AI workspace for manufacturing teams.Turn Plant Records Into Decisions.
Docsbench AI agents work through your production exports, downtime logs, maintenance records, and shift notes, find where the plant loses time, and build the operating reviews, improvement A3s, capacity plans, and capital requests behind your next decision.
Bring the MES and ERP exports, downtime and scrap logs, CMMS work orders, shift notes, routings, and standards into one project, together with last month’s reviews and your plant’s definitions. Docsbench’s agents read across all of it, so the evidence behind every loss is in one place for the review, the improvement, and the decision.
Classification
Code Every Stop and Scrap Entry.
Operators write “jam,” “waiting on QC,” or “mech other.” Docsbench applies your approved downtime, scrap, and rework codes to every entry, keeps the original note beside its code, and sets aside the ones it can’t place for your review. Months of inconsistent logs become a loss record you can analyze.
Scrap Log · Coded.xlsx
2,460 scrap entries2,310 coded150 to review
“burr on edge, sent to rework”
Rework: BurrCell 3Lot 5521Coded
“short shot x12”
Scrap: Short shotPress 7Lot 5534Coded
“bad parts, see Jim”
?Lot 5540Needs review
Analysis
Find Where the Plant Loses Time.
Calculate OEE, yield, and losses with your plant’s definitions, compare lines, shifts, and periods, and line up what the records show against what the shift notes say. Docsbench links each finding to the stops, lots, and work orders behind it, so the review argues from the record.
Operating Review.docx · Finding 2
Cell 3 first-pass yield: 96% → 89% after 4 August
90%95%4 Aug · new insert supplierJul 7Aug 25
Scrap log, August
Purchase receipt PO-7781
Shift notes, 6 August
Revision
Rerun the Case When the Numbers Move.
A new demand forecast. A corrected stop. A different overtime plan. Tell Docsbench what changed and which files to update. It reruns the analysis and revises the workbook, memo, and deck, and shows what moved before the next review.
Demand forecast: 42,000 → 48,000 units a month3 files updated
Capacity Model.xlsx · Press line
Utilization, Q386%98%
Capacity Memo.docx · 2. The gap
At the new forecast the press line runs at 98% from Q3, with no room for changeovers or breakdowns.
Leadership Review.pptx · Slide 3
Press line utilization 86%98%: decide by June
Built for Every Part of Plant Operations.
The operating review, the improvement project, the product launch, and the capacity decision each start from different plant records and end in a different package. Choose your work.
Build the Operating Review From the Plant’s Own Records.
“Combine this week’s MES export, the downtime log, and the shift handover notes, and show losses by line and shift against target.”
“Reconcile the scrap reported in the MES with the scrap log and the finance write-offs, and list where they disagree.”
“Build the weekly plant review in last week’s format, with an action owner for every red KPI.”
Spend less of the week assembling the review and more of it on the floor fixing what it shows.
Performance Workbook.xlsx.xlsx
Losses by shift
Nights: 41% of lost hours
Exceptions and Actions Summary.docx.docx
7 red KPIs · 7 owners
Shortages: buyer to expedite coil
Plant Operating Review.pptx · Slide 1.pptx
Week 32 · Summary
Plant OEE 68% against 72%.
Top losses, hours
Material shortages112 h
Changeovers74 h
Breakdowns58 h
Quality holds31 h
Illustrative example · fictional plant and figures
PowerPoint.pptx
Plant Operating Review. KPIs against target, the top losses, and the actions agreed, in your format.
Excel.xlsx
Performance Workbook. OEE, yield, and losses by line and shift, with your definitions and working formulas.
Word.docx
Exceptions and Actions Summary. What went wrong, why, and who owns the fix.
Turn the Biggest Loss Into an A3 With the Evidence Behind It.
“Map the current-state value stream for the bracket family from the routings, WIP counts, and lead-time records.”
“Pull every weld-rework record from Station 4 for the last six months, group them by defect, and line them up with the parameter changes.”
“Draft the A3 for Station 4 weld rework, with countermeasures, an action plan, and how we’ll know it worked.”
Give your CI team more time on the floor testing countermeasures, and less time building the case for them.
