ERP for aerospace manufacturers built for AS9100, not just production.
Custom ERP for aerospace and defense suppliers — AS9100 corrective-action workflows, full as-built configuration genealogy, ITAR-aware access control, and DCAA-compliant contract accounting in one system.
A generic manufacturing ERP doesn't know what AS9100 or ITAR mean.
Most aerospace suppliers start on a general manufacturing ERP, then hit the ceiling fast: AS9100 doesn't just want a nonconformance log, it wants a corrective action process with containment, root-cause analysis, and verification of effectiveness — and every part needs to be serial-traced to the exact revision and configuration it was actually built to, not just the drawing it was supposed to match.
Working defense contracts adds a second layer a generic ERP never touches: ITAR/EAR export control (who can even see the technical data), and if you bill the government directly or as a sub, DCAA-compliant cost accounting — timekeeping to the task, indirect cost pool allocation, and allowability rules a standard job-costing module doesn't enforce.
Bolting a quality plugin onto NetSuite or Epicor gets you a form that looks like AS9102 First Article Inspection paperwork. It doesn't get you the configuration genealogy an auditor needs to trace a nonconforming part back to its exact build, or the access controls that keep an ITAR-controlled drawing from showing up in a search a non-US-person employee can run.
Quality, configuration, and compliance built into the schema.
We build AS9100 corrective action requests, First Article Inspection records, and full as-built configuration genealogy as core parts of the data model — every serial number traces back to the exact drawing revision, work instruction, and nonconformance disposition it was actually built under.
ITAR/EAR access control is enforced at the row level: technical data is tagged, and only users with the right citizenship or clearance flag can see it — an actual permission check, not a policy document. If you carry government contracts, timekeeping and cost pools are structured to pass a DCAA audit from day one, not reconciled in a spreadsheet at close.
Honest tradeoff: if you're a small shop running one stable program and a packaged system like ProShop or an aerospace edition of Epicor Kinetic already covers your quality and traceability needs within budget, that's a legitimate buy — don't rebuild a working AS9100-compliant system to save on license fees. Custom starts winning once you're running multiple programs with different flow-down requirements, chasing configuration data across disconnected point systems, or paying for a full A&D suite to get the two modules you actually need.
We ship the modules you need first, then add the rest. Most clients don't need every module on day one.
AS9100 corrective action & nonconformance
Structured CAR (corrective action request) workflow — containment, root cause, corrective action, verification of effectiveness — timestamped and audit-ready, not a spreadsheet tracker.
As-built configuration genealogy
Every serial number traced to the exact drawing revision, work instruction, and material lot it was built under, forward and backward, with an immutable history.
First Article Inspection (AS9102)
FAI records generated and tied to the part's full genealogy, ready to hand an auditor or a prime contractor's source inspector without a scramble.
ITAR/EAR access control
Technical data tagged and access-gated by citizenship/clearance flag at the row level, with a queryable log of who viewed what and when.
DCAA-compliant cost accounting
Timekeeping to the task, indirect cost pool allocation, and cost-allowability rules structured to survive a government audit, not bolted on after the fact.
Engineering change management
ECN/ECO workflow tied to the affected serials and open work orders, with approval routing and full revision history.
Supplier quality flow-down
Approved supplier lists carrying AS9100 flow-down requirements, source inspection scheduling, and certificate-of-conformance tracking per lot.
Calibration & tool tracking
Every gauge and measurement tool on a calibration schedule, with automatic holds on work orders that would use overdue equipment.
Program & contract management
Multi-year program tracking with milestone billing, funding limits, and EVM-lite cost/schedule variance reporting per contract line.
How a custom aerospace ERP gets built.
Same structure every time. We ship the first module to your team in 4–8 weeks, then build the rest while they're already using it.
- 01
Discover
1–2 weeks. We sit with your team, map workflows, and pick the first module to ship.
- 02
Architect
1–2 weeks. Data model, integrations, deployment topology. Documented before any code.
- 03
Build slice 1
3–5 weeks. First production module — usually the highest-pain part of your current workflow.
- 04
Build slices 2–N
1–3 months. Additional modules deployed continuously. Each integrates with the existing data model.
- 05
Run
Ongoing. We stay on after launch — bug fixes, new features, integrations as your business changes.
Built to integrate with the systems you already use.
The integrations below come up most often for aerospace operators. Anything with an API is fair game — these are just the common ones.
- PLM/CAD (Teamcenter, Windchill, SolidWorks PDM)
- MES / shop floor data collection
- QuickBooks Online / Sage Intacct / NetSuite (financials only)
- DCAA-compliant timekeeping (Unanet, Deltek-style time entry)
- Calibration management systems
- Barcode / serialization hardware
- EDI for prime contractor customers (Boeing, Lockheed, and similar)
- Document management (technical data packages)
- Identity/access control providers (ITAR need-to-know binding)
- BI / reporting (Metabase, Looker)
Custom ERP for other industries.
Modern, boring, hireable.
We build on standard tools your future team will be able to hire for. No proprietary platforms.
- Next.js
- TypeScript
- React
- Tailwind
- Postgres
- Prisma
- Drizzle
- Redis
- Vercel
- Railway
- Fly.io
- Docker
- Clerk
- WorkOS
- Auth0
- Stripe
- Plaid
- QuickBooks API
- Postgres views
- Metabase
- Recharts
The proof we ship ERPs.
Clear answers
for complex builds.
Clear answers on timelines, pricing, ownership, and what shipping actually looks like with a senior engineering team.
If a packaged system already covers your quality, traceability, and program requirements within budget, buying is the right call — we'll tell you that on a discovery call if it's true. Custom starts winning once you're running multiple programs with different flow-down requirements or stitching configuration data across disconnected point systems.
Yes, if it's built that way from the start. Technical data is tagged and access is gated by citizenship or clearance flag at the row level, with a queryable access log — the same standard packaged A&D systems are held to, fitted to how your shop actually runs.
Manufacturing ERP covers BOM, scheduling, and quality control. Aerospace adds AS9100's formal corrective-action process, full as-built configuration genealogy, First Article Inspection, ITAR-aware access control, and — for government contracts — DCAA-compliant cost accounting, none of which a generic manufacturing build carries.
Yes. Timekeeping to the task, indirect cost pool allocation, and cost-allowability rules are structured to pass a DCAA audit, tied to the same program and contract data driving scheduling and cost reporting — not a separate spreadsheet reconciled at close.
Usually $100k–$350k and 4–7 months for configuration genealogy, AS9100 corrective-action workflows, First Article Inspection, and your core integrations (PLM, financials, calibration). ITAR access controls and DCAA accounting are common phase-one additions given the compliance stakes, not phase-two.
Tell us your current systems, what's breaking, and what you'd want a fitted ERP to do — we'll come back with a written scope and a fixed quote.