Changelog

Product updates, new features, and improvements to the Bulk manufacturing platform.

v2.16.0

AI Factory Assistant & Knowledge Base

Ask questions about your production data in plain English. The new AI assistant combines conversational intelligence with a powerful analytics engine to surface insights from across your entire manufacturing operation.

New

  • AI-powered chat assistant — Ask questions about production performance, quality trends, and delivery status using everyday language. The assistant pulls answers from your live data and historical records.
  • Knowledge base with intelligent search — Upload SOPs, quality procedures, and training materials. The assistant references these documents when answering questions, so your team always gets answers grounded in your actual processes.
  • PDF report templates — Generate professional PDF reports for production summaries, quality audits, and compliance documentation using customisable templates.
  • Data import and export — Bulk import production records, employee data, and quality logs from CSV or Excel files. Export any table or report for offline analysis.
  • Multi-entity support — Manage multiple factories or business units from a single account with separate data boundaries, shared templates, and consolidated reporting.
  • Webhook integrations — Connect Bulk to external systems with outgoing webhooks that fire on key events like job completion, NCR creation, or audit submission.
  • Global search — Find any record across production jobs, quality reports, employees, audits, and documents from a single search bar.

Improved

  • Faster full-text search — Search results now return up to 60% faster thanks to an optimised indexing strategy across all record types.
  • Better mobile navigation — The sidebar menu on tablets and phones has been redesigned for easier one-handed use on the shop floor.

Fixed

  • Notification delivery delays — Resolved an issue where in-app notifications for Andon alerts could arrive up to 30 seconds late during peak production hours.
  • CSV export column ordering — Exported CSV files now match the column order displayed on screen rather than defaulting to alphabetical.
v2.15.2

Dashboard Widgets & Analytics Improvements

Refinements to the custom dashboard builder including new widget types, improved chart rendering, and better handling of real-time data updates across all dashboard views.

New

  • Gauge and sparkline widgets — Two new widget types for at-a-glance KPI monitoring. Gauges show progress toward targets, while sparklines display trends over time.
  • Widget duplication — Duplicate any existing widget with one click to quickly build similar views with different data sources or filters.

Improved

  • Chart rendering performance — Dashboards with more than ten chart widgets now load up to 40% faster thanks to a new parallel data-fetching approach.
  • Real-time widget updates — Live widgets such as OEE gauges and production counters now refresh every five seconds instead of every thirty.
  • Date range picker — The global date range selector on dashboards now includes quick presets for common manufacturing periods like shift, day, week, and month.

Fixed

  • Dashboard widgets losing position — Fixed an issue where custom dashboard layouts would reset to defaults after refreshing the page.
  • Stacked bar chart colours — Corrected a rendering bug where stacked bar charts would occasionally assign the same colour to different data series.
v2.15.0

Custom Dashboard Builder

Build personalised dashboards tailored to your role on the manufacturing floor. Drag and drop widgets, connect them to live production data, and share views with your team for consistent visibility across shifts.

New

  • Drag-and-drop dashboard builder — Create custom dashboards by dragging widgets onto a flexible grid layout. Resize, reorder, and group widgets to match your workflow.
  • Pre-built widget library — Choose from over 20 widget types including bar charts, line graphs, tables, counters, and status indicators. Each widget connects to your live production data.
  • KPI target tracking — Set targets for key performance indicators and track progress with visual indicators that turn green, amber, or red based on thresholds you define.
  • Dashboard sharing and permissions — Share dashboards with specific teams or roles. Set view-only or edit permissions to control who can modify shared layouts.
  • Analytics query engine — Build custom queries against your production data using a visual filter builder. No SQL required — select fields, apply conditions, and choose aggregations from dropdown menus.

Improved

  • Page load times — Initial page load across the application is now 25% faster after optimising asset bundling and lazy loading of non-critical components.

Fixed

  • Session timeout on tablets — Fixed an issue where operator tablets would lose their session after exactly four hours, requiring a manual re-login during shifts.
v2.14.1

Inbound Document Processing Enhancements

Improvements to the AI-powered document scanning workflow, including better handling of multi-page purchase orders, more accurate field extraction, and smoother verification for warehouse teams.

New

  • Batch document upload — Upload multiple delivery notes or purchase orders at once. The system queues them for processing and notifies you when each document is ready for verification.
  • Auto job creation from POs — When a verified purchase order contains recognised part numbers, the system can automatically create production jobs with pre-filled quantities and due dates.

Improved

  • Multi-page PO extraction — The AI scanner now handles purchase orders that span multiple pages, correctly linking line items across page breaks.
  • Field confidence indicators — Each extracted field now displays a confidence percentage so operators can prioritise which values to double-check during verification.
  • Split-screen verification layout — The side-by-side document viewer now supports zoom, pan, and page navigation so operators can compare extracted data against the original scan more easily.

