Harmony AI
MANUFACTURING · FOOD & BEVERAGE · MEAT & POULTRY

AI Automation for Meat & Poultry.

Harmony digitizes paper cutting tests and HACCP checks, tracks yield by primal live, schedules lines around sanitation windows, and keeps traceability recall-ready. One AI-native operating system over everything: your floor, your machines, and the software you already run. No rip-and-replace.

THE PROCESS

First a digital transformation. Then an AI transformation.

FIG. 01 · THE TWO ARCSARC 1 · THE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATIONARC 2 · THE AI TRANSFORMATIONCLIPBOARDS & PAPEREXCEL & TRACKERSERP & SOFTWAREPLCS & MACHINESDIGITIZECONNECTUNIFYFORWARD-DEPLOYED ENGINEERSON YOUR FLOOR · IN PERSON · IN WEEKSHARMONY AI PLATFORMONE LIVE DATA LAYERERP · PLCS · SENSORS · SCALESQUALITY · INBOXES · DOCS · SPREADSHEETSNO MES? THIS BECOMES THE MESAI SEARCH · SOURCES CITEDAI AGENTS · HUMANS APPROVEAI PRODUCTION SCHEDULINGBACK-OFFICE AUTOMATIONS
ARC 1 · DIGITALTHE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATIONCLIPBOARDSEXCELERP + SOFTWAREMACHINES (PLCS)DIGITIZE · CONNECT · UNIFYONE LIVE DATA LAYEREVERY RECORD, SYSTEM, AND MACHINEBUILT ON-SITE, IN PERSON
ARC 2 · AITHE AI TRANSFORMATIONONE LIVE DATA LAYERTHE FOUNDATIONAI SEARCHANSWERS WITH SOURCES CITEDAI AGENTSPROPOSE · A PERSON APPROVESAI PRODUCTION SCHEDULINGTHE PLAN PROPOSES, PLANNER APPROVESBACK-OFFICE AI AUTOMATIONSFINANCE · SALES · PROCUREMENT · LOGISTICSAI ON TOP OF THE FOUNDATION
Data engineering is the work.AI is what it unlocks.
THE PHASED ROLLOUT

Three phases of a digital and AI transformation.

PHASE 01PAPEREXCELCAPTUREDONE LIVEDATALAYEREVERY PAPER POINT DIGITIZED · MACHINES CONNECTED
PHASE 1

Lay the Data Foundation · Digitization

Every pen-and-paper record digitized at the station, every software system connected, and all of the data unified into one live layer. The digital transformation starts here.

PHASE 02SENSORS LIVEAI SCHEDULE BOARDPM BEFORE FAILUREPROACTIVE OPERATIONS AT SCALE
PHASE 2

Production & Operations Scale

Factory operations turn proactive: live sensors and machine data, the AI scheduling board, predictive maintenance before failure.

PHASE 03LIVE DATALAYERAGENTAGENTAGENTHUMANS APPROVEAGENTS ACT ON THE LIVE LAYER
PHASE 3

AI-Native Operations

Agents across the floor and the back office act on the live layer: quality signals, reports, copilots. Humans approve.

AI USE CASES

Twelve ways the AI layer earns its keep.

PAPERSTATION TABLETLIVECAPTURED ONCE · SAME SHIFT
U1

Paperwork Digitization

Use case 01 · PEN, PAPER & EXCEL

Problem. Cutting tests, cooler temp logs, HACCP checks, and yield sheets live on clipboards and get keyed into Excel after the shift. Hours of retyping every week, and the numbers arrive a day late.

Harmony AI Solution. Captured once at the block and the line on tablets. AI flags out-of-range entries the moment they are written, and the day's numbers exist while the shift is still running.

ANY PLCLIVEONE SCREENSTREAMED IN REAL TIME
U2

Live Machine Data

Use case 02 · LIVE MACHINE DATA

Problem. Grinder throughput lives on the HMI, cook/chill temps on a chart recorder, freezer status on a panel nobody watches. None of it sits next to the day's yield or quality numbers.

Harmony AI Solution. Direct PLC and sensor connections stream temps, throughput, and cycle data from grinders, portioners, cook/chill, and spiral freezers in real time, any brand, via OPC UA or whatever the machine speaks.

