Sutra

What is Sutra?

Sutra is an operational intelligence platform built for hardware and manufacturing engineering teams. It acts as an intelligence layer that sits between your PLM, ERP, supplier databases, and inventory systems, connecting all these scattered data sources so that when an engineer needs to make a design or part change, they can describe it in plain English and immediately see the full downstream impact. Instead of spending hours manually hunting part numbers, pulling cost data, checking BOMs, and formatting Engineering Change Requests, Sutra automates this entire workflow. It surfaces how many units are exposed, which approvals are pending, whether replacement parts are in stock, and what supplier reviews are needed, all before the change is officially submitted.

How to use Sutra?

1. Connect Sutra to your existing PLM, ERP, and supplier data systems so it can access your product structure, BOMs, inventory levels, and vendor information
2. Describe the engineering change you need to make in natural language, such as "Replace part FST- with FST- in assembly ASM- next quarter"
3. Review the instant impact analysis that Sutra generates, showing how many units are affected, which parts need supplier review, and what approvals are required
4. Check the unified ERP and PLM cross-reference view to verify that current parts are in stock and replacement parts have the correct status
5. Approve or adjust the change request based on the operational intelligence Sutra provides, then submit the finalized ECR through your existing PLM workflow
6. Track all live engineering changes and their status in a single dashboard that stays in sync with your PLM and ERP systems

Core Features

• Change Intelligence: Describe an engineering change in plain English and instantly see the full operational impact including affected units, pending approvals, and supplier review requirements before you submit anything
• Unified Impact Analysis: ERP and PLM data are cross-checked in seconds, showing you which assemblies are affected, whether current parts are in stock, and the status of replacement parts in a single live view
• Natural Language Change Requests: Skip the manual process of hunting part numbers, pulling cost data, and formatting ECRs by simply describing what you want to change and letting Sutra handle the rest
• Live Data Sync: Sutra connects directly to your PLM, ERP, supplier databases, and inventory management systems and keeps everything synchronized so impact analyses always reflect the latest data
• Operational Dashboard: Track every active engineering change, its approval status, affected BOMs, and supplier dependencies in one centralized view that the entire team can access
• Automated ECR Formatting: Sutra generates properly formatted Engineering Change Requests with all the required fields, references, and impact documentation pre-filled based on your natural language description

Use Cases

• Manufacturing engineers who spend hours each week manually navigating PLM systems to process routine part substitutions and design revisions and want to automate the tedious data-gathering steps
• Hardware product teams managing complex multi-assembly BOMs who need to quickly understand the ripple effects of changing one component across the entire product structure
• Engineering managers who want better visibility into all active change requests, their approval status, and potential supply chain risks before changes go into production
• Operations teams at contract manufacturers who need to cross-reference PLM design data with ERP inventory and supplier records to ensure change feasibility before committing
• Quality and compliance engineers who need to document the full impact chain of every engineering change for regulatory audits and traceability requirements
• Supply chain teams who want early warning when an engineering change will affect current inventory levels, require new supplier qualifications, or create procurement lead time risks