The screen where the work actually happens.

Under a week from a photo of the process to work instructions running at the station, with our team doing the authoring alongside yours. Most plants already have the process drawn somewhere: a board in the quality office, a routing in a binder, or a senior operator who knows the sequence by heart. That is enough to start from. Inside a Launch Pilot that first week is week one, and the remaining five are spent running the line, refining what the floor pushes back on, and building the record set.

Yes, and it is a by-product of the operator doing the job rather than a separate task. The instruction already carries the routing and the revision and is already displayed at the point of work, so adding the unit identity turns the screen the operator reads into the thing that writes the record. Each job produces the unit or lot identity, the revision actually displayed, component and lot genealogy, measured values against spec limits, pass and fail results, the operator, station and timestamp, and any deviation with its disposition. Corrections are appended rather than overwritten.

No. Producing a build record requires three things: an identity for the unit, a routing the work actually follows, and capture at the point of work. A manufacturing execution system is one way to get all three and it is the heaviest, because it asks you to model the whole enterprise before the first record exists. Digital work instructions provide the same three things from the other direction. If you already run an MES, ForgeOS connects to it rather than replacing it, and the operator sees the same screen either way.

ForgeOS Method produces as-built records, component genealogy, and electronic travelers for discrete manufacturing. It is not offered as a 21 CFR Part 11 compliant system, and electronic batch records and Device History Records for regulated pharmaceutical or medical device production are outside what it is sold to do. If your operation needs Part 11 controls and a validation package, say so on the Quick Start call and we will tell you plainly whether we are a fit.

Yes. Remote expert support runs from the same screen, hands-free on a RealWear headset, with the specialist seeing what the operator sees. It is the capability with the most deployment history behind it: our team rolled out remote expert support across a global service organization and a national dealer network before ForgeOS existed. What gets solved on a call can be turned into the next work instruction revision, so the next person does not need the call.

The Launch Pilot is a fixed $2,500 engagement over six weeks on one production line. It includes up to ten work instructions authored with your team and two RealWear HMT-1 headsets. It is one invoice rather than a subscription commitment, which makes it a smaller first decision than a full rollout.

ForgeOS Method has no minimum operator count, no minimum user count, and no minimum number of work instructions. The monthly plan starts at $1,000 with unlimited users. If you have one line and one process worth documenting, a Launch Pilot is the place to start. Most of our target customers are in the 30 to 150 employee range.

Most of the category prices one of two ways, and both bill you for capacity you are not using. Per-station pricing commonly opens around $1,000 per month with a ten-station minimum, so you pay for ten stations whether you run ten or two. Per-seat pricing typically starts at fifty users and is quoted rather than published. ForgeOS Method is $1,000 per month for unlimited users with no per-station or per-seat fees, it starts at one operator and one work instruction, and the price is on the page. It also includes two RealWear HMT-1 smartglasses with the annual plan, where hardware is normally a separate purchase. If you are evaluating a specific product alongside us, bring it to the Quick Start call and we will tell you plainly where it is the better fit.

No. A Launch Pilot is designed to be run by an operations manager or manufacturing engineer without IT involvement. We ship pre-configured RealWear devices, author the first work instructions with your team, and you continue in the browser. If you need integration with your MES, ERP, or PLC stack, that is what the Quick Start engagement covers, and we handle the integration work, not your IT team.

Computer vision is available as an integration in the Quick Start tier, not included in the base subscription. ForgeOS Method connects to existing computer vision systems you already have deployed. We do not bundle a CV inference engine in the base product. If you are evaluating CV for quality inspection alongside work instructions, mention it on the Quick Start call.

The annual plan at $12,000 per year includes two RealWear HMT-1 smartglasses at no additional cost. If you need more devices, additional units are $397 each, the same price we sell them at regardless of quantity. There is no volume minimum for additional hardware. Devices ship pre-configured from our office. If you are on the monthly plan and want to add hardware, you can purchase devices separately at $397 each at any time.

Quick Start is our assisted deployment tier for manufacturers who need integration with existing systems, multi-site rollouts, or a faster path to full deployment. It includes integration with your MES, ERP, CMMS, PLC stack, and computer vision systems if applicable. You get a dedicated success manager and a deployment timeline matched to your launch schedule. Pricing is quoted based on scope. Book a Quick Start call to get a scoped estimate.

Work instruction content, operator interaction data, and quality checkpoint records are stored in ForgeOS Method's cloud infrastructure hosted on AWS US regions. If your operation requires data to stay on-premise, whether that is an air-gapped facility, a defense contractor, or a CMMC requirement, that is handled through the ForgeOS Platform on-premise deployment, not ForgeOS Method. For most manufacturers, the cloud deployment meets their data requirements. Specific data handling questions can be addressed on the Quick Start call or by emailing info@newforgetech.com.