Engineering management
Altrevo Systems keeps part numbers, bills of materials, projects, planning, purchasing and inventory in one place, so design, purchasing, stores and the build team all work from the same numbers, with no more copying between spreadsheets.
| Description | Part no. | Rev | Qty | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0Test rig, complete | T20-00001 | C | 1 | Released |
| 1Base frame weldment | T20-00014 | B | 1 | Released |
| 2Side rail, RH | T20-00102 | A | 1 | In review |
| 2Side rail, LH | T20-00103 | A | 1 | In review |
| 1Drive sub-assembly | T20-00031 | D | 2 | Ordered |
| 2Bearing 6205-2RS | T20-00210 | — | 4 | In stock |
| 1Harness, control box | T20-00007 | A | 1 | Draft |
Many engineering companies still run their operations on a patchwork of Excel files: a BOM here, a part list there, a purchasing tracker, a stock sheet, a build checklist. Each one repeats the others, and people keep them in step by hand. It works, until a wrong revision reaches the build floor.
How it's done today
With Altrevo Systems
Entered once. Read by every team.
The same part number, description and quantity are pasted into the BOM, the order tracker and the stock sheet.
Entered once, used everywhere.
A part, its revision and its quantities live in one record that every team reads from.
Two spreadsheets side by side, scrolling line by line to spot what changed.
Changes tracked, not spotted.
Every edit is recorded with who and when, and differences between revisions and baselines are shown for you.
Delivery dates from purchasing re-typed into the BOM; stock counts re-typed into the build plan.
Data flows between teams.
Orders, stock and dates feed the BOM, the plan and every dashboard automatically.
v7_FINAL, v7_FINAL_JM, v8_draft. Mistakes show up on the build floor.
One version of the truth.
Everyone works on the same live record, with edit rights by role, so the BOM on the shop floor is the BOM in engineering.
Less time keeping spreadsheets in step. More time engineering.
Spreadsheets drift apart the moment a second person opens them. Altrevo Systems keeps one record per part and lets every team see it their way.
Number
Every part gets a number like T20-00102 (project, system, sequence) the moment it is created. Duplicate manufacturer part numbers are caught before they are saved.
Structure
Indented or flat, typed like a spreadsheet or pasted straight from Excel. An assembly used in several products is edited once.
Build
Purchase orders are raised and stock is tracked in the same system as the BOM. Stores get pick lists checked against the shelf, and the schedule shows which parts will arrive late.
Change & release
Change requests, documents and release gates are built on the same parts and BOMs, so nothing is released with a change still open.
Fourteen modules on one data model, all under one roof. Part numbers, BOMs, projects, purchasing, inventory, change control, documentation, release and quality share the same records, so there are no separate tools to keep in step, a change request or a failure mode always points to a real part number, and every role sees what matters to it on its own dashboard.
Across everything
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Projects & operations
Release & quality
One parts register with automatic numbering, revisions and the history of every change.
Indented and flat BOMs with design, procurement and build columns on the same lines.
Drawings, models, specifications and test reports held against the part revision they describe.
Propose, assess, approve and carry out a change, with its impact worked out from the data.
Every project on one line, with its own team, roles, edit rights and dashboards.
Project stages and delivery dates, measured against when the parts actually arrive.
Who does what by when, with evidence and two-step closing.
What every project still has to buy, and where each order stands.
Stock, shelf locations and shortages for every part, managed in the same system as your BOMs and orders.
Release gates for each stage, checked against the real state of the project, then frozen as a baseline.
Raise, contain and close corrective actions, each tied to the part and BOM where the issue was found.
Design failure modes built from the BOM structure, so every item can be analysed.
Failure modes for each manufacturing and assembly step, linked back to the design analysis.
Every role opens on a dashboard built around its own work: what is due, what is late and what needs a decision.
When a part changes, everything that depends on it should know. The change request, documentation and release modules use the links already in the system — where a part is used, what is on order, what is on the shelf — so the impact of a change is worked out, not guessed.
Raised from a part, a BOM line, a task, a CCAR or an FMEA action.
Every BOM and project using the part, open PO lines, stock on the shelf, documents and FMEA rows to review.
Signed off by the roles on each affected project, every decision on the audit trail.
New revisions (A → B), tasks for each team, documents re-issued, purchasing told what to change on order.
The project's next release gate checks that no change is left open, then freezes the baseline.
Side rail RH: wall thickness 3 → 4 mm
Approvals
Project 120 · Build release
Release blocked — 2 items open
Each customer gets a separate installation of Altrevo Systems with its own database, on its own servers. Nothing is shared with anyone else.
Runs on your Linux server with Docker and PostgreSQL, behind your firewall. IT gets an install guide, nightly backup and restore steps, and versioned upgrades.
Your parts, BOMs and history stay in your database. Every change is on record, and your data can be taken out at any time.
No two engineering businesses run the same way. You have your own numbering scheme, your own approval chain, the columns your team cares about and the systems you can't switch off. Altrevo Systems adapts to your process, not the other way round.
Part-number format, roles, project stages, columns and edit rights set up for your business from day one.
Need a field, a report, a dashboard or a whole workflow that isn't there yet? Tell us, and we'll build it into your installation.
We bring your existing part lists, BOMs, open orders and stock across from your spreadsheets once, at go-live, so the app picks up exactly where you left off.
Your changes arrive as tested, versioned updates, so your tailored version keeps improving along with the core product.
Walk us through your process, your spreadsheets and the rules that matter to you.
Configuration or a new feature, scoped and agreed with you.
Built, tested and installed in your Altrevo Systems as a versioned update.
Send us a BOM, a part list or the spreadsheets your team runs on today. We'll show you how they look in Altrevo Systems, and what we would tailor for you.
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