Skip to the examples
ASTROMENTS

POLARIS · A guide to clearer thinking

AI-powered problem-solving, step by step.

POLARIS is an AI agent that guides you through professional problems in seven steps. Understand what you need, explore causes and compare solutions. You provide the context, review and decide.

Try POLARIS free Explore examples

Free beta with registration. No prior transformation knowledge required.

Professional and everyday problemsSeven guided phasesWell-founded decisions

From abstract to concrete

One method. Very different problems.

Choose a situation to see how an analysis could start. All scenarios, numbers and conversations are fictional examples, not real results or live AI responses.

Select a practical example

Technology and digital transformation · Fictitious, illustrative scenario

I want to digitize a process, but I don’t know what the application needs

Requests arrive by email and Excel spreadsheets. The team wants to build an application, but it is not yet clear which problems it should solve or which features are essential.

Current situation
Email + Excel
Reference / objective
Needs to investigate
GAP · Difference
Gap to quantify
Illustrative demonstration

You

I want to digitize a process, but I don’t know what the application needs

POLARIS

Before deciding what the application should do, how is a request received, validated, assigned and tracked today? Where do errors or waits occur, and how often?

What it helps you investigate

POLARIS brings the focus back to the current process: describe the work, measure time and volume, record errors and find out what is missing.

Evidence worth providing

Review a sample of requests, their processing times, incidents and the information each person needs to work.

Before choosing a solution. The evidence may support a form with input checks, rules for assigning requests, a record of status changes or indicators to track progress. These are options to assess, not confirmed requirements or a complete specification.

Office · Fictitious, illustrative scenario

Why do we spend so much time preparing reports?

A team spends 12 hours a week preparing reports and wants to reduce that time to 4 hours while maintaining the required quality.

Current situation
12 h / week
Reference / objective
4 h / week
GAP · Difference
8 hours per week
Illustrative demonstration

You

Why do we spend so much time preparing reports?

POLARIS

How are those 12 hours divided between gathering information, validating data and correcting reports? Which tasks repeat or need redoing?

What it helps you investigate

Look at how information is collected and checked, where errors are corrected and where work is repeated. Understand how time is spent before recommending simpler steps or automation.

Evidence worth providing

Record time per activity across several preparations and check the reasons for corrections.

Before choosing a solution. If the data confirms that duplication makes a significant contribution, simplifying collection can be considered. Automation is evaluated after understanding the work and its causes.

Logistics · Fictitious, illustrative scenario

Why are our orders prepared late?

22% of orders are prepared after the agreed deadline. The target maximum for missed deadlines is 5%.

Current situation
22% late
Reference / objective
Maximum of 5%
GAP · Difference
17 percentage points
Illustrative demonstration

You

Why are our orders prepared late?

POLARIS

Which orders miss the deadline, and in which activities does the delay occur? How many cases does each problem contribute to the total?

What it helps you investigate

Identify problems you can observe and measure how much they contribute to missed deadlines. Use that to decide what to investigate first. A delay alone does not prove its cause.

Evidence worth providing

Review dates, volumes and time per activity over the same period and using the same deadline criterion, without counting an order twice.

Before choosing a solution. Investigate hypotheses using records and observations before attributing missed deadlines to stock, organization or any other cause.

Everyday life · Fictitious, illustrative scenario

Why has our electricity bill increased so much?

A household’s electricity bill has risen from €75 to €120 per month. The difference shows the increase, but does not yet explain its origin.

Current situation
€120 / month
Initial situation
Reference: €75 / month
GAP · Difference
€45 per month
Illustrative demonstration

You

Why has our electricity bill increased so much?

POLARIS

Are we comparing equivalent periods? Have the kWh consumed, price, bill components or usage habits changed?

What it helps you investigate

Distinguishing changes in consumption, prices, bill components and habits helps study possible explanations without automatically assuming a cause.

Evidence worth providing

Compare billed days, readings, kWh, tariffs and line items on both bills, and check them against changes in habits.

Before choosing a solution. Once the causes have been checked, consider actions and compare subsequent bills under equivalent conditions. €75 is an initial reference, not a guaranteed saving.

Structure to move forward

Seven phases. A conversation with you.

POLARIS guides a structured conversation rather than making you fill in a fixed form. You review and validate its questions and proposals. No Lean experience is needed.

  1. 01

    Understand and quantify the gap

    Locate the difference between what is happening and the reference you want to reach.

  2. 02

    Identify observable problems and quantify their contribution to the GAP

    Describe what happens and how much each problem contributes to the gap.

  3. 03

    Define the objective

    Specify the improvement you want to achieve and by when.

  4. 04

    Investigate causes and hypotheses with evidence

    Check possible explanations before treating them as established.

  5. 05

    Evaluate solutions addressing the causes

    Assess alternatives grounded in your investigation.

  6. 06

    Plan implementation

    Organize actions, owners and deadlines.

  7. 07

    Check results against the initial situation

    Compare measurements to check what has changed.

Support with judgment

Greater clarity for decisions. Validation remains in your hands.

Improving a process starts with understanding what is going wrong. POLARIS helps you identify problems, measure their impact, set objectives and check possible causes against the evidence. Use that analysis to compare options and plan changes or digital tools that meet real needs.

How POLARIS helps you

  • Understand and quantify problems.
  • Investigate causes and test hypotheses.
  • Assess well-founded solutions.
  • Organize actions and check results.

What to keep in mind

  • It does not invent evidence: it needs data and observations you can check.
  • Its proposals may contain errors; it does not replace human validation.
  • A hypothesis is not a verified cause.
  • It does not implement solutions automatically.

Start with what you want to understand

Bring a problem.
Find where to start.

For work or everyday life. No prior transformation knowledge required.

Try POLARIS free Back to the examples ↑

Free beta with registration in ASTROMENTS.