Vantix · Factory OS
Your data stays.
We swap the technology above it.
A thin layer over the systems you already run. On it, you automate your order flow node by node — with the best tools in the world, which we find, plug in and replace for you.
The layer
Thin. Which is exactly why it holds.
Your systems below. The world's tools above. Vantix in between.
Your systems stay.
ERP, CAD, mail, Excel. Nothing gets replaced, nothing migrated. We dock on.
The tools change.
For every step the world is funding a sharp startup right now. We plug in the best one — and swap it when something better exists.
Your knowledge stays yours.
Twenty years of quotes, drawings, machine decisions: in your environment, for your agents, exportable at any time.
The chain
Eleven steps. Each one a node.
Your order flow as it really runs — from inquiry to invoice. What is manual today stays manual until you change it.
- 01
Order intake
The inquiry arrives by mail, drawing attached. The agent reads, classifies and creates the order header in the ERP. Your sales team confirms.
Agent takes over - 02
Technical prep
Tolerances, material, machining sequence — read from the 2D drawing. Your work-prep team's experience lives in this node's knowledge base.
Agent drafts, human commits - 03
Components
Bill of materials, standard parts, raw stock. The agent resolves what follows from the drawing and checks it against your inventory.
Agent drafts, human commits - 04
Make-or-buy
Per part: make it or buy it? A proposal with both cost paths. The decision stays with you.
Agent drafts, human commits - 05
External procurement
Tender to your suppliers, price comparison, bidder questions. This is where third-party tools plug in — supplier discovery, bidder screening.
Agent drafts, human commits - 06
Quote management
Everything before it becomes the draft quote. The price does not leave before a human clicks yes. Always.
Agent drafts, human commits - 07
Production
Stays as it is. A documented manual step on the map — until you want to automate it.
Manual — as today - 08
Quality assurance
Inspection plans from the drawing, results back into the order. Manual today, prepared for tomorrow.
Manual — as today - 09
Packaging & logistics
Keeps running as before. No big bang.
Manual — as today - 10
Shipping
Delivery note, advice, tracking — the agent prepares, your shipping team clicks.
Agent drafts, human commits - 11
Invoicing
Invoice from the order, matched against the delivery note. Release: your accounting.
Agent drafts, human commits
You automate step by step. At your pace. And you see the numbers per step.
One node
This is how a node works.
Example: quoting. One order runs through — in real time.
The agent reads.
Inquiry and drawing, the way your people would. Only in minutes.
It asks your knowledge.
Twelve years of quotes, interpretations, machine times. That is what makes its draft good — and yours.
It uses your tools.
abas, CAD, mail — and the best point solution in the world for exactly this step.
A human approves.
The price does not leave the house without a yes. Rollback per operation, liability settled.
The number is visible.
Cycle time, correction rate, overrides. Per node, per week.
Sovereignty
What stays. What changes.
Normally you must choose: protect your data and run ageing technology — or reach the frontier and hand your knowledge to someone else's model. The node model dissolves the conflict.
Stays in the house
- Your systems
- Your data, in your EU environment
- Your knowledge bases, per node
- Every decision that leaves the house
We swap
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Pace
Node by node. Not everything at once.
A node without an agent is simply a manual step on the map. You switch it on when the technology is ready — and when you are.
No big bang. No migration project. No project team.
Discipline
What we never build.
No specialised functions
No CAM translation, no robot control, no vision systems. Those exist as products. They plug in.
No ERP, no MES, no CAD
Your systems stay the systems. We dock on.
No verticals
mantro's own tools plug in like any third party. Disclosed. Same bar.
The offer
In writing. In the first meeting.
You know the pitches: six figures upfront, a three-year contract, your data in their model. We do the opposite — and hand it over with a signature line.
A department you rent
Scout globally, test, hold contracts, integrate, measure, swap. No manufacturer with 100 to 800 people has this in-house. You get it monthly.
