What is automated, where AI helps, who signs off
Automation for the routine. A person on every decision that matters.
The reliable spine
The non-AI spine is the job-reconciliation engine: material issued versus output versus allowed loss, computed per job and per lot, the tolling issue-and-receipt register that ties a customer's material in and out, and yield, spillage and give-away raised as exceptions.
Where AI helps
AI only reads the floor slips and tolling dockets so the job record is captured without re-keying, and flags a reconciliation break for a person. It computes no allowed-loss figure and approves no tolling bill.
Who signs off
A named person signs off anything touching money, stock, a customer promise, a regulated filing, a payment, a price, a credit decision or a people decision.