Before you choose an AI engineer.

LevelPlane helps OEMs and suppliers prepare RFQs, plan manufacturing routes, calculate should costs and review quotes or bids. Teams can assess more work, reuse approved analysis and check costs before making a commitment.

An adaptive manufacturer revises decisions and coordinates action as conditions change. LevelPlane describes five levels: visibility, assisted decisions, connected decisions, coordinated action and autonomous operations. A chat assistant can help with an individual task; the distinction to test is shared company context, approved actions across systems and reusable reasoning. LevelPlane focuses on L4 coordinated action for the agreed workflow, with people approving commitments.

Aven is your AI project manager. It coordinates specialists in drawings, manufacturing, sourcing, cost and quoting, and routes unresolved questions to the responsible person. LevelPlane reads, costs, quotes, coordinates and flags risk. Your team approves the decisions; approved corrections can be reused on relevant work.

The same part, revision and decision basis connect sales, engineering, operations, procurement and finance. Requirements, factory constraints, supplier responses, rates and approvals stay attached to the work. Planned supply chain and quality workflows add orders, stock, capacity and quality evidence. Each team works within its permissions; shared context does not mean every participant sees every record.

Drawing interpretation is checked against the requirements and manufacturing context. Revision conflicts, missing inputs and uncertain features become specific review questions. CAD geometry or verified engineering analysis may still be needed. Confirm supported formats and processes on your own parts. The drawing research evaluates extraction separately from costing or production acceptance.

Start with a reference factory, then confirm your machines, operating limits, cycle times, yields, tooling, rates and overhead. These inputs shape the route and cost. External references and plant data retain their source and date; assumptions remain visible. A market update should not silently replace your negotiated rate.

The estimate follows the manufacturing route, operation by operation, with its inputs and assumptions visible. Review material, conversion, tooling and other included costs against a matched reference. LevelPlane reports 500+ production parts within 5% of actual cost in one automotive OEM engagement. Your own scope needs its own acceptance test; that result is not a universal accuracy guarantee.

An approved correction keeps its evidence, owner, scope and version in your company context. A cycle-time correction for a specific machine and part family can inform the next matching job. Supplier clarifications and accepted outcomes add context that other relevant workflows can reuse. Unapproved suggestions do not become facts, and later updates should not silently alter earlier approved quotes.

Coordination starts inside the agreed procurement workflow: RFQ clarifications, supplier responses, quote preparation and approved follow-ups. Aven keeps owners, dependencies and action status connected. External messages or system updates use the agreed integration and approval path. Order changes, delivery recovery and broader supply coordination are planned expansion.

Current procurement work can expose missing requirements, revision conflicts and unconfirmed manufacturing or cost assumptions. The video previews broader supply and quality risks, including supplier exposure to a cyclone warning. Those planned workflows connect the affected parts, stock and responses for review. A risk signal prompts investigation and an approved response; it is not a prediction or a confirmed disruption by itself.

Yes. Integration is scoped around the workflow and the systems you use, including ERP, email, spreadsheets and business tools. Agree which records are read, which approved actions may be written, and who owns access. Configuration sets up context, rules and approvals; integration connects systems; tuning validates the result on your real cases. Confirm the required connectors and dependencies before starting.

Your team approves commercial commitments and the engineering or quality decisions assigned to authorized owners. Agents prepare work and carry out the approved steps within the agreed permissions and integrations. L4 means coordinated action with human approval. L5 would allow routine decisions within pre-agreed limits; it is a distinct operating level, not the default promise.

Your proprietary drawings, factory knowledge, rates, margins and customer-specific learning remain within your agreed company boundary. Supplier and OEM contexts stay separate. Define ownership, permitted use, retention, access and deployment in the engagement terms, including any external model processing. Confirm the required controls with your IT and security team before sharing confidential inputs.

A dedicated LevelPlane engineer works with your owner: week one defines the scope and baseline; week two configures the workflow and connects agreed systems; week three tunes and validates real cases; week four measures the result and hands over the workflow. Bring representative inputs, accepted references, access and available reviewers. Measure response time, expert effort and accepted outputs. Four weeks is the target for the agreed scope once prerequisites are ready.

The proposal depends on the selected workflows, volume, integration and delivery scope. Agree the commercial terms and acceptance criteria before work begins. At the four-week review, decide whether the result supports continued use, what needs correction and which workflow or plant to add next. Expansion should follow demonstrated value and a clear operating owner.