Aerospace ERP built for Peenya machine shops
Peenya is one of Asia's largest industrial estates, a dense cluster of precision-machining, sheet-metal and fabrication SMEs feeding primes like HAL and BEL. Elite Tech is a Zoho Advanced Partner on the ground here, implementing AS9100, First Article Inspection, traceability and GST-ready ERP shaped for job-shop reality, not a generic template.
A Peenya aerospace ERP partner, built on Zoho Advanced Partner + custom AWS development
An aerospace ERP partner
for Peenya's job shops
From single-cell CNC units to multi-line fabricators, ERP configured to how Peenya suppliers actually route work.
What a Peenya aerospace ERP
gives a precision supplier, job routing, AS9100 quality and traceability delivered by a team that visits your shop, backed by Zoho plus custom AWS.
BOM & Job Routing
Multi-level BOM, operation routing and ECN for CNC, milling and sheet-metal work.
BOM & routingAS9100 Quality & FAI
AS9100 gates, AS9102 First Article Inspection and CAPA configured to your quality manual.
AS9100 FAITraceability & CoC
Serial and lot genealogy with material certs and Certificates of Conformance for your primes.
TraceabilityNADCAP Special Processes
Heat-treat, plating and NDT routed to approved vendors with certificate capture.
NADCAP processesMRO & Rework
Rework loops, warranty and AMC configured alongside new-build precision production.
MRO reworkGST · e-Invoice · e-Way
India-native GST, e-invoice and e-way bill live from go-day for your dispatches.
GST e-InvoiceProgramme EVM
Earned-value tracking across HAL and BEL work orders and long-run programmes.
Programme EVMOn-Site Support (Peenya)
Discovery, config, training and AMC delivered on your Peenya shop floor.
Local Peenya supportA Peenya ERP partner, not a remote vendor
Elite Tech Corporation is a Bangalore-based aerospace ERP company and Zoho Advanced Partner working on the ground in Peenya, implementing AS9100, First Article Inspection, traceability and GST-ready ERP for precision-machining and fabrication SMEs.
- Local Peenya presence for implementation and support on your time zone.
- Zoho Advanced Partner and AWS Cloud partner with aerospace focus.
- AS9100, FAI, NADCAP and DGAQA configured to your quality manual.
- Job-shop and precision-machining fit, routing set up to your cells.
- Traceability and Certificates of Conformance mapped to HAL and BEL.
- You own the custom code and your data, no lock-in.
- GST · e-Invoice · e-Way India-native GST, e-invoice and e-way bill live from go-day for your dispatches.
- Programme EVM Earned-value tracking across HAL and BEL work orders and long-run programmes.
- On-Site Support (Peenya) Discovery, config, training and AMC delivered on your Peenya shop floor.
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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
Machining & special processes
Structural fittings, brackets, shafts and engine parts machined on 5-axis against per-part routings, with standard times, first-piece approval and NADCAP special-process control.
Stage 1 of 5Per-part routings
Standard times set for every operation.
First-piece approval
Sign-off before the batch runs.
Special processes
Heat-treat, plating, NDT tracked.
Sub-assembly
Wiring harnesses, avionics modules and composite lay-ups are built and checked before they feed the main integration line.
Stage 2 of 5Harness & composites
Sub-assemblies built to spec.
Pre-join inspection
Checked before joining the line.
Reserved to job
Components allocated to the order.
Integration
Structural mating, systems installation, torque-controlled fastening and fluid fill. The structured serial number is born here.
Stage 3 of 5Mating & fastening
Torque-controlled and logged.
Systems install
Fitted and filled to spec.
Serial genesis
Lifelong serial number assigned.
Inspection
AS9102 First Article Inspection, NDT and functional test per serial; dimensional and process results captured live against the plan.
Stage 4 of 5First Article Inspection
AS9102 FAI against the drawing.
NDT & functional test
Non-destructive & functional checks.
e-Certificate
Digital certificate per serial.
Airworthiness sign-off
DGAQA / CEMILAC airworthiness sign-off, or return for rework. On pass, the work order closes with a Certificate of Conformance and the assembly rejoins billing and dispatch.
Stage 5 of 5DGAQA / CEMILAC
Airworthiness data reviewed.
Rework loop
Back to the right station.
CoC handover
Certificate, then to dispatch.
The RFQ-to-invoice journey
The RFQ lands
An RFQ or tender, for example a machined titanium bracket, qty 200 to drawing rev C, auto-creates a lead with source, part and programme tagged.
