BuildTrace is an MES for small hardware teams that keeps the record going after a unit ships. Each serial links its BOM revision, change orders, component lots and test results to the firmware it runs in the field.
A supplier tells you MCU lot L-2291 is bad. To know which units in the field need fixing you need both halves of each unit's record. Today they live in two tools.
BuildTrace runs that check across every shipped unit at once. See the recall query
Changes go through a change order with a BOM diff and sign-off. Units built afterwards record which ECO they were built under.
Operators follow step-by-step instructions and scan parts as they fit them. Stock moves through a ledger, so you can see which lot ended up in which unit.
Devices report their firmware with a device token. You publish releases per component, and every update shows up in the unit's history next to how it was built.
A device reports what it runs and gets back what it should run. Your own updater downloads and verifies the file, so you keep whatever transport you already have.
Read [DOCS_URL]/llms.txt and add a BuildTrace check-in to our firmware update task.
Filter by what went into a unit and what it runs now, in the same query. From the result you can open a recall or a service order for each unit.
If you sell connected hardware in the EU, you will need a machine-readable SBOM and a record of which software went onto which product. BuildTrace already keeps that per serial, so you can export it.
Start free and pay per serial as you ship more. Factory and field are in the same plan.
| Free Prototypes and a first pilot |
Starter Production runs |
Team Production and a fleet in the field |
Scale Several products or sites |
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| Price | Free | [PRICE] / month | [PRICE] / month | On request |
| Serials included | [N] | [N] | [N] | By agreement |
| Extra serials | No | [PRICE] per 100 | [PRICE] per 100 | By agreement |
| Parts, BOMs, change orders | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Build orders, inventory, quality | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Devices and firmware releases | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Recalls, service, SBOM export | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| SSO and custom roles | No | No | No | Yes |
| Start free | Start free | Start free | Contact us |
You set a monthly cap on extra serials. We email you at 80% and never charge past it. [CONFIRM POLICY]
Monthly billing, cancel any time. Your data exports as CSV and JSON whenever you want it. [CONFIRM]
BuildTrace is new. We would rather build it with a few hardware teams who ship real units than guess. Design partners get [DISCOUNT] off for the first year, a direct line to the people building it, and a say in what we build next.
You should be shipping, or about to ship, serialized hardware with firmware you update in the field. Applications close [DATE].
Import it as CSV, run a small build order, and open the first serial. Free up to [N] serials, no card needed.