n8n
n8n is a tool name in the ShopFloor AI directory, listed on 7 use cases. This page does not add a product description, a feature list, or a rating. Not a paid placement.
What it is
In this directory, what n8n is used for is the wording of the entries that name it.
- Customer PO email → sales order in your MRP (Order-to-Cash, Medium, shops of 10-200 employees). The entry says: n8n watches a shared inbox, an LLM extracts line items to JSON, a person approves, and the order is created through the MRP API.
- Auto-generated daily material shortage report (Planning, Easy, shops of 10-200 employees). The entry says: n8n pulls ERP data on a schedule, summarizes shortages with an LLM, and emails/Teams-posts it.
- Vendor invoice capture to accounting (Back Office, Medium, shops of 10-200 employees). The entry says: Use invoice-capture software or n8n + LLM to extract data and push it to QuickBooks.
- Triage the shared sales/support inbox (Order-to-Cash, Medium, shops of 10-200 employees). The entry says: n8n classifies emails, looks up order status in the ERP, and drafts replies for a person to send.
- Calibration recall + cert filing (Quality, Medium, shops of 10-200 employees). The entry says: A spreadsheet is the gage register. n8n files each incoming cert PDF under that gage ID; Claude reads the calibration date, due date, and result; a person confirms the row; 30-day and 7-day reminders go out from the due date; and once a month n8n saves a frozen export of ID, status, due date, and cert file.
- Turn an NCR into a CAPA / 8D draft — human approves disposition and closure (Quality, Medium, shops of 10-200 employees). The entry says: n8n sends a completed NCR to Claude, which returns a draft CAPA or 8D packet. A named person confirms containment, verifies cause, approves disposition and corrective action, and closes only after an effectiveness check.
- Make a quote draft from a customer RFQ pack. A person sets the price. (Order-to-Cash, Medium, shops of 10-200 employees). The entry says: n8n sends a complete RFQ pack to Claude. Claude reads the fields from the RFQ pack. Claude shows similar past jobs from your data. Claude makes a quote draft with an empty price and an empty lead time. A person sets the price and the lead time. A person sends the quote after the person approves it.
Who it fits
The entries are written for shops of 10-200 employees, in Order-to-Cash, Planning, Back Office, Quality. Difficulty recorded on the entries: Medium, Easy.
Pricing recorded in the directory
Pricing checked 2026-10-17. Figures are copied from the directory. This page does not add a newer vendor price.
- Customer PO email → sales order in your MRP: n8n Cloud from €20/mo (or self-host free) + API usage
- Auto-generated daily material shortage report: n8n self-host free
- Vendor invoice capture to accounting: n8n + API usage
- Triage the shared sales/support inbox: n8n + API usage
- Calibration recall + cert filing: n8n Cloud from €20/mo (or self-host free) + chat subscription
- Turn an NCR into a CAPA / 8D draft — human approves disposition and closure: n8n Cloud from €20/mo (or self-host free) + chat subscription
- Make a quote draft from a customer RFQ pack. A person sets the price.: n8n Cloud from €20/mo (or self-host free) + chat subscription
Use cases that name it
- Customer PO email → sales order in your MRP
- Auto-generated daily material shortage report
- Vendor invoice capture to accounting
- Triage the shared sales/support inbox
- Calibration recall + cert filing
- Turn an NCR into a CAPA / 8D draft — human approves disposition and closure
- Make a quote draft from a customer RFQ pack. A person sets the price.
Vendor site
Other addresses on those use cases did not match this name, so they are not listed as this vendor site. They remain on the use case.