Aerospace manufacturing software for AS9100 traceability — without the spreadsheets
This is your shop. These are the modules on it.
An AS9100 machining and fabrication supplier, bird view — every pin is a Bulk module doing a real job on that spot of the floor. Click one to see the module.
What holds up on a live floor.
Once every job runs on one live record, these are the outcomes you can point at — not a board-pack story.
Not an MES. Not an ERP. The evidence layer your programme needs.
Most software aimed at an aerospace supplier is either a machine-integration MES that wants sensors on every spindle before it earns its keep, or an ERP that re-platforms the whole business before the first part is booked in. Bulk is the layer in between: the traceability, quality and document control your customer flow-downs and AS9100 demand, wired to the shop floor without the rip-and-replace.
Every serialised part carries its material heat, its route, its operator, its inspection results and its controlled drawing revision on one record. The evidence an AS9100 or Nadcap assessor asks for assembles itself as the job runs — the First Article pack, the certificate of conformity, the NCR trail — instead of being collated by hand the week a surveillance visit lands.
We are early access and honest about it: single-site aerospace machining and fabrication suppliers, not primes. We soft-pedal ITAR and controlled-programme claims — Bulk runs the quality and traceability record, and your data residency and access controls are yours to set.
From goods-in to First Article, one thread.
Follow one serialised part through the shop — every step lands on the same live record, so the AS9102 First Article Inspection pack is a side effect of doing the work, not a job in Excel afterwards.
Book the material in
Goods-in captures the material against its heat/lot number and EN 10204 3.1 cert — the certificate scanned and read at the door. Traceability to the part starts here, not at final inspection.
Inbound OCR →Route the part, lock the revision
The route lays out every operation with its controlled drawing and spec — the line only ever sees the current revision. Ballooned characteristics carry through to inspection against the drawing.
Routing →Inspect and record
In-process and final results land once, against each ballooned characteristic, with gage and calibration IDs attached. A non-conformance opens an NCR and 8D on the same record — nothing gets typed twice.
Quality →Assemble the FAIR pack
The AS9102 pack builds itself from the live record — Forms 1, 2 and 3, ballooned characteristics, material and process certs, objective evidence — audit-ready, out the same day the part is.
Documents →One missing record holds the shipment.
In aerospace the work is exacting and the evidence is the product. When traceability lives in folders and the release pack is assembled by hand, every audit and every delivery carries risk.
Traceability to the part
Which heat, which operator, which cert — for every serialised part. Reconstruct that from paper travellers and a delivery sits for days waiting on a signature that should already exist.
Audit always looming
AS9100, Nadcap, customer source-inspections — each wants evidence pulled from a dozen places. The week before is a scramble that takes your best people off the floor.
FAIRs built by hand
AS9102 packs, certs of conformity and inspection records collated manually for every new part — days of Excel and Word assembly that delay revenue and invite a transposed characteristic.
The blocks that pass an audit.
Traceability, evidence and revision control as defaults — not bolt-ons. Configured to your customer flow-downs and your accreditation, wired to one queryable record.
Every serialised part tied to its material heat, operations, operator and checks — a complete chain from goods-in to dispatch, queryable in seconds when a customer NCR or a recall lands.
Data thread →First Article and conformity packs build from the live record — characteristic by characteristic against the ballooned drawing, gage and calibration IDs attached, in minutes not days.
Documents →Drawings, SOPs and customer specs version-controlled — the line only ever sees the current revision, with full history and a trail of who released what and when.
Documents →Non-conformances, dispositions and full eight-discipline corrective action — logged, evidenced and closed with a trail an assessor can follow without asking you a question.
Quality →Who is signed off to run which operation, with expiries — a special process can't be worked by an uncertified operator, and the sign-off is on the same record as the part.
Training →Layered process audits and compliance checks scheduled and evidenced — AS9100 and Nadcap surveillance pull from the same live thread the floor works to.
Audits →The FAIR pack is ready when the part is.
When evidence is captured as the work happens, the release pack stops being a project. The auditor sees the same live record the floor does — nothing is reconstructed.
Questions, answered.
Is Bulk an aerospace MES or ERP?
Neither, and that's deliberate. An MES chases machine integration; an ERP wants your whole business re-platformed. Bulk is the traceability and quality layer for the shop floor — genealogy, First Article packs, NCR/8D, controlled documents and audits — on one record. Suppliers that already run an ERP for finance and MRP keep it; Bulk replaces the spreadsheets and paper travellers around the floor, not your back office.
How does Bulk handle AS9100 and Nadcap evidence?
Evidence is captured at source: every serialised part carries its material heat, 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 packs?
Yes — that's the showpiece. Ballooned characteristics carry from the drawing through to inspection, and the pack assembles Forms 1, 2 and 3 with material and process certs, gage and calibration IDs and objective evidence straight from the live record. It replaces the manual Excel and Word FAIR kit, and it's ready the same day the part is.
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 traceability 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?
No. 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. Your AS9100 management system stays; your ERP and accounts stay. This is the layer between the shop floor and the back office, not a rip-and-replace.
How long does rollout take, and what does it cost?
One part flow end to end first — goods-in to First Article pack — 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. Early-access suppliers work directly with the build team.
Let's trace one serialised part.
Pick a part with a real flow-down. We'll map its genealogy and build the AS9102 First Article pack live — so you can watch audit stop being a fire drill.