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Parts go end-of-life inside decade-long programmes, certificates expire unnoticed and single-source suppliers wobble. In our delivered work, the risk was rarely in one system — it sat between PLM, ERP, quality and supplier records.
Most plants already have the machine signals and maintenance history to improve uptime. What they lack is a governed link between MES, CMMS, production plans and cost — and a clear line between what an agent may recommend and what a planner decides.