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AI Agents for SAP Quality Management

Turn every COA and lab report into recorded QM results. Automatically.

Artificio's AI agents read supplier certificates of analysis and lab reports, match each value to your SAP inspection characteristics, record the results, and propose the usage decision, without manual keying into QE51N.

  • Built for regulated manufacturing
  • SOC 2 Type II
  • ISO 27001
  • Runs on SAP ECC & S/4HANA
SUPPLIER-COA · batch-8842.pdf→ INSP LOT 040000012894
  1. 01COA captured & readvalues, units & methods extracted from the certificateEXTRACTED 99.3%
  2. 02Matched to inspection characteristicseach result mapped to the SAP characteristic in the lot18 / 18 MATCHED
  3. 03Evaluated against spec limitsvaluation per characteristic · out-of-spec flaggedALL WITHIN SPEC
  4. 04Results recorded, UD proposedresults posted to the lot · usage decision suggestedRECORDED IN SAP
  • Cut manual QM results entry by up to 90%
  • Read COAs, lab reports & test certificates from any supplier format
  • Evaluate every result against SAP spec limits before the lot is closed
90%+Touchless results entry
10xFaster lot closure
99%+Value accuracy
ECC & S/4SAP supported
COA · Lab · CoC · PDFAny certificate

Business case

See what manual results recording is costing you.

Adjust the numbers to match your quality lab. The estimate updates instantly.

Your inspection volume

Based on fully-loaded QA technician cost and time saved per inspection lot.

120
12
$75,000
90%

Estimated annual savings

$194,712

Hours returned per year
5,400 hrs
QA capacity freed
2.6 FTE
Typical payback
3 months

Directional estimate. Assumes 250 working days. We'll build a precise model against your actual lot volumes on the demo call.

What it does

Every certificate that feeds an inspection lot: read, evaluated, recorded.

Quality data arrives as supplier COAs, third-party lab reports, and in-house test results in every layout imaginable. Artificio reads them all, maps each value to the right SAP inspection characteristic, evaluates it against your spec, and records the result. No manual entry into QE51N, no re-keying from PDFs.

  • Any source

    Certificate intake

    • Supplier certificates of analysis
    • Third-party lab reports
    • Certificates of conformance
    • In-house test sheets & PDFs
  • Against live SAP

    Match & compare

    • Value → inspection characteristic mapping
    • Unit-of-measure conversion
    • Spec-limit valuation per characteristic
    • Out-of-spec detection & flagging
  • QM

    Record & decide

    • Results recorded to the inspection lot
    • Usage decision proposed
    • Out-of-spec results routed for review
    • Full audit trail on every result

How it fits

From any certificate to a recorded inspection lot.

One flow that both your quality and SAP teams can follow end to end.

Supplier COA
Lab report
Coc
Test sheet PDF
Artificio AI Agentsread · match · evaluate
Spec valuationcharacteristic · limits · UoM
SAP ECC QM
SAP S/4HANA QM
✓ Results + UD

Why Artificio

Not OCR with extra steps. An AI agent that understands QM.

Traditional capture tools stop at reading a certificate. Artificio understands the result, maps it to the right SAP characteristic, evaluates it against spec, and records it. The work that actually takes a QA technician's time.

CapabilityManual entryTraditional OCRArtificio
Reads PDF certificates✓✓✓
Handles any supplier COA layout✓✗✓
Maps values → SAP characteristics✓✗✓
Converts units of measuremanual✗✓
Evaluates against spec limitsmanual✗✓
Records results to the lotby handpartial✓
Proposes the usage decision✗✗✓
Full audit trail for compliancepartial✗✓

Implementation

Live in four weeks: no SAP core changes.

Artificio connects through standard SAP interfaces, so there's no ABAP development and no risk to your clean core.

  1. 1Week 1

    Connect SAP

    Secure connection via OData / RFC. Read access to inspection plans, characteristics, and lots. No core changes.

