Why Factorial
Learn how Factorial connects planning, execution, and traceability for manufacturing work.
Learn why Factorial
Built for teams that need to iterate quickly without compromising traceability. Opinionated out of the box and deeply programmable when your operation demands it.
Learn how Factorial connects planning, execution, and traceability for manufacturing work.
Learn why Factorial
Learn how Factorial connects product definitions, procedures, work execution, inventory, and history.
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Define every part and its subcomponents in use on your factory floor.
Read about parts and EBOMs
Define repeatable, reviewable processes with precise steps and part requirements.
Read about procedures
Define reusable, validated data inputs for inventory, steps, issues, and other records.
Read about fields
Specify materials and actions needed in versioned manufacturing procedures.
Read about part requirements and MBOMs
Instantiate and execute procedures by completing tasks and fulfilling part requirements.
Read about work orders
Execute compatible tasks together while preserving data and material traceability for each task.
Read about batching
Maintain traceability as inventory is installed, consumed, transformed, split, and merged.
Read about inventory
Design labels and scan inventory, tools, and locations within context-aware workflows.
Read about barcodes
Connect equipment to task execution, operating data, and scheduled maintenance.
Read about tools
Trace inventory operations and work order activity across the complete execution record.
Read about history
Organize factories and location hierarchies for inventory, work, and tools.
Read about locations
Prepare and deliver part requirements to the locations where work will be performed.
Read about kitting
Record manufacturing problems, review dispositions, and track corrective work.
Read about issues
Define and execute one-off or prototype work without first releasing a procedure.
Read about projects
Schedule tasks intelligently with queues.
Read about queues
Label records for consistent filtering, saved views, and programmable conditions.
Read about tags
Preserve collection configurations and keep frequently used records close at hand.
Read about favorites and views
Manage human and service accounts through reusable roles and action-specific permissions.
Read about users, roles, and permissions
Configure workspace-wide review rules and product availability.
Read about organization settings
Require approvals from the right people before procedure revisions are released.
Read about reviews and approvals
Automate work, enforce business rules, and integrate external systems with versioned scripts.
Read about plugins
Use terminal commands to work with most of Factorial's API, including through AI agents.
Read about the CLI
Read and modify Factorial data through bulk-friendly API endpoints.
Read about the API
Explore manufacturing data with dashboards, SQL queries, and scheduled alerts.
Read about analytics
Synchronize external systems through Factorial's API and pollable event stream.
Read about integrations
Run Factorial on infrastructure managed by your organization.
Read about self-hosting
Control when an Enterprise organization adopts a new Factorial release.
Read about version pinning
Learn the software principles that guide how Factorial is built.
Read the Tao of Factorial
Understand Factorial's current product boundaries and ideas under consideration.
Read about future directions