Aerospace manufacturing software, evidence on every op.

Bulk keeps the heat number and material cert on the job, holds every op to its controlled revision and records each inspection result once. A miss raises a quality issue at the bench, so the evidence is on the job before the part ships. Order to invoice on the same record.

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Customer PO IntakeAutomation Material Usage by JobModule Job SchedulingAI agent Op Routing & Sign-offModule In-Process Inspection & NCRModule Travellers & Job SheetsModule Layered Process AuditsModule Programme On-Time ReportReporting

Aerospace manufacturing software built for AS9100 evidence.

Bulk is production and quality software for aerospace and defence machine shops and sub-tier suppliers. Material certs, controlled drawings, first article inspection and the NCR record sit on one job, with the order and the invoice on the same record. It is not CAD or CAM. It runs beside them and holds the evidence AS9100 asks for.

Operator checking titanium bar stock against a material certificate at a stores bench

Material certs and heat numbers on the job

The EN 10204 3.1 certificate is attached to the job as a file and the heat number goes in a custom field beside it. Both stay with the job through every operation, and the job grid searches by heat number, so an auditor or a prime asking about a heat starts from the jobs that carry it, not from a folder.

Material certs attached to the job and the order, searchable by heat number
Raw stock and consumables used booked to the job by item, quantity and cost
Special process certs attached to the job as they come back

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Machinist reading a ballooned drawing beside a five-axis machining centre

Controlled drawing revisions at the machine

Each operation on the traveller carries its controlled drawing revision and work instruction. The operator sees the current print on the machine screen, not a copy from a drawer. When engineering issues a new revision, the open jobs flag it and the old print never reaches the spindle.

Drawing and work instruction revision recorded on every operation
Operator, machine and setup sheet booked as the op starts
Revision changes flagged on open jobs before the next op is run

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Inspector measuring an aerospace bracket on a coordinate measuring machine

First article inspection on the job record

Each ballooned characteristic's result is recorded on the first-article form on the job, with the CMM report and the gage used. A miss raises a quality issue from the bench, and an NCR with containment and disposition follows it. The material certs and gage records sit on the same job, so the evidence for the first article report is in one place.

Characteristic results recorded on a first-article form on the job
Quality issue raised where the miss happens, with defect category and quantity
NCR with containment and MRB disposition on the same record

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Quality manager at a desk overlooking an aerospace machining floor

AS9100 audits and the commercial loop on one record

Surveillance audits query the same record the floor works to, so nothing is reconstructed the week before. The commercial side an ERP usually owns runs here too. Quote the part, release it as a job, schedule it across the cells and invoice it from the record the machinists worked on.

Audit evidence pulled from the live job record, not rebuilt from travellers
Quotes and purchase orders turned into routed jobs in one step
Invoices and credit notes raised from the job, matched to the delivery

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From material cert to first article, one record.

Put the heat on the job

The 3.1 cert is attached to the job and the heat number goes in a custom field on it.

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Material cert attached

Cert 3A2177.pdfEN 10204 3.1
Heat no. (custom field)3A2177
BarTi-6Al-4V

The evidence is ready when the part is.

−78%Time spent collating first-article evidence

−61%Admin & rework hours on quality

0Re-keys between the traveller and the invoice

“A first article used to take two of us the best part of a week to collate. Now the results, certs and gage records are already on the job when the part is. Our last AS9100 surveillance had nothing to chase; the assessor just queried the record.”

Ian Frobisher — Quality ManagerBrackwell Aerostructures — AS9100 machining — 90 on the floor

Cobalt 3D render of a machined titanium aerospace bracket with a serial tag

The blocks that pass an audit.

Questions, answered.

Is Bulk an aerospace MES or ERP?

Both, on one record. An MES chases machine integration; an ERP holds the order and the invoice but never sees the traveller. Bulk runs the quality record on the shop floor (first-article records, NCR/8D, document folders and audits) and the commercial loop around it: the customer order, stock, invoices and credit notes. Install the apps you need one at a time; where you keep an accounts package, Bulk syncs both ways with it.

How does Bulk handle AS9100 and Nadcap evidence?

Evidence is captured at source: every job carries its heat number and material cert, drawing revision, operator competency, inspection results and calibration state at the moment of work. When an AS9100 or Nadcap assessor asks, the trail already exists on the record — nothing is collated or reconstructed for the visit.

Can Bulk generate AS9102 First Article Inspection reports?

Not as a finished report. Bulk records the first article on the job, each characteristic's result on a form, with the ballooned drawing, material and process certs and gage records attached, and a quality issue raised on any miss. It does not generate AS9102 Forms 1, 2 and 3 yet; what it removes is the hunt, because the evidence behind them sits on one record instead of across Excel and Word.

Does Bulk work for defence programmes and ITAR-controlled work?

We're honest about scope: Bulk suits single-site aerospace and defence-adjacent suppliers doing AS9100 machining and fabrication — not primes, and we don't claim controlled-programme certification. Bulk runs the quality and production record; data residency and access controls are yours to configure. For ITAR or export-controlled work, talk to us early so residency is set up correctly before any data lands.

Does Bulk replace our AS9100 QMS or our ERP?

The QMS, no; the ERP, it can. Bulk runs the operational side of the QMS — the records, NCRs, audits, competency and document control that live on the floor — and keeps them auditable, while your AS9100 management system stays. The commercial loop an ERP usually owns — the customer order, jobs, stock, invoices and credit notes — lives in Bulk on the same record. Install the apps you need one at a time; where you keep an accounts package, Bulk syncs both ways with it.

How long does rollout take, and what does it cost?

One part flow end to end first, material cert to first article, proven on real work in weeks, then the rest of your part families follow on the same pattern. Never a big-bang cutover. Pricing is one per-site figure with every module included — no per-module upsell — with hosting and rollout in the number. You can start with a free trial, no card needed.

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