Manufacturing audit software that closes the clipboard.
Your walks and checks run from versioned templates on a schedule. Photos and signatures attach as you go, and any finished audit prints as a PDF an auditor will accept.
Every check that is due, in one inbox.
Audit software for the shop floor starts with what is due today. Schedules put each walk and check in front of the people who cover that area, grouped as overdue, due today, in progress and done, so nobody has to chase a clipboard.
Grouped by what needs doing
Overdue audits come first, then what is due on this shift, then anything started and not yet submitted. Whatever is left at midnight moves to Overdue.
Hand it over mid-shift
Answers save as they are given. Opening an audit that is already in progress picks it up where it stopped, so a colleague can finish it without starting a second copy.
Or start one now
Start a new audit takes three steps: the type, the checklist and the area. Types with nothing set up for your areas show as having no audits.
One question at a time, with the proof attached.
A digital checklist that will not let a failed item slip through. The tablet shows one question per page, and when an item fails the template can ask for a comment, a photo or both before Next unlocks.
Ten kinds of answer
Pass or fail, yes or no, readings with an acceptable range, text, single and multiple choice, dates, times, photos and signatures. A reading outside its range fails on its own.
Evidence where it failed
Photos come from the tablet camera or a file, up to 10 MB each, and stay beside the item they prove, with the operator’s comment.
Nothing skipped
Required items hold Next, and the Checklist rail only jumps to answered questions or the next open one. Submit lists anything still missing.
Final once submitted
Submitting shows how many items passed and failed and cannot be undone. The record keeps who ran it, when, and against which version.
You decide what passing means.
Every template version carries its own grading strategy. The same answers can pass, pass with issues or fail depending on the rules you set, and a failed critical item fails it whatever the score says.
Pass/Fail by default
Any failed item fails the audit. Every new template except 5S starts this way, with critical items fatal.
Weighted or demerit
Weighted Score passes when earned points reach a threshold, 80% unless you set another. Demerit Points starts at 100 and takes points off for each defect.
Passed with issues
A weighted or demerit audit that clears its threshold with something failed is marked Passed with Issues, so the fix is not lost inside a pass.
Critical items
Mark a question critical and, with Fatal on Critical on (the default), one failure there fails the whole audit whatever the score says.
A failed audit starts the fix.
Safety audit software has to do something with a failure. Triggers on the template can turn a result into a task for the area’s owners and a notification with the report attached, and every finished audit exports to PDF.
A task for the owners
Create Task opens a task in the project you choose, titled from the audit, high priority and due in three days unless you change it, and assigned to the area’s owners in Tasks & Projects.
People told, report attached
Send Notification tells up to two people in Bulk and by email, with the PDF report attached, or a download link when the file is too large.
Rules you choose
Fire on completion, a score below threshold, a failed critical item, any failed item or an overall fail. Nothing fires unless the template asks for it.
A PDF to hand over
Export Report downloads the score, every answer and its photos, ready to share with a customer without giving them access to Bulk.
A compulsory check holds the machine.
Equipment inspection software should stop a machine nobody has checked. Assign a pre-use check to an asset type as compulsory and the station stays Production blocked until it passes, or until a supervisor signs a time-limited override.
Three requirement levels
Compulsory blocks production until the check is done and passed. Recommended is prompted but can be skipped. Optional is there when someone needs it.
A signed, timed override
A supervisor picks a reason and a duration of 1, 2, 4, 8 or 24 hours, and signs. The block comes back when it runs out, or sooner if it is revoked.
Valid until the next one
A daily check clears the machine until the start of the next day. Weekly checks hold for seven days and monthly checks for thirty.
Readiness at a glance
Asset Readiness in Safety shows every machine as Ready, Blocked or Override, with overdue and failed checks first.
Five pillars, scored every walk.
A 5S audit in Bulk is scored by weight, pillar by pillar. Each walk gets a score out of 100 and a result, and every area builds a record of how Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardise and Sustain are holding up.
