aiHUD gives your shop a live operations center - real-time work order status, mobile access, inventory levels, and an on-premises AI assistant, all wired directly to your IBM iSeries. On your premises. On your network. Nothing leaves.
Most IBM iSeries shops run on batch reports and green screen menus. By the time the report prints, the floor has already moved on.
Checking a work order status means navigating through WRKORDSTS, waiting on a report that ran last night, and hoping nothing changed since then.
There's no alert. No dashboard. Someone has to physically walk the floor or make phone calls before the information reaches anyone who can act on it.
Operations meetings built on spreadsheets exported from the iSeries - formatted by hand, still a day or more behind. Every decision made on stale numbers.
Not a better report. A real-time command view of everything happening on your floor, wired directly to your IBM iSeries. The machine that went down at 6am? Now you know at 6:01.
Every hour a blocked job sits unnoticed is money left on the floor. We surface problems the moment they happen, cutting the time your team spends chasing status, making calls, and reacting to surprises that should never have been surprises.
Work orders, machines, inventory and capacity. All of it, in one place, visible to anyone on your network. No green screens, no batch exports, no calls to the floor to find out what's actually going on.
From the shop floor TV to the executive dashboard to the phone in your pocket, everyone has the context they need to act, without calling someone, pulling a report, or waiting until morning.
Getting real-time visibility doesn't mean touching your IBM iSeries, and it doesn't mean replacing it either. The system underneath stays exactly as it is - what changes is only what you can see.
aiHUD connects exclusively through a secure, read-only connection. There is no agent, no exit program, and nothing installed on the IBM iSeries host itself.
The IBM iSeries is exceptionally reliable. The case for a full ERP migration is rarely the system itself. It's that the people using it need a better way to interact with it.
Live KPIs pulled directly from your IBM iSeries, updating continuously. Late work orders, inventory alerts, on-time rates - visible to anyone on your network.
| WO # | Item | Due | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 42341 | GRD-104 | 2d ago | In Prog |
| 42298 | MTR-220 | Yesterday | Released |
| 42312 | FLT-008 | Today | In Prog |
| Item | On Hand | Min | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRG-412 | 3 | 25 | LOW |
| PLT-033 | 0 | 10 | OUT |
| HSG-007 | 8 | 15 | LOW |
Color-coded status tiles for every machine on your floor - active, idle, blocked, or down. Updated live. No phone calls. No walkthroughs.
Hudson is an AI assistant that lives on the appliance - not in the cloud. He only knows your data, only talks to your IBM iSeries, and has no web access. Ask him anything about your operation in plain English.
Track key metrics over 7, 30, or 90 days. Sparkline cards show where each number is heading, and alert your team the moment a threshold is crossed.
See exactly where every open work order stands, from release through completion. Blocked jobs surface immediately so nothing waits in silence.
Configure any report to run automatically and deliver to your team: before the morning shift, at end of day, or the moment a threshold is crossed.
aiHUD reads your IBM iSeries with zero modifications - but it doesn't stop there. It alerts your team, delivers reports, answers questions, and puts your data in motion.
aiHUD ships with a full mobile interface. Job Monitor, Inventory Lookup, Executive Summary, Work Order Status, and Hudson AI chat - all accessible from any phone on your local network. No app store. Just open a browser.
Every aiHUD unit is built and preconfigured by us before it ships. Not a generic server with software dropped on it - a purpose-built appliance loaded, tested, and ready to connect to your IBM iSeries.
The OS, full application stack, and AI model are all installed and verified on the unit before it ever leaves our hands.
All processing happens on the appliance within your network. No external cloud dependency is required for operation. Your data stays on your network, under your control.
Once deployed, the system can operate without internet connectivity. It is designed for secure environments where external network access is restricted or unavailable.
No cloud accounts. No IT project. No changes to your IBM iSeries. We show up, connect the appliance, and walk your team through the system before we leave.
We ship the appliance ahead of time, then arrive on-site to assist with the installation. Our AI reads your ERP's schema - even a heavily customized one - and maps it to live metrics while we're there. Together, we configure, connect, and verify everything.
We connect via a secure, read-only connection to your IBM iSeries - no software installed on the host, no exit programs, no stored procedures, no schema changes. Your production system and your data structures stay exactly as they are. Your IT team remains fully in control.
Open a browser on any device on your network: phone, tablet, wall TV, desktop. No installs, no plugins. Before we leave, the whole team can see live data.
Pulled directly from IBM iSeries DB2 in real time. Not last night's batch. Not a spreadsheet export.
Color-coded work center status. Active, idle, blocked, down - every machine on your floor, right now.
An on-premises AI that only knows your data. Ask in plain English, get SQL-backed answers with full transparency - no web access, no cloud.
Sparkline KPI cards with 7, 30, and 90-day windows. Know where you're heading before it becomes a problem.
Threshold-based alerts to Slack, Teams, Email, or Text. When something's off, the right people know - without checking.
Responsive views designed for phone and tablet. The floor, the boardroom, your pocket.
On-premises appliance. Air-gap friendly. Your data never leaves your network. Full stop.
Read-only connection. No modifications to your IBM iSeries, your ERP, or your production data. Your IT team will appreciate it.
MSGW jobs, subsystems, and job queues - see the overnight batch job stuck waiting on a reply before the morning calls start.
Plugs into LDAP / Active Directory, with pairing-code enrollment for the wall TV. Authentication that fits how your shop already works.
aiHUD is designed for small-to-mid-size shops running IBM iSeries (AS/400) who need real-time visibility without a six-month IT project.
Needs machine status, work order progress, and blocked jobs visible without walking the floor or waiting on a report.
Wants live KPIs, trend tracking, and automated exception alerts - without standing up an IT department to deliver them.
Needs a real-time executive view of the operation - on a phone or tablet - without another cloud tool that requires a vendor login.
Wants a verifiable, read-only connection with no schema changes, no stored procs, and no black-box cloud calls. Full SQL visibility. Plugs into Active Directory.
Every shop floor is different. If you're running IBM iSeries and wondering whether aiHUD fits your operation - the fastest way to find out is a conversation. No pitch deck. No pressure. Just an honest look at what we do and whether it makes sense for you.
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