Step 1 of 6Omni-channel capture
Web, tender portal, email, phone.
Programme routing
Auto-assigned to the right rep.
Duplicate check
One clean, de-duplicated lead.
The rep calls, one click
Click-to-call from the CRM; the call is recorded and the technical requirement captured against the record.
Step 2 of 6Click-to-call
Screen-pop with the record.
Requirement capture
Spec, material, tolerance, standard.
Recording & task
Auto follow-up scheduled.
Qualified & converted
Converted to a customer account and a contract in the Aerospace Sales pipeline; a Blueprint enforces the process.
Step 3 of 6Customer account
Contact and account created.
Price book
Part numbers pulled automatically.
Blueprint
Qualification to Quote.
The quote goes out
A branded quotation with contract pricing and GST auto-calculated; PDF emailed, optionally e-signed.
Step 4 of 6Contract pricing
Programme pricing applied.
GST auto-calc
Tax computed on the quote.
Revisions
Version and status tracked.
Contract won, invoice raised
Closed-won syncs to Books as a sales order then a GST invoice, with milestone billing for programmes; e-invoice (IRN) and e-way bill; stock decremented.
Step 5 of 6Order to invoice
Sales order becomes a GST invoice.
IRN & e-way
Compliance generated in-system.
Milestone billing
Payment link and ledger update.
MRO & the full picture
Warranty and life-limits per serial, repair & overhaul requests via the customer portal, and pipeline-to-revenue dashboards for owners.
Step 6 of 6Warranty & 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.
End-to-end manufacturing backbone
Orders, BOMs, work orders, inventory and GST costing unified in one ERP that runs the whole Bangalore aerospace plant.
Sales & 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.
Production & sales dashboards
Pipeline, OEE, earned-value, dispatch and receivables in one live view for owners on any device.
Custom shop-floor apps
Job cards, FAI capture and inspection apps. Mobile-first, low-code, built to your process.
MRO & warranty
Serial-linked warranty, non-conformance and spares with a self-service customer portal.
Field service & AMC
Schedule commissioning and AMC visits, dispatch technicians and capture service on mobile.
Programmes & NPD
Plan defence programmes, new-product development and plant projects with tasks, milestones and gantt.
Shop-floor HR & payroll
Attendance, shifts and payroll for machinists, technicians and staff across the plant.
Digital signatures
e-Sign quotations, supplier agreements and purchase orders. No printing, no couriers.
Integration & 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 |
Aerospace & defence ERP, built around Peenya
Inside Peenya: Asia's densest job-shop belt feeding HAL and BEL
Peenya sits in north-west Bengaluru and is counted among Asia's largest industrial estates, packing thousands of small and medium units into its phases and cross roads. For aerospace and defence work the character of the place is unmistakable: row after row of CNC turning and milling shops, VMC and HMC cells, sheet-metal and fabrication units, heat-treatment and surface-finishing lines, and toolrooms that will make a fixture over a weekend. Many of these units sit one or two tiers back in the chain, machining brackets, fittings, housings and detail parts that eventually feed the HAL and BEL programmes running elsewhere in the city.
The reality of Peenya is the job shop. A single unit may run defence-linked aerospace parts on Monday, a general engineering order on Tuesday, and a rework batch on Wednesday, all on the same machines and the same operators. That mix is what makes traceability hard and what makes a configured ERP valuable: you need to know which heat lot, which operator, which programme and which drawing revision produced a given part, even when the shop was never designed around aerospace paperwork.
Elite Tech Corporation works this belt from its Vasanth Nagar base, a short drive away, so on-site visits to Peenya shops are routine rather than exceptional. We fit Zoho and custom AWS to how a dense machine-shop cluster actually runs: shared machines, split shifts, subcontracted special processes and short-notice orders, rather than forcing a Peenya toolroom to behave like a large integrated OEM. In a belt this dense, the difference between winning repeat aerospace work and losing it often comes down to whether the paperwork can keep pace with the machining, and that is precisely where a fitted ERP earns its place.
What Peenya Tier-2 and Tier-3 machinists actually need from ERP
The typical Peenya supplier is a Tier-2 or Tier-3 precision machinist, not a system integrator. Its pain is not planning a whole aircraft; it is proving, order by order, that a part met drawing, that the material was the right lot, and that every special process was done by an approved source. When an AS9100 or NADCAP audit lands, or when a HAL or BEL buyer asks for records, the shop needs the router, the inspection results and the certificates to line up without a frantic paper hunt.