Pillars built in
A 5S template comes with the five pillar sections fixed. You write the checks inside them, or start from the library’s 25-point 5S Audit.
A floor under every pillar
A 5S audit passes at 70 by default, and any pillar under 60 fails it, so a clean floor cannot hide tools that never go back to their place.
Where it keeps slipping
Each area shows its score against target, its pillar scores and the checks that fail most often. The 5S Dashboard, in beta under Analytics, puts every area side by side.
Build it once, change it safely.
Drag field types into sections, or copy a ready-made checklist from the library: a 5S audit, a forklift pre-use check, a safety inspection, a GEMBA walk checklist, a hot work permit. Publishing freezes a version, and every run keeps the one it started on.
Field types, no code
Inputs, selections, signatures and photos drop into sections. Each item sets whether it is required, how it scores and what a failure has to include.
Versions, not overwrites
Editing a live template opens a new draft. Publishing makes it live and archives the old version, and it waits while audits on that version are still in progress.
19 checklists to start from
The library covers safety, quality, operations, maintenance and compliance, from lockout/tagout to shift handover. Using one gives you an editable draft.
Areas with owners, checks on a cadence.
Workplace inspection software works when every place has an owner and a rhythm. Areas nest, belong to departments and name their owners, and a schedule links a template to each area daily, weekly or monthly.
An ownership graph
The Areas page draws departments, areas, sub-areas and their schedules as one graph. Owners are who a failed audit’s task is assigned to, and departments come from People.
Any cadence you keep
Every few days, chosen weekdays every few weeks, or a set date or weekday of the month, with an optional time and a start and end. A preview lists the next dates.
Slips show up
Each schedule reads Due, Overdue, Done today or Not started, and a missed walk lands in Overdue instead of disappearing.
What audit software should answer.
Audit software turns a paper checklist into a record: who checked what, against which version, what they found, the proof they left and what happened next. In Bulk every answer comes from the audit itself, not from a report typed up afterwards.
| The question | How Bulk records it | Where you read it |
|---|---|---|
| What is due, and where? | Active schedules put a template on each area at its cadence, and anything missed rolls into Overdue. | The Audits inbox: Overdue, Due today, In progress, Completed |
| Who ran it, against which version? | Each run is pinned to the published version it started on, with who completed it and when. | The report’s Audit Information: Template Ver., Start Time, Completion, Completed By |
| Did it pass? | The template’s grading strategy marks the run Passed, Passed with Issues or Failed, and a failed critical item can fail it outright. | Result and Audit Score on the report, and the Safety, Quality, Maintenance, Pre-use and Custom lists |
| What proof is there? | Photos, signatures and failure comments are stored with the item they answer. | Beside each item in the report, and in the exported PDF |
| Can this machine run? | A compulsory check holds production on the asset until it passes, unless a signed override is active. | Asset Readiness in Safety, and the Production blocked card at the station |
| Who is fixing it? | A trigger can open a task for the area’s owners and notify up to two people. | The task in Tasks & Projects, and the notification email |
| Is the area holding its 5S standard? | 5S walks are weighted and scored per pillar against a target. | The area’s 5S view, and the 5S Dashboard (beta) |
Checks that reach the rest of Bulk.
An audit is not filed and forgotten. Its result can hold a machine, open a task, feed a board’s KPIs and colour a zone, on the same system that runs the order, the job and the invoice.
- ProductionA compulsory check can block the station until it passes.
- SafetyAsset Readiness marks each machine Ready, Blocked or Override.
- Tasks & ProjectsA failed audit can open a task for the area’s owners.
- TeamboardsThe Audit Status widget marks each weekday done or missed.
- DashboardsThe Upcoming Audits widget lists the audits due for the site.
- Digital TwinA zone linked to an audit area shows its 5S score.
- PeopleAreas take their departments from People.
Questions, answered.
What is audit software for manufacturing?
Audit software replaces the paper checklist with a record: which checklist was run, against which version, by whom, with every answer, photo and signature, a score and what happened next. In Bulk, safety walks, 5S audits, quality and maintenance checks, pre-use checks and your own checklists all run on one engine, against an area of the plant or a specific machine.
