AI operations for manufacturers
Quotes live in the ERP, follow-ups live in a spreadsheet, and the customer's address gets typed in four times before a contract goes out. 3rd Brain embeds an AI Operator in your team to connect sales, contracts, and production into one system that runs without you in the middle of it.
Built for $3M to $20M manufacturers. Job shops, fabricators, and light assembly with an ERP, a CRM nobody trusts, and an owner who is the integration layer between them.
Operators and engineers embedded with
Proof in manufacturing
Sales, contracts and production connected
annual impact
$4.2M revenue · Manufacturer
Connected sales and production workflows increased sales capacity and cut operating costs. Three new reps began closing live leads within two months, and an embedded developer took over the manufacturing ERP.
Read the full story →ERP-to-CRM revenue recovery
new revenue closed from hidden pipeline
~$12M revenue · Manufacturer
Connecting ERP data to the CRM surfaced $310K in missed pipeline, enabled consistent follow-up, and removed more than 1,000 manual tasks a year. Recurring account lists now support expansion selling across 1,000+ accounts.
Read the full story →Sales team onboarding
closing live leads within two months
$4.2M revenue · Manufacturer
A sales operating system new people could work in. Deal close generated the contract, routed it for signature, notified the team, and filed the signed copy without anyone chasing it.
Read the full story →Sound familiar?
None of these are people problems. They are handoff problems, and they cost money every month they go unfixed.
Sales cannot see which quotes changed, which expired, or which accounts went quiet. Leadership's pipeline report misses opportunities that already exist in the ERP. One client had $310K sitting there.
Once in the quote, again in the CRM, again in the contract, again in the ERP. Every re-entry is a chance for a wrong ship-to address or a missed spec, and every one slows a rep down.
Carbon copies, PDFs emailed around for signature, a signed copy that never makes it back into the job record. Closing a deal should generate the contract, route it, and file it without a person chasing it.
When the process lives in one veteran's head, every hire learns it by shadowing. A system new people can work in changes how fast you can grow sales.
Requests come in by email, phone, and the storefront, land with different people, and get cross-checked by hand. One help desk removed more than 1,000 manual tasks a year for one client.
Your AI talent partner
Embedded in your team, not sold as software. Combine them as your needs grow.
AI Operator
Turn manufacturing sales and service into automated systems.
Works inside your ERP, CRM, and contract tools to make them one operating flow.
From $3K/month
Explore the AI Operator role →AI Engineer
Own the ERP, the storefront, and the custom pieces between them.
An embedded developer who ships the tools your business needs and maintains them.
From $8K/month
Explore the AI Engineer role →Fit guarantee
Client story
Sales, contracts, and the manufacturing ERP did not form a connected operating flow. Customer addresses were re-entered as many as five times, and contracts still depended on handwritten carbon copies. We rebuilt the sales operating system, connected deal close to contract generation, and an embedded developer took over the ERP. Three new reps were closing live leads within two months.
From the 3rd Brain case study. Read the full story →
How an engagement runs
Twenty minutes on where the handoffs break and what they cost. You leave knowing whether you need an Operator, an Engineer, or neither.
We map the real flow from quote to cash across your ERP, CRM, and contract tools, and put a dollar figure on each gap before anything gets built.
Your Operator or Engineer works inside your team, ships in weeks, and hands off a documented system your people own.
Tell us what you want connected. We'll show you where the handoffs are breaking and what it would take to close them.