MATERIAL INLOSSLIVE, BY LOTA BAD LOT SHOWS IN AN HOUR
U3

Yield Optimization

Use case 03 · YIELD BY PRIMAL

Problem. Yield is reconstructed at month-end from cutting tests and Excel. A cutter trending low or a primal running poorly costs margin for weeks before anyone sees it.

Harmony AI Solution. Cutting yield tracked live by primal, cutter, and shift.

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U4

In-Line Quality Intelligence

Use case 04 · IN-LINE QUALITY

Problem. Underweights, temperature misses, and seal failures surface at final inspection or at the customer. By then, hours of product carry the same problem into rework or hold.

Harmony AI Solution. Weights, temps, and seal checks captured as product exits each line. ML spots the pattern within minutes and signals the grinder or cook line upstream, the same shift.

ASK ANYTHINGAI SEARCHALL SYSTEMSANSWER + SOURCES CITEDSECONDS, NOT PHONE CALLS
U5

AI Search Across All Data

Use case 05 · AI SEARCH

Problem. "Which lots used that raw combo?" or "What did the cooler record overnight?" means binders, three phone calls, and an Excel export.

Harmony AI Solution. Answered in seconds with the source shown, across the ERP, HACCP logs, machine data, and inboxes. Natural-language questions, cited answers.

THE PLAN PROPOSESPLANNER APPROVESCONSTRAINTS MODELED, NEVER GUESSED
U6

AI Production Scheduling

Use case 06 · AI SCHEDULING

Problem. Lines are sequenced by hand every morning around species changeovers, allergen breaks, and sanitation windows. One late trailer and the plan is rebuilt from scratch.

Harmony AI Solution. AI production scheduling models the planner's own constraints and sequences the lines around species, allergens, and sanitation windows. The plan proposes, the planner approves.

CAPTUREDUNIFIEDACTED ONONE LIVE LAYER, HUMANS DECIDE
U7

AI Workflow Automation

Use case 07 · CATCH WEIGHTS

Problem. Catch weights are captured at the scale, written down, keyed into the ERP, and reconciled against the invoice by hand. Every mismatch becomes a deduction or a dispute.

Harmony AI Solution. Catch weights reconciled automatically from the scales to the invoice. Mismatches surface as a short list of flags instead of a month-end hunt.

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U8

RFID + Serial Genealogy

Use case 08 · HACCP + TRACEABILITY

Problem. A mock recall means pulling receiving logs, grind sheets, cook records, and pack records from binders and separate systems. Hours pass while the scope stays wide.

Harmony AI Solution. One-up/one-back across receiving, grind, cook, and pack in seconds, recall-ready, with every HACCP record attached to the lot that produced it.

AI AGENTEVENT INACTION OUTWATCHESALERTSHUMANS APPROVE EVERY ACTION
U9

Cold Chain

Use case 09 · COLD CHAIN

Problem. Cooler and freezer temps are checked on rounds and logged by hand. A compressor fading overnight is discovered at the morning reading, after product is already at risk.

Harmony AI Solution. Coolers and freezers streamed live into the AI layer. ML flags the excursion as the trend starts, before product is at risk, and the overnight record writes itself.

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U10

Inventory + Shortage Intelligence

Use case 10 · INVENTORY

Problem. Raw and finished counts drift from the system, shelf life is tracked in heads and spreadsheets, and shortages are discovered when the run is supposed to start.

Harmony AI Solution. An AI-maintained true-stock layer for raw and finished goods. Shelf-life alerts before product ages out, and material readiness answered before a run releases.

INVOICESPOSREPORTSAI AGENT, WORKINGAPPROVEDFINANCE · SALES · PROCUREMENT · LOGISTICS
U11

Back-Office AI Automations

Use case 11 · FULL-SCOPE AI AGENTS · FINANCE, SALES, PROCUREMENT, LOGISTICS

Problem. USDA market feeds are pulled by hand and keyed into costing spreadsheets. Costing lags the market by days, and quotes go out on stale numbers.

Harmony AI Solution. Full-scope AI agents run the workflows across financial, sales, procurement, and logistics: deductions and AR worked automatically, POs parsed from the inbox, and reports written before the morning meeting.

