Question 1

What is PolarNAV?

Accepted Answer

PolarNAV is an AI document intelligence platform built by Leaven Consulting. It extracts structured data from delivery notes (DDT), supplier invoices and expense receipts using multimodal large language models, validates each document with a 7-rule engine, reconciles line items against ERP master data and posts the result to SAP via BAPI — eliminating manual data entry in the goods-receipt and accounts-payable processes.

Question 2

Cos'è PolarNAV?

Accepted Answer

PolarNAV è la piattaforma di document intelligence basata su intelligenza artificiale sviluppata da Leaven Consulting. Digitalizza DDT (documenti di trasporto), fatture passive e rimborsi spese: estrae automaticamente i dati dai PDF e dalle immagini, li valida con un motore a regole, li riconcilia con i dati master dell'ERP e li registra in SAP tramite BAPI, eliminando il data entry manuale nel ciclo passivo e nella ricezione merci.

Question 3

Which document types does PolarNAV support?

Accepted Answer

Three document families: (1) delivery notes — Italian DDT, packing slips, goods received notes; (2) supplier invoices — Italian fatture passive, including electronic XML invoices and PDF/image scans; (3) expense receipts — scontrini, ricevute, transport tickets, multi-currency with FX conversion.

Question 4

Does PolarNAV integrate with SAP?

Accepted Answer

Yes. PolarNAV ships with a native SAP connector that calls BAPI_GOODSMVT_CREATE to post goods receipts against scheduling agreements and purchase orders (the equivalent of transactions MIGO and MM35). It also exports a standard XSD-validated XML for ERPs that prefer file-based integration.

Question 5

Which AI models power PolarNAV?

Accepted Answer

PolarNAV is model-agnostic. The active model is client-configurable from the admin UI and can be changed at any time. Supported providers include Google Gemini (2.5 Flash and Pro), OpenAI (GPT-4o family) and Anthropic Claude (Opus, Sonnet, Haiku). Cost is computed per-call against a model-agnostic price table so spend tracking stays accurate when the model changes.

Question 6

Is PolarNAV suitable for Italian SMEs and the manufacturing sector?

Accepted Answer

Yes — that is the primary target market. PolarNAV handles Italian decimal notation, Italian VAT identifiers (partita IVA / codice fiscale), Italian-format DDT layouts including C/TO LAVORO (work-in-progress) variants, and Italian expense documents. It is already in production at industrial manufacturing customers such as Ebara Pumps Europe.

Question 7

How is PolarNAV priced?

Accepted Answer

Pricing is per-document-volume with a one-time setup and ongoing support fee. Contact Leaven Consulting for a quote tailored to your monthly volume of delivery notes, invoices and expense receipts. A free demo on your own sample documents is available on request.

Question 8

Where is PolarNAV deployed?

Accepted Answer

PolarNAV runs as a web application (any modern browser) and can be deployed in three modes: SaaS multi-tenant on Leaven Labs cloud (OVH, EU data residency); single-tenant on a dedicated cloud instance; or fully on-premise inside the customer's network, which is the configuration used by manufacturing customers that require local data residency for ERP-adjacent workloads.