Parts tracking from raw-material intake through WIP to finished goods. Bills of materials decrement as assemblies complete, and component shortages surface days before they stop a line.
Every industry has its quirks. Here are yours.
We've mapped the operational quirks of manufacturing & assembly against Nautilus capabilities. Each challenge here pairs with how we handle it.
BOM complexity
A single finished product can have hundreds of components sourced from dozens of suppliers across multiple warehouses. Keeping the BOM accurate is harder than building the product.
BOM management
Link raw materials to finished goods. Nautilus decrements component stock automatically as assemblies are completed against the BOM.
WIP tracking
Work-in-progress inventory sits between raw materials and finished goods. Most systems lose visibility here, which is exactly where bottlenecks form.
WIP visibility
Track items through every production stage. Scan at each station to move inventory from raw to WIP to finished, with dwell time recorded.
Production scheduling
A stockout on a single component can halt a production line. You need to know about it days before it happens, not when the line stops.
Predictive reordering
AI analyzes production schedules and component burn rates to flag shortages days before they hit. Reorder draft POs are ready for buyer review.
From dock to door.
Every action a manufacturing & assembly warehouse takes, mapped to a Nautilus flow — running on phones, tablets, or rugged scanners.
Inbound receipt
Parts scan against PO. Lot numbers and supplier certificates attach to each receipt for downstream traceability.
Line-side putaway
Components stage near the production lines that consume them. Cross-line moves record so finance sees the labor cost of repositioning.
BOM-driven issue
Production picks decrement components against the BOM. Variance against expected consumption flags before assembly continues.
Finished goods
Assembly confirmations close the production order. Finished units carry traceability back to their component lots.
What customers see.
Averages across Manufacturing & Assembly customers in their first 12 months.
Manufacturing & Assembly questions, answered.
The questions buyers in manufacturing & assembly ask before they sign. If yours isn't here, the team can answer it on a discovery call.
Does Nautilus integrate with our MRP?
Direct integrations to SAP Business One and NetSuite are first-party. For other MRPs (Microsoft Dynamics, Epicor Kinetic, Infor, custom-built), we use a webhook-and-API bridge that takes 1-2 weeks of mapping work during initial setup. Component issues, finished-goods receipts, and inventory adjustments sync both directions; production orders and BOMs originate in the MRP and read into Nautilus.
Can it track work-in-progress between stations?
Yes. Each station scan moves the unit between named WIP states (cut → finished, raw → assembled, and so on). The WIP report shows live inventory at each station, average dwell time, and where bottlenecks are forming. WIP value rolls into financial reporting against the configured cost basis.
How are component substitutions handled when a BOM allows them?
Substitution rules live on the BOM. When a primary component is out of stock and a substitute is approved, Nautilus offers the substitution at pick time and records which substitute was used on that finished-goods unit's traceability record. If substitutes aren't approved on the BOM, the pick blocks and surfaces an exception for engineering review.
Will it support lot-genealogy compliance (ITAR, FAA Part 145, ISO 9001)?
Yes. Every finished-goods unit carries a complete genealogy back to component lots, supplier certificates, treatment records, and operator IDs. The audit report exports in a format compatible with the major frameworks, with timestamps that match the certification retention requirements (ITAR retention is 5 years; Part 145 is 2 years; ISO 9001 is whatever your QMS specifies).
See Nautilus running in a manufacturing & assembly warehouse.
Live demo with a warehouse engineer. 30 minutes. We bring the data, you bring the questions.