Machine area
Machine status comes in on its own
Machine status, good and defective counts and run hours come in automatically, with no manual logging.
AI factory management for plants of 30 to 300 people
Can't find workers. Can't nail down delivery dates. Can't see what's going on.
One system puts your whole factory in front of you.
One set of data. Nobody chases status. AI watches for delays, shortages and defects.
- 01 Main plant · Metal parts machining — Metal parts machining · Mid-size · Tier supplier · Make-to-order · Cell / small-batch — Lead time & first article: Production + Quality & traceability. Different plants, matching solutions, one system.
- 02 Plant 2 · Electronics assembly — Electronics assembly · Large · Export contract manufacturer · Make-to-order + make-to-stock · Mixed-model line — Changeover & traceability: Production + Warehouse & materials + Quality & traceability. Different plants, matching solutions, one system.
- 03 Plant 3 · Food processing — Food · Small · Own brand · Make-to-stock · Batch process — Hygiene & shelf life: Quality & traceability + Warehouse & materials. Different plants, matching solutions, one system.
- Turn your potential into tomorrow's edge.
- Tool life is up on the 5-axis; a maintenance order opens itself
- Rush order dragged in; completion dates recalculated
- First article measured; spec and result stay on record
- Overtime request approved from email
- New hire scans lots, follows the screen
- Ask: which orders will run late?
Where to start
One department
Your current ERP
Keep it
Main screens and messages
In their own language
Changes to data
A person signs off
- Keep your systems ERP, spreadsheets and barcodes connect
- AI does the busywork Compiles data, tracks progress, sends reminders
- People make the important calls Anything that changes data asks you first
- Everything is on record Every step can be looked up
It's not bad management. It's too much going on, with the data scattered everywhere.
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Can't find workers
Constant turnover, more than one language on the floor; handoffs on paper break down.
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Can't nail down delivery dates
Three people to say where one order stands; you hear it's late from the customer.
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Too much going on to see the whole picture
Orders, inventory, receivables and maintenance each in a different spreadsheet; you wait for someone to pull it together.
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When the owner's out, everything stalls
A stack of forms waits for your signature; a week away means two days catching up.
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The records only get dug out when a customer audits
Which materials went into that lot, what did inspection find? Three days digging through paper.
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You only know by walking out to the floor
Lines down for lack of material, overdue maintenance, midnight reschedules: you find out after the fact.
Cardo Maximus is an AI factory management system for factories of 30 to 300 people: production, quality, inventory, equipment, customers, orders, purchasing, accounting, engineering, approvals and documents in one system, on one set of data. Start with one department; keep your ERP if you have one, or move everything over at once. From planning to go-live, someone stays with you until your team actually uses it.
Not sure it fits? See who it's for
Either way works
ERP or no ERP, you start from where you are.
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You have an ERP and want to keep it
Keep it. Orders and books stay in your ERP; the shop floor, approvals and documents move into Cardo Maximus first. Switch later and orders, purchasing and accounting are already in the same system, so nothing migrates twice.
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No ERP, or ready to replace it
Move everything over. Orders, purchasing and accounting sit on the same data as production orders, shop-floor reporting and inspections. The transaction and finance core arrives in Q1 2027; statutory tax filing and payroll run alongside your existing accounting and payroll software for now and come later. Put the shop floor and approvals live now; your data carries over when accounting connects.
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Start with one department; add the next when it runs smoothly. It was one set of data all along, so nothing you set up now gets rebuilt.
All of this happens on this map, every day
Click a work area to see what it runs on. Not one of these four industries? Same features.
Legend: Available now Coming Q1 2027 Coming later
Feature overview
Machine area
Schedule routes around machines under repair
When a machine is reported for repair, the schedule routes around it and restores it automatically once it's fixed.
Warehouse
Receiving scan captures the lot number
A receiving scan records the lot number and location together, so every carton shows where it came from and where it went.
Line-side store
Issue scans keep the books current
An issue scan confirms item and lot, and stock figures update immediately.
Packing
Carton scan verification Status:Coming later
Every piece will be scanned before sealing; a wrong quantity or item will stop the carton from being closed.
Shipping dock
Shipping documents carry the lot number
Shipping documents carry the lot number, so when a customer asks which lot used which material, it's one search; a dock release check comes later (Coming later).
