Safeguards that match the rigor of space hardware.
AS9100- and ITAR-compliant controls built into daily actions.
Every process linked through one digital thread.
Manufacturo is trusted by pioneering space companies who demand speed, compliance, and scale — and can’t afford broken digital threads.
Satellites launched in 2024. Record throughput magnifies the cost of any traceability gap, so one bad part can cascade across hundreds of builds.
BryceTech, “2024 in Review: Global Space Activity,” 2025.
Satellites operating by year-end 2024. More assets to track equals tighter pedigree requirements and configuration control.
UCS Satellite Database, January 2025 update.
Satellite manufacturing revenue grew in 2024. Production ramps expose fragmented build histories and siloed data.
Satellite Industry Association, “State of the Satellite Industry Report 2025.”
Aerospace suppliers cite digital thread adoption as a top tech obstacle. Most stacks aren’t ready for end-to-end traceability.
Aerospace Industries Association, “2024 Aerospace Supply Chain Health Check.”
The numbers tell only part of the story. For New Space teams, real pain surfaces every day on the shop floor and in the test bay.
Designs evolve daily, builds iterate, compliance is always top of mind, and scaling from 20 to 200 people exposes productivity-killing weakness in disconnected tools.
CAD, PLM, ERP, MES, spreadsheets, and Jira/Excel band-aids that break the digital thread.
Significant engineering hours are drained reconciling disconnected data – cross-checking spreadsheets, hunting down missing pedigrees, and stitching together records instead of advancing designs.
Timelines slip when data and processes are trapped in silos – engineering waits on quality, quality waits on suppliers, and production stalls in between.
Manual workflows and editable histories create gaps that slip past reviews, leading to quality escapes, failed audits, and potential grounding of entire programs.
“I have yet to find an adequate build record” - Frustrated 25-year Industry Veteran
Other manufacturing platforms market themselves as solutions to these problems while offering "flexibility."
But here's the truth: flexibility without structure isn't freedom; it's fragility and hidden risk.
In under-governed systems, editable pedigrees (records that distinguish flight-ready parts from development builds and track their lineage), "completion" without completeness, and hashtag-driven data create quality escapes, audit gaps, and launch delays. Without proper guardrails, checks and balances, and process control, even well-intentioned teams can slip into costly errors.
Without direct linkage, planning and compliance breakdown: incomplete BOMs, incomplete process plans, and incomplete validation against customer requirements can allow the wrong part at the wrong step.
Weak redlining and change management let multiple versions of instructions stay active. Teams risk executing outdated or in-work routings that haven’t been approved, introducing hidden quality and structural risks.
When non-kitted parts can be installed, uninspected or development-grade parts may be swapped in for flight parts. This bypasses required inspection rigor and creates unacceptable risk to vehicle integrity.
Disconnected data allows quantity-zero runs, null or missing lots/serials, and mismatches across part, run, and inventory records. These gaps undermine traceability and jeopardize audit readiness.
For New Space, true freedom comes from balance: flexibility to innovate, structure to stay safe, and the strength to scale.
Competitor “solutions” and Excel patchworks fail because they erase or lack history, fragment and cut the digital thread, and collapse under the massive weight of compliance.
The very failures of competitor platforms and disconnected systems are where Manufacturo is strongest.
"Freedom without structure isn't innovation—it's expensive guesswork. Real speed is the freedom to build the right part, the right way with total confidence. ” - Zane Shewalter
We built the platform we always wanted on the floor: one connected system that fits into your infrastructure, keeps the thread unbroken, and scales without workarounds.
It works for you, not you for it.
Work instructions, integrated quality, tooling, part requests and inventory, and equipment all in one platform.
Adapts to your ecosystem instead of forcing bolt-ons or patches.
Designed for teams building the most regulated, compliant, and complex hardware in the world.
Supplier onboarding, qualification, and risk tracking built in that is integrated across inventory, POs, and production.
Immutable digital records ensure the catalyst of risk — a broken thread — never enters your process.
Manufacturo is trusted by pioneering space companies who demand speed, compliance, and scale — and can’t afford broken digital threads.
Manufacturo is more than a suite of apps; it’s the operating backbone for New Space teams.
From purchase orders and supply chain management to inventory operations, production workflows, quality processes, and forecasting, every step connects through a single digital thread.
The result: complete traceability, built-in compliance, and a platform that scales with you from prototype to orbit.
