The buyer's toolkit for factory AI

Evaluate industrial AI on your line, not in a demo.

Six weighted criteria, nineteen RFP questions, twenty-three data checks and a twelve-question gate review. Free Excel tools for plant, quality and CI leaders.

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Start with measurementMost industrial-AI projects stall on data, not models. Measure first: which stops, how long, on which machine. TEEPTRAK does that with a module in the electrical cabinet and a sensor at the line. No PLC changes, live OEE in about two hours.

The TEEPTRAK approach

Before you buy an AI platform, get the data layer running.

Most shortlists stall on one question: where will the data come from? TEEPTRAK connects machines of any brand and age and delivers states, stops, cycles and OEE from the first days. The AI decision can then rest on measured losses instead of promises.

Works with or without a PLC, on new and old machines alike
Open data export, so any later AI or MES project can use the full history
Operator screens, training and support in the plant's language

Used in 450+ factories. At Hutchinson, OEE rose from 47% to 72%. Installed with a module wired into the electrical cabinet and a sensor at the edge of the line. No PLC changes. TEEPTRAK is not an MES: it measures, so you know what to fix first.

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What an OEE system really costs: the 3-year calculator

What an OEE system really costs over 3 years: licences, devices, sensors, screens, installation, integration and your team’s time. Free calculator.

The Buyer's Scorecard: score your shortlist on six weighted criteria

Free Excel scorecard: evaluate up to three industrial AI vendors on the six weighted criteria that predict deployment success.

Nineteen questions vendors cannot answer with a brochure

Grouped by the six rubric criteria we publish, each with what a substantive answer actually contains, so you can tell a real answer from a fluent…

Score your data before you score the vendors

Twenty-three checks across signal coverage, sampling, naming, history and governance: weighted, with a verdict at the bottom. Most failed pilots…

Twelve questions between a working pilot and a line that depends on it

Six gates (value, data, integration, people, commercial, risk) each with the evidence that settles it and the owner who has to produce it. Pass or…

IATF 16949 §8.5.1.5 total productive maintenance: what auditors expect on OEE, MTBF and MTTR

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OEM capacity evidence: capacity is a standing, portal-reported obligation

Mercedes SMB/BKM, IVECO clause 17, Volvo plant capacity assessment and Stellantis escalation: what evidence backs a capacity figure, and what fails.

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What is an industrial AI platform?

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AI in manufacturing: 12 examples that actually produce ROI

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Where generative AI genuinely helps manufacturers in 2026, and where industrial machine learning, not LLMs, does the real process…

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