Aerospace doesn't forgive paper. The auditor walks in and asks: who built it, when, on what station, against what WI revision, with what tooling, traced to what serial-numbered raw stock. Most SMB aerospace shops answer those questions by going to a binder. Ignite Lean answers them in one click — because the build, the WI version, the operator, and the traceability are all the same record.
AS9100 isn't a vibes-based standard — the auditor will name specific clauses and demand evidence. Document control (§7.5), traceability (§8.5.2), FAI (§8.5.1.3), risk management (§6.1 / §8.1.1), config control (§8.1.2), supplier control (§8.4), CAPA (§10.2). Every one of those is a live screen in Ignite Lean. The audit-day mode flips the system into read-only with print-to-PDF evidence packs.
A scrap event on a brake-caliper machining line in 2024 turns into a recall question in 2027. "What other parts came off that machine, on that day, traceable to the same heat-lot of bar stock?" Without the data, you reconstruct it manually for a week. With Ignite Lean, you query it in 30 seconds. Every build event ties consumed components to parent serials, parent serials to the kit they shipped on, the kit to the customer PO.
First Article Inspection is the gate every aerospace shop has to clear on a new part number. Ignite Lean ships a structured FAI flow: feature-by-feature dimensional check, attached measurement evidence (photo + reading), quality-engineer sign-off, supplier sign-off when applicable. Every approval attributed by name, timestamped, hash-chain-signed. The auditor asks "show me the FAI for serial 4815" → one click.
Every Tier 1 (Boeing / Lockheed / Spirit / Northrop) has its own customer-specific requirement set — D6-82479, D1-9000, SQR-001. Custom field definitions per customer, per part, per WI section. Drop the requirements into the WI canvas as required checks; the kiosk enforces them; the build record proves compliance. No second binder to maintain.
If you're an OEM (Boeing, Lockheed, Northrop) running 5,000+ shop-floor employees and an enterprise IT team, you're a different buyer and you have different software. Ignite Lean is built for the SMB aerospace supplier — the 30-300 person job shop, machine shop, or contract manufacturer making real parts that ship to those OEMs. If that's not you, you're reading the wrong page.
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