Production planning that keeps your manufacturing know-how in play.

Blue7A combines production planning with manufacturing knowledge from daily operations. Guidance is captured in the task, reviewed, and available again on the next similar order.

Planning and manufacturing know-how live in one system instead of side by side.

Important guidance is captured in the task instead of getting lost in heads, chats, or notes.

Everyone can contribute knowledge, but only AVOR or the boss approves changes.

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By machinists for machinists

Built in a Swiss precision grinding shop

Used daily on real machines—not just demos

Workshop terms, not ERP jargon

Focus on turning, milling, grinding

Direct line to the developer who still stands at the grinding machine

"Blue7A explains itself like you'd explain it to a new apprentice—not like a SAP manual."

🇨🇭 Swiss Made•🔒 Data in Switzerland•✅ GDPR compliant•🏭 Proven in the grinding shop

So the best know-how does not stay trapped in a few heads

Captured in the task

Guidance appears where the work actually happens.

Reviewed and approved

Updates stay controlled instead of going live unchecked.

Available on the next order

Valuable know-how shows up again when the next similar job starts.

Linked to part and process

Knowledge appears in context instead of as loose notes.

Why ERP alone is not enough

Because planning without manufacturing knowledge repeats the same mistakes.

An ERP is strong at numbers, invoices, inventory, accounting. But the question "Which machine runs what next?" usually only matters at the margins. And the question "What does the next operator need to know?" is almost never answered there.

Typical "ERP planning"

You first have to maintain hundreds of master data records before planning makes sense.
Rush job comes in? Then you spend 20 minutes fighting the system instead of simply moving the priority.
In the end, the foreman still plans "next to the system"—and critical know-how stays on paper, whiteboards, or in people’s heads.

Blue7A closes the gap

Blue7A does not want to replace ERP. It is the missing system between ERP and the shop floor.

ERP

Blue7A

Documents transactions

Improves the next order

For desks and master data

For production and repeatability

How Blue7A works in practice

From the grinding shop to our own software

From practice for practice

I'm Michael Csako, a trained machinist with 24 years of experience. Together with my brother I run Laszlo Csako GmbH—a precision grinding shop in Herzogenbuchsee with 8 employees.

The problem

our planning looked like most others for years: Excel, whiteboard, tribal knowledge. But the bigger problem was that critical process knowledge lived in individual heads and was not reliably available on the next order.

The solution

So I built Blue7A myself. At first just for us. Planning that thinks like we do at the machine, plus a system that makes practical lessons usable on the next job.

What came out of it

Capabilities instead of spreadsheet chaos

Every machine gets capabilities: external grinding 600, internal grinding 10–200, etc. An order requires capabilities. New machine on the floor? Tick capabilities, done. No need to touch 200 orders.

Priorities that make sense

When Meyer calls and the part must ship tomorrow—prio high, the rest shifts. Exactly how the foreman does it anyway. No fighting your way through five ERP menus first.

Manufacturing knowledge in the process

Special setup? Snap a quick photo—it gets linked directly to the operation and shows up automatically next time.

The result

Blue7A is not ERP software that happens to plan. It's production planning for the shop floor, plus a system that makes manufacturing knowledge repeatable.

If it works in our grinding shop, it will work wherever too much know-how still lives only in people's heads.

How Blue7A turns experience into standard work

Production planning, manufacturing knowledge, and approval in one loop

Knowledge in the task

Operators capture practical guidance in the task itself instead of documenting it somewhere else later.

"What is noticed today is available again on the next similar order."

Approval instead of chaos

Changes to existing knowledge are reviewed and approved instead of going live unchecked.

"Fast to capture, still controlled in rollout."

Trust through review

People on the floor can add knowledge, but changes to confirmed knowledge must be reviewed first.

"Not every hint is equal—Blue7A shows the difference."

Context instead of clutter

Knowledge is linked to the right part and process, not hidden in a wiki.

"The right guidance appears on the right job."

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Knowledge system

How Blue7A builds an advantage from experience

Blue7A turns single observations into reviewed, reusable process knowledge for the next order.

Step 1

An insight appears in the order

Someone on the floor captures an important tip exactly when the issue or solution becomes visible.

Step 2

The change gets reviewed

AVOR or team leads check whether the update is technically sound and useful for everyone else.

Step 3

The knowledge is approved

Approved knowledge becomes part of the standard and shows up automatically on the next matching order.

Step 4

The next order benefits

On the next similar order, the right person sees the right guidance in context.

This is the real difference

Blue7A does not just document what happened. It helps the next similar order start with more knowledge, fewer repeated mistakes, and less dependence on single experts.

Every completed order makes the next one better.

Less dependence on a few highly experienced employees
Fewer repeated mistakes on recurring parts
Faster onboarding for new people in production
More consistent execution across shifts and team changes

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Plans that grow with your knowledge

The core knowledge system belongs in every productive shop. Higher plans expand approvals, review, and visibility.

Starter

Start small, think big

Solo

CHF 99.90/month

Planning board without automatic planning(pure drag & drop)
Up to 7 resources(machines/workstations)
Capture knowledge in the task
Reuse knowledge on the next order
Email support

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Your captured knowledge and all data stay with you—upgrading to Standard or Pro does not lose anything.

Standard

For small shops with automatic planning

Shop floor

CHF 199/month

Planning board with capabilities & priorities
Capture knowledge in the task
Reuse knowledge on the next order
Capture & display setup tags
Up to 20 resources(machines/workstations)
Email support

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Pro

For shops that mean it

CHF 299/month

Everything from Standard
Moderated knowledge editsApproval instead of uncontrolled change
Review knowledge & keep it currentMore trust in daily use
Blue7A Optimizer (coming soon)Automatic setup optimization
Groups orders intelligently
Up to 60 resources
Heatmap & advanced analytics
Priority support

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QM/ISO module

CHF 150/month. Integrated quality management aligned with ISO 9001.

Custom integrations

We connect your ERP. Pricing and feasibility on request.

Frequently asked questions

No. Blue7A works standalone. If you have an ERP (bexio, Abacus, etc.), Blue7A can import orders—but it is not required.

Changes to existing knowledge can be reviewed and approved. That keeps the process fast for operators without turning knowledge into uncontrolled noise.

Changes to existing knowledge must be reviewed and approved by planning or team leads. That prevents accidental bad edits and gives your team something reliable to work from.

Most shops are productive in 1–2 days. Create machines, define capabilities, enter first orders. No consultant needed.

Not to the order itself—that is unique. Knowledge can be attached to the whole part (for example drawings) or to a specific operation, and operation knowledge only appears where it belongs.

Yes. That is one of the biggest strengths: important production know-how stays in the process and does not disappear with shift changes or individual experts.

Yes, we are in beta. Join the waitlist and we will reach out with the next slots.

Michael Csako, machinist and owner of a precision grinding shop in Switzerland. Not a Silicon Valley startup, but a tool from the workshop.

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Get in touch

Tell us what you need. We'll add you to the beta waitlist and get back to you as quickly as possible.

Fast response

No sales pitch, just clear answers

Technical details welcome

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