Define one product family
Bring the options, limits, component references and calculations your product expert already approves.
Free tier for one station
Product options.
MANUFACTURING PRODUCT CONFIGURATION
Product options.
Factory-ready specs.
Describe your product conditions in plain English and supply the calculations your experts approve. FactorySpec applies them automatically to each order’s dimensions and options, producing the component requirements and manufacturing values your factory needs.
Free for real production at one station. While SmartFACT is in early access, we set your first workflow up with you.
Approved rules run as written, and do not invent a formula, part or limit.
WHO IT IS FOR
For manufacturers making repeatable products in different sizes, finishes and options.
AUTOMATION FROM PLAIN ENGLISH
Your rules say when a component or requirement changes.
Describe when a component or requirement changes, in plain English. SmartFACT converts supported conditions into rules your product expert can test and approve. FactorySpec then applies the rules, engineering tables and approved calculations automatically to each configured unit. Your team defines the engineering; the software repeats the decisions and calculations.
How your rules become automationFS / EXAMPLE 01
Classic assembly
Manufacturing requirementsWithin standard range
Mounting bracketsTwo brackets up to and including 1,800 mm
2Main profileApproved profile reference: PROFILE-A
1Accessory packReviewed pack for this example family
11,799 mm does not exceed the threshold. The example specifies two brackets.
Illustrative values only. Not engineering instructions or a production calculation.
Move the width across the boundary to see which requirement changes.
HOW IT WORKS
The same options should give the same specification every time.
When product knowledge is spread across spreadsheets, code and experienced people, each variation adds another decision. FactorySpec holds that knowledge in a structured product model, so the same approved inputs lead to the same requirements.
Check meaningful examples
Review valid orders, boundary dimensions and incompatible choices against independently expected results.
Generate each specification
Approved rules automatically check options and calculate components, quantities and manufacturing values for the agreed handoff to your factory systems.
THE SERVICE
Approved rules and calculations produce the specification for each configured unit.
Options with clear boundaries
Define available choices, permitted combinations and the measurements needed before an order can proceed.
Component requirements
Turn an approved product definition into the component references and quantities required for the configured unit.
Manufacturing dimensions
Apply your approved deductions and calculations with explicit units and rounding rules.
Plain English rules that execute
Describe supported conditions, test their meaning and approve them. FactorySpec applies them automatically to each configured unit.
A traceable result
Retain the inputs and approved model version behind a specification so later questions have a clear starting point.
An agreed handoff to your systems
Start with an agreed data exchange and a focused product family. Connecting an existing system is a paid integration that we scope with you and build through data.smartfact.ai.
IS IT A FIT?
Starting points
and scope.
A good starting point
- You manufacture known product families with repeatable variations.
- A product specialist can approve the rules and expected results.
- You can identify the information entering and leaving your current process.
Scope
- Begin with one agreed product family and its required outputs.
- Engineering knowledge and approval remain with your product expert.
- CAD generation, factory scheduling and stock control are separate responsibilities.
WORKS WITH
What FactorySpec exchanges,
and what it keeps.
Takes data from
- Your product rules, tables and approved calculations, imported from CSV as draft changes
- Dimensions and options for each configured unit
Sends data to
- An agreed specification to an existing system, as a paid integration built through data.smartfact.ai
- The engineering definition OrderRun uses, where both products are in use and the link is agreed at onboarding
Does not exchange with
- CAD, scheduling or stock control
- Your ERP's product master, which it never changes
Every SmartFACT product keeps its own records. A link between two products is used only when your organisation has both, and is agreed at onboarding.
How the SmartFACT products work together →BEFORE YOU START
Common questions.
How do we start?
Tell us about one product family. While SmartFACT is in early access, we review the fit, set the first family up with you and enable your organisation through SmartFACT Accounts. Starting is free and the form does not create an account by itself.
What will it cost?
Nothing to start: the free tier covers one product family at one station. You pay when your use passes the tier’s thresholds, or when you want support or development from us. There is no payment on this website.
Does AI design the product?
Your product expert supplies the engineering knowledge and approves the calculations. SmartFACT turns supported plain English conditions into executable rules; FactorySpec uses the approved model to generate requirements automatically. It does not establish whether an unfamiliar design is safe or manufacturable.
Can we keep our current factory software?
Yes. FactorySpec can produce an agreed specification for an existing system. Connecting that system is a paid integration that we scope with you and build through data.smartfact.ai. Tell us about the system at https://data.smartfact.ai/integration-enquiry.
How does FactorySpec relate to SmartFACT Data?
SmartFACT Data, at data.smartfact.ai, includes ConfigSheets for maintained tables with checked changes and saved versions, alongside shop connectors and paid integrations with other systems. FactorySpec owns the product meaning: which choices are valid and how components and manufacturing requirements are calculated. FactorySpec imports its own tables from CSV, each as a draft change.
What happens when a rule changes?
A proposed change needs review against expected examples before adoption. An issued specification keeps the version that was used for it, so its history does not change.
What happens if the connection drops?
FactorySpec records nothing until the connection is back, and the page says whether anything may have been saved; checking the original request never records it twice, and sending the same thing again for the same record, while what you recorded first still stands, is answered with that first record, as the Help article at https://help.smartfact.ai/manuals/factoryspec/when-the-network-drops explains.
IN MORE DETAIL
Explore your use case.
01
What is a product configurator? The manufacturing view
A product configurator turns options and dimensions into a specification the factory can build. FactorySpec checks each unit against your approved rules.
02Product configuration rules for manufacturing: options, constraints and calculations
Product configuration rules decide which options combine and what each combination needs. See how FactorySpec checks, includes and calculates by rule.