Value-Stream Review.pptx.pptx
Bracket family
Lead time 19 days · Value-add 2.1 hours
Loss Analysis.xlsx.xlsx
Station 4 rework records
6 months · 1,284 records
A3 – Station 4 Weld Rework.docx.docx
Problem: rework at 7.8% against a 2% target
Reduce weld rework at Station 4
Defects
Porosity41%
Undercut23%
Spatter18%
Fit-up11%
Countermeasures
Purge gas line before shiftLead
Fixture clamp checkME
Wire feed in setup sheetCI
Illustrative example · fictional plant and figures
Word.docx
A3 Problem-Solving Report. Problem, current state, analysis, countermeasures, and the follow-up plan.
Excel.xlsx
Loss Analysis. The defect and loss records behind the A3, with Paretos and before-and-after measures.
PowerPoint.pptx
Value-Stream Review. Current and future state with the improvement roadmap.
Know Whether the New Part Is Ready for Production.
“Check the approved process plan, tooling status, and trial-run results against our launch checklist, and list every open item with its owner.”
“Compare the first three trial runs against the target cycle times and scrap rates, and flag the operations that miss.”
“Build the go/no-go review for the K-220 launch, and draft the work instructions for the two new operations.”
Reduce the chasing behind every launch review, so engineering can spend the time closing the gaps.
Readiness Matrix and Gap Log.xlsx.xlsx
9 at risk
Gauge R&R not run · PPAP samples due Fri
Work Instruction – Op 40.docx.docx
Op 40 · Pierce and form
Draft for engineering approval
Launch Readiness Review.pptx · Slide 2.pptx
Go / no-go · 14 days out
Program K-220: 146 items · 121 complete · 9 at risk.
Area
Complete
At risk
Tooling
32 / 36
2
Process
28 / 30
1
Quality
24 / 31
4
Supply
22 / 27
2
Training
15 / 22
0
Illustrative example · fictional plant and figures
PowerPoint.pptx
Launch Readiness Review. Status by area, the open risks, and the go/no-go decision needed.
Excel.xlsx
Readiness Matrix and Gap Log. Every checklist item, its evidence, its owner, and its due date.
Word.docx
Work Instruction Drafts. Step-by-step instructions from the approved process plan, for engineering approval.
Make the Capacity and Capital Case From Real Plant Data.
“Load next year’s demand against our routings and cycle times, and show which work centers run over 85% in each quarter.”
“Analyze two years of compressor 3 work orders and downtime, and compare repairing it with replacing it, using these quotes.”
“Draft the capital request for the replacement compressor with the payback, the risks of waiting, and a slide for the leadership meeting.”
Spend less time building the model and more time deciding where the plant’s money and hours should go.
Capacity and Capital Model.xlsx.xlsx
Work-center load by quarter
3 centers over 85% from Q3
Leadership Presentation.pptx.pptx
Decision needed
Replace compressor 3 now.
Capital Request – Compressor 3.docx.docx
Summary
Replace compressor 3: $640k · 2.1-year payback
Downtime cost by quarter
$38kQ1
$44kQ2
$57kQ3
$61kQ4
$74kQ1
$89kQ2
Illustrative example · fictional plant and figures
Excel.xlsx
Capacity and Capital Model. Load against capacity, scenarios, and payback, with every assumption visible.
Word.docx
Capital Request. The need, the options, the payback, and the risks of waiting.
PowerPoint.pptx
Leadership Presentation. The constraint, the options, and the decision needed.
Editable Word documents. Excel workbooks. PowerPoint decks. Open the files, check the work, and keep refining.
Quality and Proposal Teams, Too.
The same workspace takes on the investigations, submissions, and bids your plant depends on.
Docsbench prepares the analysis and the documents. Your engineers, CI leads, and plant managers decide what changes on the floor.
Does Docsbench connect to our MES, ERP, or CMMS?
It works on the exports and documents you supply: production and downtime exports, work orders, scrap logs, routings, and notes. It doesn’t connect to machines or plant systems, and it doesn’t change anything in them.
Will it use our OEE and loss definitions?
Yes. Supply your definitions, reason codes, and standards, and Docsbench calculates with them. Every figure shows its formula and the records behind it.
Can it read our drawings and specifications?
It reads drawings and specifications supplied as PDFs or images, alongside your other documents. It doesn’t open native CAD files or produce drawings.
Who makes the call?
Your team does. Production engineering owns routings and settings, quality owns release, and the plant manager owns the capital decision. Docsbench builds the evidence and drafts the documents for them.
Spend Less Time Reporting the Plant.
Spend less time coding logs, reconciling exports, and building decks. Give your engineers and supervisors more time on the floor, where the improvements happen.