Our customer manufactures identical automotive die-cast parts at four plants (Western Europe, Eastern Europe, and North America) running three shifts. Despite the same drawings and requirements, quality inspection was long handled site by site: Each plant had its own reference standards, defect catalogs, and “OK/NOK” interpretations Decisions depended heavily on the inspector, shift, lighting, and local experience Rare defects (e.g., specific cold-shut patterns) were addressed locally only Surface variation increased false scrap and drove recurring re-sorting and re-inspection effort With the Maddox AI inspection system, the goal is to reliably detect key defects—especially flash/burr, cold shut (flow lines), and near-surface porosity (pitting/pores)—to reduce customer complaints and manual re-inspections and to establish consistent quality standards across all plants.