ProdQ Box is a local MES for the CNC job shop: jobs, machine queue, inventory and costs — on a device that sits on your premises, not in the cloud.
First deployment
Two AFM BACA R1000 milling machines and an AFM VENUS 350 lathe, connected through the Sinumerik 828D adapter (S7/NCK). Every day we plan production here, queue jobs on the machines, keep an eye on stock levels and issue tools and materials through ProdQ.
Every month we recover more than 20 hours that used to go into coordination and chasing information: who is doing what, where the tool is, how much material is left.
With data from the controller we see in real time when a machine is running, when it is standing still and where the bottlenecks are — without asking the operator.
Jakub Czubak
founder of ProdQ, CNC technologist and programmer
Built by a CNC technologist. Developed every day on real production — each feature comes from a need on the shop floor, not from a slide deck.
Open ProdQ, log in with the ready-made credentials and check every module in 30 seconds — the management panel and the operator panel.
Login credentials
Management panel (jobs, queue, inventory, costs)
demo@prodq.localdemo2026Operator kiosk (the panel at the machine)
kiosk-demo@prodq.localkiosk2026Demo sandbox — changes reset every night. Critical operations (users, backups, power) are locked.
Prefer to talk? Apply for the test programme →
Everyday life in the shop
You plan production on paper or in Excel — and something is always going missing
You don’t know which machine is free until you walk out to the floor
A customer calls asking “when is my part ready?” — and you don’t have an answer to hand
The cutters run out, nobody ordered any, the machine stands still
The operator stands at the machine waiting for a program from the office
You don’t know which job makes money and which one burns it
ProdQ was built so that every one of these questions has an answer on one screen.
Device
ProdQ Box sits in your office and talks to the machines on the floor over the plant network. One device, the whole shop, no server room.
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Plug in power and Ethernet. The device announces itself on the network and sees the machines on the floor over the same cable you use to send programs today.
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An industrial computer that runs around the clock, at office temperature, without air conditioning and without an IT person. It draws less power than a desk lamp.
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The ProdQ software is ready from the first boot. A fast NVMe drive holds NC programs, drawings and production data, and a backup runs by itself every night.
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Power arrives over a single USB-C cable and every socket sits at the back of the case — on an office shelf you see the device, not a tangle of cables. After a power cut the device starts on its own and goes back to work.
System
16 modules of one MES. Jobs, queue, inventory, tools, NC programs and costs — with live machine view as a bonus, not the goal.
Drag jobs between machines, change priorities, reserve material in one move. Replaces the whiteboard and Excel.
Everyone knows what they are doing and what comes next
A job with line items, drawings, 3D model, material, customer and status. The quote works out time and cost for every line item from the routing, and the system sets that plan against the time measured on the machine.
You see where the quote and the shop floor parted ways
The Completed section groups NC programs by job name and adds up the program count, CAM time, planned and actual time, and material value on its own.
Job time and material without manual arithmetic
A timeline of jobs on machines with dependencies and deadlines. You see when a machine frees up and whether you will make the delivery date.
You plan deadlines on a timeline, not in your head
Programs assigned to jobs and machines, a network share visible from the controller, auto-sync of the working folder. No more USB sticks.
The program is where the machine is
Stock levels, dimensions, prices and reservations for active jobs. The system calculates demand and suggests what to order before you run out.
Zero downtime from missing material
Groups, wear, location, valuation and replacement in one place. Low-stock alerts and tool life tracking.
You know what a tool cost and how much life it has left
Bolts, fixtures, measuring tools — records with low-stock alerts and purchase suggestions alongside materials and tools. Export to XLSX.
You will never run out of bolts
One enquiry to many suppliers in a single click. Collect offers, compare prices, turn the best one into a purchase order.
The best material price without trawling through emails
Suppliers rated on delivery performance, quality and prices. Material price trends for negotiating with data in hand.
Facts instead of gut feeling
A simplified view on the floor: one job, Start and Stop, times and quantities reported automatically. Works on a tablet and a phone, no training needed.
Reports from the floor without walking the floor
The operator draws material and tools themselves, the system deducts them from stock and raises an alarm when stock drops below the minimum.
Every withdrawal visible in the office
Comments on programs and jobs, chat at the machine, notifications about alarms, low stock and delays.
