Product notes, rollout lessons and the occasional opinion on manufacturing software from the Bulk team.https://www.trybulk.app/https://www.trybulk.app/blog/discrete-manufacturing-software/https://www.trybulk.app/blog/discrete-manufacturing-software/Discrete manufacturing software runs quote, planning, production, quality and invoicing on one shared record — no re-keying. What job shops need.Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTProductThe Bulk Teamhttps://www.trybulk.app/blog/what-is-oee/https://www.trybulk.app/blog/what-is-oee/What is OEE? A plain guide to Overall Equipment Effectiveness — the Availability × Performance × Quality formula, a worked example, and honest capture.Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTManufacturingThe Bulk Teamhttps://www.trybulk.app/blog/oee-dashboards-vs-spreadsheets/https://www.trybulk.app/blog/oee-dashboards-vs-spreadsheets/Why a live OEE dashboard beats an exported spreadsheet for the daily meeting — stale data, role-specific boards, and what current numbers change.Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTManufacturingThe Bulk Teamhttps://www.trybulk.app/blog/one-data-thread/https://www.trybulk.app/blog/one-data-thread/Single source of truth manufacturing means one live record from desk to invoice. Here is what the second copy costs and what changes when re-keying stops.Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTEngineeringThe Bulk Teamhttps://www.trybulk.app/blog/manufacturing-ocr-duplicate-entry/https://www.trybulk.app/blog/manufacturing-ocr-duplicate-entry/How manufacturing OCR reads delivery notes and POs at intake, ends manual re-keying, and feeds one record from goods-in through production to invoice.Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTProductThe Bulk Teamhttps://www.trybulk.app/blog/digital-work-instructions/https://www.trybulk.app/blog/digital-work-instructions/A field-by-field case for digital work instructions: versioned steps, sign-offs, skills gating, and the duplicate data entry that finally disappears.Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTOperationsThe Bulk Teamhttps://www.trybulk.app/blog/reduce-manufacturing-scrap/https://www.trybulk.app/blog/reduce-manufacturing-scrap/A practical playbook to reduce manufacturing scrap and rework: capture defects at the source, run a Pareto, and close the loop with 8D to lift first-pass yield.Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTManufacturingThe Bulk Teamhttps://www.trybulk.app/blog/multi-site-manufacturing-rollout/https://www.trybulk.app/blog/multi-site-manufacturing-rollout/How to roll out multi-site manufacturing software across plants without a big-bang cutover: phased sequencing, shared config, and group roll-up with drill-down.Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTOperationsThe Bulk Teamhttps://www.trybulk.app/blog/mes-aerospace-defence-traceability/https://www.trybulk.app/blog/mes-aerospace-defence-traceability/Aerospace MES traceability done right: full part genealogy, material and cert lineage, and an audit trail built to survive AS9100 and customer audits.Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTManufacturingThe Bulk Teamhttps://www.trybulk.app/blog/configurable-not-custom/https://www.trybulk.app/blog/configurable-not-custom/Configurable manufacturing software lets an admin change workflows, fields and rules from a settings screen — no code, one version, changes you can undo.Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTEngineeringThe Bulk Teamhttps://www.trybulk.app/blog/sqdcp-teamboards-daily-standup/https://www.trybulk.app/blog/sqdcp-teamboards-daily-standup/How a digital SQDCP board turns the morning huddle into decisions and owned actions — not a status read-out. A practical guide for shop-floor teams.Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTOperationsThe Bulk Teamhttps://www.trybulk.app/blog/governed-ai-mcp-manufacturing/https://www.trybulk.app/blog/governed-ai-mcp-manufacturing/Governed AI in manufacturing means the model acts with the signed-in user’s exact permissions, every write gated and logged. Here is what MCP changes.Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTEngineeringThe Bulk Team