  2. 2Week 2

    Set your rules

    No model training. The vision model already reads any COA. You just define the extraction rules and how values map to your SAP characteristics.

  3. 3Week 3

    Pilot

    Record results in parallel. QA reviews every lot before it closes and tunes valuation tolerances.

  4. 4Week 4

    Production

    Switch on touchless recording for in-spec lots; out-of-spec results route to QA, explained.

For SAP teams

Recorded in QM through standard SAP interfaces: no screen-scraping.

Artificio records results through the same interfaces your SAP team already trusts: BAPI_INSPOPER_RECORDRESULTS, OData, and RFC. It reads the live inspection plan, characteristics, and spec limits before it writes anything, so every result is evaluated against your real SAP configuration, not a stale copy. Every recorded value and usage decision carries a full audit trail.
  • BAPI
  • OData
  • RFC
  • REST
  • QE51N
  • QC01 COA

What this looks like in practice

From a supplier COA to a recorded inspection lot.

A regulated manufacturer runs incoming supplier COAs through Artificio. Each value matched to its SAP inspection characteristic, evaluated against spec, and recorded to the lot with a proposed usage decision. In-spec lots close straight through; out-of-spec results arrive at the QA desk explained characteristic by characteristic.

30,000
lots / year recorded
91%
recorded touchless
12 min → 40 sec
per lot

Questions quality & SAP teams ask

Answers before the demo.

Does it work with SAP ECC QM?
Yes. Artificio records results on ECC 6.0 today via OData and RFC. No upgrade required. The same workflows carry forward when you move to S/4HANA.
Does it support S/4HANA QM?
Yes: on-premise and private cloud S/4HANA, through OData and BAPI, covering both ECC and S/4 across a hybrid landscape from one platform.
Do we need to train it on our documents first?
No. There's no model training and no template building. Artificio uses a vision language model that already understands documents, guided by the extraction rules and SAP mappings you define. It reads certificates from new suppliers on day one: you're configuring rules, not waiting for a learning phase.
How are COA values matched to inspection characteristics?
A vision model reads the certificate directly and maps each value to the characteristic in the inspection plan by name, method, and synonym: following the rules you define. It handles supplier layouts it has never seen before, with no templates to build. Unmatched values route to review rather than guessing.
Does it handle quantitative and qualitative characteristics?
Yes: numeric results are evaluated against lower/upper spec limits, and qualitative results are mapped to your coded valuation catalog.
Can it convert units of measure?
Yes. Values reported in supplier units are converted to your SAP characteristic's unit before valuation, so comparisons are always like-for-like.
Does it propose the usage decision?
It proposes a usage decision based on the valuation of all characteristics in the lot. Whether the UD posts automatically or waits for QA sign-off is your configuration. Many regulated sites keep UD as a human step.
Does it require SAP customization or ABAP development?
No. Artificio connects through standard interfaces (OData, BAPI, RFC) with no core changes and no custom ABAP, protecting your clean-core strategy.
What happens when a result is out of spec or low-confidence?
Nothing closes unchecked. Out-of-spec or below-threshold results hold the lot and route to a QA reviewer with the specific characteristic and reason flagged.
Is it suitable for regulated / audited environments?
Every recorded value, valuation, and usage-decision proposal is logged with source, timestamp, and confidence: giving auditors a complete, traceable record from certificate to lot.

Security & compliance

Enterprise security across every solution

ISO 27001:2013 certified, SOC 2 Type 2 compliant, GDPR and HIPAA ready. Every agent action is logged, auditable, and runs in isolated environments.

  • ISO 27001:2013
  • SOC 2 Type II
  • GDPR ready
  • HIPAA ready

Live demo

See your own COAs become recorded results.

Send us ten real supplier certificates. We'll show them read, matched, evaluated against spec, and recorded to inspection lots in a sandbox, live on the demo call.