From MES data to action on an AGV-paced production line.
MTEK Industry AB, based in Alfta, Sweden, builds MBrain, a Digital Production System for discrete manufacturers. Neuclon worked with MTEK as an extension partner: we brought MBrain's MES data into Neuclon for AI-driven analytics, then fed decisions back through MTEK's MTalk platform to trigger actions on equipment, for a fast-paced manufacturer whose production moves on AGVs.
When the line moves on AGVs, minutes and missing parts decide takt
In an AGV-paced flow, assembly moves to the next station on a fixed rhythm. There is no buffer to hide a problem in. If a kit is short, a part is late or a station runs over its time, the delay travels down the line and takt is missed.
MBrain already captured what was happening on the floor: orders, stations, cycle times and material. The opportunity was to look ahead, predicting where time or inventory would run short, and act on it before the AGV arrived, without waiting for someone to notice on a screen.
An AI layer on top of the MES, closing the loop back to the floor
- Integrated MBrain's MES data into Neuclon: production orders, station status, cycle times, takt and material availability.
- Modeled the flow in Neuclon's semantic layer, so stations, orders, parts and time could be analyzed together.
- Ran AI-driven analytics to flag takt risk early: stations trending over time and parts at risk of not being available when needed.
- Applied business rules so only the right situations raise an action, with clear limits on what can happen automatically.
- Fed decisions back through MTalk to trigger actions on equipment and alert the people who needed to respond.
How MES data becomes an action on the floor
MBrain (MES)
Orders, stations, cycle times, takt and material
Neuclon data layer
Integrated and modeled as one flow
AI analytics and rules
Takt risk and inventory availability, within agreed limits
MTalk
Triggers actions on equipment and alerts people
Intelligence added to the MES you already run
The manufacturer didn't replace anything. MBrain stayed the system of record for production, and Neuclon added the layer that looks ahead and decides what should happen next. That is the extension-partner model: Neuclon makes an existing MES smarter instead of competing with it.
The same pattern works wherever time and material availability set the pace: connect the MES, model the flow, predict the risk and close the loop to the equipment and the people who act on it.
Partner with Neuclon
If you build an MES, MOM or automation platform, Neuclon can add AI-driven analytics and closed-loop actions for your customers, on your data model and through your own interfaces, as we did with MTEK.