The value in production records
Lean principles and machining basics are covered in public text. What it seldom shows is a lot drifting out of tolerance on second shift, and the team tracing it to tool wear and fixing it for good.
That story is in your ERP history, quality records and supplier email, recorded across years of real orders.
Records that usually count
- Production and inventory history. How output, scrap and stock levels move over time.
- Quality and corrective action records. How a defect is found, traced and fixed.
- Work instructions and routings. How each job is set up, run and inspected.
- Supplier quotes. How your team prices and sources each part.
First, customer drawings and controlled work
Plenty of shops work from customer drawings under NDA, and certain defense or aerospace jobs are export controlled. It gets flagged during scoping and can stay out in full.
Whether a customer contract allows any of it is a question for your counsel. We do not give legal advice. In the copy, any customer name still in scope becomes a placeholder.
Things that stay in house
- Customer-owned drawings. Out unless you and your counsel decide otherwise.
- Export-controlled jobs. Identified and left out.
- Core processes. If a process, folder or period is your edge, leave it out.
How it starts for you
It opens with the estimate form. Within minutes a specialist from License Your Data calls to book a 15-minute call, with an NDA in place. Next, License Your Data builds a de-identified copy of what you scoped, and buyers license it only after you approve a sample.
Questions owners ask
Do outsiders get access to the ERP?
Nobody asks for or shares a password. Scope is settled on a call under NDA.
What should we prep before the call?
Nothing formal. Know which systems your people use and about how long you have had them. No file exports are requested.
Does our IP change hands?
No. Buyers license a de-identified copy. Your originals never leave your systems and stay yours.
What does it cost us?
It is free. There is no cost to you.
See what your shop's records could be worth.
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