Powerful, Easy-to-Use, Lightning-Fast
Supplier Quality Management Software
Connect with your suppliers and gain real-time visibility into inspection data across the supply chain. Speed-up new product introduction by streamlining FAI and PPAP processes. Simplify ongoing supply chain quality control with seamless data sharing and SCAR management.
Ensure quality at source, dramatically reduce the cost of poor quality, and save thousands of man-hours each year.
ENJOY DEEP SUPPLY CHAIN VISIBILITY. ENSURE QUALITY AT SOURCE.
THE CUSTOMER'S PERSPECTIVE
“1Factory has enabled a different level of integration with our key suppliers on high risk parts. We are solving the problem of stale and dusty control plans, and lack of supplier monitoring of quality data. We also found issues with measurement resolution on key features, and we found other cases where the distribution of data suggests abnormal processing.”
Semiconductor Capital Equipment Manufacturer
THE SUPPLIER'S PERSPECTIVE
“With 1Factory, we give the customer access to the heart of RIVAL A/S. Everything is available and that gives the customer some security. The system saves us a lot of paperwork because we no longer have to make measurement reports and forward to the customer. We can also keep an eye on unmanned production on the weekends.”
Rival A/S, Denmark
SUPPLIER QUALITY MANAGEMENT FEATURES
1 Approved Vendor List (AVL)
Simplify supplier evaluation and qualification. Manage supplier lifecycle from Onboarding through Approval. Monitor supplier quality and delivery performance.
2 Incoming Inspections (IQC)
Inspect incoming materials. Capture visual and dimensional checks. Attach raw material & special processing certs. Use built-in lot switching rules.
3 Supplier Portal
Connect with your suppliers over the 1factory portal. Simplify FAI, PPAP, SCAR, and ongoing Supplier Quality Management. Collaborate to speed-up NPI.
4 Deep Supplier Collaboration
Connect with your suppliers and view their control plans and manufacturing inspection data in real-time to resolve problems before parts are shipped.
5 Supplier PPAP Management
Create and assign PPAPs to suppliers. Specify Levels, Requirements, and Due Dates. Review supplier PPAP documentation and approve individual elements.
6 Supplier Control Plans
Easily create and share quality control plans with suppliers. Ensure adequate controls for critical product features and process parameters.
7 Supplier First Articles
Speed-up the FAI process for suppliers with automated drawing ballooning and FAI report creation. Review and approve supplier FAIs.
8 Supplier Inspections
Verify measurements against specifications at the point-of-manufacturing. Assess risk before parts leave the supplier. Review and approve or reject inspections.
9 Supplier Corrective Actions
Request SCARs using the 8D process through the portal. Ensure all sections are filled-out and supplier actions are completed prior to closing.
10 Data: Customer to Supplier
Balloon drawings and assign control plans to your suppliers. Share incoming inspection data to ensure alignment where the OEM defines requirements.
11 Data: Supplier to Customer
Suppliers share plans, first articles, and real-time manufacturing inspection data. Ideal for situations where the supplier defines measurement frequency.
12 Dashboards & Scorecards
Manage performance in DPPM or Percentage terms. View feature-level SPC data (run-charts and histograms) to identify systemic issues.
CASE STUDIES
Read Highlights & Transcript
Highlights: Source Quality & Global Collaboration
- Deep Supply Chain Integration: Zipline uses 1factory's Supplier Quality Management Software to connect with global suppliers, ensuring high-quality parts for life-saving drones.
- Portability & Speed: Standardizing Supplier FAI and Supplier PPAP submissions via the Supplier Portal has eliminated manual transcribing.
- Strategic Monitoring: By viewing supplier manufacturing data in real-time, Zipline identifies process anomalies (scrap, rework) before parts ship.
- User Experience: Suppliers were trained in under 2 hours, achieving immediate integration with critical supply chain tiers.
Transcript Excerpt: "1factory is the best SaaS software that Zipline uses."
Zipline - Autonomous Aircraft
Zipline designs, manufactures and operates the world's largest autonomous aircraft network, delivering life-saving supplies such as blood and medicines, and cutting delivery time from hours to minutes.
High-quality parts are critical to successful and reliable delivery. To ensure the quality of parts coming in from suppliers, Zipline deployed the 1factory system across its supply chain.
Today suppliers create Control Plans and First Articles and submit them to Zipline for review and approval via 1factory. Once Plans and FAIs are reviewed, suppliers submit on-going inspection data to Zipline via 1factory.
Watch a 7-minute video to hear first-hand from the Zipline team (Incoming Inspection, Quality Engineering, Supplier Quality, and Chief Technology Officer) about the power of 1factory, its ease-of-use, and its impact on cost of quality.
EASY TO USE. LIGHTNING FAST. SECURE & RELIABLE
INTUITIVE DESIGN & LIGHTNING FAST SPEED
1Factory's intuitive interface and streamlined workflows make training effortless - most teams achieve full deployment in under two hours with zero operational disruption.
Every interaction - from data entry to ballooning to search - happens instantaneously. Your manufacturing operations run at full pace, never waiting on software.
SECURITY & RELIABILITY
1Factory meets the security standards that matter: ITAR-compliant hosting on AWS GovCloud, full NIST 800-171 compliance, and SOC 2 Type 2 certification.
Over the past decade, 1Factory has maintained >99.99% uptime. Data encryption and daily database snapshots ensure your critical quality records are always protected.
BENEFITS: SUPPLIER QUALITY SOFTWARE
CHALLENGES IN SUPPLIER QUALITY MANAGEMENT
Increasing product complexity and supply chain globalization make quality control very challenging. Most buyers lack real-time visibility into supplier production data, forcing them to operate reactively.
Product defects originating in the supply chain lead to production disruptions and wasted capacity. Traditional quality management methods, designed before global cloud networks, rely on manual witness inspections and emailed spreadsheets.
THE 1FACTORY SUPPLIER QUALITY MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE SOLUTION
1factory standardizes quality management processes across all suppliers regardless of tier. It provides real-time visibility into supplier production data, transforming reactive management into proactive risk prevention.
The platform's automated data collection integrates directly with CMMs and Vision Systems, while an early warning system uses defect risk analysis to prevent escapes before parts reach your factory.
500+ CUSTOMERS. 30+ COUNTRIES. 20+ INDUSTRIES.
AEROSPACE & INDUSTRIAL
AEROSPACE MACHINING
PRECISION MACHINING
MEDICAL DEVICES
AUTONOMOUS AIRCRAFT
ADVANCED CERAMICS