Course Details
A 2-day course, 6 hours per day (12 hours in total), delivered as a hands-on workshop with a capstone project. Beginner to Intermediate level, no AI background required. Learners take home a factory prompt library, a shop-floor assistant (Custom GPT/Gem), SOP templates, PM checklists and sample production reports, and a data security and PDPA checklist.
Day 1: AI for Documents, Production Data and Quality
Section 1: AI in Factory and Manufacturing Work
- An overview of generative AI in factory and manufacturing work and what changes in the process
- AI use cases in production: documents, data, quality, maintenance, safety and planning
- Choosing the right AI tool for each task
- AI limits and a verification mindset for work that demands high accuracy
Section 2: Effective Prompts for Factory Work
- A good prompt structure for production: role, process context, data and output format
- Instructing AI to reference standards and show reasoning so results are traceable
- Using examples to keep document and report formats consistent
- Building a team prompt library for recurring work
Section 3: SOPs and Work Instructions with AI
- Using AI to create and improve SOPs, work instructions and manuals
- Turning shop-floor steps into standard documents that are easy to read and follow
- Creating checklists and forms for routine work
- Workshop: create or improve one of the learner's SOPs with AI
Section 4: Analyzing Production Data with AI
- Using AI to analyze production data such as output, defects, downtime and OEE
- Finding anomalies and trends worth checking
- Preparing shift and monthly reports that support decisions
- Workshop: use AI to analyze a sample production dataset and summarize key points, verifying the numbers
Section 5: Quality and Defect Analysis
- Using AI to help with quality control and summarize defect data
- Finding root causes with root cause and 5-why techniques, with AI helping to ask the questions
- Reading and summarizing data from defect images and shop-floor documents (multimodal)
- Workshop: analyze a sample defect case and draft a corrective plan with AI
Day 2: Maintenance, Planning, Assistants and Automation
Section 6: Maintenance and Safety Work
- Using AI to summarize repair logs and help with basic machine problem analysis
- Preparing preventive maintenance (PM) plans and checklists
- Preparing safety documents such as JSA and summarizing near-miss events
- Workshop: prepare one PM checklist or safety document with AI
Section 7: Production and Supply Chain Planning
- Using AI to help with basic production planning and scheduling
- Forecasting demand and helping manage inventory and materials
- Analyzing the impact of assumptions and simple scenario building
Section 8: Shop-floor Assistants and Factory Knowledge Base
- Building a Custom GPT or Gem as a shop-floor assistant answering questions on SOPs and standards
- Embedding factory documents and knowledge for consistent results shared across the team
- Using AI to help train shop-floor staff and transfer knowledge
- Workshop: build one shop-floor assistant to answer common production-line questions
Section 9: Factory Automation with n8n
- Setting up factory automation with n8n, such as daily production report summaries
- Alerts when production values or defects are abnormal
- Connecting data across systems and spreadsheets for a complete production view
- Workshop: design one simple automation flow for factory work
Section 10: Accuracy, Data Security and PDPA
- Setting mechanisms to verify result accuracy before use in production
- Data that must not go into AI: trade secrets, production formulas and sensitive data
- Employee personal data under PDPA and setting the team's AI usage guideline
Section 11: Capstone Project and Real-world Adoption
- Task: set up an end-to-end AI toolkit for the learner's factory work, from documents and SOPs and data analysis to a shop-floor assistant
- Present the work and get feedback from the instructor and peers
- A first-30-days adoption plan and setting up AI use for the whole factory team