First Resonance
Canvas Category Software : Operational Technology : Manufacturing Execution System
At First Resonance, we believe we’re on the verge of a new dawn for the way we build hardware. A day when the power of artificial intelligence, connected devices, and skilled workers combine to manufacture paradigm-shifting technology faster, cleaner, and smarter than ever before. Where data flows from human-to-human, human-to-machine, and machine-to-machine. First Resonance builds the ION Factory OS, the leading Factory OS powering leading manufacturers in aviation, energy, automative, and more. It’s flexibility, first-class API, and data platform allow manufacturers to conduct the day-to-day operations in the factories and connect workflows to power modern operations from production to supply chain procurement and quality. Hardware companies of every size - from startups to large scale manufacturers - use ION to reliably track and manage parts, processes, and data through their product life cycle. Our customers are building complex products such as NASA’s lunar lander, next generation eVTOLs, in-space satellite propulsion, robotic farms, and more. We believe in empowering engineers, operators, and managers with the proper tools to push the boundaries of the physical world and build a brighter tomorrow.
Assembly Line
First Resonance ION Factory OS Selected to Power Whisper Aero's Revolutionary Ultra-Quiet Propulsor Production
Whisper Aero, a pioneering aerospace company at the forefront of developing the next generation of electric propulsors, proudly announces its selection of First Resonance’s ION Factory OS as the manufacturing execution system to support its imminent production ramp. Whisper Aero’s decision to choose ION Factory OS was influenced by several key factors, including advanced traceability features, support for AS9100 certification, and the system’s ease of deployment and maintenance.
In a strategic move, Whisper Aero is preparing to set up its first propulsor manufacturing line at its Tennessee headquarters, leveraging the robust capabilities of ION Factory OS. The integration of ION’s real-time analytics and inspection control checkpoints is anticipated to significantly reduce cycle times with each propulsor produced.
Manage, Monitor and Synchronize the Entire Hardware Build
The need and demand for integrated manufacturing rings especially true where manufacturers build complex hardware, components and products that depend on multiple levels of the BOM (bill of materials) and multiple manufacturing processes, according to the CEO and co-founder of First Resonance, a Los Angeles-based startup that develops production management software for aviation, aerospace, defense, energy robotics and automotive.
First Resonance hopes to solve the issue of disconnected processes across disparate working teams with its ION platform by helping engineers and factory operators coordinate and manage the workflow along the complex supply chain.
ION has been developed with an API-first approach, according to Talati. API stands for Application Programming Interface, which means the software interface provides a way for two computer programs to communicate; it takes requests from one system, tells another what to do and then brings information back. In ION’s case, every transaction in the platform—that is, what’s available through the API or what’s available through various app ecosystem partners—can be connected through the API.
Emerson Ventures Invests in First Resonance
Emerson (NYSE: EMR) announced it has made a strategic investment through Emerson Ventures, its corporate venture capital arm, in First Resonance, a Los Angeles-based start-up transforming manufacturing with its ION Factory Operating System (OS). Through Emerson Ventures’ value-add strategic investment approach, Emerson’s investment will support further growth and development of First Resonance’s ION Factory OS, which enables companies across industries to conduct day-to-day operations and connect workflows to power modern operations, from production to supply chain procurement and quality.
Emerson Ventures Invests in First Resonance
Emerson (NYSE EMR) today announced it has made a strategic investment through Emerson Ventures, its corporate venture capital arm, in First Resonance, a Los Angeles-based start-up transforming manufacturing with its ION Factory Operating System (OS).
The Factory OS
Hardware manufacturing is the bedrock of our society. Everything from automotive and air transport, energy, consumer goods, medicine, and much more is manufacturing. Despite the focus being taken away for the past few decades, these things did not become less important. We interact with them every day. And now, the great challenges of the 2020s are in addressing climate change, energy, new forms of sustainable transportation, and promoting the use of robotics to create safer work and lifestyles by reducing stressful and rote labor. To take on these new challenges, companies new and old need new methods of building. These methods are rooted in more flexibility, more automation, and a freer flow of data.
In isolation, all of these things sound good; however, we have found that existing systems claim flexibility, traceability, and collaboration, but they do very little to actually deliver on those claims. We believe that is because these systems were built in a fundamentally different time — a time when factories were not connected and people were not interacting with software on a daily (or minutely) basis.
A Factory OS fixes this. Below, we discuss the history of how existing manufacturing software solutions came to be and what has changed to necessitate a more connected Factory OS workflow. Then, we look at how a flexible, modular, and connected approach of a Factory OS enables the next generation of manufacturing. Finally, we will discuss how a Factory Operating System enables the evolution of society in the 21st century and how making the companies and people building hardware faster, more flexible, and more connected enables entirely types of product categories and workflows.
Announcing our $14m Series A
This funding will allow us to significantly grow our team and accelerate the development of the ION platform. More workflows to support complex manufacturing and assembly coordination. This includes managing and understanding equipment and tools used in operation as well as connecting parts with barcode scanning. Connect the supply chain – from parts planning, purchasing, inventory management, and traceability into operations. We will continue rolling out ION Autoplan to more manufacturers as a data-driven solution for supply chain planning. Empower engineers with APIs and SDKs. We believe that the future of the factory will be connected with automation and code, and we are going to empower developers to extend the factory to be more connected, automated, and data-powered.