The utilization of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to improve processes constitutes a main subject for many enterprises. The area of Production Planning and Control (PPC) possesses several functions that could profit from such approaches. However, manufacturing companies find themselves often limited in the application of these approaches. This paper concentrates on three elements to assist enterprises: 1) the clarification of what AI is (in the manufacturing context) and its application to the field of PPC; 2) a review performed together with manufacturing enterprises in Germany and Hungary in order to understand the obstacles for the implementation of AI; and 3) the proposal of a maturity model to help enterprises understand where they are in regards to AI, as a way to help them create a roadmap to achieve their objectives.