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Machines, warehouse and shipping on one set of data. Machine status comes in on its own, every material lot is traceable, and shipping documents carry the lot number, so when a customer asks, you look it up.
- Machine status comes in on its own
- Schedule routes around machines under repair
- Maintenance orders open when due
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- Receiving scan captures the lot number
- Issue scans keep the books current
- Expiry alerts
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- Shipping documents carry the lot number
- Carton scan verification before sealing Status:Coming later
- Dock release check Status:Coming later
Feature overview
SMT line
First-article inspection in the system
First-article inspection specs and results are recorded in the system.
Reflow oven
Fixture life and material shelf life tied to the production order Status:Coming later
Stencil life and solder-paste shelf life, for example, will be tied to the production order; anything expired can't be issued.
Precision assembly
Lot traceability
Every board is tied to a lot: which material lot it used and which operations and inspections it passed are all traceable.
Cleanroom control
Environmental data feed Status:Coming later
Temperature, humidity and ESD points will feed into the system, with the floor and quality notified when limits are exceeded.
Test and inspection
Four inspection points and corrective actions
Incoming, in-process, final and outgoing inspection; nonconformance reports flow into corrective action tracking, and overdue items turn red.
Gowning entrance
Expired qualifications stopped at check-in
An expired certification or qualification is caught at station check-in; access-control integration comes later (Coming later).
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Every station leaves a traceable record. First-article specs and results on record, every board tied to a lot, four inspection points and corrective actions in the system; electronics-specific fixture life and environmental monitoring are marked coming later.
- First-article inspection in the system
- Process parameters carry versions
- Fixture life tied to the production order Status:Coming later
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- Lot traceability
- Expired qualifications stopped at check-in
- Environmental data feed Status:Coming later
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- Four inspection points
- Corrective action tracking
- Test equipment data feed Status:Coming later
Feature overview
Storage area
Putaway tasks and locations
A putaway task opens after receiving, recording location, quantity and lot together; count variances are visible.
Aisle
Counts pause only the area being counted
A count can cover just one area: only that area's stock movements are held during the count, everything else carries on, and variances post only after review.
Pick and sort
Pick to the list, check again at the line
Pick lists and kitting tasks are in the system and pickers record the lot; at the line, scan the lot again and anything not on this production order is blocked.
Control center
Faults light up on the 3D plant map
Which machine has stopped and where, on one picture; click through to that station's panel.
Handling
Vehicle and equipment register
Forklifts and carriers are in the asset register, and maintenance orders open when due.
Receiving inspection
Receiving scan, inspection opens right after
An arrival scan creates the lot and opens the incoming inspection, with results attached to the lot.
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Receiving and issuing by scanning; putaway, picking, counting and shipping all in the system, with stock figures always current; equipment faults light up on the 3D plant map.
- Putaway tasks and locations
- Counts pause only the area being counted
- Expiry alerts
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- Pick to the list, check again at the line
- Shipping documents carry the lot number
- Wave consolidation Status:Coming later
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- Faults light up on the 3D plant map
- Vehicle maintenance orders open when due
- Receiving inspection opens right after
Feature overview
Five-axis CNC
Fixture register and maintenance records
Fixtures have their own register and maintenance records and count as constraints in the schedule; cumulative tool-life alerts come later (Coming later).
Measurement station
Measurements write back to the production order
Measured values go into the inspection form, attached to the production order and lot; a direct feed from measuring machines comes later (Coming later).
Gantry machining
Long cycle times at a glance
Which orders aren't scheduled and how loaded each machine is, at a glance; drag to resequence and completion dates recalculate.
Crane
Shared resources in the schedule Status:Coming later
Cranes and other shared resources will be counted as constraints in the schedule.
Parts storage
Every piece of work in progress shows its station
Each piece's location and next station are visible; no walking the floor to find it.
Central control room
Progress and faults on one wall
Dispatch board, labor-hours board and the 3D plant map on one wall; dispatch changes are made on the spot.
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Large parts, long cycle times, slow changeovers. The schedule accounts for fixture constraints, measurement results write back to the production order, and every piece of work in progress shows which station it's at.
- Fixture constraints in the schedule
- Drag to resequence
- Tool life alerts Status:Coming later
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- Measurements write back to the production order
- Four inspection points
- Direct feed from measuring machines Status:Coming later
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- Work-in-progress by station
- Dispatch and labor-hours boards
- Shared resources in the schedule Status:Coming later
Ask a question. Get an answer.
