--- description: Review of Factory Assistant Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs on Software Advice New Zealand. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Factory Assistant | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice NZ --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [AI Meeting Assistants](/directory/5471/ai-meeting-assistants/software) > [Factory Assistant](/software/566557/Factory-Assistant) # Factory Assistant Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/566557/Factory-Assistant > Factory Assistant is an AI meeting intelligence platform built specifically for manufacturing teams. It turns shop-floor meetings — daily QRQC, quality reviews, shift handovers, maintenance stand-ups — into structured, tracked execution, automatically. Factories have digitized production, but meeting decisions are still tracked on paper, in notebooks, or not at all. Actions have no owner, deadlines slip, and the same problems resurface week after week. Factory Assistant closes that gap. How it works Capture any meeting through browser recording, mobile QR code, audio upload, or direct text input. Industrial-grade transcription with custom manufacturing dictionaries handles technical vocabulary and multiple languages. Within minutes, every participant receives a structured summary organized by agenda section. Key capabilities Action tracking: AI extracts decisions and proposes an owner and deadline for each one. You confirm, and the action is tracked. Overdue items escalate automatically. 8D reports: Generated directly from the meeting discussion. Review, edit, and approve instead of writing from scratch. Quality toolbox: Fishbone (Ishikawa) diagrams, 5 Whys, and SIPOC built from transcribed problem analysis. Shift handover: Digital handover reports structured by production, quality, maintenance, and HSE. AI chat and semantic search: Ask questions in natural language across your entire meeting history. Every organization gets its own searchable knowledge base of decisions, problems, and outcomes. Execution dashboard: Discipline KPIs at a glance — actions with owners, actions closed on time, recurring issues. Results Teams using Factory Assistant report an average 44% decision execution rate and 3x faster action follow-up compared to paper-based or manual tracking. Who it's for Plant managers, quality managers, production supervisors, and continuous improvement teams in automotive, electronics, pharma, medical devices, FMCG, food and beverage, aerospace, and shipbuilding. Any manufacturing site running structured meetings and struggling to keep decisions from getting lost. Security and compliance Data is stored exclusively on EU infrastructure (Romania and Germany). GDPR compliant and EU AI Act ready. Share IT Smart is ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified. Three deployment options: multi-tenant SaaS for fast pilots, dedicated single-tenant cloud for TISAX/ISO 27001 requirements, and full on-premises deployment (optionally air-gapped) for regulated environments. Pricing Simple monthly SaaS plans, priced by meeting volume, not by user: Starter ($65/month, 30 meetings/month, AI usage included, 15-day free trial), Core – Factory Standard ($199/month, 90 meetings/month, higher AI allowance), and Enterprise – High Volume ($495/month, unlimited meetings, highest AI allowance, priority support). Yearly billing saves two months. Dedicated cloud and on-premises deployments are quoted separately. About Share IT Smart Factory Assistant is developed by Share IT Smart, an industrial software company with 20+ years of manufacturing operations experience, 30+ projects delivered on 3 continents, and over EUR 16 million in measurable benefits generated for clients including Yazaki, MAHLE, Valeo, and Thyssenkrupp. Request a free demo at: factory-assistant.com/ > > Verdict: Rated **5.0/5** by 1 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **5.0/5** | 1 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 5.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 5.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 5.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 5.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 100% | (10/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Share IT Smart - **Location**: Arad, Romania - **Founded**: 2018 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$65.00 - **Pricing model**: Flat Rate (Free Trial) - **Target Audience**: 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Linux (On-Premise), Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: Angola, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Belgium, Bermuda, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia and 68 more ## Features - AI Copilot - Action Item Tracking - Action Management - Activity Dashboard - Annotations - Attendee Management - Audio or Video Recording - Automated Note-Taking - Call Transcription - Collaboration Tools - Communication Management - Decision Support Software - Digital Workspace - Generative AI - Language Translation - Meeting Analytics - Meeting Management - Meeting Notes - Meeting Preparation Tools - Minutes ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base ## Category - [AI Meeting Assistants](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/5471/ai-meeting-assistants/software) ## Related Categories - [AI Meeting Assistants](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/5471/ai-meeting-assistants/software) - [Meeting Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4303/meetings/software) ## Reviews ### "A practical, high‑accuracy ally for quality and operations management" — 5.0/5 > **Ion Cristian** | *15 September 2026* | Automotive | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Adaptability to business workflows - easy to tailor to management needs and project analysis meetings. Built‑in quality tools such as SIPOC, Action Plans, Fishbone, 5Whys, and 8D are intuitive and produce clean, exportable results. Audio handling and transcription accuracy - live capture with microphone and mobile phones or uploaded recordings are converted into tasks and action plans with up to 99% accuracy, turning meeting audio directly into usable outputs. Automation of follow‑up work - the assistant reliably transforms discussions into tasks, plans, and formatted reports, saving time in multidisciplinary problem‑solving sessions. > > **Cons**: Limited ability (so far) to create custom tool templates from the user side; I would like a straightforward way to generate and reuse my own tool models for report generation. > > My experience was very positive and exceeded expectations. In automotive quality meetings - shift reports, fast response reviews, and cross‑functional problem solving analyses - FA proved reliable, fast, and easy to integrate. The LLM and supporting modules inspired confidence through accurate transcriptions and well‑structured outputs. The platform shows clear potential to significantly reduce daily workload for quality engineers and other teams, and it fits enterprise requirements such as local installation for compliance. I would recommend Factory Assistant for teams seeking to streamline meeting capture, root‑cause analysis, and action tracking. ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/566557/Factory-Assistant) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | ----- ## Structured Data