iFAKT GmbH

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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.

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Description

iFAKT GmbH is an independent consulting company and software specialist for Industry 4.0 and the smart factory, based at Curiestr. 2, 70563 Stuttgart, Germany. The company was founded in 2001 and describes itself as having more than 25 years of experience in planning production and logistics processes and in using resources such as machines, staff and material more efficiently. It is managed by Jörg Drees and registered at the Stuttgart local court (Amtsgericht Stuttgart, HRB 22661).

Its main product is Polaris (also Polaris IMS), which iFAKT presents as "AI + Digital Twin for Production". Polaris combines ERP data with a digital twin of manufacturing to optimize schedules, reveal bottlenecks and improve on-time delivery. It is made up of seven modules: Polaris VSM for data-based value stream mapping, Polaris BSM for business swimlane modelling, Polaris Designer for a product-process-resource (PPR) knowledge graph, Polaris Simulator for virtual tests of the production system, Polaris Optimizer for constraint-based production plans, Polaris Operator for bringing plans to the shop floor and Polaris Analyzer for KPI dashboards that compare plan and actual.

iFAKT works mainly with manufacturers in aerospace and aviation, automotive and mobility, mechanical engineering and automation, and energy and infrastructure. References named by iFAKT on its website include Airbus, Silhouette, Everllance, Magna, Vitesco, ZF, Junghans, Karl Dungs, Pfannenberg, Weidmüller, GRASS, MAN Energy, Siemens Energy and Liebherr. Polaris VSM and Polaris BSM are listed by iFAKT GmbH as SaaS offers in the Microsoft Marketplace (AppSource); Polaris VSM starts at USD 4 per user per month (as of November 2026). In its research area (Innovation R&T), iFAKT takes part in publicly funded research projects with research institutions on production optimization, resilience, sustainability, AI and digital twins.

On M365.FM, the iFAKT series covers manufacturing IT on Microsoft platforms, for example OT-IT convergence on Azure, machine data quality before Power BI, industrial data platforms for mid-sized manufacturers, quality nonconformance workflows with Power Platform, traceability and genealogy, FinOps for manufacturing IT and predictive maintenance.

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