Information comes to you — you don’t go chasing it
The status of every machine in one view: what is running, what is standing still, when it will finish. A state timeline and, for those who want it, OEE calculated from controller data.
You see the floor without leaving your desk
Full view of jobs, machines and inventory from home or your phone at an encrypted HTTPS address — without opening ports on the router.
Full control outside the company too
A daily encrypted backup to the drive and a USB stick with a recovery code. Weekly updates in a maintenance window you set yourself.
The system looks after itself
Quote vs. actual
No more pricing by eye. The quote works out setup and machining time for every line item, and once an NC program is linked to the item, the system sets that plan against the time measured on the machine.
before the offer goes out
From the routing, the quote works out setup and machining time for each line item, and from those the cost and the price for the customer.
from the programmer
CAM time, fixture count, setup and part-change times give the theoretical time used by the queue and the schedule. The programmer records on the program how long it took to prepare.
on the machine
Setup and machining counted separately, from finished work sessions only — a session still running stays out of the result and the item is marked “in progress”.
For every line item you see the quote plan next to the time measured on the machine — setup and machining separately — so you know which part drifted from the plan. The CAM programming time from the quote sits next to the time declared on the programs: a programmer’s declaration, not a measurement.
Screenshots
Job queue, machine times, inventory, NC programs and the operator panel — in one place, in real time.
The program card on a machine: job, program author, material, time, quantity and stage — setup or machining.
Controllers and protocols
ProdQ works on three layers with different hardware reach. We say plainly which one works with every machine and which depends on the controller.
Jobs, queue, inventory, tools, costs, documents.
Works with every machine — even without a controller connection.
Programs reach the machine over a network share, and the queue tells the operator what is next.
Any machine on the LAN that reads programs from a share — milling machines, lathes, also lasers and cutters.
Machine state, cycle times, downtime, alarms — and OEE as a bonus.
Depends on the controller: Siemens Sinumerik proven in production, the remaining adapters are brought up remotely during onboarding.
Every machine type: production management, plus program transfer for machines on the network. Live signals depend on the controller — proven in production on milling machines and a lathe with Siemens Sinumerik.
Older Haas controls without Ethernet are connected over RS-232 through a converter to the LAN — the adapter and the guide are ready. For Sinumerik 810D/840D we so far have a guide for putting a digital I/O module on the network, but not yet an adapter that reads signals from it — so we cannot show live signals from these machines today. Production management works with them from day one.
Your controller isn’t on the list? Tick your machine brands in the form — we will tell you what we can connect straight away and what comes with onboarding. Apply for the test programme →
Deployment
The machines keep running. The device arrives configured for your shop, and we do the rest remotely.
Power and one Ethernet cable in the office. ProdQ Box starts on its own and is available in a browser on your network.
The device arrives with the system and the administrator account already loaded. First steps walk you through machines, the shop-floor account and the first program on a machine.
We connect with you, configure the adapters for your controllers and verify the data from the machines — no changes to NC programs and no downtime.
Onboarding, PLN 2 990 net one-off, covers a device configured for your specific shop (it becomes your property), remote onboarding and help connecting your machines. On-site visits are quoted separately.
Security
Drawings, NC programs, prices and customer data are processed on a device on your network. Encryption, backups and access control work from day one — no configuration.
Only service data goes to ProdQ and cloud services: device, licence and backup status, diagnostics for support, error reports and performance samples (technical context from logs, e.g. a program or job name; no accounts or e-mail addresses), updates, certificates, a DNS record and the public-holiday calendar. Plus whatever you switch on or send yourself: KSeF, e-mail through your own mailbox, feedback from the in-app form. Drawings, programs and prices leave your network only when your own people work in ProdQ remotely or ProdQ support connects to the device — always over an encrypted connection that ends on the device. Support uses this access and the emergency service channel solely for updates, diagnostics and technical support.
The connection to ProdQ Box is always encrypted. Three tiers of SSL certificates give you a green padlock in the browser on the company network, over the internet and offline.
Check production from home and from your phone at an encrypted HTTPS address. No router configuration and no open ports.
An encrypted backup to the device’s drive (14 daily copies) and to a USB stick (daily, weekly and monthly copies). You get the recovery code on a card; we keep a copy solely to restore the device after a failure. Three permission levels: administrator, user, kiosk.
