Written for people who run factories

AS9100 in a subcontract machine shop: what the records have to show
What AS9100 expects your operational records to show, and where a subcontract shop most often falls short.
Draft — awaiting expert review

What MRP actually does, and what it does not
What material requirements planning calculates, what it needs from your data, and where implementations usually struggle.
Draft — awaiting expert review

Moving from spreadsheets to MRP without stopping production
What to fix before an MRP implementation starts, in what order, and where these projects commonly fail.
Draft — awaiting expert review

An MRP implementation checklist
A practical checklist covering data readiness, configuration, testing by role, cutover and the first weeks after go-live.
Draft — awaiting expert review

Actual job costing, and why estimates drift
Why quoted and actual cost diverge, what has to be recorded to close the gap, and how to read the result.
Draft — awaiting expert review

Material traceability that survives an audit
What full material traceability requires in practice, and the points at which the chain most often breaks.
Draft — awaiting expert review

Machine data is only useful once it knows about the job
Why machine monitoring alone produces dashboards nobody acts on, and what changes when telemetry is joined to the job.
Draft — awaiting expert review

What precision engineers need from an MRP system
Small batches, repeat work and tight tolerances put pressure on different parts of a system than high-volume production does.
Draft — awaiting expert review

What AI in a manufacturing system should and should not do
Where AI genuinely helps in a manufacturing system, where it should be kept out, and what to ask a vendor.
Draft — awaiting expert review