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The future of automation: Intelligent AI Agents in production

Multi-agent systems enhance traditional AI, providing dynamic support to teams managing and automating complex, highly interconnected production facilities.

Solving complex dependencies 

Modern production generates massive data volumes requiring real-time analysis to identify anomalies and prevent downtime. Traditional AI detects irregularities and predicts maintenance needs but focuses on individual machines, missing interconnected process complexities. But in today's networked environments, single-machine issues cascade plant-wide.

Addressing this complexity requires solutions that are flexible, autonomous, and context-aware. Multi AI agents are a best in class fit to manage this requirement to fully automate the production process from order to delivery, resulting in better overall equipment efficiency (OEE).

Connected intelligence for maintenance

Multi-agent systems (MAS) enhance traditional AI by deploying several autonomous, communicating agents that work together to manage complex production processes efficiently.

They monitor facilities in real time, prioritize issues, and deliver situation-specific recommendations - reducing routine work, accelerating decisions, and increasing plant availability in automated production environments.

Proactive monitoring across the plant

Unlike classic AI that detects single-machine deviations, MAS agents collaborate to identify complex, cross-plant anomalies (e.g., temperature spikes plus vibration) and auto-prioritize critical issues. 

Guided on-site troubleshooting

Traditional AI offers generic checklists; MAS agents provide context-specific, real-time instructions adapted to current machine conditions. 

Virtual assistant support

MAS conversational agents answer routine questions, integrate live production data, escalate complex issues to experts, and coordinate next steps seamlessly. 

A self-optimising system 

MAS continuously improve maintenance through: 

Key advantages at a glance

MAS transform AI into a reliable partner for production, maintenance, and service operations:

Learn from our AI and IoT experts how multi-agent systems can relieve your service team and increase plant availability.

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