Pricing
No per-machine fees, no per-user fees. The device, the full MES, updates and support in one subscription.
ProdQ Box — whole shop
when paid a year in advance (9 480 PLN net/year)
up to 20 CNC machines, no per-machine fees
2 990 PLN net, one-off
A device configured for your shop — it becomes your property — plus remote onboarding and help connecting your machines. On-site visits are quoted separately.
A deployment partnership: full onboarding, adapters for your controllers and support throughout the first year. After a year the agreement continues on an open-ended basis.
One price for the whole shop — cloud competitors charge ~300 PLN for every machine or employee.
Price against value
One day of downtime avoided pays for a month of the subscription. Meanwhile the full MES works every day — on quotes, inventory and the queue.
Got 1–3 machines? We will tailor the terms — apply for the test programme and let’s talk.
All prices net (+23 % VAT). ProdQ Box is a B2B product.
Prices in PLN net; invoices are issued in PLN.
Against the market
A comparison of solution categories available to a CNC shop. Amounts from public price lists, as of September 2026.
| Feature | ProdQ Box | Machine monitoring (SaaS) | Cloud planning | Traditional MES |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost for 5 machines / month | 890 PLN (790 on annual billing) | 1 395 PLN — monitoring only | ~200–600 PLN, grows with headcount | deployment from ~30 000 PLN + maintenance |
| Cost for 20 machines / month | 890 PLN | 4 980 PLN | grows with headcount | on request |
| Full MES: jobs, MRP, inventory, tools | Yes — 16 modules | No | Partially | Yes |
| Machine data: states, times, downtime | Yes | Yes | No — no controller integration | Depends on the deployment |
| Production data stored on your premises | Yes | No | No | Depends on the deployment |
| Deployment time | Days, remotely | Days | Days | Weeks or months |
| Requires an IT department | No | No | No | Yes |
| Updates included | Yes — weekly | Yes | Yes | Paid or manual |
| Quote plan vs. machine time | Yes | No | No | Partially |
Foreign OEE systems
850–1 400 PLN a month for a single machine (189–379 USD per machine plus an IIoT device). ProdQ for the whole shop: 890 PLN.
Categories, not vendor names. Machine monitoring: Polish SaaS, 349 PLN per machine up to 2 machines, 279 PLN for 3–8, 249 PLN from 9 up. Cloud planning: subscription grows with the number of production staff, no CNC controller integration. Traditional MES: deployment offers for SMEs on the Polish market. Exchange rates approximate.
Calculator
Move the slider. We compare one price for the whole shop with a subscription charged per machine.
5 machines
ProdQ Box — whole shop
890 PLN/month
one price, up to 20 machines
with annual billing: 790 PLN/month
with the founder price: 690 PLN/month
Machine monitoring (SaaS)
1 395 PLN/month
279 PLN per machine × 5
Difference in ProdQ’s favour
6 060 PLN per year
505 PLN per month
From 4 machines up, no comparable system comes out cheaper — and the price includes a full MES, not monitoring alone.
Machine monitoring: public price list of a Polish SaaS (349 PLN per machine up to 2 machines, 279 PLN for 3–8, 249 PLN from 9 up) — monitoring only, without jobs, MRP and inventory.
ProdQ test programme
The founder runs every deployment personally — that is why the intake is small and applications are qualified. Applying is a conversation, not a purchase.
Fill in the form in two minutes: company, contact, machine brands and controllers.
We get back to you within 24 hours. We ask about your machine park, controllers and what hurts most today.
A device configured for your shop, remote machine connection, the first jobs in the system together with us.
Programme participants pay 690 PLN/month net — a price locked in regardless of future price-list changes.
No waiting for support. You talk to the person who wrote the system and uses it in production every day.
Your remarks from the floor go straight into the roadmap — features come from real needs, not from slide decks.
As part of onboarding we bring up and verify the adapters for your machines.
Founder price
690 PLN/month net
For test programme participants only. Locked in for good.
Application
Leave your details — we will get back to you within 24 hours to talk about your shop and qualify the application.
Founder price
690 PLN/month net
For test programme participants — locked in for good, regardless of future price-list changes.