Delivery channel for the daily ops brief and the weekly plant-manager pattern summary.

  • Email

    Alternative delivery channel for the daily ops brief and weekly summary.

Late shipments in manufacturing rarely come from a single dramatic failure. They build quietly: a part that never got issued, a job sitting two days too long at a plating vendor, an NCR that quietly blocked the next operation. The cost shows up later as premium freight, an angry customer, or an SLA penalty.

This agent gives production management one consistent place to see those risks every morning, ranked by what ships soonest. Because it also tracks recurring patterns, the same processors, work centers, and suppliers that keep causing trouble become visible over time, turning a daily firefight into something you can actually fix at the source.

Getting started

  1. Import the workspace — Add the Manufacturing Job / Project Status agent to your Gamut workspace to get the full configuration in place.
  2. Run the onboarding skill — The agent interviews you to connect Epicor or SAP Business One, confirm your shop schedule and outside-processor list, and set your Slack or email delivery channel.
  3. Give it a first task — Ask it to pull today's open jobs and produce a sample ops brief so you can confirm the risk flags and urgency ranking match how your plant runs.

Frequently asked questions

What is the Manufacturing Job / Project Status agent?

It is a daily production operations assistant that reads every open work order in Epicor or SAP Business One and delivers a ranked brief of the jobs at risk of missing their ship dates. Think of it as field service management for manufacturing focused on shop-floor job risk rather than dispatch.

Does the agent change anything in my ERP or act without approval?

No. It only reads from Epicor or SAP Business One and surfaces risks with a recommended action per job. It never changes production schedules, reprioritizes work orders, or contacts customers; the production manager or scheduler decides what to do.

Which systems does it work with?

It connects to Epicor or SAP Business One as the production system of record and delivers its briefs to Slack or email. It reads work orders, routings, inventory, outside-process status, and NCR or quality holds.

How is this different from running ERP reports or a generic dashboard myself?

An ERP report shows you data; this agent reads it for you every morning, classifies each job into a specific risk type, names the exact cause, and ranks by ship-date urgency. Unlike generic tools, this industrial manufacturing field service software is built around real shop risks like outside-process delays, material shortages, and quality holds.

What kinds of production risks does it catch?

It flags jobs that are behind schedule, short on material, stuck at an outside processor, on a quality hold, stalled with no movement for three or more days, or missing a routing. Each flag carries the specific detail you need to act on, such as the missing part or the overdue processor.

How much does it cost and can I try it?

The template is free to import into your Gamut workspace, so you can connect your ERP and review a sample ops brief before committing. Ongoing cost depends on your Gamut plan and usage, not on a separate license for visual field service tools for manufacturing.