MODULES OVERVIEW
BLUESTREAK™ and BRIGHT AM™ MODULES
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Bluestreak™ and Bright AM™ manufacturing software systems have made scalability possible with separate modules to choose from based on your unique business requirements. Each of the modules focuses on a different functionality to run your business from office to shop floor. As operations grow, you can continue to empower your team with tools needed for department integration, communication, and traceability by adding any additional modules anytime in the future.
Don’t limp along with a software system that has become stagnant and outdated. Bluestreak™ MES/QMS is the smart choice of software because of continuous new development driven by our customers’ requests for additional functionality. Because of this, new features are included in each of our monthly new software releases to keep you on the cutting edge of technology.
ERP/MRP Integration
Although MES/QMS software is used to operate as self-contained systems, they are increasingly being integrated with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP) software suites. The goal of a Manufacturing Execution System is to improve productivity and reduce cycle time, the total time to complete a Work Order. By integrating QMS + MES with ERP/MRP software, production control managers can be proactive about ensuring the delivery of quality products in a timely, cost-effective manner.
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Global Communications Hub – (Included in Basic System) Provides relevant real-time notifications via email, internal Bluestreak™ iMail, or text messaging.
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Quote to Invoice (Q2I) – baseline Work Order Management ‘engine’ powering suite of modules
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Manage customer/vendor/prospect data, contacts, and customer concerns
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Quote and Price Orders with multiple pricing mechanisms (including rack pricing)
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Manage Work Orders / Job Travelers, Certs, CAPAs, NonConformances, Shippers
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Control Plan characteristics and test results
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Invoice and manage Accounts Receivable
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Use any mobile device with internet access via a modern browser
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General Business Management Modules
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Purchase Order and Inventory – Inventory and purchase order management for smarter, faster, purchasing decisions with automated inventory-level notifications
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iDeliver (for delivery and pick up of completed Parts) – Manages shipping and delivery with a Smartphone or tablet.
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iMaintain (integrated manufacturing equipment maintenance tied to individual Specification requirements) – A planning, scheduling, preventative maintenance (PM) tool. NOTE: Can also be used to manage/maintain employee training.
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BlueDocs (document management system with version control) – Allows complete management and revision control of all corporate documents, Quality Manual, Operating/Work Instructions, Equipment Operating Procedures, Employee Handbook, etc.
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Vendor Managed Inventory – Manage your customer’s parts (short term/long term) until parts can be delivered to your clients.
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Marketing / eMail Campaigns – Create and schedule email blasts to internal staff, vendors, clients, and prospects you have set up in your Bluestreak™ database.
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Audit (under development)
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Risk Management – To assist in the identification, assessment, and prioritization of manufacturing risks, a requirement of ISO 9001:2015.
Production Control / Job Tracking Modules
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Production Pathway (shop-floor interface, real-time tracking, accountability) – Monitor all work in progress with this dynamic shop-floor interface with real-time tracking.
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Schedule – Intuitive manufacturing scheduling tool to view/manage all open orders.
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Operation Properties – Set up and designate additional data points and processing parameters on individual operating steps within a process.
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intelliPlan (intelligent manufacturing part-process planning) – Manage application industry specifications and guidelines in the part-planning process for detailed audibility.
Compliance / Quality Management Modules
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Advanced Specifications Manager / Spec Library – Monitor all manufacturing work in progress with this dynamic shop-floor interface with real-time tracking.
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Advanced Quality – Enables fundamental features within your company’s Quality Control Plan characteristics, including rounding and converted units.
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Advanced Control Plans / Sampling Plans (part-specific control plans) – Control advanced quality characteristics at the Work Order level or on individual steps within an overall Part Process.
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Configurable Equipment Calibration – Efficiently manage and track calibration processes in one centralized location to ensure all equipment requiring calibration or certification is accurate, reliable, and in compliance.
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User Viewing Restrictions – Manage complex requirements of company data user viewing restrictions and ITAR/EAR or other privacy regulations.
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SPC Statistical Process Control – Spot manufacturing trends before your Process is out of control.
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BlueCharts (data logging/charting system integration) – A web application that integrates Bluestreak™ with your existing manufacturing data logging system.​
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C3Data Pyrometry Integration – Automatically notifies Bluestreak™ when furnace pyrometry compliance data changes.
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Automatic Contract Review – The optional Auto Contract Review process will be built into the Bluestreak™ order entry workflow, where we can code custom tests to prevent order entry errors. This review process would run automatically whenever a Work Order is created.
Customer Experience Modules
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Customer Connector Portal – Empower customers to self-serve by placing your Customer’s information into their hands in real-time (Cert, shipper, invoice, BoL, job status, etc.).
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Survey – Create customizable feedback survey questions and send to a group of Bluestreak™ internal users or a group of Contacts (external customers, vendors, prospects, etc.).
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CRM (Customer Relationship Management) functions – (Included in Basic System) One unified system that connects the sales team, senior management, and the shop floor to better manage customers, vendors, and prospects.
Bright AM™ – Additive Manufacturing Add-On Modules
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Serialization – Generate unique serial numbers in multiple formats or batched Parts on the same Build plate/platform.
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Nonconformance Dispositioning (user-definable) – Allows decisions to be made on the floor “on the fly” as to the type of nonconformance and what should happen next with that Part.
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Out-of-Sequence Tracking – Advanced Tracking provides for multiple, mutually exclusive part-processing manufacturing routes at the individual Part level.
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Advanced AM Powder Inventory Tracking – Maintain Full Genealogy Powder Control