Fixed

  • Duplicate supplier detection — Resolved an issue where slight variations in supplier names (e.g. "ABC Ltd" vs "ABC Limited") would create duplicate supplier records.
  • Date format parsing — The scanner now correctly interprets dates in DD/MM/YYYY, MM/DD/YYYY, and YYYY-MM-DD formats based on document locale.
v2.14.0

AI-Powered Document Scanning & OCR

Eliminate manual data entry for inbound documents. Point a camera or upload a scan of any purchase order or delivery note, and the AI extracts supplier details, line items, quantities, and dates automatically.

New

  • AI document scanner with OCR — Upload or photograph purchase orders, delivery notes, and invoices. The AI extracts key fields including supplier name, PO number, line items, quantities, and delivery dates.
  • Split-screen verification view — Review extracted data side by side with the original document. Accept, edit, or reject each field before committing to your records.
  • Supplier auto-matching — The system matches extracted supplier names against your existing supplier database and suggests the best match, reducing duplicate entries.
  • Document history and audit trail — Every scanned document is stored with a complete history of who reviewed it, what changes were made, and when it was approved.

Improved

  • File upload speed — Document uploads are now processed 50% faster after moving to a streaming upload architecture.
  • Mobile camera capture — Improved the camera interface on mobile devices for sharper document captures with automatic edge detection and perspective correction.

Fixed

  • Attachment preview on Safari — PDF attachments now render correctly in the preview panel on Safari browsers.
v2.13.1

Training & Compliance Improvements

Refinements to the training management module with better compliance tracking visibility, improved certificate handling, and new reporting options for training managers.

New

  • Training compliance dashboard — A dedicated dashboard showing organisation-wide training compliance rates broken down by department, role, and training programme.
  • Certificate upload and storage — Attach external training certificates to employee records. The system tracks expiry dates and sends reminders before certifications lapse.

Improved

  • Skills matrix filtering — The skills matrix now supports filtering by department, role, skill level, and certification status, making it easier to find qualified operators for specific tasks.
  • Training report exports — Training completion reports can now be exported as PDF or CSV with customisable date ranges and department filters.
  • Bulk training assignment — Assign training programmes to entire departments or roles in one action instead of selecting employees individually.

Fixed

  • Training completion notifications — Fixed an issue where managers would not receive notifications when their direct reports completed mandatory training programmes.
  • Expiry date calculations — Corrected a bug where training certificates with renewal periods set in months were calculating expiry dates incorrectly.
v2.13.0

Employee Training & Skills Management

Track employee training programmes, certifications, and skill levels across your workforce. Ensure every operator on the floor is qualified for their assigned tasks with an automated skills matrix and compliance tracking.

New

  • Training programme management — Create and manage training programmes with modules, assessments, and completion criteria. Assign programmes to individuals, departments, or roles.
  • Skills matrix — Visualise your entire workforce's capabilities in a single view. See which employees are trained on which processes, equipment, or safety procedures at a glance.
  • Compliance tracking — Define mandatory training requirements by role. The system automatically flags employees who are overdue or approaching expiry on required certifications.
  • Training history timeline — View each employee's complete training history, including completed programmes, assessment scores, and upcoming requirements.

Improved

  • Employee profile pages — Employee profiles now show a unified view of personal details, assigned shifts, training status, and performance history.
  • Role-based access controls — Admins can now define granular permissions per module, controlling who can view, create, edit, or approve records in each area of the system.

Fixed

  • Shift calendar display — Fixed a rendering issue where shifts spanning midnight would appear on the wrong date in the weekly calendar view.
v2.12.2

Year-End Stability & Performance

A focused stability release addressing performance issues reported during the holiday period, along with quality-of-life improvements to scheduling and reporting features.

Improved

  • Database query optimisation — Reduced average query response times by 30% across the most frequently accessed screens including production overview, quality dashboard, and employee list.
  • Background job reliability — Scheduled reports and automated notifications now retry up to three times on transient failures, reducing missed deliveries.
  • Audit log search — The audit log now supports full-text search across all event types, making it faster to investigate specific actions or changes.

Fixed

  • Shift overlap validation — Resolved a bug where the system would allow overlapping shift assignments for the same employee without warning.
  • Report generation timeouts — Fixed an issue where large date-range reports (90+ days) would time out before completing.
  • Browser back button — Corrected navigation behaviour where pressing the browser back button on certain forms would lose unsaved data without warning.
v2.12.0

HR & Workforce Management

Manage your entire manufacturing workforce from one place. Track employee records, schedule shifts, monitor attendance, and measure performance with scorecards tailored to production roles.

