Sheet-metal & tooling ERP for aerospace fabrication
Aerospace sheet-metal fabrication turns on correct flat patterns, controlled forming, jigs and tools that hold, and drawings at the right revision. Elite Tech's sheet-metal and tooling ERP develops blanks, routes forming and finishing, tracks every tool and jig through its life, and locks drawing revisions, so brackets, skins and assemblies come out right the first time and stay traceable.
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shops and tool rooms
Brackets, skins, ducting and jigs, blanked, formed, finished and inspected against the controlled drawing.
Modules for an aerospace sheet-metal shop
Blank development, forming routing, tool lifecycle, revision control and inspection, the flow a fabrication shop lives in.
Flat-Pattern & Blank Development
Flat-pattern and nesting data with material issue per part to cut waste and rework.
Flat patternForming & Routing
Bend, form and finishing operations routed with setup sheets and real cycle times.
Forming routingTool & Jig Lifecycle
Tool and jig registers with usage counts, calibration and refurbishment scheduling.
Tool lifecycleDrawing-Revision Control
Only the current drawing revision releases to the floor, with a full change history.
Revision controlInspection & CMM
Dimensional inspection and CMM capture with disposition before parts move on.
Inspection & CMMSurface & Special Processes
Anodising, painting and NDT job-work with suppliers, challans and ITC-04 tracking.
Surface processesMaterial & Serial Traceability
Sheet lot to finished part serial with certificates for full genealogy.
TraceabilityGST Dispatch & CoC
Certificate of Conformance and GST e-invoice raised on dispatch with no rekeying.
CoC GSTERP for sheet-metal and tooling, right first time
Elite Tech builds the ERP that runs aerospace sheet-metal shops and tool rooms, where blanks are developed cleanly, forming is routed, tools are tracked through their life, and only the current drawing revision ever reaches the floor.
- Flat-pattern and blank development with nesting to cut material waste.
- Forming and finishing routed with setup sheets and real cycle times.
- Tool and jig lifecycle tracked with usage, calibration and refurbishment.
- Drawing-revision control so only the current revision releases to the floor.
- Inspection and CMM capture with disposition before parts move on.
- Sheet-lot to serial traceability with certificates on every part.
- Surface & Special Processes Anodising, painting and NDT job-work with suppliers, challans and ITC-04 tracking.
- Material & Serial Traceability Sheet lot to finished part serial with certificates for full genealogy.
- GST Dispatch & CoC Certificate of Conformance and GST e-invoice raised on dispatch with no rekeying.
Explore related solutions: Aerospace & Defence ERP platform, AS9100 ERP Software, First Article Inspection Software.
Book your free aerospace-ERP demo
Tell us about your plant, we'll map the RFQ-to-invoice journey to your workflow and send a fixed-scope plan.
Two workflows, one connected platform
The manufacturing heart and the sales journey, side by side. Click any stage to walk through exactly what happens at that step.
The manufacturing heart
Per-part routings
Standard times set for every operation.
First-piece approval
Sign-off before the batch runs.
Special processes
Heat-treat, plating, NDT tracked.
Harness & composites
Sub-assemblies built to spec.
Pre-join inspection
Checked before joining the line.
Reserved to job
Components allocated to the order.
Mating & fastening
Torque-controlled and logged.
Systems install
Fitted and filled to spec.
Serial genesis
Lifelong serial number assigned.
First Article Inspection
AS9102 FAI against the drawing.
NDT & functional test
Non-destructive & functional checks.
e-Certificate
Digital certificate per serial.
DGAQA / CEMILAC
Airworthiness data reviewed.
Rework loop
Back to the right station.
CoC handover
Certificate, then to dispatch.
The RFQ-to-invoice journey
Omni-channel capture
Web, tender portal, email, phone.
Programme routing
Auto-assigned to the right rep.
Duplicate check
One clean, de-duplicated lead.
Click-to-call
Screen-pop with the record.
Requirement capture
Spec, material, tolerance, standard.
Recording & task
Auto follow-up scheduled.
Customer account
Contact and account created.
Price book
Part numbers pulled automatically.
Blueprint
Qualification to Quote.
Contract pricing
Programme pricing applied.
GST auto-calc
Tax computed on the quote.
Revisions
Version and status tracked.
Order to invoice
Sales order becomes a GST invoice.
IRN & e-way
Compliance generated in-system.
Milestone billing
Payment link and ledger update.
Warranty & MRO
Tracked against each serial.
Customer portal
Self-service requests.
Dashboards
Pipeline to revenue, live.
Zoho products, tuned for aerospace & defence manufacturing
Every Zoho product mapped to a real aerospace-manufacturing job, from the first RFQ to the last MRO order, extended with custom AWS where the shop floor needs it.
Zoho ERPEnd-to-end manufacturing backbone
Orders, BOMs, work orders, inventory and GST costing unified in one ERP that runs the whole Bangalore aerospace plant.