Which audits can we run?
Six types: Safety, Quality, Maintenance, Pre-Use, 5S Audit and Custom. Custom covers routines that fit none of the others, such as a GEMBA walk, a shift handover or an SQDCP meeting checklist. Finished audits are listed under Safety Audits, Pre-use Checks, Quality Audits, Maintenance Audits and Custom Audits, and 5S results have their own area views.
Can Bulk run layered process audits?
Yes. Build the layered process audit as a template (Quality or Custom), with Pass/Fail, Yes/No or numeric items that ask for a photo or comment when they fail, and schedule it daily, weekly or monthly against the area it covers. Each run is scored, a failed item can raise a follow-up task, and publishing a new version archives the old one so every result stays on the checklist it was run against. The free layered process audit checklist is a paper starting point.
How do audits reach the people who run them?
A schedule links a published template to an area daily, weekly or monthly. Due audits appear in the Audits inbox of everyone who covers that area, and anything not done by midnight moves to Overdue. Pre-use checks tied to a machine are assigned to its asset type and appear at that machine’s workstation instead.
Can a missed or failed check stop a machine from running?
Yes, if you set it up to. Assign a pre-use template to an asset type as Compulsory and turn on Block production if compulsory incomplete, and the station shows Production blocked until the check is completed and passed. Recommended checks are prompted, and optional ones are simply available.
What if the work cannot wait for the check?
A supervisor with the override permission can request an override at the station. They choose a reason (Equipment Issue, Urgent Production, Audit Pending, Maintenance Scheduled or Other) and a duration of 1, 2, 4, 8 or 24 hours, and sign. The block returns when it expires or is revoked, and every override and revocation is written to the audit trail.
How are audits scored?
Each template version sets a grading strategy. Pass/Fail fails the audit on any failed item. Weighted Score passes when earned points reach a threshold, 80% unless you set another. Demerit Points starts at 100 and subtracts points per defect. With Fatal on Critical on, a failed critical item fails the audit whatever the score, and a weighted or demerit audit that passes with a failed item is recorded as Passed with Issues.
What evidence can operators capture?
Photos from the tablet camera or a file (JPG, PNG, GIF or WebP, up to 10 MB each), drawn signatures and comments. A template can require a comment or a photo when an item fails, or evidence when a Yes/No is answered No, and the checklist will not move on until it is there.
What happens automatically after a failed audit?
Only what the template’s triggers ask for, and they run when the audit is submitted. A trigger can fire when an audit is completed, scores below its threshold, fails a critical item, fails any item or fails overall. It can create a task in a chosen project for the area’s owners, notify up to two people in Bulk and by email with the PDF report, or both.
Can we change a checklist without rewriting past results?
Yes. Templates are versioned. Editing a published template opens a new draft, and publishing makes it live and archives the old version. Publishing waits while audits on the current version are still in progress, and every report records the version it ran against.
Can we give an auditor or a customer a copy of an audit?
Yes. Open the completed report and use Export Report to download a PDF with the score, each answer and the photos attached as evidence. They do not need access to Bulk to read it.
How does a 5S audit work in Bulk?
A 5S template has the five pillars as fixed sections: Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardise and Sustain. It is scored by weight, passes at 70 by default and fails if any pillar falls below 60. Each area shows its pillar scores, trend and most frequent failures, and the 5S Dashboard, currently in beta, compares every area.
Can I try a checklist before setting up a digital audit?
Use the 5S audit checklist for a workplace walk, the layered process audit checklist to check that a process is being followed, the internal audit checklist for a planned audit against your procedures, or the gemba walk checklist for a leader walk. Define the criteria and responsible person before the first run. To move a 5S walk into Bulk, follow the 5S audit guide and audit template setup instructions.
Retire the clipboard for good.
Start a free trial and stand up one of your real checklists (a 5S walk or a pre-use check) as a live template, scheduled and scored, then watch one run leave its trail. No card needed.
