SmartFACT Automationby SmartFACT
RULES FOR EVERY SMARTFACT PRODUCT
A business rules management system keeps the decisions a business makes again and again, such as which checks a unit needs, where an order goes or who must approve a purchase, outside the software, so the people responsible can write, test, approve and change them. SmartFACT Automation is that system for the SmartFACT suite. Your team describes a rule in plain English or builds it in a structured editor, tests it against agreed examples, has it reviewed and releases it to the products that apply it, with every version, approval and decision on record.
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POLICY RELEASE · ILLUSTRATION
An unclear requirement becomes a question for your team. The AI does not guess which customers are meant.
Fictional examples. This illustration changes no rule and contacts no product.
The proposal, the tests and the approval stay separate.
For manufacturers running one or more SmartFACT products, where office staff decide the checks, kit contents, routes, stores policies and approvals that the floor relies on.
FROM KNOWLEDGE TO A WORKING PROCESS
Nobody can see the whole set, a change is tried on real work, and when a job is held it takes a phone call to find out why. Automation gives every rule one home: its purpose, owner, agreed examples, approvals and the products running it.
Write the requirement in your own words, or pick the decision, outcome and conditions in the structured editor. Automation asks about anything it cannot settle, such as which field identifies a customer group or what missing data should mean.
Check the rule against examples your team agreed before seeing the result, including boundaries, missing data and conflicts. A reviewer sees exactly what changes and approves it with a fresh sign-in. Where a product requires it, that reviewer must be someone else.
Each product adopts the approved release and confirms it is running it. From any held job or decision, open the exact rule version and the facts it used, and follow the change history back to who approved it.
THE SERVICE
AI turns a written requirement into a proposed rule with a plain restatement. The structured editor builds the same rule without AI, with the same checks and review.
A requirement that is unclear becomes a specific question. AI never fills in an engineering limit, a fact or a permission from general knowledge.
Acceptance cases come from your team, regression cases from the approved release and suggested cases stay suggestions until someone sets the expected result.
Approval names who contributed and who reviewed. A self-review is refused where the product requires a second person, and owner status alone cannot approve a production rule.
Define a classification such as ‘enhanced verification’ once and use the same approved version in WorkSteps, KitProof and other products. Each product shows which version it runs.
A held job opens to the rule version and recorded facts that held it, not today’s rules rerun over old data. Policies, approvals and decisions export in full.
AI DRAFTS. PEOPLE APPROVE. PRODUCTS APPLY.
AI is used only to help write rules. It reads your requirement, the decisions each product allows and the context you choose to share, then proposes a rule with a plain restatement and examples. A person checks it, a reviewer approves it, and each product applies the approved rule exactly, with no AI call when the decision is made. If the AI service is unavailable, approved rules keep running and the structured editor still works.
How AI proposals are checked“For customer 00017 and for returned units, add the approved inspection step and the serialised component to the kit.”
Automatic result: WorkSteps adds the approved inspection step and KitProof adds the serialised component for customer 00017 and returned units, each through its own reviewed release. Customer 17 is not 00017, so that work is unchanged. These values illustrate a policy, not a default.
IS IT A FIT?
BEFORE YOU START
Each SmartFACT product runs its own approved rules. Automation is where those rules are written, tested, approved and explained, so the products keep working even if Automation is unavailable.
No. AI helps write a proposed rule. Once a reviewer approves it, the product applies the rule exactly as approved, with no AI call when the decision is made.
Yes. The structured editor builds the same rules with the same tests and review, and you can switch AI proposals off.
A reviewer with access to every product the rule changes, using a fresh sign-in. Where a product requires independent review, the reviewer must be someone who did not contribute to the change.
Every paid SmartFACT product, from LabelRules and WorkSteps to StoresFlow, ParcelOffice and SmartFACT Purchasing, plus PrintStation’s delivery settings. The free tools keep their own local, no-account model.
Automation is included with the paid plan of every SmartFACT product, and is also available on its own. Trial scope, duration, support and any charges are agreed before access.
No. Those connect applications in general. Automation manages the business rules inside SmartFACT products, with tests, approvals and an audit record for each one.
A PRACTICAL STARTING POINT
An AI rules engine uses AI to help write business rules, then applies only the approved rules. See how SmartFACT Automation keeps every decision predictable.
02Testing business rules checks each rule against ordinary cases, boundaries, missing data and conflicts. See how SmartFACT Automation tests rules safely.