Zoho CRMSales & programme management
Every RFQ and tender captured, scored and routed. Pipelines, quotes and price lists in one place.
Zoho InventoryStock & bonded stores
Serial- and lot-traceable stock from raw-material heat number to the certified, dispatched assembly.
Zoho BooksGST-ready finance
GST-native billing with e-invoice (IRN) and e-way bill built in, plus programme-wise profitability.
Zoho AnalyticsProduction & sales dashboards
Pipeline, OEE, earned-value, dispatch and receivables in one live view for owners on any device.
Zoho CreatorCustom shop-floor apps
Job cards, FAI capture and inspection apps. Mobile-first, low-code, built to your process.
Zoho DeskMRO & warranty
Serial-linked warranty, non-conformance and spares with a self-service customer portal.
Zoho FSMField service & AMC
Schedule commissioning and AMC visits, dispatch technicians and capture service on mobile.
Zoho ProjectsProgrammes & NPD
Plan defence programmes, new-product development and plant projects with tasks, milestones and gantt.
Zoho PeopleShop-floor HR & payroll
Attendance, shifts and payroll for machinists, technicians and staff across the plant.
Zoho SignDigital signatures
e-Sign quotations, supplier agreements and purchase orders. No printing, no couriers.
Zoho FlowIntegration & automation
Wire Zoho to AWS, machines and portals. Automate every hand-off between apps.
Why Elite Tech Corporation for aerospace & defence manufacturing
A complete Zoho & AWS partner that builds the custom apps generic ERPs can't, purpose-fitted to how Bangalore's aerospace & defence makers actually sell and build.
Zoho + ETC custom apps
Where standard Zoho stops, we build custom apps on Zoho Creator and AWS, and you own the code in your own repository.
Zoho for aerospace-industry automation
Pre-built aerospace BOMs, AS9100 & FAI flows, traceability and dashboards, shaped for airframe, engine & avionics production out of the box.
Aerospace-specific, not generic
We speak configuration control, first article inspection, special processes and serial genealogy, not a horizontal ERP retrofitted to aerospace.
You own your code & data
Custom code in your private Git repo, data in your own tenant. No black-box lock-in, ever.
Local & proven in Bangalore
A Zoho Advanced Partner with 250+ implementations and a Bangalore presence, on the ground and in your timezone.
Zoho ERP vs traditional ERP for aerospace & defence manufacturers
A side-by-side look at how a Zoho ERP delivered by Elite Tech compares with legacy and generic ERP software for a Bangalore aerospace & defence manufacturer.
| Criteria | Zoho ERP + Elite Tech | Traditional / other ERP |
|---|---|---|
| Upfront cost | Low, subscription (OPEX), no heavy hardware | High, big licence + servers (CAPEX) |
| Go-live time | 15-60 days, phased rollout | 6-18 months |
| Aerospace & defence fit | Pre-built AS9100 workflows, BOM, routing & serial traceability | Generic, heavy customisation to fit |
| First-article & quality gates | ✓ Native FAI, NCR/CAPA & lot/serial capture | ✕ Custom development required |
| GST e-invoice & e-way bill | ✓ Built-in, India-native | ✕ Add-on / third-party bolt-on |
| Custom apps | Zoho Creator + custom AWS, you own the code | Costly change requests, vendor-controlled |
| Cloud & mobile | Cloud-native, mobile-first | Often on-premise, desktop-bound |
| Export & compliance docs | ✓ Included | ✕ Rarely available |
| Local support | Team serving Bangalore, in your language | Remote / partner-dependent |
| Scale as you grow | Add users & modules à la carte | Expensive tier jumps |
| Data & lock-in | ✓ Own your data & code | ✕ Proprietary, hard to exit |
Sheet-metal & tooling ERP, questions answered
Flat-pattern and nesting data are held per part and drive material issue, so blanks are cut to the right size with less offcut. This keeps forming predictable and reduces scrap on expensive aerospace-grade sheet.
Each part carries its controlled drawing revision, and only the current revision can be released to the floor. The full change history stays attached, so you never build to a superseded drawing, which is a common source of rework and rejection.
Yes. Tools and jigs have registers with usage counts, calibration due dates and refurbishment scheduling, so a worn or out-of-cal tool is flagged before it puts parts out of tolerance.
Yes. Anodising, painting and NDT run as controlled outsourced job-work with suppliers, challans, GST rules and ITC-04 tracking, so parts at a processor are always accounted for.
Yes. Sheet lots are traced from receipt to the finished part serial with certificates, giving the genealogy that primes and DGAQA expect on airworthy fabrication.
A fabrication shop's core blank-to-dispatch flow usually goes live in 15 to 45 days, with tool lifecycle and outsourced processes phased in afterwards.
Blank it right, form it traceable
Bring one bracket or skin and its drawing. We'll map flat-pattern development, forming and revision control to your shop and send a fixed-scope plan.