ERP for the aerospace industry
Traceability from the melt to the delivered part, control of special processes and first article inspection files: the ERP built for EN 9100 requirements and the long-term production rates of the sector.
Aerospace
- Full genealogy, melt to part
- Special processes and qualifications
- First article inspection file
Short runs, long files
You manufacture few parts, but each one must remain accountable ten years later. A customer investigating a non-conformance in 2035 will expect the ingot melt, the operator who drilled, the furnace that treated and the surface treatment certificate.
This documentary requirement is the sector's real cost, far more than the machining itself. Multi-year contracts with delivery call-offs, definition revisions that change mid-programme and raw material lead times of several months add to it.
A general-purpose ERP knows how to track a work order. It usually cannot tie a part to its material certificate, nor block a release because an operator's approval expired the day before.
Special processes, concessions and first article
Special processes — heat treatment, surface treatment, non-destructive testing, welding — are not verified on the finished part. Their conformity rests on the qualification of the process, the equipment and the operator, often under Nadcap accreditation.
The first article inspection file (FAI, AS9102 forms) governs the release of the production run. Every revision change partially reopens it. Kept in a spreadsheet, it becomes the leading cause of late delivery observed in audit.
AVIA ERP ties each operation to its qualification, refuses clocking by an unapproved operator, archives material certificates at batch level and keeps the full genealogy — from the melt to the shipped part — without re-entry.
What an aerospace workshop expects from its ERP
- Full genealogy, melt to partUpstream and downstream chaining from the EN 10204 material certificate to the delivered serial number. A non-conformance retrieves every part from the same melt in a single query.
- Special processes and qualificationsOperations tied to process, equipment and operator qualifications. Clocking is blocked automatically when an approval or an accreditation reaches its expiry date.
- First article inspection fileCreation and reissue of the FAI in AS9102 format, partial reopening on revision change, with inspection records and drawings attached.
- Definition revision controlBills of material and routings versioned by revision. Work in progress keeps its original definition while new releases move on, with no possible mixing.
- Concessions and deviationsRequest, review and archiving workflow for concessions, tied to the batches concerned and retrievable in audit.
The direct benefits for your industrial company
The audit stops being a project
The evidence an EN 9100 audit asks for is produced from the system rather than reconstructed. Preparation is counted in hours instead of weeks.
No release outside approval
The check is carried by the system at clocking time. An expired qualification stops the operation before the part, not after.
Commitments you can hold
Delivery call-offs matched against real load and material lead times give a delivery date you can defend in front of the customer.
Revision changes stop propagating errors
Each work order stays on its own definition. Scrap caused by mixed revisions disappears.
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