Bulk runs kitting, layup and cure as steps on one job, with operator, autoclave and times on each, the roll number and out-time in custom fields and the cure chart attached. A cure outside spec opens a quality issue and an NCR against that job, so the record an OEM asks for is already there. Order to invoice on the same record.
Bulk is production and quality software for composites shops: kitting, layup and cure jobs, cure records and NCRs on one job record, with the order and the invoice on the same record. It is not a laminate design tool. It runs beside one and holds the evidence an OEM or an auditor asks for.
The kit job carries the roll number, the freezer-out time and the out-time used in custom fields, searchable in the grid, and the prepreg it used is logged by variant with its cost. The layup room reads it off the job instead of the whiteboard. Bulk does not run a live out-life clock per roll.
The traveller carries the ply table, orientation and method to the bench. The layup step records the laminator and the times, and the ply check sheet is filled in on the job, so the layup record an aerospace or automotive OEM asks for sits on the part's job rather than in a folder of travellers.
The cure step records the autoclave or oven, the times and the dwell, temperature and pressure readings against the spec, and the chart attaches to the job. A cycle outside spec opens a quality issue and an NCR, and a hold contains the quantity until it is dispositioned.
The commercial loop an ERP usually owns runs in Bulk too. Take the order, plan the layup and cure against mould and autoclave capacity, log the prepreg each kit used and invoice the finished jobs from the same record. The traveller and part labels print from what is already there.
The kit job logs the prepreg used by variant and cost, with the roll number and freezer-out time in custom fields.
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The traveller carries the ply table; the laminator fills in the layup check sheet and completes the step.
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The cure step records the autoclave and times; a dwell deviation opens a quality issue and an NCR.
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Finished jobs reach the invoicing step; the Quality tab shows the NCR and its disposition from the invoice.
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Both, on one record. A high-volume MES was never built for a paper out-life logbook; an ERP holds the order and the invoice but never sees the layup room. Bulk runs the floor (kitting, layup and cure jobs, cure records, NCRs and documents) and the commercial loop around it: the customer order, stock, invoices and credit notes 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.
Not as a live clock. Bulk holds no roll or lot records in stock, so it does not count down out-life per roll or stop an expired roll being used. What it does: the roll number, the freezer-out time and the out-time used go in custom fields on the kit job, the freezer log can be a check sheet filled in on the job, and both are searchable in the grid. Prepreg is counted as stock by variant and site.
Yes, as checks rather than alerts. A pre-use check on the freezer, with the temperature reading, a photo and a signature, runs in Audits against that machine, and the freezer-out time for a kit sits on the kit job. Bulk does not hold shelf-life or expiry dates on stock, so there is no automatic expiry alert.
Only as a reference you keep. The roll number goes in a custom field on the kit or layup job and can be searched in the grid, and the kit records the prepreg it used by variant, quantity and cost. Bulk does not hold rolls or lots in stock or build a ply-by-ply link from roll to part.
One flow end to end first, usually one part family from kit to invoice, proven on real parts in weeks. Then the rest of the methods and part families follow on the same pattern. Never a big-bang cutover, and never a stalled floor while it goes in.
One per-site price with every module included (routing, scheduling, quality, documents and invoicing), no per-module upsell, with hosting and rollout in the figure. You configure it around your materials and cure cycles, and you can start with a free trial, no card needed.
