Anthropic's Claude for Manufacturing plugs AI directly into factory software to automate industrial workflows

Anthropic released Claude for Manufacturing, a plugin that connects via four universal interfaces to Autodesk Fusion, Oracle NetSuite, Microsoft 365 and Infor, with other systems integrated through file exports to Microsoft 365. Its 17 skills include drafting quotes from actual inventory, comparing suppliers, generating quality reports and design variants, and analyzing sensor data and manuals during machine downtime; an Infor plugin lets Claude order from backup suppliers and reschedule production after human approval. Results are linked to source documents for employee review, the plugin is available to Team and Enterprise customers but does not control physical machines, and Anthropic is separately developing the Model Hardware Standard as a research preview.