PSL Datatrack, a modular production control software system designed specifically for sub-contract precision engineers, has release the 2025 version which introduces a variety of new developments that enhance productivity, control, and quality management across the entire manufacturing process.
Many of the new features have emanated from ideas submitted through the company’s popular Wishlist programme, which allows customers to suggest improvements based on their day-to-day experience of using PSL Datatrack. Each submission is carefully reviewed for its wider benefit to the user community, ensuring that developments provide genuine, practical value.
Geoff Gartland, PSL Datatrack’s managing director, said: “Our customers’ feedback is central to every enhancement we make. The latest version of our sub-contract manufacturing software reflects that ongoing collaboration, bringing together features that save time, strengthen visibility and simplify compliance. It is another step in helping sub-contract precision engineers run their businesses more efficiently and profitably.”
Among the headline additions is the new Goods Received ‘Bar Wizard’, a simple but powerful utility that takes material traceability to the next level by allowing individual bars to be tracked beyond traditional batch-level monitoring. Other key enhancements include suggested quotation wastage calculation, improving the accuracy and speed of quotations; automatic updating of Material Stocks to reflect changes in purchase orders; and Sequential Scheduler module developments that deliver smarter capacity analysis and greater control.
Users will also benefit from new account types for clearer customer and supplier management, enhanced stock logging for better ISO 9001 traceability and the ability to automatically save purchase orders and order acknowledgements to PDF, strengthening the system’s document management capabilities. Additional updates include a Work In Progress (WIP) Valuation Report for real-time visibility, new invoice analysis reports for enhanced financial accuracy and a digitally signed application to support Cyber Essentials certification.
As an all-encompassing production control software solution, combining elements of MRP software and ERP software for sub-contractors, PSL Datatrack connects every stage of production – from quoting and purchasing through to works order management, scheduling, shop floor data collection (SFDC) and invoicing. This ensures complete visibility and control at every stage of the manufacturing process.
The 2025 version of PSL Datatrack is available now and is free to all customers with a valid maintenance and support contract. Any new users implementing the system in the coming months will automatically have this latest release installed.
Mr Gartland concluded: “PSL Datatrack continues to evolve through close collaboration with our customers. We are already developing features for the next version, again focusing on the real-world challenges our users face every day. Their input ensures the system continues to deliver measurable improvements in productivity, control and quality – from the office to the shopfloor.”