Case Study: Blueshift Materials achieves robust traceability and streamlined workflows with Knack

How Knack brought much-needed traceability to a complex manufacturing process

Blueshift Materials, a maker of polymer aerogels used for high-performance insulation, struggled to track materials and production through a complex, long-cycle manufacturing process. Relying on lab notebooks, spreadsheets, and Google Forms left the team with limited traceability and slow queries, and electronics are even restricted in some explosion-prone rooms—so they needed a more robust, company-wide system that could handle inventory, production scheduling, and accountability.

They implemented Knack as a lightweight ERP to centralize inventory, production, sales, and shipping, using workflows and Zapier automations so operators and salespeople can input and access linked data. The result: full traceability and accountability across most operations, faster root-cause diagnosis (improving yields after an experimental failure), streamlined workflows, and a scalable system the team continues to expand with barcode scanning and customer communication features.

Blueshift Materials

Bobby Pescatore

Supply Chain Engineer