First Article Inspection shouldn't take days to assemble. Neither should a SCAR response.
Connect ERP, CMMs, machining centres, special process suppliers, and inspection systems in one place. FlowFuse helps component shops automate traceability, enforce NADCAP and customer compliance, and standardize workflows across cells and sites.
The Problem Today
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FAI packages are assembled manually by quality engineers from multiple disconnected sources — machining centres, CMMs, material certs, and paper records — delaying new programme entry and customer approval.
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Job travelers are printed at job release with no guarantee of revision currency; engineering changes reach some active jobs late or not at all, creating non-conformance and AS9100 audit exposure.
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NADCAP and customer-specific approval status is tracked in spreadsheets, not enforced at point of production — expired approvals are discovered after parts have already been processed.
What You Get with FlowFuse
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One platform to connect inspection and production data (CMMs, torque tools, machining centres, special process records) with ERP and quality systems.
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Low-code automation built on Node-RED so engineers can configure and iterate compliance workflows without specialist IT involvement.
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Dev/test/prod environments to safely replicate validated workflows across machining cells and additional sites as the business grows.
Key Outcomes for Aerospace Component Manufacturers
Cut FAI cycle time by assembling dimensional results, process parameters, and operator sign-offs continuously during production — submission-ready without manual reconstruction.
Eliminate traveler revision escapes with digital travelers always issued from a single controlled source — the current approved revision, every time.
Enforce NADCAP and customer approval compliance at point of production — expired approvals block job progression automatically, with proactive renewal workflow triggered before expiry.
Improve SCAR response time with full production context captured automatically at the point of non-conformance — no manual evidence assembly required.
Use Cases
Continuous FAI data assembly — CMM results, material certs, and operator sign-offs captured at each operation and compiled into the AS9102 Form 1, 2, and 3 package automatically, available on demand for any part number or revision.
Digital job traveler with automatic engineering change propagation — every active job runs from the current approved revision; changes trigger update workflow with mandatory operator acknowledgment before production continues.
Special process compliance enforcement — NADCAP and customer approval status checked before job release; expiry triggers proactive renewal workflow; certs linked to the part serial and job record at point of receipt.
Used by aerospace component shops to automate compliance and standardize operations on top of Node-RED.
Ready to see your shop floor compliance in one view?
Share a sample of your active jobs and quality requirements and the team will show how FlowFuse would manage traceability, compliance, and delivery in real time.
