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Know the part and its source.
Connect part identity, drawing revision, supplier, lot, and supporting certification. Keep incoming inspection and material eligibility visible.
- Parts & materials
- Supplier evidence
- Receiving inspection
Helix for manufacturingBuild to the right revision.
Build to the right revision.
Know what actually happened.
Connect parts, work instructions, orders, equipment, and inspections. Keep engineering intent and shop-floor execution in the same operational context.
Free forever sandbox · choose a template or build your ownCONNECTED WORK RECORDIllustrative
WO-7281Precision valve assembly
WI-0440 · Rev 12Instruction usedRev 12 retained
Recorded torque24 N·m · within limits
Inspection evidenceGauge sheet missing
Final inspection · open
Try the review gate below Completion depends on the required inspection, not just an operator’s status update.
For engineering, production, and quality teams
Explore the workspace
Your manufacturing operation on Helix.
Explore the dashboard, open a record, run a step, or resolve a blocked review. Changes stay inside this sample workspace.
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WO-7281 · Inspect body completed and reviewedEarlier today · linked evidence
PRT-0312 · received into hold locationEarlier today · linked evidence
WI-0440 · Rev 12 effectiveEarlier today · linked evidence
Approved revisions · linked evidenceSample data · local simulation
Parts, work orders, and inspections with full traceability.Illustrative workspace · not a production system
01 Open a record02 Run a workflow03 See what blocks an approval
A drawing update is not finished when the file is uploaded.
Its effects reach instructions, material requirements, inspections, and work already underway. Helix makes those relationships explicit so teams can review a change without losing the history of what was built.
The work, connected
Connect engineering intent to production evidence.
Shared identities, effective revisions, and review rules connect each team’s work to the next decision.
02
Guide the work order.
Put the approved instruction, prerequisites, tooling references, and measurements at the point of execution.
- Work instructions
- Step-level observations
- Equipment references
03
Resolve exceptions in context.
Link an inspection exception to the part, order, source requirement, and affected work. Assign review without losing the operational context.
- Nonconformance records
- Disposition review
- Corrective actions
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Review the effect of change.
Keep model changes, instruction revisions, and work-order records distinct. Assess what needs review before a new version becomes effective.
- Versioned records
- Dependency review
- Historical baselines
From a written rule to an enforced action
Make the tolerance part of the action.
A limit in a document still depends on someone catching an entry outside it. A structured limit can be checked when the operator records the step.
THE INFORMATION
The work instruction lists 23–25 N·m.
THE OPERATIONAL CONTROL
Accepted measurement + operator confirmation
An out-of-range torque value blocks step completion and keeps the exception visible.
Keep the actual value, its governing instruction revision, and the completion event together.
Model → records → executionYour terminology.
Your terminology.
Your rules. One foundation.
An entity definition shapes a record type. Your approved records hold the operating content. Execution captures what actually happened.
Work instruction
Defines the structure and allowed behavior of records of this type.
- Part & drawing links
- Ordered operations
- Tools & measurements
- Review lifecycle
WI-0440 · Rev 12
The approved valve assembly instruction, including the fastener pattern and accepted torque range.
A specific record and its effective revisionWO-7281 · 240 assemblies
Material references, measured torque, inspection evidence, and completion decisions for this order.
Actual work linked to its approved sourceChanging the torque requirement is a revision to the instruction record. Changing which fields every instruction must contain is a model change. Review the consequences of each separately.
Useful intelligence. Explicit authority.
Show the work a proposed change touches.
Give AI the records and relationships needed to produce a useful draft. Keep the decision with the accountable person.
Explore governed AIILLUSTRATIVE AI WORKFLOW
What needs another look if this assembly instruction changes?
Instruction revisionsRelated work ordersInspection requirements
Proposed output · for review
A reviewable summary of linked work, changed requirements, and possible verification gaps.
Engineering approves the change. Authorized reviewers decide its applicability to work in progress.
Fit Helix into your operationStart at the handoff.
Start at the handoff.
Connect what belongs together.
Keep a clear source of truth for each record. Agree the interfaces, ownership, and exception handling for your deployment.
ERP & planning
Keep order planning and financial records where they belong. Define the exchange of material requirements, order identity, and completion events.
Engineering & PLM
Connect approved part and drawing references with an explicit revision handoff. Helix does not need to become your CAD authoring tool.
Tools & inspection systems
Map measurements and equipment identity into operational records, with units, source evidence, and failure handling defined.
These are integration boundaries to evaluate, not a list of prebuilt connectors. All plans include unlimited integrations.
A practical starting pointTry a real process.
Try a real process.
See where it earns its place.
Use the application sandbox to choose a template, author your model, and work through the decisions your team makes.
Start with a bounded workflow.
Start with one assembly, one work instruction, and one inspection route. Test an out-of-range measurement and a missing evidence case.
Expand from what works.
Extend into supplier quality, material traceability, nonconformances, and engineering change review.
Before you chooseQuestions from
Questions from
manufacturing teams.
Your operation. Your workspace.
Try Helix for yourself.
Start in the free forever sandbox. Explore a template, make it yours, and decide what comes next.
EVERY PLAN INCLUDES
- Unlimited entities & workflows
- Unlimited integrations
- Unlimited customizations