So the ERP has to earn its place on a crowded floor. It must carry a job router that mirrors the real operation sequence, capture first-article inspection to AS9102 where the customer demands it, hold material and heat-lot traceability against each work order, and track outside processes such as anodising, plating, NDT and heat treatment as controlled steps with supplier certificates attached. Gauge and calibration status, nonconformance and rework loops, and operator sign-offs all belong in the same record rather than in scattered registers.
Because these are small teams, adoption matters as much as features. We configure Zoho so a shop supervisor can raise a job, log inspection and close it from the floor without a data-entry department, and we push GST-compliant invoicing and e-invoice generation to the same system so commercial and quality records stop living in separate worlds. The aim is a Peenya machinist who can answer a customer or an auditor in minutes, from one source, and keep quoting the next job.
Logistics from Peenya and a mini use-case: a machine shop stepping into AS9100
Peenya's logistics advantage is that it is inside Bengaluru, with road access along the outer belt toward the HAL and BEL corridor, so parts and fixtures move between suppliers and customers without leaving the city. Air cargo runs through Kempegowda International Airport at Devanahalli, roughly 35 to 45 km north depending on the phase you start from and the traffic on the day, which matters when an urgent detail part has to reach an OEM or an export consolidator on a programme deadline.
GST realities are the everyday kind for a domestic machinist: correct HSN classification of machined components, input credit on tooling, materials and outside processing, and e-invoice plus e-way bill generation once thresholds are crossed. Where a Peenya unit supplies an SEZ or an export house, zero-rated supply against LUT comes into play, and the paperwork has to be clean enough to survive scrutiny.
Consider a Peenya precision shop that has run general engineering for years and now wins its first aerospace detail-part order, with AS9100 flow-down attached. It suddenly needs controlled drawing revisions, AS9102 first articles, traceable material lots and approved special-process vendors, all provable. We phase that shop in: configure the job router and inspection capture first, wire material and heat-lot traceability and special-process certificates next, then connect GST e-invoicing, so the shop reaches audit-ready operation without stalling the machines that pay the bills. The same discipline lets the shop keep quoting general engineering on adjacent machines, so the aerospace transition is funded rather than forced, which is exactly how the Peenya cluster tends to grow into higher-value work.
Aerospace ERP in Peenya, questions answered
Peenya runs on dense, fast-moving job shops where machines and operators are shared across orders, and that reality only shows up when you walk the floor. Elite Tech works this belt from Vasanth Nagar, a short drive away, so we can visit your Peenya unit, watch the actual operation sequence and configure Zoho and AWS around it. A partner who understands the job-shop mix will not force a small machinist to behave like a large OEM.
For a typical Peenya Tier-2 or Tier-3 shop we usually go live in about 15 to 60 days, depending on how many machines, special processes and existing records are involved. A single-site toolroom with a clear operation sequence lands near the short end, while a shop juggling multiple programmes and outside processes takes longer. We phase it so the job router and inspection capture go live first, before the commercial and traceability layers.
Yes, and that mixed reality is exactly what Peenya shops face. The system ties each work order to its material and heat lot, drawing revision, operator and machine, so an aerospace part is fully traceable even though the same cell also runs general orders. When a HAL, BEL or export customer asks for records, you can isolate the aerospace job without untangling the whole floor.
It does. We configure AS9102 first-article inspection, controlled drawing revisions, nonconformance and rework handling, and approved special-process vendor tracking so flow-down requirements are captured as part of the job rather than as afterthought paperwork. That way an audit or a buyer request is answered from one record instead of a scramble across registers.
Peenya units subcontract special processes constantly, so we model each outside process as a controlled step in the job router with its own approved supplier and certificate. The part cannot be closed as complete until the process record and certificate are attached, which keeps NADCAP-style expectations satisfied. You also get visibility of parts sitting at a plater or heat-treat vendor rather than losing them off the board.
Peenya is inside Bengaluru with road access to the HAL and BEL belt, and air cargo runs through Kempegowda International Airport at Devanahalli, roughly 35 to 45 km north. We wire GST e-invoicing and e-way bill generation into the same ERP, and handle zero-rated LUT supply when you feed an SEZ or export house, so the commercial paperwork keeps pace with an urgent dispatch.
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