Operations Copilot

Ask what is happening in the operation.Get an answer built on your data.

INVO Operations Copilot connects data from ERP, MES, inventory, purchasing, quality and the data warehouse to answer operational questions, explain variances and lead the user to the right action.

INVO — Operations Copilot

Question

Why did yesterday's production finish 47 minutes behind plan?

  • Production
  • Line 3
  • Yesterday

INVO Copilot

The delay came mostly from:

  1. 1Assembly — Line 3Throughput ran 14% below the expected rate.
  2. 2Batch #4821The cure stage took 22 minutes longer than comparable runs.
  3. 3Short staffingFinal assembly ran 3 technicians short between 11:00 and 13:00.
Estimated impact+39 min
  • Open Line 3
  • Show batch #4821
  • Compare with last week

Less searching. More answers.

You shouldn't have to knowwhich report holds the answer.

The data behind a single decision usually sits in several places: production, inventory, purchasing, quality and reporting. Operations Copilot lets you start from the business question instead of picking a module and filtering a dashboard.

The usual path

  1. ERP
  2. Production report
  3. Filter
  4. MES
  5. Export
  6. Excel
  7. Compare
  8. Conclusion
Operations Copilot

Why did material cost go up this week?

Answer

+$23K vs plan

Main factors

  • Carbon fiber price+$9K
  • Waste+$7K
  • Consumption variance+$5K
  • Everything else+$2K

Ask about the operation

One place to askabout the whole plant.

Production

  • Which orders are at risk of running late today?
  • Which line has the lowest throughput?
  • Why is Line 3 running below plan?

Inventory

  • Which component issues deviate most from expected consumption?
  • What will we run out of in the next 48 hours?

Purchasing

  • Which orders have to be placed today?
  • Which carbon fiber supplier had the most delays in the last 90 days?

Quality

  • Which batches carry the highest quality risk?
  • Show every open quality deviation from this week.

Finance & leadership

  • Which contracts are running below planned margin?
  • What raised unit cost most this month?

Design engineering & bills of materials

  • Which bills of materials carry the highest unit cost?
  • Find bills of materials that could be optimized on cost.

Operations Copilot

Start the day with whatactually needs attention.

INVO — operations control centerToday · 07:30

Morning operations brief

  • Production186 orders4 at risk of running lateHighest risk: Assembly Line 3
  • Inventory7 SKUs need attention2 criticalMost urgent: Airframe shell — shortage risk in 36 h
  • Purchasing4 POs need a decisionSupplier ASupplier A: 38% delay risk
  • Quality2 high-risk batchesBatch #28491Batch #28491: 76% quality risk
  • Margin & cost3 contracts below planProgram AProgram A: −4.8 pp forecast margin

Where do you want to start?

  • Show production risks
  • Review purchasing
  • Explain the margin drop

Management by exception

Don't ask about everything.Ask what needs a decision.

Items needing attention

12

Critical
4
Medium
5
Low
3

Ranked by

  • financial impact
  • operational risk
  • urgency
  • probability of a problem
  1. #1Component shortage risk

    Airframe shell

    Potential impact on production
    $51K
    Action needed before
    10:00
  2. #2Production delay

    Assembly Line 3

    Expected delay
    +72 min
    Contracts affected
    3
  3. #3Margin risk

    Program A

    Forecast margin
    26.8%
    Target
    32%

Explain your operation

Don't just see the variance.Ask what may have driven it.

INVO — variance analysis

Why was carbon fiber consumption higher than plan yesterday?

Planned consumption1,420 kg
Actual1,566 kg

Variance+10.3%

Most significant signals

Batch #4821
+58 kg vs expected
Bill of materials #284
Higher yield loss than the standard variant
Line 2
Historically higher consumption variability for this product group
Waste
+22 kg vs average

Next steps

  • Open Batch #4821
  • Compare bills of materials
  • Check waste

Copilot shows the data and the factors associated with a variance. It does not present a correlation as a confirmed cause without the data to support it.

From answer to action

Don't stop at the answer.Move straight into the action.

INVO — from question to action

Which components will we run short of by Friday?

