ZenTao on why AI should execute process steps: turning SOPs into automated workflows

ZenTao proposes using "process steps + AI agents" to turn SOPs into automated workflows: each step is bound to a dedicated agent that produces a first draft, humans only confirm at preset acceptance checkpoints, and the next stage cannot begin until the preceding task is completed. Using the NUMMI factory as an example, the article points out that companies that generically copied Toyota mechanisms such as andon and kanban achieved little, and the root cause is that the process depends on people's voluntary execution. ZenTao says this model can fully retain execution actions, deliverables and acceptance records, and supports process traceability.