AI-powered manufacturing analytics for engineering and manufacturing SMEs in Sheffield and South Yorkshire. Pricing in GBP. Works with the systems you already run.
Sheffield and South Yorkshire host one of the UK's deepest concentrations of precision engineering and advanced manufacturing, anchored by the AMRC and a heritage of steel and metals.
Sheffield's industrial identity was built on steel and edge tools — the city set the global standard for cutlery, surgical instruments, and specialty steels for two centuries.
Today Sheffield is the home of the University of Sheffield's Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC), one of the most important applied-research clusters in UK manufacturing. The region's modern mix includes aerospace (Boeing AMRC, McLaren), medical devices, specialty steels, and a growing base of precision-engineering SMEs.
Universities and research partners: University of Sheffield (incl. AMRC), Sheffield Hallam.
A single place where your engineering team can ask questions of your operational data in plain English — and get accurate, sourced answers with charts and tables in seconds.
“Which line had the most unplanned downtime last quarter?” “Show me bearing temperatures on pump 4 vs. last year.” No SQL. No dashboards to build first.
OPC-UA, SQL databases, historian connectors, CSV uploads, CMMS exports. Vendor-neutral. No rip-and-replace.
Set thresholds and anomaly rules in plain language. Get notified the moment something drifts.
Every answer cites the underlying records and shows its working. No black-box AI. Engineers can verify before acting.
A software provider backed by real-world manufacturing engineering experience.
Transparent monthly tiers in pounds. No currency surprises on renewal. Annual options for budget predictability.
No enterprise minimums, no six-figure consulting wrappers. Most customers go live in weeks, not quarters.
Implementation work on AI-driven analytics often qualifies for UK R&D Tax Relief (subject to HMRC criteria and your accountant's assessment).
Manufacturing analytics software collects, organises, and analyses operational data from your shop floor — sensors, SCADA, CMMS, ERP, spreadsheets — and turns it into actionable insights. Modern AI-powered platforms let engineering teams ask questions of their data in plain English without writing SQL or building dashboards first.
AWI Analytics is an AI-powered analytics platform designed for engineering and manufacturing SMEs. It connects to operational data sources and lets engineers ask questions of that data in natural language, returning sourced answers with charts and tables.
It is designed to be vendor-neutral and to work alongside the systems you already run, rather than requiring you to rip and replace. The exact set of connectors and integration approach depends on your specific stack — we cover this in a discovery call.
AWI Analytics is designed for SME-scale engagements rather than multi-quarter enterprise rollouts. A realistic scope is to have a first useful output on real data within weeks, with full operational handover inside a 90-day implementation window.
In past programme cycles, Made Smarter has supported qualifying SME manufacturers with software adoption and digital roadmaps in eligible regions. Eligibility, grant rates, and supported technology categories change each cycle — check current criteria with your regional Made Smarter team or visit madesmarter.uk.
Implementation work that involves a genuine technical advance or resolves scientific or technological uncertainty can qualify for UK R&D Tax Relief, subject to HMRC's definition and your accountant's assessment. Off-the-shelf adoption typically doesn't qualify; bespoke integration work sometimes does. Take specialist advice before claiming.
The best starting point is a 30-minute discovery call. We walk through your operational data, your priority use cases, and what realistic next steps would look like — no slides, no obligation.
AWI Analytics works with manufacturers across the UK. See location-specific context for the other main hubs we serve, or the UK overview.
Book a 30-minute discovery call. We'll show you AWI Analytics running on a sample of your operational data — no slides, no obligation.
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