Keep a documented trail on every aerospace and defence part, from raw bar to final release.
Aerospace CNC shops, sheet metal fabricators, defence component makers, avionics hardware builders, drone component makers and tooling companies all build to drawings that must be proved afterwards. Each part is tied to its material, process, inspection and release record in one place.
These trades make small numbers of exacting parts. An aerospace CNC shop mills titanium and aluminium to tight tolerances. A fabrication company forms and rivets sheet. An avionics hardware maker populates boards and wires harnesses. A tooling company builds the jigs and fixtures that every other shop depends on. Drone component makers work in lighter volumes, with composites and printed parts. Volumes are low and scrap is costly.
What binds them is evidence. Each order carries a drawing at a stated revision, a material certificate, a routed process card, special process records such as heat treatment or anodising, inspection results and a certificate of conformance. A part without that paper is scrap, however good it looks. Auditors then ask for the whole file on one serial number, covering the revision, the certificates, the operators, the gauges and the inspection results, and they expect it quickly.
Customers are often primes or integrators who audit their suppliers. They expect traceability by lot and serial number, controlled calibration of gauges and machines, and notice of any nonconformance. Defence work adds restrictions on who may see a drawing, so access control sits beside production control.
Software for each kind of aerospace & Defence Components business.
Aerospace CNC part manufacturers
An aerospace machine shop cuts brackets, fittings, housings and ribs from titanium, aluminium plate and nickel alloy, and every part must be traceable. The software links the drawing revision, the material heat number, the program, the inspection report and each outside process to the work order. A customer’s audit then reads one file per lot.
Learn moreAerospace fabrication companies
Aerospace fabricators form sheet, weld ducting and frames, and rivet assemblies from thin aluminium, stainless and titanium. The software records the welder, the weld procedure, the filler lot and the inspection result for every joint, and ties formed panels and sub-assemblies to the drawing they were built to.
Learn moreAerospace tooling companies
Aerospace tooling companies build drill jigs, trim fixtures, check gauges and layup moulds that must match a customer’s drawing at a stated revision. The software ties each tool to its drawing issue, material certificate, route and CMM report, so recalibration dates and outside processes stay on one record from order to return.
Learn moreAvionics hardware manufacturers
Avionics hardware makers build circuit cards, wiring harnesses and boxed line replaceable units in small, serialised builds. The software ties each unit to its component date codes, solder process, firmware version, burn-in log and acceptance test. It also tracks the build standard, so a repair returns the unit to the right state.
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Defence component makers machine, fabricate and finish parts for vehicles, naval platforms and ground equipment under controlled drawings. The software holds the drawing issue, the customer’s inspection stage, the serial range and the delivery schedule for each contract, and limits who can see restricted documents.
Learn moreDrone component manufacturers
Drone component makers build carbon fibre frames, brushless motors, moulded propellers, speed controller boards and lithium battery packs. The software records prepreg roll life and cure cycles, magnet and winding lots, balance and thrust stand readings, and cell grading for packs, all against the serial of the part.
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What we build across aerospace & Defence Components.
Ready products that fit aerospace & Defence Components.
Each one is adapted to how your business works before it goes live, and anything your trade needs that it lacks is added then. You are not paying to build the basics again.
Aerospace CNC Part Manufacturer Management Software
Drawing revision control, cast number traceability, AS9102-style first article forms, special process certificates, nonconformance dispositions and lot data packs for aerospace CNC shops.
Learn moreAerospace Fabrication Company Management Software
Sheet certificates, nesting, forming steps, welder qualification, joint inspection, rivet records and build packs for aerospace sheet metal and welded assembly makers.
Learn moreAvionics Hardware Manufacturer Management Software
Approved sources, date codes, build standards, moisture control, firmware loads, burn-in and acceptance results, and repair history for avionics hardware makers.
Learn moreThe services behind it.
ERP, CRM and Business Software Implementation
One record of stock, orders, customers and accounts, set up so your team opens it every day.
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Approvals, reminders, follow-ups and reports that run on their own instead of on someone remembering.
Learn moreCybersecurity and Application Security
Logins, roles, backups and data exposure checked, so a staff exit or a lost phone is not a crisis.
Learn moreQA and Software Testing
Testing on the phones, browsers and patchy networks your customers and staff actually use.
Learn moreData Migration and Moving Off Spreadsheets
Data migration and spreadsheet replacement covers auditing existing files, cleaning and deduplicating records, loading them into a new system and reconciling the loaded result against known totals. Both systems then run side by side before cutover. Originals stay untouched.
Learn moreWritten for aerospace & Defence Components.
Practical notes on running the business, not product marketing.
Drawing revision control for aerospace machined parts
How an aerospace CNC shop proves the operator cut to the current drawing revision, from customer release through the traveller to final inspection.
Learn moreWhy a first article inspection report keeps getting rejected
The usual reasons a customer rejects a first article inspection report: ballooning mismatches, missing certificates and stale revisions, and how to stop them.
Learn moreMaterial and special process certificate traceability checklist
A checklist that ties each heat lot, plating, heat treat and NDT certificate to the part serial and the customer release in an aerospace fabrication shop.
Learn moreSpreadsheets or an ERP for an aerospace job shop: how to decide
When tracker sheets stop standing up in a customer audit, and what a small aerospace machine shop needs in place before moving to a system.
Learn moreQuestions aerospace & Defence Components businesses ask.
Will the software make a shop compliant or approved?
No. It keeps the records an auditor may ask to see, such as revisions, certificates and inspection results. Approval stays between you, your customers and the certifying body. The software supports that work by holding the revisions, certificates, inspection results and sign-offs in one place where they can be shown to anyone entitled to see them.
Can it handle export-controlled or restricted drawings?
Access can be limited by role, project and customer, and every view is logged. The rules your contracts require are reviewed during implementation. Nothing is open by default.
Does it connect to coordinate measuring machines?
Results can be imported from report files. A direct link depends on the machine and its software, so it is scoped after we see what you run. Each imported file is checked against the part it names.
Does one product cover all these trades?
No. CNC, fabrication and avionics makers have their own products. Defence, drone and tooling companies are configured around their own routes, records and customers.
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