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AI pulls your data together
Ask once and yesterday's shop-floor, quality, equipment and inventory data is laid out for you.
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AI tracks progress for you
The moment an order risks running late, planning gets a heads-up, before the customer calls.
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AI helps analyze problems
When defects spike, it lists likely causes side by side. You make the call.
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AI answers factory questions
Ask directly instead of flipping through three reports:
- Which production orders are about to run late?
- Why is this order late, and at which station?
- Which product has the highest defect rate?
- Which materials may run short?
- Which machines are due for maintenance?
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AI drafts documents Status:Coming later
Daily reports, incident reports and inspection summaries: it writes the first draft.
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AI runs routine tasks
Sends notices, creates tasks and chases overdue items by your rules; anything important asks you first.
The three things owners feel most, handled
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Approvals don't stall when you're away
- Approve or send back from email or chat
- Leave, overtime and requests through the chat mini-app, with status
- Main screens and messages in Traditional Chinese, English, Thai, Vietnamese and Indonesian, so each person sees their own language
- Chat notification when it's your turn to approve Status:Coming Q1 2027
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Carbon data without the spreadsheet scramble Status:Coming Q1 2027
- Enter usage, get emissions automatically
- Every figure traces back to its source document
- Organized by ISO 14064-1 categories
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Customer audit? Every record in one search
- Trace lots forward and backward
- Overdue corrective actions turn red automatically
- Inspection forms filled in on a phone
- Standards locked once a production order is released Status:Coming later
Before AI acts, it clears three gates
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Spending is capped
Agree up front what the AI may spend
- Monthly budget cap, auto-off when exceeded
- Who used how much, on one report
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Changing data asks a person
Anything that changes data asks you first
- A person confirms before any record is changed or deleted
- What each person can see and change is set individually
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Everything is logged
Whatever it did, you can look it up
- Every step is logged and can be checked any time
- Who changed what, and when, with before and after values kept
One system, starting with one department
Enter it once: part numbers, customers and production orders are created once; everyone sees the same record.
One login sees everything: several companies and sites, each seeing only its own.
One point of contact from start to finish: assessment, go-live, the next department.
- ERP (any brand)
- Spreadsheets
- Barcode and handheld scanners
- Label printers
- Existing databases
Start with one department. See results first.
We map your process, build screens from your own forms, and stay until the first line is running.
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Process mapping
Your paper, spreadsheets and the main problems today.
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Quick prototype
Working screens built from your own forms.
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Rollout
People, permissions, master data; we run the first line with you.
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Training
Managers and the floor can run it without one go-to person.
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Ongoing tuning
Adjust as you use it, then expand to other departments.
The seven questions we hear most before a rollout
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Do we have to replace our ERP?
No. Your orders and books can stay in your current ERP while the shop floor, approvals and documents move into Cardo Maximus; we connect through imports, exports and data links, whatever the brand.
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Our machines are old. Does that matter?
Not at all. Nothing has to be wired to the machines: tablets, phones, fixed workstations and barcode scanners capture shop-floor data, no equipment upgrade needed.
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Will the rollout get in the way of production?
No. We start with one process, one line or one department, build screens from your own forms, and switch over step by step. The floor keeps running.
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What size factory is this for?
Factories of 30 to 300 people fit best. Under 10 people, a spreadsheet or basic inventory software is usually enough, and we'll tell you so.
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Can it follow our process instead of the other way around?
Yes. Forms, routings, approval rules and permissions are set up to match how you actually work; you don't change your process to fit the system.
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How soon can we start using it?
It depends on how much master data needs cleaning up and what has to connect. A single form or reporting flow usually goes live first; other departments follow.
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Does Cardo Maximus include an ERP? And what if we already have one?
Yes, in Q1 2027; statutory tax filing and payroll run alongside your existing accounting and payroll software for now. Already have an ERP? Keep it: orders and books stay there while the floor, approvals and documents move in first. Switch later and nothing migrates twice.
Three things you can count on
- The problem isn't your people; it's data scattered across too many places.
- You don't replace everything. Start with one department; keep your ERP if you have one.
- The next step is one thing: a free assessment, before anything else.
Turn your potential into tomorrow's edge.
The first step is small: tell us how you run things today. We map it for free and tell you where to start. No pitch for the whole system.
Book a free assessment