mode40 Joins AI4M: The Operational Intelligence Company Built for the Shop Floor

AI4Manufacturing is proud to welcome mode40 to the ecosystem - a company helping manufacturers turn fragmented operational data into real-time execution intelligence.  
Most manufacturers do not lack data. What they lack is timely, connected, usable information.  
 
Too often, data is fragmented, trapped in spreadsheets, disconnected from the equipment that generates it, and arriving too late to act on. By the time the shift report lands on a manager’s desk, the opportunity to intervene has already passed. 
 
mode40 built its solution to help close this gap. 
 
Founded in 2020, mode40 was born from Cameron Bergen's two decades of hands-on experience leading global manufacturing transformation. Before launching the company, Bergen headed projects at one of Canada's largest food and beverage producers, delivering record cost reductions and the on-time completion of a flagship facility in Manitoba, which became the province’s second-largest capital project and one of North America's most technologically advanced manufacturing plants. That experience didn't become a case study. It became the foundation of how mode40 builds and deploys technology. 
 
The question mode40 heard over and over from manufacturers wasn't "can you help us transform?" It was simpler and more urgent: how do I actually see what's happening on my floor, right now, without ripping out everything I already have? 
 
The answer is MAST (Manufacturing Source of Truth), the world’s first Agentic AI MES platform. MAST connects to existing equipment, systems, and data sources using open standards, without requiring a full infrastructure overhaul. It can sit between the shop floor and the ERP, capturing what actually happened in production and translating it into decisions teams can act on immediately. Unlike traditional dashboards that tell you what happened yesterday, MAST shows what is happening now and surfaces performance losses that manual reporting often misses. 
 
The results are real and tangible. In one mid-sized manufacturing organization, mode40 delivered up to a 30% workflow improvement in select work cells and double-digit performance gains across entire facilities, all within 160 days. In another case, mode40 reduced non-value-added time by 50%, enabling the most profitable second shift in company history.  
 
But technology alone cannot solve operational challenges. 
 
"Change management and adoption is still one of the biggest fundamental challenges we have," Bergen explains. "Are you really ready for change? Are you willing to grit through the challenge of it? Because the guarantee is that it's going to be challenging." 
 
As AI adoption accelerates globally, Bergen notes that Canadian manufacturers risk falling behind U.S. competitors by three to five years, not because of a lack of innovation, but because scaling beyond pilot projects remains difficult. The manufacturers that close that gap will be the ones that get real data off their floor first. 
 
mode40’s commitment to measurable performance, shared accountability, and meaningful outcomes makes it a powerful addition to the AI4M ecosystem and a strong voice in shaping Canada’s digital manufacturing future. 
 
You can learn more about how mode40 delivers operational intelligence at mode40.com, or start with an Operational Intelligence Assessment, a structured diagnostic that shows where the biggest opportunities are hiding. You can also follow them on LinkedIn to stay up to date with what they are working on!