Latest technology, data at home
Your knowledge bases stay in your environment. The tools above them move with the market.
One-pager · for signature
- Monthly and leavable
- No upfront development money
- Everything exportable, with exit runbook
- Vendor risk on us
We do not bind by contract. Switching still costs effort. That sentence is honest, and it is enough.
The operation
Six things we do for you every week.
What a corporate calls an innovation unit — usually two years behind the people actually shipping.
- 1
Scout
Valley, Asia, Europe. Deal flow, universities, our own tests.
- 2
Select
Only what runs on a shopfloor today. Measured, not demoed.
- 3
Contract
We contract the tool, you contract us. Data terms flow down.
- 4
Integrate
Against one standard. Minimally customised.
- 5
Measure
Per node. Underperformance is detected, not discovered.
- 6
Swap
At our cost, as soon as something better exists.
A swap is not free. It is our cost and our duty. That is the difference to lock-in.
The honest clock
Three stages. A timeline we say out loud.
The office around production
Inquiry, drawing, quote, procurement. Deployable today, with human gates. This is where pilots start.
The tool wave
Every new point solution the world funds arrives at your company. Without a single procurement project.
The shopfloor
When humanoid robotics genuinely takes over physical steps — realistically five to seven years for your mix — the same nodes extend to the whole chain. We orchestrate the hardware. We never build it.
Whoever has that layer plugs in each robotics generation as it matures. Whoever doesn't will run 2026 processes with 2030 robots.
Security
Precise enough for your data protection officer.
And for your IT. And for your works council.
Your environment
Dedicated single-tenant environment in the EU. Operable without your own IT department. On-premise as an option.
Honest about inference
Data leaves the environment only for model inference under zero-retention terms. Never for training. We name vendors and terms.
No firewall holes
Outbound-only edge agent next to the ERP. Read first. Full audit log. Your IT keeps the keys.
Nothing without a yes
Agents draft, your people commit. Every price, every send, every order. Rollback per operation.
Processes, not people
The audit log tracks steps, not employees. No performance monitoring. In writing, for the works council.
Out at any time
Export in native formats, exit runbook, escrow. Standard at every tier.
The pilot
Five steps. One measured result.
How a First Five pilot runs — from the signature to the number that decides.
Choose the process
Connect
Load knowledge
Agent drafts
Measure. Decide.
Illustrative numbers. The real ones go into the LOI together — and we measure against them.
First Five
Five partners. Founding terms. For life.
We are looking for five non-competing Mittelstand manufacturers who develop this layer with us. A real pilot process, real data, real users.
You bring
- One pilot process — usually inquiry to quote
- Access to process, data, users
- A monthly cadence
- Management as sponsor
You get
- The process live, with a measured result
- Shaping power over the roadmap
- Founding-customer terms for life
- Every future upgrade included
Honest effort
- Process owner: 2–4 hours per week
- Key users: 3–4 workshops
- IT: 3–5 person-days in total
"Zero effort" would be a lie. We don't tell it.
Who it is for
Owner-led manufacturers, 100 to 800 employees, high mix, lot sizes 10 to 10,000. Precision, medtech, CNC metal, EMS, automotive tier 2/3, plastics. Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg first.
Nobody runs this yet. That is exactly the position: shaping power, founding terms, our full weight on your pilot. If you want a finished product with ten references, cohort two is for you.
"Our best welder is 63. There is nobody behind him."
"We lost the order because the quote took three weeks."
"Looked at three AI startups. Each wanted six figures upfront."
Behind it
A mantro venture.
mantro has been building companies for twenty years and operates industrial platforms in-house. Wave-one contracts are signed with mantro GmbH. All terms transfer unchanged to any future Vantix entity.
- 20
- years
- 35+
- ventures
- 400+
- enterprise deliveries
The first conversation
45 minutes. Your process, your numbers.
We bring the model. You bring the numbers. Afterwards you know which step would be your pilot and what it would have to deliver, measurably.