Capability · for Production head, QA head
Scanning tells you a part was there. It does not tell you it was built right.
A traceability system that only records scans produces a list of places a unit has been. Trace records the values: every fastener's torque, whether grease went on, what the end-of-line test actually read, and whether each was inside the limit at that moment.
Every limit is a row, never a constant
A data collection point declares its name, unit, datatype, minimum, maximum, nominal, whether it is mandatory, and where the value comes from. Changing a torque window is a configuration change your engineer makes, not a software release you wait for.
Sampling rules that match how you actually work
Capture every unit, first-off only, or every nth. First-off inspection is a real practice and the software should not force you to pretend otherwise.
Manual entry is not second class
A station with no instrument on it captures the same points against the same limits with the same audit fields. Only the source flag differs. That matters because a real plant is never uniformly instrumented, and the half that is manual is exactly where data usually goes missing.
Incoherent configuration cannot reach a shift
A minimum above a maximum, or an every-nth rule with no n, is rejected by the database itself rather than discovered by an operator at 06:00.
Book a 20-minute line walkthrough
We walk one line, list what each operation should capture, and tell you plainly which of your machines can be read. You get that list whether or not you buy anything.
Where this matters
- Pumps and valvesA pump that leaks in the field is traced back to one gasket lot or one under-torqued flange. Trace keeps the values that tell you which, per unit.
- Capturing torque data from a PLC over RS485 without losing readingsGetting per-fastener torque values off a controller into a traceability record: polling versus push, timestamps, raw payloads and what loses data.
- Recall and forward traceGive Trace a component lot code and it returns every finished unit that consumed it, where each one went, and when. An indexed lookup, not an overnight report.