For hardware companies tired of bending their ERP to fit how they build. Each serial keeps how it was built, with BOM revision, change orders, component lots and test results, in the same record as the firmware it runs in the field.
Your supplier reports that MCU lot L-2291 is bad. To find the units to fix, you need to know which shipped units contain that lot and what firmware each one runs. The first answer lives in your ERP, a FileMaker app or a spreadsheet, the second in your OTA tool.
BuildTrace runs that check on every shipped unit in one query. See the recall query
To change one, you open a change order with a BOM diff and get it signed off. Every unit built afterwards records which change order it was built under.
Operators follow the build steps on screen and scan each part as they fit it. Stock moves through a ledger, so you can trace every lot to the units it went into.
Each device reports its firmware with its own token. You publish releases per component, such as the main MCU and the radio, and every update lands in the unit's history next to how it was built.
A device reports what it runs and gets back what it should run. Your own updater downloads and verifies the file, so you keep whatever transport you already have.
Read https://dev.buildtrace.eu/llms.txt and add a BuildTrace check-in to our firmware update task.Filter by what went into a unit and what it runs now, in one query. From the result, open a recall or a service order for each unit.
If you sell connected hardware in the EU, you will need a machine-readable SBOM and a record of which software went onto which product. BuildTrace already keeps that per serial, so you can export it.
Start free and pay per serial as you ship more. Team and Scale cover both the factory and the field.
| Free One product, getting started | Starter Production runs | Team Production and a fleet in the field | Scale Several products or sites | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | [PRICE] / month | [PRICE] / month | On request |
| Serials included | [N] | [N] | [N] | By agreement |
| Extra serials | No | [PRICE] per 100 | [PRICE] per 100 | By agreement |
| Parts, BOMs, change orders | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Build orders, inventory, quality | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Devices and firmware releases | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Recalls, service, SBOM export | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| SSO and custom roles | No | No | No | Yes |
| Start free | Start free | Start free | Contact us |
You set a monthly cap on extra serials. We email you at 80% and never charge past it. [CONFIRM POLICY]
Monthly billing, cancel any time. Your data exports as CSV and JSON whenever you want it. [CONFIRM]
BuildTrace is new. We would rather build it with a few hardware companies who ship real units than guess. Design partners get [DISCOUNT] off for the first year, a direct line to the people building it, and a say in what we build next.
You should be building serialized hardware in production, with firmware you update in the field, and an ERP that was never made to track it. Applications close [DATE].
Export your parts and BOMs from Exact, Odoo or FileMaker as CSV, import them, run a small build order and open the first serial. Free up to [N] serials, no card needed.