03Bring manufacturing spreadsheet knowledge into a reviewed model
Manufacturing spreadsheets mix option checks, tables and calculations in one workbook. FactorySpec separates them into a model that is reviewed before use.
FREE TIER
Where do your product options get complicated?
Tell us about one product family and the outputs your factory needs. While SmartFACT is in early access, we set your first product family up with you, free.
Start free
Free at one station. Set up with you while SmartFACT is in early access.
THE SMARTFACT SUITE
SmartFACT services
and free tools.
Automate factory decisions with rules you describe in plain English. Explore focused SmartFACT services, plus free tools for everyday checks. The free tools need no account.
Free tool
ScannerBench
See the text and key events your keyboard scanner sends. Compare them with the value you expected.
Test a scanner
Free tool
PrintBench
Print a known PDF, measure its reference marks and compare scans from the printed codes.
Check a print
Free tool
CardBench
Create 100 × 50 mm bin and rack cards with Code 128 or QR, from one record or a CSV.
Make bin cards
Free tool
CountBench
Count stock by location with a barcode scanner, compare it with a stock file and export the results.
Start a free count
Free tool
BarcodeBench
See exactly what a scanned barcode contains, with hidden characters shown and GS1 fields, check digits and dates explained.
Inspect a barcode
Free tool
MatchBench
Scan a reference and each label, see an exact match or the first difference, and download the results.
Start a free comparison
Free tool
TagBench
Scan an item or location, note what needs attention, print a review tag and keep a review list.
Make a free tag
Free tool
FindBench
Load your own parts and locations CSV, scan a code and see every location it lists.
Start a free lookup
Free tool
ManifestBench
Check cartons, pallets or serial numbers against a list with a phone or scanner and see what is missing.
Start a free check
Free tool
FeedBench
Check CSV and JSON files exactly as written, preview a column mapping and compare two versions by key.
Check a file free
Free tool
CycleBench
Time work cycles and changeovers on a phone, record interruptions with reasons and download the results.
Start a free study
Free tool
OffcutBench
Label the offcuts on your rack, find a piece long enough before cutting new stock and record what you used.
Track offcuts free
Free tool
TraceBench
Load one or two CSV exports and follow a lot or serial forwards or backwards, with the row behind every link.
Start a free trace
Free tool
ReclaimBench
Record the parts recovered from each return, label them with a QR code, check them and record the unit each one goes into.
Track recovered parts free
Free tier
LabelRules
Describe label rules in plain English. Automatically select layouts, resolve customer codes and check each job before printing.
Explore LabelRules
Free tier
KitProof
Turn plain English component rules into automatic kit checklists, then check scans against the expected parts and quantities.
Explore KitProof
Free tier
WorkSteps
Turn plain English rules into automatic step selection for each unit, with required evidence and a record of completed work.
Explore WorkSteps
Free tier
FactorySpec
Apply approved product rules and calculations automatically to turn dimensions and options into manufacturing requirements.
Start free
Free tier
SmartFACT Data
Maintain reference tables with ConfigSheets or bring shop orders into SmartFACT through reviewed connectors. Check changes and deliver data to the products that use it.
Explore SmartFACT Data
Free tier
OrderRun
Turn plain English rules into automatic order checks and destination selection, with controlled production release.
Explore OrderRun
Early access
ParcelOffice
Scan the work order and the parcel choice to book the courier and print the labels. Approved plain English rules recommend or choose the parcel.
Explore ParcelOffice
Free tier
RefillFlow
Scan an empty container to send the right refill request to stores. Approved plain English rules set the stores queue, priority, ticket printer and escalation.
Explore RefillFlow
Free tier
RemnantRack
Label each offcut, find a suitable length before cutting new stock and record what you used. Approved plain English rules decide what to keep and where it goes.
Explore RemnantRack
Free tier
ToolCustody
Check a shared tool before handover, record who has it and keep damaged or overdue tools out of the next issue. Start free with one crib.
Explore ToolCustody
Free tier
StoresFlow
Receive, put away, reserve and issue stores material with barcode checks, keeping held, reserved and available stock apart. Start free with one stockroom.
Explore StoresFlow
Free tier
LotTrail
Follow a lot or serial number through the records your factory already keeps, with the source of each link and the gaps shown. Start free with two declared sources.
Explore LotTrail
Early access
CheckStation
Scan an identified unit to get its approved final-inspection checks, then record exact readings with their result, holds and release history.
Explore CheckStation
Free tier
ReclaimStation
Book returned units in, recover and label the usable parts, release them independently and record the unit each goes into. Start free with one product family.
Explore ReclaimStation
Free tool
GuidBench
Generate GUIDs, UUID v4 and v7, ULIDs and Nano IDs, format and download batches, or inspect a UUID in your browser.
Generate identifiers
Free tool
OctetBench
Inspect and edit text, hex, Base64 and binary bytes in your browser, reveal hidden characters and compare byte sequences.
Inspect some bytes
Free tool
PatternBench
Test JavaScript regular expressions in your browser, inspect matches and captures, preview replacements and check expected cases.
Test a pattern
Free tier
SmartFACT Purchasing
Collect purchase requests, approve supplier orders and track what is still to arrive. Start free at one site.
Explore Purchasing
Free tier
SmartFACT Automation
Describe, test, approve and audit the automation rules of every SmartFACT product in one place. Included with each product’s paid plan, or on its own.
Explore Automation
Help
SmartFACT Help
Step-by-step guides and interactive demonstrations for the SmartFACT suite. Read the instructions, watch a task or practise with real product screens and sample data.
Open SmartFACT Help