Every module, working on sample data.
Pick a module. Each demo plays once when it comes into view; press Replay to watch again, or use its slider and buttons to step through it yourself. All modules share the same records, so the same parts, lots and people appear across them.
Orders checked before anyone commits.
Ship on time with the paperwork already done
Every order moves through one pipeline from quote to invoice. Revenue, on-time delivery and the orders at risk update week by week, so a late shipment shows up before the customer calls.
Catch the problem before you accept the order
Every line of the customer’s PO is checked against what you can actually deliver: drawing revision, quantity, date, material, certificates, inspection, price.
Sales, quality and planning each sign their part. Anything that doesn’t match goes back to the customer and the agreed change is logged on the order. Only then is it released to planning, with the certificate list already attached.
Suppliers measured from the records, not memory.
Late and rejected lots go on the supplier’s record
Purchase orders move from draft to received on one board. Late orders, missing certificates, and each supplier’s on-time rate, rejects and lead time update from the records, not from memory.
Rejects and late lots count themselves
On-time rate comes from receiving dates and rejects from receiving NCRs, so the scorecard is never typed in.
The system flags; a person decides. Putting a supplier on watch, asking for a corrective action or removing approval is a named decision on the record. A part can’t be ordered from a supplier that isn’t approved for it.
A slipped milestone shows up the day it slips.
A slipped milestone shows up the day it slips
Launches and process changes as timelines tied to the real records: drawings, first articles, change requests. When a step slips, the plan shows it and the linked records explain why.
Orders, jobs, stock and approvals that don’t wait on anyone.
The system doesn’t certify anyone. Certification comes from a registrar’s audit of how your whole quality system is run. What the system does is keep the records each clause asks for, at the step where the work happens, so the evidence is there when the auditor asks. Clause numbers refer to ISO 9001:2026, published September 2026.
The order and its paperwork travel together
A sales order becomes a work order, material, machining, a dimensional report, inspection and a shipment. Each step adds its record to the same package. Click any step to see what it records.
A shortage turns into a purchase order, not a phone call
The short lot shows on the work order list, the purchase order is raised and approved from it, and the row clears when the stock is issued.
Know what’s on the shelf without walking to it
Every lot has a location, a status and a history. Reorder points suggest the purchase order before the shelf runs out. A quarantined lot can’t be issued until quality releases it, and every count adjustment carries a reason and a name.
Decisions that live in email chains get lost
Someone is left off the copy line, the answer sits in a reply nobody opened, and two days later the question goes round again.
In Datum North the request, the approver and the reason stay on the record. Emails and Teams messages still go out, but they only say which record to open.
Nothing unsigned, nothing overdue, nothing buried.
NCRs signed in days, not buried on a desk
Raise the NCR, place the hold, and every step after is added with a time and a name. Try to change an earlier entry and the record refuses. A corrective action raised from it stays linked until its effectiveness check is done.
A repeat NCR is flagged, never acted on by the software. A person decides whether it calls for a corrective action (CAR) or a change request. Either can also be raised directly, from an audit finding or a customer request. Supplier rejects count toward the supplier’s record as they happen.
No overdue gauge in use, no surprise at audit
- Every instrument with its range, resolution, location, owner and interval.
- Reminders before the due date. Once overdue, an instrument can’t be picked on an inspection record.
- As-found and as-left results, the certificate and its traceability kept on the instrument’s record.
- Out of tolerance as found: every inspection it was used on since its last good calibration is listed for review, and an NCR is raised.
- In-house checks against reference standards, with the same history.
- Interval changes suggested from the instrument’s history. Quality decides.
Nobody builds to the old drawing
The change request names what it touches. Quality, production and purchasing review the impact, the approver decides, and the drawing revision is released. The old revision goes obsolete, affected work orders are flagged, and shop copies are acknowledged by name.
Every change request starts with a person’s decision: after a repeat NCR, or directly from engineering, sales or a customer request. The dashboard shows where each one stands and what raised it.
Everyone works to the current procedure
Review, approve and publish a revision. The old one is marked obsolete, and everyone who needs it acknowledges the change by name. Acknowledgements count toward training records.
Numbers counted from the records, never typed in.
What needs attention this week, in one view
Open NCRs, shipment holds, changes waiting on a decision and unsigned certificates, counted from the records themselves, never typed in.
Drag the week slider to see how the numbers move, or press Play.
See the drift before it becomes scrap
X̄-R charts are built from instrument files as they’re saved, with run rules that flag drift while parts are still in spec.
A good Cp can still make scrap
Capability is computed from the same data using within-subgroup sigma (R̄/d₂). Cp says whether the spread fits the tolerance. Cpk says whether it fits where the process is actually centred.
A process can have a good Cp and still make scrap if it sits off-centre, and the curves show why. Pick a process to compare.
PDF merger
Drop files in, set the order, get one PDF with a cover sheet and bookmarks.
Package compiler
Reads the sales order, lists every document each line needs, collects what exists and flags what's missing.
Dimensional report generator
Enter readings once. Each is judged against its tolerance and the report is generated in your controlled format, ready to sign.
Stop retyping reports and renaming PDFs
Reports and certificate packages are generated from data already entered, so nobody retypes, renames or hunts for the current version. Generated is not signed: a person signs every report.
Draw the process once; records follow it
Draw the process as boxes and arrows, name an owner for each step, and publish it as a controlled revision. The record routes follow the published map.
An NCR doesn't fail. It waits.
By hand or by email, an NCR waits on whoever holds it next. In a binder, a shared folder or a SharePoint library, it is still just a file in a folder. E-signature tools don’t change that: someone still has to send it, chase it and file it.
Datum North makes the NCR a live record. It is drafted, routed, approved and signed in one system, with reminders and escalation built in. Each NCR links to its part, lot and supplier, so supplier performance builds itself from the records, not from a spreadsheet.
Nothing waits on a desk again.
Pick a record type, or let it cycle. Each step has an owner, a due date and a reminder, and the route itself is set to your procedure.
The same route breaks for corrective actions, open audit actions, change requests, drawing revisions, work orders, purchase and sales orders, and calibration. Unsigned records and skipped steps are what auditors find, and enough of them put an ISO 9001 or AS9100 certificate at risk.
Your best people, back on real work.
Chasing signatures and retyping numbers is time a skilled person isn't spending on the part, the root cause or the next improvement.
Left to people
- Judging the part and the process
- Finding the real root cause
- Improving how the work is done
- Talking to customers and suppliers
- Training the next person
A manual step is retired only when its replacement is measurably faster. That's company policy, not a slogan.
Found the part that hurts most?
Start there. One module as a pilot, at a fixed price, signed off before anything else begins. The rest plugs into the same records when you’re ready.