Anthropic launches Claude for Manufacturing to draft quotes, quality reports and supplier orders

Anthropic has launched Claude for Manufacturing, a plugin with 17 skills for factory and supply chain work, according to a company post. An estimator can have Claude read a customer's request, list what is missing, compare costs on similar jobs and draft a quote; other skills investigate a failed inspection, diagnose a broken-down machine, find another supplier and report on production.

The plugin works from a manufacturer's own records through connectors to Autodesk Fusion, Infor, Microsoft 365 and Oracle NetSuite. For systems without a connector, teams can save exports to Microsoft 365 for Claude to read. Infor, which announced its own Claude partnership earlier on Thursday, offers a plugin that lets Claude also make changes in Infor, such as moving a purchase order to another supplier when a shipment slips.

Every skill ends with a person's review before anything reaches a customer or supplier, and the plugin does not operate equipment. "Manufacturing, as we all know, is complex, judgment-heavy work, and we've actually hit a point where model capabilities match this really well," Anthropic's Lauren Collett told Manufacturing Dive. It is available on Claude Team and Enterprise plans.