Illustrative previewAn AI assistant for your Business Central manufacturing data
— ask production questions in plain English, get at-risk order alerts, daily shop-floor summaries, and concrete reschedule and replenishment recommendations. Built, installed, and supported by
ECOSIRE as a per-tenant AL extension on your tenant.
What is Manufacturing AI Copilot & Insights Agent?
An AI assistant for your Business Central manufacturing data — ask production questions in plain English, get at-risk order alerts, daily shop-floor summaries, and concrete reschedule and replenishment recommendations. Built, installed, and supported by ECOSIRE as a per-tenant AL extension on your tenant. Built to order by ECOSIRE for Dynamics 365 BC (build-to-order) — indicative price from $999.00 USD; request a quote for a scoped proposal.
Key Features
Built to order, done for you
No DIY setup — a working app, built, installed and supported by ECOSIRE.
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You order
Start with a one-time build price. We scope it with you at kickoff.
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We build & install
ECOSIRE builds, configures and installs it on your Dynamics 365 Business Central.
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Go live + support
You go live in about one working week, with two weeks of go-live support. Defects in the code we deliver are fixed free of charge.
About this Product
The Manufacturing AI Copilot & Insights Agent is a build-to-order Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central extension that puts a natural-language assistant on top of your production data. Instead of hopping between the Released Production Orders list, Item Availability by BOM Level, and the Requisition Worksheet, a plant manager simply asks: "Which orders are at risk this week?" or "Why is order PO-10421 late?" — and gets a grounded, data-backed answer.
This is not an instant AppSource download. ECOSIRE builds the extension in AL, tailors it to your routings, work centers, BOM structure, and shop-floor data, then installs it as a per-tenant extension directly on your Business Central environment (cloud SaaS or on-prem). We configure it, hand over the permission sets, and support it.
Under the hood, the Copilot is implemented with table and page extensions plus event subscribers that read live production data through Business Central's own object model and the REST/OData v4 API. Natural-language questions are routed through a governed prompt layer (built on the Copilot/Azure OpenAI pattern Microsoft supports for BC) that maps intent to safe, read-only AL queries — never free-form SQL against your tenant. A Job Queue entry runs the nightly at-risk scan and assembles the auto-summarized daily shop-floor status. Optional Power Platform / Dataverse integration lets the same insights surface in Power BI or a Teams channel.
Everything respects Business Central permissions: the agent only sees what the calling user's permission set allows. Recommendations (reschedule, replenish, expedite) are surfaced as suggested actions a planner reviews and confirms — the human stays in control. You get AI-assisted visibility without ripping out or replacing the manufacturing module you already run.
What you get
- A per-tenant Business Central AL extension (.app) built to your manufacturing setup, installed on your sandbox then promoted to production
- Dedicated permission sets and a documented security model scoping what the agent can read
- A configured Job Queue entry for the nightly at-risk scan and daily shop-floor summary
- Configuration of the Azure OpenAI / Copilot connection and prompt grounding against your production data
- Optional Power BI / Dataverse integration setup when in scope, including a sample manufacturing insights dashboard
- Admin and end-user documentation plus a live handover/training session for plant managers and planners
- Source AL code ownership or escrow per your agreement, and a defined warranty + support window after go-live
Who this is for
Plant Manager
Wants a single morning view of where production stands and which orders are about to slip, without digging through multiple BC pages. Asks the Copilot plain-English questions and acts on the daily summary.
Production Planner / Scheduler
Reviews the agent's reschedule and replenishment recommendations, validates them against the Planning Worksheet, and confirms the ones that make sense — keeping a human in the loop on every change.
Operations Director / IT Lead
Needs AI capability added to Business Central without a risky core customization. Values a clean per-tenant extension, permission-scoped access, governed prompts, and a vendor who installs and supports it.
How Manufacturing AI Copilot & Insights Agent Compares
| Criterion | ECOSIRE | Custom Build | Competitor | Dynamics 365 Business Central Native |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natural-language Q&A grounded on your live BC production data | Included | Partial support | Partial support | Not included |
| At-risk / late order detection tailored to your routings and BOMs | Included | Partial support | Partial support | Partial support |
| Auto-generated daily shop-floor summary via Job Queue | Included | Partial support | Partial support | Not included |
| Reschedule & replenishment recommendations with human-in-the-loop confirmation | Included | Partial support | Not included | Partial support |
| Built, installed, and supported for you as a per-tenant AL extension | Included | Not included | Not included | Not included |
| Tailored to your exact shop-floor data and thresholds | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Permission-scoped, governed prompts, no free-form SQL on tenant | Included | Partial support | Partial support | Included |
| Optional Power BI / Dataverse insights integration | Included | Partial support | Partial support | Partial support |
Frequently Asked Questions about Manufacturing AI Copilot & Insights Agent
How long does delivery take, and how is it installed?
This is a build-to-order extension, not an instant AppSource download. After a short scoping call we typically deliver in about one working week depending on the complexity of your routings, BOMs, and any Power Platform integration. We build it in AL, install it first on your Business Central sandbox for validation, then deploy it to production as a per-tenant extension. ECOSIRE handles the entire install.
Do you provide ongoing support and updates after go-live?
Yes. Every build includes a warranty window after go-live, and we offer ongoing support and maintenance plans. Because it is a per-tenant AL extension, we keep it compatible across Business Central's twice-yearly platform updates, adjust thresholds and prompts as your operation changes, and can extend it with new questions or recommendations on request.
Does the AI write to my data or make changes automatically?
No. The agent is read-only against your production data. All recommendations — reschedule, replenish, expedite — are surfaced as suggestions that a planner reviews and confirms inside Business Central. The human always stays in control of any actual change.
Will it work with my existing manufacturing setup and permissions?
Yes. It is built on top of your existing Manufacturing module using table extensions, page extensions, and event subscribers, so nothing in your base configuration is replaced. It fully respects Business Central permission sets — the agent only sees what the signed-in user is authorized to see.
Where does the AI processing happen and is my data safe?
Natural-language requests are processed through a governed Azure OpenAI / Copilot prompt layer following Microsoft's supported BC pattern, with grounding on your data and guardrails against fabricated numbers. The agent queries your tenant only through safe, read-only AL queries and the BC REST/OData API — it never runs free-form SQL. We configure the connection within your own Microsoft tenant boundaries per your data governance requirements.
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An AI assistant for your Business Central manufacturing data — ask production questions in plain English, get at-risk order alerts, daily shop-floor summaries, and concrete reschedule and replenishment recommendations. Built, installed, and supported by ECOSIRE as a per-tenant AL extension on your tenant.
- Natural-language queries over live production data (production orders, routings, BOMs, capacity) routed to safe read-only AL queries via the BC REST/OData v4 API — never free-form SQL on your tenant
- At-risk and late production order detection: a Job Queue scan compares due dates, routing progress, and component availability to flag orders trending late before they slip
- Auto-summarized daily shop-floor status delivered each morning — released vs. finished output, capacity load, exceptions, and open material shortages in one readable digest
- Replenishment recommendations that read the Requisition/Planning Worksheet logic and suggest what to expedite or re-order, with the planner confirming before any action