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Manufacturing’s New Decision Engine: How KOR SMARTFORGE Powers Strategic Insights
KOR SmartForge is a ready-to-deploy AI enabled analytic solution designed to deliver real-time visibility, predictive insights, and seamless integration with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations.
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George Philip
Sr. Vice President (Data Analytics and Emerging Technologies)
September 30, 2025
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When supply chains keep rewriting the rulebook, energy prices swing unpredictably, and AI-driven competitors move at digital speed, standing still is not an option for manufacturers. Yet many manufacturing plants still rely on yesterday’s reporting cycles: nightly data exports, spreadsheet patch-ups, and siloed analytics that arrive too late to guide the next production run. KOR SMARTFORGE, Korcomptenz’s Microsoft Fabric AI and Reporting Cloud, changes the rhythm.
SMARTFORGE seamlessly integrates with Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations and other systems, offering 100+ pre-built Copilot AI enabled dashboards. Copilot-powered analytics enable users to explore data independently. Leaders get real-time insights and can see, decide, and act without waiting for IT to build reports.
Are Data Gaps Costing You More Than You Realize?
- 98% of manufacturers experience data-related issues across their operations.
- 97% report that siloed data has a direct impact on productivity and innovation.
- Manual workflows can cost manufacturers as much as 20% in lost revenue due to quality issues.
- Delayed conversion of the shop floor data can delay the identification of the root cause by days or weeks.
Why Traditional Reporting Falls Short
- Isolated data sources hold up visibility into line performance, inventory risks, and supplier dependability.
- Traditional BI initiatives require expensive data modeling and months of design before value realization.
- Managers continue to invest precious time in settling on versions of the truth instead of planning the next efficiency win.
SMARTFORGE tackles these challenges by delivering an end-to-end analytics fabric designed to scale with your business needs powering smarter reporting, predictive insights, and seamless integration across your ecosystem
The SMARTFORGE Seven-Point Advantage
1. Instant Insight through 100+ Dashboards
Perspectives on sales, production, quality, procurement, finance, and plant maintenance are delivered out-of-the-box. Executives have 360-degree control of day-to-day operations from day one.
2. Near Real-Time Analytics
Fabric’s Synapse bridge mirrors D365 F&O data into OneLake every 15 minutes, cutting out nightly batch windows and enabling on-the-fly decisions like rush-order re-sequencing or scrap-rate containment.
3. AI Copilot-Enabled Self-Service
Natural-language prompts translate questions in the background, releasing functional managers to investigate “Why did yield drop on Line 3 in the second shift?” without waiting for analyst availability.
4. AI-Driven Forecasting
Innately embedded machine learning models forecast demand fluctuations and identify margin decline before it takes a bite. Producers can pre-emptively fine-tune capacity, negotiate supply deals, or modify product mix.
5. Smooth Third-Party Integration
The lakehouse architecture consumes MES logs, IoT telemetry, and supplier portals in addition to ERP data, forming a single version of the truth from the floor through the boardroom.
6. Security, Compliance & Governance Built-In
Enterprise encryption, Data Security and compliance, with role-based access to data secure your intellectual capital while facilitating governed self-service.
7. Faster Deployment & Reduced Total Cost of Ownership
Preconfigured data models and automation reduce deployment cycles, offering up to a 30% decrease in TCO over custom projects
SMARTFORGE at a Glance
Enterprise-Grade Analytics, Ready for Scale
Lakehouse Foundation: Fabric’s One Lake stores structured, semi-structured, and streaming data in open Delta format without redundant storage costs.
Unified Compute: Synapse Data Engineering, Data Warehouse, and Real-Time Intelligence operate on a standard capacity, so analytics scale elastically with production spikes.
Regulated Workspaces: Power BI Premium capabilities impose data-loss prevention policies, as well as provide pixel-perfect reporting for regulatory filings.
Copilot Everywhere: From Power BI narrative summaries to the generation of SQL, generative AI accelerates insight consumption by finance, supply chain, and operations teams.
Tangible Outcomes for Strategic Decision-Makers
| Outcome | Strategic Benefit |
|---|---|
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Cut Production Delays |
Real-time visibility at the machine level enables faster responses and minimizes unplanned downtime, improving OEE and meeting customer promise dates. |
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Improve Supplier Reliability |
Procurement dashboards expose inbound risk early, enabling proactive reallocation or renegotiation before production lines are impacted. |
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Free Cash & Working Capital |
Interactive inventory insights reveal redundant stock and inactive items, unlocking capital for innovation or growth initiatives. |
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Boost Strategic Flexibility |
Scenario modeling empowers finance to simulate margin impacts from commodity or tariff changes in minutes, not weeks. |
The Power of Real-Time Decisions with KOR SmartForge
Smoothly integrated with Microsoft Dynamics 365 and your overall enterprise systems, our pre-configured solution provides real-time insights in production, procurement, and supply chain operations, enabling you to act quickly, eliminate waste, and drive measurable results.
Organizations implementing SMARTFORGE typically experience:
Accelerated Insight Cycles: KPI refresh periods reduce from days to minutes, facilitating management-by-exception rather than monthly retrospectives.
Reduced Reporting Overheads: Automation reduces manual consolidation workstreams, transferring analyst capacity to value-added costing and analysis.
Economic IT: Fabric’s consumption pricing and unified storage are factors in significant TCO savings.
SMARTFORGE: Your Fast-Track to the Intelligent Factory
Digitally advanced manufacturers are already shortening decision cycles and flexing capacity ahead of demand peaks. Holding out for legacy BI revamps risks erosion of margins and share of the market. SMARTFORGE provides a proven, fast route to the intelligent factory, one that takes the analytical acumen of a cloud-native start-up to mature plants without re-engineering core ERP.
Why Leading Manufacturers Choose Korcomptenz
Recognized by ISG for Leadership in Microsoft Cloud and AI
Korcomptenz has been recognized as a Contender in the ISG Provider Lens™ 2025 for Microsoft Cloud and Azure Data Fabric AI Services, recognizing our innovation-driven strategy, client-centric delivery, and technical expertise.
Expertise in Microsoft Ecosystem
As a strategic Microsoft AI Cloud, Microsoft Fabric, and Azure Analytics partner, we harness the complete set of new capabilities, ranging from Generative and Agentic AI to Fabric Copilots and enhanced data visualization to offer innovative, business-driven solutions.
AI Innovation Center of Excellence
Our cutting-edge AI Innovation Center in Chennai facilitates scalable, enterprise-class AI and analytics solutions. Led by experienced architects, engineers, and data scientists, the center fuels continuous innovation in Generative AI, Microsoft Fabric, and real-time operational insight.
End-to-end solutions for Manufacturing Businesses
Korcomptenz brings extensive industry knowledge to each engagement, providing expertise-specific solutions that integrate cloud infrastructure, data insights, and operational effectiveness. Whether production insight, predictive maintenance, or supply chain resiliency, we bring real-world impact without disrupting your current ERP ecosystem.
Forge the Future, Don’t Report on the Past
In a world where every hour of production and every basis point of margin matter, insight latency is a strategic risk. SMARTFORGE makes Dynamics 365 data a living, predictive asset that drives the next best action for planners, operators, and executives.
Ready to witness how a 100-dashboard head-start and 30% reduced TCO can redefine the path of your factory? Schedule an executive briefing and live SMARTFORGE demo today to see how your data can deliver immediate impact.
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