Impossible, yesterday.
Octopus

01 · People

Approve critical actions
Handle exceptions
Give feedback

02 · Coordination layer

Octopus

In development · Early Access

Operational context

Reads ERP, CAD, email, documents and spreadsheets as one process, not as disconnected systems.

Cross-system orchestration

Coordinates agents and hand-offs between departments: who does what, in which order, with which data.

Human in the loop

Handles exceptions and asks the right people for approval before any critical action.

Continuous measurement

Tracks lead times, errors and manual hours saved, and feeds that back into the process.

03 · Agents

BOM Agent

From the AutoCAD drawing to the bill of materials in your ERP

Delivery Note Agent

Delivery notes and order handling

Machine Agent

Machine monitoring and management

Supply Chain Agent

Import/export, logistics and procurement

04 · The systems you already use

ERPAutoCAD / PDMMES and machinesEmail and PDFExcelSupplier portals
How it works

Most automation starts with a task. Octopus starts with your business.

Typical automation

Starts from a predefined task or workflow. Someone already has to know what to automate, and the tool will only ever do that one thing.

Octopus

Starts by understanding your business. It watches how work really happens and finds where automation and AI create real value, before anything gets built.

Everyday Intelligent Workforce

A team of agents for the work nobody wants to do by hand.

Each agent has one clear job, works inside the systems you already use and reports to the Octopus layer. People stay in control of the steps that matter.

BOM AgentSpecialist

From the AutoCAD drawing to the bill of materials in your ERP

Reads the technical drawing, extracts parts, materials and quantities, builds the bill of materials and loads it into the ERP. Engineering reviews; the agent does the data entry.

Routine tasks

  • Reads DWG/DXF files and title blocks
  • Extracts parts and quantities
  • Codes items and checks master data
  • Creates the BOM in the ERP
AutoCADERPPDM
Delivery Note AgentRoutine

Delivery notes and order handling

Reads incoming delivery notes and order confirmations, books them into the ERP and flags anything that doesn’t match the purchase order.

Routine tasks

  • Reads delivery notes from email and PDF
  • Books goods receipts in the ERP
  • Matches against supplier orders
  • Flags discrepancies
EmailERPPDF
Machine AgentRoutine

Machine monitoring and management

Collects data from plants and lines, spots downtime and anomalies, and alerts the right people before they turn into a problem.

Routine tasks

  • Collects data from machines and MES
  • Detects downtime and anomalies
  • Alerts production and maintenance
  • Daily efficiency reports
MESPLC/IoTERP
Supply Chain AgentRoutine

Import/export, logistics and procurement

Prepares import/export paperwork, tracks shipments and chases suppliers, keeping purchasing and inventory in sync.

Routine tasks

  • Customs and export documents
  • Shipment and carrier tracking
  • Supplier follow-ups and confirmations
  • Reorder suggestions
ERPEmailCarrier portals
Custom

Don’t see your process here?

Agents grow out of the analysis of your processes. If a task is repetitive and moves from one system to another, we can build an agent for it.

A worked example

From a customer order to a production plan.

An illustration of how Octopus tackles a process, not the result of a specific customer.

  1. The order comes in

    A customer order arrives by email or through a portal, like any other day.

  2. Octopus reads it

    Order details, ERP entry, current stock, and what needs to be purchased to fulfil it.

  3. It maps the manual work

    Who re-keys the same data twice, who chases supplier confirmations by email, where the process quietly stalls.

  4. It proposes a change

    One specific, well-scoped improvement, not a generic automation platform dropped in from above.

  5. It goes live

    With a person still signing off on the steps that matter.

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Which process would you most like to take off your team’s hands?

Bring us one real workflow and we’ll show you how Octopus and its agents would handle it. No commitment.