How Sonar works
Sonar runs on your live Steelhead data, so its answers and its work reflect what's actually happening on your floor.
Hand Sonar the busywork. Upload a document or just ask, and Sonar handles the data entry for you to review.
Analytics and business intelligence on demand. Ask about your shop and make better calls on quoting, pricing, and scheduling.
Sonar Bot managers watch your shop around the clock and act on their own. They quote, schedule, and purchase, then send the work to you for approval.
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See what Sonar can do in your shop today, what's on the way, and what's next with Sonar Bot.
Everything Sonar can do for your shop, with its status today.
Available in Steelhead now.
Ask questions about your shop in plain English and get answers from your live data. No digging through reports or spreadsheets.
Describe the report you want and Sonar builds it. You get the exact view you need without learning a report tool.
Schedule insights to arrive in your inbox on a regular basis. The numbers you track show up without anyone having to pull them.
Ask how to do anything in Steelhead and Sonar walks you through it step by step. You get help right away, with no ticket to file.
Upload one PO or a whole stack of them. Sonar enters the orders for you to review and submit, so order entry is faster and has fewer keying errors.
When parts come in, upload the receiving paperwork and Sonar does the data entry. You know what has arrived as soon as it lands.
Explain or show Sonar what to change on a PDF template, like a quote, invoice, or cert, and it makes the edit.
Running in customer shops now and being refined.
Upload quotes from several vendors. Sonar enters them and lays out comparison metrics side by side, so you can pick the best price and lead time in minutes.
Upload your BOM file and Sonar builds it in Steelhead. Complex BOMs take minutes to set up instead of hours.
Next up, with beta starting this year.
When a quote request arrives by email, Sonar fills out the RFQ for you. Customers hear back faster, and no request gets lost in the inbox.
Sonar estimates a lead time for every order based on your WIP, capacity, and past runs. You can promise delivery dates your shop can hit.
Sonar builds and prices the quote and leaves it ready for you to review and send. Faster turnaround helps you win more work.
Chat with Sonar from your phone to check on jobs and get answers. You can stay on top of the shop from anywhere.
Planned for 2027.
New orders, rework, and expedites happen all the time. Tell Sonar to re-optimize the schedule and the floor keeps running on time.
Upload a vendor invoice and Sonar enters the bill. Your team spends less time on AP data entry and makes fewer mistakes.
Describe a workflow automation or a page layout and Sonar builds it. You can shape Steelhead around how your shop works without writing code.
Roadmap timing is an estimate and may change.
Next: Sonar Bot puts these features to work on their own.
Today you ask Sonar for help. With Sonar Bot, it works on its own. You set up managers that watch your shop around the clock, spot what needs doing, and do it. Nothing goes out without your approval.
A few ideas for what Sonar Bot could run
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Quote requests, open quotes, and win rates, in real time
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Orders, processes, and capacity, at all times
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Jobs that need outside processing and how your vendors perform
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Inventory levels, upcoming demand, and vendor performance
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Customer activity, order volume, margins, and more, in real time
These are only a starting point. Most repetitive work in your shop that follows a pattern could be handled by a Sonar Bot manager.
Want to see what Sonar can do today?
Questions
Sonar is an AI-powered virtual assistant embedded within Steelhead that references your shop's data to answer questions and help you make better decisions faster.
You can ask Sonar about rework rates, weekly performance, job margins, operator productivity, and other queries related to finance, production, and quality data.
Sonar provides 24/7 instant answers to your questions and delivers proactive insights through Ping summaries sent directly to your inbox daily, weekly, or monthly.
Pings are proactive summaries delivered to your inbox that show trends at a glance, giving you peace of mind about underlying issues without constantly digging through data.
Yes, Sonar can provide quick and easy responses to help you or your team troubleshoot issues in Steelhead, keeping interruptions to a minimum.
Sonar is an expert in finance, production, and quality, providing answers across all these areas to support confident business decisions.
Sonar provides immediate, 24/7 instant responses to questions ranging from quick queries to complex challenges.
Sonar is fluent in a wide variety of world languages. You can communicate with Sonar in whatever language you prefer - whether that's English, Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Portuguese, or many others.