3 SKUs need a response

Carbon fiber
short: 572 kg
Epoxy resin
short: 180 kg
Copper wire
short: 95 kg

User

Draft the recommended purchase orders.

Draft purchase orders

  • Supplier BCarbon fiber 800 kg
  • Supplier AEpoxy resin 200 kg
  • Supplier CCopper wire 100 kg

Needs approval

  • Review recommendations
  • Approve
  • Edit

Copilot can prepare actions in the system, but anything that carries a business decision stays with the user.

One copilot. The whole operation.

An answer can need datafrom several modules at once.

INVO — cross-module check

Is tomorrow's production plan safe?

  • Demand26,400 units
  • ComponentsCarbon fiber shortage risk
  • SuppliersSupplier B — 94% on-time probability
  • ProductionLine 3 — 112% capacity utilization
  • StaffingAssembly −4 technicians
  • QualityNo significant forecast risks

Overall plan riskHigh

  • Line 3 capacity
  • Carbon fiber inventory
  • Assembly headcount

How it works

From a question to an answerbuilt on data.

  1. 01 · Question

    The user asks

    “Why is production running late?”

  2. 02 · Context

    Copilot reads the context

    Who is asking, which site, which shift, which module, which production run, and the moment the question was asked.

  3. 03 · Data & tools

    Copilot picks the sources

    ERP, MES, WMS, purchasing, quality, the data warehouse and Knowledge Intelligence.

  4. 04 · Answer

    Copilot answers

    It analyzes, summarizes, explains, links back to the source data and proposes the next action.

Models & technology

The language model reads the question.INVO data and tools produce the answer.

  1. 01

    Language model

    What does the user want to know?

    The LLM interprets a plain-language question and recognizes the intent: compare cost, find variances, explain the biggest differences.

  2. 02

    Data layer

    Which data is needed?

    Copilot selects the right sources: orders, bills of materials, production, inventory, purchasing, quality and cost.

  3. 03

    Analytical tools

    How is the answer calculated?

    Copilot can run data warehouse queries, aggregations, period comparisons, forecasting models, anomaly detection and other Intelligence functions.

  4. 04

    Knowledge Intelligence

    Which procedures or documents apply?

    When the question is about a procedure, Copilot can draw on Knowledge Intelligence sources.

  5. 05

    Answer presentation

    How is the result delivered?

    The model turns what the data and tools returned into a summary the user can act on.

The language model does not create operational data. Every number comes from INVO systems and tools.

Answers you can check

See wherethe answer came from.

INVO — answer with sources

Why did forecast margin drop?

−4.8 pp

Period

1–7 August

Data refreshed

12 min ago

Data sources

  • MES · production execution
  • WMS · component issues
  • Purchasing · purchase prices
  • Bill of materials #284
  • Show the data
  • Open the report
  • See the method

Permissions and control

Copilot sees only whatthe user is allowed to see.

The system respects

  • Role
  • Site
  • Organization
  • Client
  • Module
  • Data permissions
  • Action permissions

Copilot does not add a new permission layer. It inherits the security rules of INVO.

Production manager

Can

  • Analyze production
  • Check production inventory
  • Prepare a recommendation

Cannot

  • See full financial data
  • Approve a PO above the limit

Business impact

Less time finding data.More time deciding.

  • Analysis time ↓

    Faster answers to operational questions

    Less manual stitching of reports and data from several systems.

  • Time to action ↓

    From problem to action in one place

    After the answer the user can move straight into the right process.

  • Management by exception

    Focus on what genuinely needs attention

    Copilot ranks risks and exceptions instead of listing everything.

  • Data access ↑

    Answers without knowing the reports or SQL

    A manager can ask the system in plain language.

  • Decision quality ↑

    More context at the moment of the decision

    Copilot connects data from several areas of the operation.

  • Knowledge access ↑

    Operational data and procedures in one interface

    A single question can need both at once.

See Knowledge Intelligence

Operations Copilot

Ask INVO whatneeds your attention.

See how Operations Copilot connects production, inventory, purchasing, quality and finance data to answer operational questions, explain variances and take the user from information to action.