Bluestreak

The Bluestreak™ platform from Throughput Consulting headquartered in Wisconsin is a suite of integrated applications for a variety of industries that require end-to-end workflow control with integrated quality management. It is built to support entities that conduct Heat Treating, Manufacturing, Powder Coating, Plating, Surface Finishing, Paint, Forge, Additive Manufacturing, and Fabrication.

• Online Help and Training videos.
• ITAR/EAR user viewing controls.
• Flexible and customizable Certifications.
• Control Plan Characteristics (even at the operation level).
• Quickly add Quality testing results with Rapid Add Quality.
• Role-based access control and restricted User viewing controls.
• Integrated Control Plans and Process Rules & Instructions for Operators.
• Supports/enables industrial Additive Manufacturing (AM/3D Printing) workflows.
• Built-in hyperlinks throughout the system to quickly get you the information you need.
• Pre-loaded with commonly used quality characteristics and the capability to add as many as needed.
• Quality Test result data is stored (Reported Result, Measured, Converted, Rounded) so there is full transparency of the data for verification of how test values were collected and reported.
• Product deliveries are automatically grouped by Customer and delivery address to assist the driver, and a single click on the delivery address will provide access to Google Maps.
• Centrally manage customer contact information, billing and shipping information, customer notes, part data, purchase orders, quotes, customer-specific media, etc.
• Customers and Managers can receive real-time notifications via email and/or text message of when Parts have been picked up, put on a truck for delivery, or have been delivered to their dock and signed off (easily see who accepted the Parts delivery and verify proof of delivery).
• Provides manageable user-defined Risk Templates with ‘scorable’ risk questions and answers to determine the overall risk in processing a particular Part.

Work Order Management
Finally, Bluestreak I BlueDoc™ will provide record control that most compliance standards require and do it in a more user-friendly environment, supported reduced document control and audit findings. Features can include:

• Replace paper-based document control procedures.
• Assign Specifications for “Personnel Viewing” aka ITAR/EAR.
• Access, create, collaborate, approve and change documents within a single system.
• Version tracking, approvals, notifications, policy administration of quality documentation.
• Ensure that the most current revision of the Quality Manual and operating policies and procedures are centrally located and accessible from the shop floor.
• Maintain a detailed, time-stamped, and user-identified audit trail for each document (required by certain accreditations, certifications, and compliance standards, such as ISO 9001, AS9100, etc.).
• View what revision was ‘active and in force’ for a previous Work Order, Maintenance Order, Certification, Non-Conformance, CAPA, Concern, Quote, Invoice, Audit, etc.
• Define a list of individuals who must Approve the document, or Acknowledge the newly published document, and electronically send the document prior to being published.