Polaris Operator

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Module of iFAKT Polaris that brings production plans to the shop floor as time-based tasks and feeds progress back to planning in real time.

Description

Polaris Operator brings optimized production plans to the shop floor. Supervisors and workers receive clear, time-based task assignments, and a worker view at task level shows the current work in real time.

The module also works in the opposite direction: it captures feedback on progress, delays and disruptions directly from the shop floor and feeds this real production data back into planning. In this way the plan created in Polaris Optimizer stays connected to what actually happens in the factory, and later planning runs can take current conditions into account. Polaris Operator is one of the seven modules of iFAKT Polaris. Together with Polaris Analyzer, which consolidates KPIs from all modules, it closes the loop between planning, execution and evaluation.

Related topics in brief

• iFAKT GmbH · Developed by · Organization
  Stuttgart-based consulting company and software specialist for Industry 4.0, founded in 2001, that helps manufacturers plan and optimize production and logistics processes; developer of the Polaris software.
• iFAKT Polaris · Part of · Product
  Production software from iFAKT GmbH that combines ERP data with a digital twin of manufacturing and AI to optimize production schedules, reveal bottlenecks and improve on-time delivery.
• Closed-loop production scheduling · Related to · Concept
  An operating approach in which planning, shop-floor execution, measurement, learning and replanning form a continuous feedback loop, so schedules are revised from the current production state instead of staying static after release.
• Manufacturing execution system (MES) · Related to · Concept
  Shop-floor software that records production activity against work orders and operations, such as the actual material consumed at a station.

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Maintained by Mirko Peters (Microsoft MVP) · Last updated: 2026-11-07