Recently, Hyde Aero Products welcomed the Fabriq team to its facilities for a webinar, testimonial filming and discussions around the ongoing rollout of the platform across the division. While the visit provided an opportunity to showcase progress, it also highlighted a broader initiative focused on strengthening how operational performance, communication and Continuous Improvement are managed throughout the business.
As Hyde Aero Products continues its journey through SC21 and Aero Excellence, significant focus has been placed on ensuring objectives, performance measures and improvement activities are visible at every level of the organisation. Achieving this requires more than reporting data. It requires a structured method of communicating priorities, tracking actions and involving employees in the improvement process.
Historically, the business made extensive use of Power BI to provide visibility of management information and operational performance. While this delivered valuable insight, there was an opportunity to strengthen the flow of communication between leadership teams and the shop floor. Teams could see performance, but there was no single system connecting performance data, actions, issues and improvement activity.
The introduction of Fabriq has helped bridge that gap.
The platform provides a real-time view of operational performance while creating a single environment for managing KPIs, routines, actions, tickets and Continuous Improvement activity. This means information is no longer confined to separate spreadsheets, paper records or dashboards. Instead, it becomes part of an active process where teams can identify issues, raise actions and monitor progress to completion.
One of the most significant benefits has been the ability to link strategic objectives with day-to-day operations. Aero Excellence places considerable emphasis on the deployment of objectives throughout the organisation, ensuring employees understand how local activities contribute to wider business goals. Through Fabriq, high-level objectives can be translated into departmental targets and measurable activities. When performance begins to drift, actions can be raised, assigned and tracked within the same system, creating visibility and accountability throughout the process.
Equally important is the flexibility the platform offers. Hyde Aero Products operates a diverse range of manufacturing environments, each with different priorities, challenges and performance measures. A highly automated facility will not necessarily operate in the same way as a more labour-intensive business. Fabriq allows individual teams to configure KPIs and workflows that suit their unique operation while remaining aligned to a wider divisional structure.
This balance between standardisation and flexibility has become a key part of the rollout strategy. Put simply, it provides freedom within the framework. Teams can manage the metrics and activities that are most meaningful to their operation while still supporting a common approach to performance management, communication and Continuous Improvement across the division.
The platform also supports daily management through Hyde Aero Products' SQCDPS framework, covering Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery and People, alongside an additional Sustainability element that reflects the division's wider commitment to environmental responsibility and long-term operational performance. By bringing these measures together within a shared platform, teams are able to monitor performance, manage issues and drive improvement through a consistent process.
The benefits extend beyond internal operations. Recorded actions, historical data and documented checks improve traceability throughout the business. Routine activities are captured electronically, supporting trend analysis while simplifying the collection of evidence for customers, auditors, suppliers and assessors. Quality concerns, safety observations and improvement activities can all be tracked and reviewed through a single system, providing greater visibility and control.
Perhaps the clearest measure of success has been employee engagement. Continuous Improvement is most effective when it is owned by the people closest to the process. As adoption has increased, employees have become more involved in raising issues, tracking actions and contributing improvement ideas. Rather than relying on informal conversations or disconnected systems, teams can see that issues have been formally captured, assigned and progressed through a structured process.
The recent visit from Fabriq provided an opportunity to reflect on that progress. It demonstrated how digital tools can support not only performance management but also communication, accountability and employee engagement across a manufacturing organisation.
As the rollout continues across Hyde Aero Products, the objective remains clear: establish a consistent approach to Continuous Improvement while giving individual businesses the flexibility to manage what matters most to their operations. In that respect, the software itself is only part of the story. The greater value lies in how it helps people collaborate, solve problems and continually improve the way they work.