--- title: Industrias FMR: AI for Materials Management description: AI consulting for Industrias FMR: an analysis of how it manages materials and a proof of concept that builds bills of materials from its drawings. --- # Industrias FMR: AI for Materials Management We used AI to analyze how Industrias FMR, an Argentine metalworking company, manages its materials, and delivered a proof of concept that generates bills of materials straight from its drawings. - **Client**: [Industrias FMR](https://industriasfmr.com.ar/) - **Industries**: [Manufacturing and agribusiness](https://www.tupaca.com/en/industries/manufacturing-agribusiness) - **Services**: AI - **Timeline**: Oct 2026 - **Team**: AI experts - **Technologies used in this project**: Claude > From drawings to bill of materials, with no manual entry: an AI proof of concept ## The challenge Industrias FMR, an Argentine metalworking company, enters the materials for every job into its drawings, then retypes them by hand into Excel sheets that pass through several departments before reaching purchasing. That double entry eats up time, introduces errors and means some shortages only surface when the shop floor needs the part. ## Our solution We applied our AI consulting to one specific process: materials management. - Mapping the current workflow, from engineering drawings to purchasing and receiving - Analysis of real DWG drawings and the Excel bills of materials - Concrete automation opportunities, ranked by impact - A rollout plan in short phases, starting with the biggest bottleneck - A first proof of concept that pulls materials straight from the drawings ## The result - A clear picture of where materials management loses time and introduces errors - Concrete opportunities to improve the process, with a clear order to tackle them - A proof of concept, tested on the company's real drawings, that goes from drawing to bill of materials with no manual entry - A roadmap for adding improvements on the same foundation ## Key figures - 45 — DWG drawings analyzed - 2 h — of meetings with the client - <1 week — from discovery to proposal - +10 — concrete deliverables proposed ## Bottleneck first Materials management had several problems, but they didn't all weigh the same. 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