Scope. Financials, sales, procurement, and logistics automations, in the same platform.

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YOUR LIKELY STACK

The systems and machines we meet on your floor.

SYSTEMS
SAPInfor CloudSuite F&BApteanCSB-SystemIgnitionAVEVA historiansSafetyChainCustom appsLocal servers
MACHINES
Weiler grindersMarel portionersJBT portionersAlkar cook/chillMultivac vacuum packersGEA spiral freezersMettler-Toledo checkweighersMettler-Toledo metal detectors

You might run any of these. Or none of them. Harmony is software and hardware agnostic, and we connect live machine data from any PLC brand and any software or custom app.

Every agent proposes. A person approves. That line never moves.

AI AGENTS

Agents that watch, flag, and act. Humans decide.

Cutting Yield Watch
HACCP Trace Agent
Cold Chain Sentinel
Catch-Weight Reconciler
Sanitation Window Guard
Line Sequence Planner
AR + Collections Copilot
Deduction Workdown Agent
Morning Report Writer
Custom Agents, built for your floor and back office
THE PATTERN WE SEE

The problems we see on every meat & poultry floor, and why they happen.

Disconnected systems, disconnected data

The ERP holds the orders, SafetyChain holds the HACCP records, the historian holds the machine data, and the cutting floor writes on paper.

Yield is recorded after the shift

Cutting tests and yield sheets are filled in by hand at the block and keyed into Excel after the shift.

Cooler temps are logged by hand on rounds

Cooler and freezer temperatures are checked a few times a shift and written on a clipboard.

Trace records live in binders, so recalls take hours

One-up/one-back means pulling receiving logs, grind sheets, cook records, and pack records from different systems and binders.

The back office runs on manual work

POs are typed in from emails, invoices keyed into the ERP, deductions and AR worked from spreadsheets, and reports built by hand before the morning meeting.

ON-SITE, IN PERSON · SOFTWARE + HARDWARE AGNOSTIC · READ-ONLY PILOTS · US-HOSTED OR ON-PREM · HUMANS APPROVE EVERY ACTION

THE PILOT

$15–20K. 4–6 weeks. One painful problem.

We pick one specific pain point, send engineers to live in your factory for 4–6 weeks, and solve it. One-time payment, working software by week 3, and no obligation to go further. If you do, you choose the modules that you like.

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QUESTIONS, ANSWERED
Will digital records hold up with our USDA inspector?

The HACCP program stays your HACCP program. Checks are captured at the point of work, time-stamped, with the same forms your inspector already knows, printable on demand. Nothing in the food safety program changes without your QA team approving it. Read-only pilots: every agent proposes, a person approves.

Can you get live data off our grinders, cook/chill, and freezers?

Yes. Direct PLC and sensor connections, Allen-Bradley/Rockwell, Siemens, Omron, Mitsubishi, or any other brand, via OPC UA or whatever the machine speaks, plus scales, checkweighers, and temperature probes, streamed into the AI layer in real time. Software and hardware agnostic.

We sell on catch weights. Can the AI layer handle that?

Yes. Catch weights are captured at the scale and reconciled automatically through the ERP to the invoice. Mismatches surface as flags for a person to resolve, and deductions tied to weight disputes get worked by agents with the evidence attached.

Do you replace our ERP or SafetyChain?

Additive by default. The AI layer sits on top of what you already run, and when a system deserves to be replaced, we replace it. Sometimes we're the layer on top of your MES. Sometimes we are the MES.

How does the AI get our data?

Read-only connections, scheduled exports, or on-prem. Security is reviewed together in scoping. Baseline first, then measure. Estimates are labeled as estimates.

What does it cost after the pilot?

A per-plant annual platform: unlimited seats, no user fees, hardware at cost. The pilot itself is $15-20K over 4-6 weeks against one painful problem, with working software by week 3.

Do you work remotely?

No. We always start a pilot in person and on-site, with forward-deployed engineers on your floor. Very rarely do we do anything remotely.

Harmony AI puts yield, HACCP, and cold-chain data on one live layer, so drift gets caught in the hour instead of at month-end.