Polaris — lean production planning & quality management
Production planning in custom machinery is inherently complex — every order is different, lead times vary, and resource constraints shift daily. Polaris provides the control layer that keeps production on track: capacity planning, scheduling, OKR tracking, and integrated quality management in one system.
Core capabilities
- Interactive Gantt planning: Drag-and-drop scheduling with automatic conflict detection. Resource constraints, dependencies, and buffer times are visualized in real-time.
- Capacity balancing: See bottlenecks before they happen. Polaris simulates workload scenarios and suggests reallocation options across work centers.
- OKR & KPI tracking: Define department and team objectives. Track OEE, on-time delivery, scrap rates, and custom KPIs against targets with automatic data collection.
- Quality gates: Define checkpoints at any production stage. Digital checklists, photo documentation, measurement logging, and automatic hold/release decisions.
- Shop floor terminal: Touch-optimized interface for machine operators. Clock in/out, report quantities, document issues, and view work instructions — no training required.
- Forge integration: Confirmed quotes from Forge automatically create production orders with complete BOMs, routing, and scheduling constraints.
Why Polaris works for Mittelstand manufacturers
Enterprise MES systems cost €500k+ and take 18 months to implement. Polaris delivers 80% of the functionality at 20% of the cost, with go-live in 6–8 weeks. Start with planning, add quality management, grow into full MES — at your pace.
Plan smarter with Polaris
We'll show you capacity planning with your actual production data.