New

  • Employee records management — Store and manage employee profiles including contact details, job roles, department assignments, start dates, and emergency contacts.
  • Shift scheduling — Create and assign shifts with a visual calendar. Define shift patterns, set rotation schedules, and manage handover windows between teams.
  • Absence tracking — Record planned leave, sick days, and other absences. View team availability at a glance to plan production capacity around workforce gaps.
  • Performance scorecards — Track individual operator performance against key metrics like output rates, quality scores, and adherence to standard operating procedures.
  • Organisation chart — Visualise your company structure by department and reporting lines, making it easy to understand team composition and hierarchy.

Improved

  • Navigation sidebar — The main navigation has been reorganised into logical groups (Production, Quality, Safety, People, Settings) for faster access to frequently used sections.

Fixed

  • Date picker localisation — The date picker now correctly respects the user's locale settings for first day of week and date format.
v2.11.1

Audit Scheduling & 5S Improvements

Enhancements to the audit scheduling system and 5S-specific audit workflows, including recurring schedules, better photo capture on mobile, and improved scoring for 5S workplace assessments.

New

  • Recurring audit schedules — Set audits to repeat daily, weekly, monthly, or on custom intervals. The system automatically creates audit tasks and assigns them to the designated auditor.
  • 5S audit scoring with photos — Capture photos directly within 5S audit checklists. Each photo is tagged to the specific audit item and included in the final report.

Improved

  • Audit calendar view — The audit schedule now includes a calendar view showing upcoming, in-progress, and overdue audits colour-coded by type.
  • Conditional question logic — Audit templates with conditional logic now show progress indicators that account for skipped questions, giving a more accurate completion percentage.
  • Compliance dashboard drill-down — Click any metric on the compliance dashboard to see the underlying audit records, making it easier to investigate trends.

Fixed

  • Audit PDF generation — Fixed an issue where audit reports with more than 50 questions would generate incomplete PDF exports.
  • Mobile photo rotation — Photos taken in landscape mode on mobile devices during audits now display with the correct orientation in reports.
v2.11.0

Advanced Audit Management System

Run internal audits with structured templates, conditional question logic, and automated scoring. Whether you're conducting ISO compliance checks, supplier audits, or daily 5S workplace assessments, everything is tracked in one system.

New

  • Audit template builder — Create reusable audit templates with sections, questions, scoring criteria, and conditional logic. Questions can branch based on previous answers.
  • 5S workplace audits — Purpose-built templates for Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardise, and Sustain assessments with visual scoring and photo evidence capture.
  • Audit scheduling — Schedule audits in advance and assign them to specific auditors. Track completion status and send automated reminders for overdue assessments.
  • Compliance dashboard — A real-time overview of audit compliance across your facility, showing pass rates, overdue audits, and trending scores by area and audit type.
  • Corrective action linking — Link audit findings directly to corrective actions (CAPAs). Track whether identified issues have been resolved and verified.

Improved

  • Form builder usability — The form builder now supports drag-and-drop reordering of questions and sections, making template creation faster and more intuitive.

Fixed

  • Print layout for reports — Fixed formatting issues when printing quality and production reports directly from the browser.
v2.10.1

Safety Module Enhancements

Improvements to incident reporting and risk assessment workflows, including better AI-assisted root cause analysis and new options for pre-use equipment inspection checklists.

New

  • Pre-use equipment checklists — Create inspection checklists for equipment and machinery that operators complete before each shift. Failed checks automatically create maintenance requests.
  • Near-miss reporting — A simplified reporting form for near-miss events that can be submitted anonymously, encouraging a proactive safety culture on the shop floor.

Improved

  • AI root cause suggestions — The AI-powered Fishbone and 5-Whys tools now provide more relevant suggestions based on your facility's historical incident data.
  • Risk assessment matrix — The risk scoring matrix now uses a configurable colour-coded grid that adapts to your organisation's risk appetite and severity definitions.
  • Incident timeline view — Each incident now includes a visual timeline showing when it was reported, investigated, and closed, along with all associated actions and updates.

Fixed

  • Incident attachment uploads — Fixed an issue where large photo attachments (over 10 MB) would fail to upload on slower network connections.
  • Risk assessment scoring — Corrected a calculation error where residual risk scores were not updating after control measures were marked as implemented.
v2.10.0

Safety & Risk Management

Report safety incidents, conduct AI-assisted root cause analysis, and manage risk assessments across your manufacturing facility. Build a proactive safety culture with tools that make reporting and investigation straightforward.