03Business rules governance decides who can create, approve, release, monitor and retire each rule. See how SmartFACT Automation governs rules.
04Business rule change management is how a live rule is proposed, tested, reviewed and released. See how SmartFACT Automation changes rules safely.
05A business rules audit trail records who wrote, tested, approved and released each rule, and which version made each decision. See SmartFACT Automation.
06A rules engine for manufacturing applies approved decisions to production work. See the decisions SmartFACT Automation manages across the SmartFACT suite.
07A no-code rules engine lets the people responsible for a decision write its rules without programming. See SmartFACT Automation’s plain English and editor.
INVITED TRIAL
Tell us which SmartFACT products you use or are considering and which decisions you set by hand today. We arrange a demonstration and discuss an invited trial that starts with one real policy.
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THE SMARTFACT SUITE
Automate factory decisions with rules you describe in plain English. Explore focused SmartFACT services, plus free tools for everyday checks.
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See the text and key events your keyboard scanner sends. Compare them with the value you expected.
Test a scanner
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Print a known PDF, measure its reference marks and compare scans from the printed codes.
Check a print
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Create 100 × 50 mm bin and rack cards with Code 128 or QR, from one record or a CSV.
Make bin cards
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Count stock by location with a barcode scanner, compare it with a stock file and export the results. No account needed.
Start a free count
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See exactly what a scanned barcode contains, with hidden characters shown and GS1 fields, check digits and dates explained. No account needed.
Inspect a barcode
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Scan a reference and each label, see an exact match or the first difference, and download the results. No account needed.
Start a free comparison
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Scan an item or location, note what needs attention, print a review tag and keep a review list. No account needed.
Make a free tag
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Load your own parts and locations CSV, scan a code and see every location it lists. No account needed.
Start a free lookup
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Check cartons, pallets or serial numbers against a list with a phone or scanner and see what is missing. No account needed.
Start a free check
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Check CSV and JSON files exactly as written, preview a column mapping and compare two versions by key. No account needed.
Check a file free
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Time work cycles and changeovers on a phone, record interruptions with reasons and download the results. No account needed.
Start a free study
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Label the offcuts on your rack, find a piece long enough before cutting new stock and record what you used. No account needed.
Track offcuts free
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Load one or two CSV exports and follow a lot or serial forwards or backwards, with the row behind every link. No account needed.
Start a free trace
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Record the parts recovered from each return, label them with a QR code, check them and record the unit each one goes into. No account needed.
Track recovered parts free
Invited trial
Describe label rules in plain English. Automatically select layouts, resolve customer codes and check each job before printing.
Explore LabelRules
Early access
Turn plain English component rules into automatic kit checklists, then check scans against the expected parts and quantities.
Explore KitProof
Early access
Turn plain English rules into automatic step selection for each unit, with required evidence and a record of completed work.
Explore WorkSteps
Early access
Apply approved product rules and calculations automatically to turn dimensions and options into manufacturing requirements.
Explore FactorySpec
Early access
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
Early access
Turn plain English rules into automatic order checks and destination selection, with controlled production release.
Explore OrderRun
Early access
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
Early access
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
Early access
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
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Check a shared tool before handover, record who has it and keep damaged or overdue tools out of the next issue. Explore an invited trial for one factory crib.
Explore ToolCustody
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Receive, put away, reserve and issue stores material with barcode checks, keeping held, reserved and available stock apart. Explore an invited trial for one stockroom.
Explore StoresFlow
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Follow a lot or serial number through the records your factory already keeps, with the source of each link and the gaps shown. Explore an invited trial with two declared sources.
Explore LotTrail
Early access
Scan an identified unit to get its approved final-inspection checks, then record exact readings with their result, holds and release history.
Explore CheckStation
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Book returned units in, recover and label the usable parts, release them independently and record the unit each goes into. Explore an invited trial for one product family.
Explore ReclaimStation
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Generate GUIDs, UUID v4 and v7, ULIDs and Nano IDs, format and download batches, or inspect a UUID in your browser. No account needed.
Generate identifiers
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Inspect and edit text, hex, Base64 and binary bytes in your browser, reveal hidden characters and compare byte sequences. No account needed.
Inspect some bytes
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Test JavaScript regular expressions in your browser, inspect matches and captures, preview replacements and check expected cases. No account needed.
Test a pattern
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Collect purchase requests, approve supplier orders and track what is still to arrive. Explore an invited trial for one site.
Explore Purchasing
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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.
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