A plant director assessing production and capacity options at a workstation overlooking the factory. Illustrative generated scene.
Helios for Manufacturing

what’s next?

More output. Same machines. How?

The Helios Experience

Simulate schedules. Find the bottleneck.
You define the outcome. Helios finds the path.

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Simulate schedules. Find the bottleneck.

A late order, a maintenance window, a supplier delay. Helios brings your production constraints into one picture so you can compare schedules before changing the line.

Meet Helios Brain

01Machine availability

02Workforce and shifts

03Material lead times

Explore the Helios experience

Manufacturing
Helios BrainDEMO

AI-generated, hypothetical plans. No live business data, verified professional advice or real actions.

Do not enter sensitive information. Prompts are processed by AI and temporarily retained for this demo.

Choose a question or write your own goal0/5 steps connected
  1. 01
    Define the outcome
  2. 02
    Connect dependencies
  3. 03
    Compare routes
  4. 04
    Check constraints
  5. 05
    Human approval
Choose a question or enter your goal.The AI will create five steps and three distinct routes.
RecommendedBalanced path
AI-proposed timing
Awaiting AI
Referenced constraints
Awaiting AI map
Approval
Pending
ClearPressureBlockedAssumptionDependencyApproval gateEvidence

From the production plan to the machine.

Plant leaders balance delivery, capacity and people. Operators and maintenance teams act within the plan and return the evidence needed to improve it.

Decision authority

Plant directors & production leadership

Approve production schedules, capacity changes and resource allocation within the organization's operating and investment limits.

Helios supports

Compare feasible schedules and understand the effects of materials, shifts and machine availability.

A technician checking a smartwatch during a safe service pause beside a stopped manufacturing machine. Illustrative generated scene.
Operators & maintenance specialists
Wearable context at the workstation

The right prompt, without leaving the work.

A brief wearable cue can support an assigned check while tools and equipment stay in focus. It is not a substitute for production authorization or a machine-safety interlock.

Appropriate scope
Carry out approved work, inspect equipment and report exceptions.
Review & escalation
Shift or maintenance leads for local exceptions; plant leadership for production-plan changes.
Evidence returned
Machine state, quality observations, downtime and task completion.

Illustrative ecosystem and interfaces, not a live deployment. Roles, integrations and approval limits are defined with each organization.

See the options. Understand the consequences.

01

Compare feasible production schedules

Ground the comparison in your data, your objective and your constraints.

02

Identify capacity bottlenecks

Make dependencies and assumptions visible before you commit.

03

Plan changes with their operational trade-offs

Carry the chosen path into a plan your team can review and act on.

The decisions worth rehearsing.

Potential applications, scoped to your data, priorities and operating environment.

01

Supply chain redesign

Test alternative supplier structures, sourcing geographies, and inventory strategies against realistic disruption scenarios. See where resilience comes from, where it is illusory. Identify the redesign that handles the next crisis without overpaying for the last one.

02

Plant location and capacity decisions

Before committing capital to new facilities or expansion, simulate operational performance, labor market dynamics, and logistics implications across multiple locations. See which locations deliver on promise across decades, not just on tax incentive.

03

Product portfolio rationalization

When deciding which products to keep, expand, or retire, test the second-order effects: shared manufacturing capacity, customer overlap, channel implications. Identify the rationalization that strengthens the portfolio versus the one that merely simplifies the spreadsheet.

04

Pricing and contract strategy

Test pricing changes and contract terms against your actual customer base before deploying. See retention, margin, and competitive response. Identify the strategy that captures value without breaking long-term relationships.

05

Sustainability and circular economy transitions

Project the operational, financial, and reputational impact of sustainability commitments across product lines and geographies. Identify which transitions are economically viable now versus which require waiting for technology or policy to mature.

06

Workforce planning under automation

When introducing automation, simulate the workforce impact across roles, sites, and time. Identify retraining paths, transition supports, and operational sequencing that respects both efficiency targets and human consequences.

A useful pilot starts with the right foundations.

Agree a bounded decision, a baseline and acceptance criteria before introducing operational use. Scope and timing depend on your data, governance and intended application.

The data
  • Order, bill-of-materials and inventory history
  • Machine calendars, shift rosters and maintenance windows
  • Supplier lead times and historical schedule decisions
The people
  • Plant and production-planning sponsor
  • Shift, maintenance and procurement leads
  • Manufacturing-data and safety owners
The evaluation
  • Feasibility against material and capacity constraints
  • Comparison with historical planning outcomes
  • Correct handling of missing evidence and unsafe changes
Before operational use
  • Verified system-of-record mappings and update cadence
  • Approved schedule and work-release authority
  • Shadow planning, human review and safe fallback

Knowing when to stop is part of the decision.

Missing evidence, uncertain conditions and absent authority require different responses. A recommendation must not silently become an action.

The signal

Material or machine availability cannot be verified.

Appropriate response
Ask the relevant owner to confirm availability before releasing a new plan.
Responsible review
Production-data, procurement and maintenance owners
Before the path resumes
Material and capacity evidence has been validated.

Your rules are part of the model.

Regulatory context shapes how a system should be designed and reviewed. Your legal, compliance and domain teams remain part of that process.

CSRD sustainability reporting requirements

Supply chain due diligence directive obligations

Critical raw materials regulation compliance

Workforce consultation and transition law

Context for implementation, not a certification or guarantee of regulatory compliance.

Trust and governance

Start with the decision that matters to you.

The outcome, the boundaries and the people responsible. A focused starting point for a conversation about your organization.

Use high-level descriptions only. Do not include confidential, personal, patient, financial-account or classified information.

  1. 01The outcome
  2. 02The constraints
  3. 03The people
  4. 04Your details

The outcome

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