September 2024

A post about how American Airlines treats their retiring captains got me thinking about how lucky we are to have a stable team and great alumni. You may get this email from me, but there are dozens of people that make the things in here happen.

That team reached another maturity milestone this month: Flows can now process runs with up to 1000 parts. That our customers need this feature tells you something.

That the platform is robust enough to handle it tells you another. I couldn’t be prouder and more grateful to the team.Of course, these changes also change the way the tool would be used. A thousand parts are very different from a few dozen. So, we changed the tool operates at the run level.

Next to viewing the list of parts in the build, you can now also aggregate the view at a design (or as we call it, at the “line item”) level. What’s more, amendments such as Non-Conformance Reporting, can also be done at that aggregate level. See below Gif of our new multi-part run feature.

While the team is working with our partners to deliver amazing products, I’ve been off to develop completely new business lines. One of them is with the DOD, building on our first award as a Prime last year. This year, we were awarded another contract and Josh (pictured below) and I just attended the kickoff in Ohio. It was amazing to see what the other companies (including 3D Printing OEMs etc) bring to the table, and I’m excited to help the Air Force build more advanced sustainment practices. Josh at the AF RSO IDIQ kick-off

Authentise as a prime manufacturer is an interesting concept. Of course, we don’t actually manufacture anything ourselves – we subcontract that – but being involved in more detail obviously gives us a much better taste of what our other partners experience on a day-to-day basis. It tests our tools, and our understanding to the max.

And that helps us make it better over time.On that note, if you want to help us skip the “hard” learning – please reach out and give me and the team feedback in person. We want to hear from you. Any features you think should exist that don't?Hope to hear from you soon!