New

  • Safety incident reporting — Report workplace incidents with structured forms covering incident type, severity, location, involved personnel, and immediate actions taken.
  • AI-powered Fishbone diagrams — The system suggests potential causes across the 6M categories (Man, Machine, Material, Method, Measurement, Mother Nature) based on your incident description.
  • AI-assisted 5-Whys analysis — Walk through a guided 5-Whys root cause investigation with AI suggestions at each step to help dig deeper into underlying causes.
  • Risk assessment register — Maintain a central register of workplace risks with likelihood and severity scores, control measures, and review schedules.
  • Safety dashboard — Track incident rates, near-miss trends, and open investigations with a dedicated safety overview dashboard.

Improved

  • Mobile form experience — All data entry forms now feature larger touch targets, auto-advancing fields, and better keyboard handling for shop-floor use on tablets.

Fixed

  • Timezone handling in reports — Production and quality reports now correctly display times in the user's local timezone rather than UTC.
v2.9.1

Quality Workflow Improvements

Refinements to the NCR and CAPA workflows with better filtering, improved Pareto analysis charts, and a new quality holds management screen for quarantined materials.

New

  • Quality holds management — Place materials or products on quality hold with a dedicated screen for tracking quarantined items, hold reasons, and disposition decisions (rework, scrap, or release).
  • Right First Time reporting — Track first-pass yield rates by production line, product, and operator. Identify where rework is most common and target improvement efforts.

Improved

  • NCR filtering and search — The non-conformance register now supports advanced filters by date range, severity, product, production line, and responsible department.
  • Pareto analysis charts — Quality Pareto charts now support drill-down by defect type, production line, and time period, making it easier to identify your biggest quality improvement opportunities.
  • CAPA workflow notifications — Team members assigned to corrective actions now receive email and in-app reminders as due dates approach.

Fixed

  • NCR attachment previews — Fixed an issue where image attachments on non-conformance reports would not display in the detail view.
  • CAPA due date editing — Resolved a bug where changing a CAPA due date would not update the associated notification schedule.
v2.9.0

Quality Management & NCR Wizard

A complete quality management system with guided NCR creation, CAPA tracking, and Pareto analysis. Catch defects early, track corrective actions to completion, and drive continuous improvement across your production lines.

New

  • NCR creation wizard — A step-by-step wizard guides operators through creating non-conformance reports with all required fields, photo evidence, and initial containment actions.
  • CAPA management — Track corrective and preventive actions from identification through to verification. Assign owners, set due dates, and monitor completion status.
  • Pareto analysis — Automatically generate Pareto charts from your quality data to identify the most frequent defect types and focus improvement efforts where they matter most.
  • Quality dashboard — A real-time overview of quality metrics including NCR counts by severity, CAPA completion rates, and trend charts for defect rates over time.

Improved

  • Form validation feedback — All forms now show field-level validation messages as you type rather than only on submission, reducing data entry errors.
  • Table column resizing — Data tables across the application now support column resizing by dragging column borders, making it easier to view long text fields.

Fixed

  • Table sorting with empty values — Fixed an issue where sorting columns containing empty cells would place blanks inconsistently at the top or bottom of the list.
v2.8.0

Production Execution, OEE & Teamboards

The foundation of your digital factory floor. Start, pause, and complete production jobs in real time. Monitor Overall Equipment Effectiveness on live dashboards, and keep every shift aligned with SQDCP teamboards displayed on shop-floor screens.

New

  • Production job execution — Operators can start, pause, and complete production jobs from any device. Each job tracks quantities produced, scrap counts, and time spent across operations.
  • OEE dashboards — Monitor Overall Equipment Effectiveness in real time with breakdowns by availability, performance, and quality. View OEE by machine, line, or facility.
  • SQDCP teamboards — Digital Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, and People boards that update in real time. Display on shop-floor TVs or access from any browser.
  • 4K display mode — A dedicated full-screen layout optimised for large-format displays and 4K TVs mounted on the production floor.
  • Andon alerts — Operators can raise colour-coded alerts (red, amber, green) from their workstation to signal issues and request support from supervisors or maintenance teams.
  • Production routing — Define multi-step manufacturing routes with operations, work centres, and standard times. Jobs follow the defined route and track progress at each step.
  • Batch processing — Group related production orders into batches for efficient scheduling and execution of similar products or materials.

Improved

  • Downtime tracking — Every period of machine or line downtime is automatically captured with reason codes and duration, feeding directly into OEE calculations.
  • Planning and scheduling views — A Gantt-style production schedule shows job allocations across machines and lines, making it easy to spot bottlenecks and rebalance workloads.

Fixed

  • Quantity input validation — Fixed an issue where entering decimal quantities on certain job types would round down silently instead of showing a validation warning.
  • Timer accuracy on slow connections — Production timers now sync with the server periodically to prevent drift when network connectivity is intermittent.

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