IndustriesManufacturing

AI agents for the manufacturing back office.

Not the shop floor: the office behind it. lumic builds AI agents for a manufacturer’s back-office jobs, from vendor bills matched to purchase orders to job costing during the job. A person approves each entry, and lumic keeps it working.

The jobs

The back-office jobs a manufacturer does by hand.

lumic’s FDEs start beside the person who does each job today, then build one agent per job, inside the systems the plant office already runs. A person approves each entry.

01

Vendor bills against purchase orders

The agent reads each vendor bill from email, matches it to the purchase order, and flags a price difference before anyone pays. A person approves it, and nobody retypes it.

  • Agent · accounting software
  • A person approves each entry
AP automation →
02

Job costing during the job

Production data and costs read live, so estimate against actual shows up during the job, not at close.

  • Dashboard · production data + ERP
  • Overruns surfaced early
Dashboards and reporting →
03

Purchasing and PO write-back

The agent drafts purchase orders and writes them back to the ERP, and a dashboard tracks open POs, receipts and vendor price changes.

  • Agent · ERP
  • Approval-gated
04

Payroll entries

The agent builds the payroll journal entry from the payroll reports, checks every line, and the controller posts it.

  • Agent · payroll reports + accounting
  • Posted only on the controller’s click
Payroll →
05

Month-end close

The agent prepares the recurring month-end entries and runs the tie-outs. Every entry lands unposted until the controller posts it.

  • Agent · ERP
  • The controller posts each entry
Month-end close →
06

Live margin and cost

Sales and gross margin by customer, product and rep, read live, with the costs the agents enter showing up the same day.

  • Dashboard · ERP
  • No more morning export
See examples in production: Portfolio

Approval and access

Nothing posts without you.

  • It makes the entry itself.

    The agent enters the work in your systems, the same records a clerk would key. A person approves it, and nobody retypes it.

  • Nothing posts without you.

    The agent prepares each entry. A person on your team checks it and approves it, and the final post stays in your hands. Dashboards only read.

  • It touches only its job.

    lumic gives each agent access to the screens and records its job needs, and nothing more. Every action it takes is logged.

lumic builds it, and keeps it working.

Instead ofWith lumic
Typing every bill into two systemsAn agent enters it; you approve
Job cost known only at closeEstimate vs. actual, during the job
Build-and-ghost consultantsA team that stays on

Every job lumic automates: Services. Distributors: AI automation for distributors. The method: How lumic works.

Based in St. Louis. Start with a conversation.

Christian GonzenbachJoshua Wittenauer

Every engagement is led by a senior FDE, on site.

How to start
  1. 1
    A 20‑minute call.You walk the team through the work your people do by hand.
  2. 2
    A written proposal.What lumic would build, the timeline, and the cost.
  3. 3
    An on-site visit.lumic’s FDEs meet your team where the work happens and confirm the plan. St. Louis first; they travel for the right fit.