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Welcome to Changelog #55

TL;DR

Unified reviews and modern editing in new ION Procedures, execution logs for ION Actions, improved inventory imports, enhanced step attribute visibility, and a happy holiday season.

CHANGELOG VIDEO

Welcome to Changelog #54

TLDR;

Enhanced permission visibility, strengthened datagrid integrity, improved Postgres capabilities, added operation-ID traceability, and exposed standard step attributes for smoother data operations, and a reminder about scheduled downtime.

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Welcome to Changelog #53

TLDR;

Improved visibility into standard step updates, smarter WIP inventory location inheritance, faster performance in high-volume operations, and a brief scheduled maintenance window ahead.

Watch the latest overview: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiLBSrv14f8

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Welcome to Changelog #52

Here’s a look at what shipped over the past few weeks focused on making ION faster, more reliable, and smoother across the board.

Highlights

Improved performance for aBOM, inventory, and query-heavy operations, smoother tool scanning and navigation, and new flexibility in approvals and dependency handling.

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Watch the latest overview: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvEC-0NYkhg

Welcome to Changelog #51

Highlights

Faster procedures and mBOM work, smarter inventory labeling and merging, clearer maintenance communication, and a more reliable platform under the hood.

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Watch the latest overview: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUOpfwIBjAo

🎥 The New ION Experience:

We’ve made it easier than ever to find and manage the information that matters:

• Smarter filtering: Quickly narrow tables to the data you need, save filters for reuse, and share them with your team.
• Better file handling: Drag-and-drop attachments, preview multi-page PDFs, and download files anytime.
• Faster purchase order updates: Bulk edit attributes like ETA dates to manage hundreds of lines in seconds.

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Watch the latest overview: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85LvcyJm7HE

Welcome to Changelog #49!

New ION Experience Coming Soon

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The First Resonance team is hard at work delivering the next evolution of ION, and we’re excited to give you a first look. As we roll out the new experience to our Beta customers, you’ll get exclusive previews of what’s coming next.

The new workflows are designed to make your workflows faster, more intuitive, and more powerful than ever. These updates offer an early look at the ION Experience as it takes shape. We’re building quickly and with your feedback in mind.

Welcome to Changelog #48!

New ION Experience Coming Soon

Be among the first to experience the launch of the new ION Factory OS: An operating system built for an era of transformation. Designed for advanced manufacturers leading the way in their use of automation, AI-native production, this evolution of ION brings factories into the future. ION is faster, smarter, and scalable.

Date: June 24, 1:00 PM PST / 4:00 PM EST

Register For The Webinar Here

What’s Launching:

• A Factory That Thinks for Itself: Meet ION Intelligence, our agentic AI engine that makes real-time decisions, resolves disruptions before they escalate, and accelerates production with unprecedented efficiency.
• A UX That Matches the Pace of Innovation: The new ION Experience introduces a sleek, simplified interface designed to empower teams to move from idea to execution without delay.
• A Platform That Evolves With You: From APIs to the ION Marketplace, manufacturers can build custom stacks, integrate trusted partners, and scale operations without compromise.

What You’ll Learn:

• How agentic manufacturing redefines what’s possible with AI-powered decision-making
• How top manufacturers are cutting time-to-industrialize by 10x
• How to transform operational speed and visibility with a redesigned, intuitive user experience
• How to build a resilient, future-proof digital stack using ION Marketplace and open architecture

and back to our regularly scheduled programming...

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Hi there,

Welcome to Changelog #47! It's packed with improvements; buckle up and happy reading.

tl;dr: New batching engine, smarter inventory management, real-time inventory insights, clearer assembly steps, improved redline reviews, streamlined PO handling, and much more!

In addition, please review the upcoming changes to run step dependencies and PO statuses below.

Hi there,

Welcome to Changelog #46!

As a reminder, please carefully review the functional batching changes. The changes are being rolled out over the next two weeks.

tl;dr: Rich text attributes on purchases, MOA support for Install from Kit, Mark tools as unavailable by your definition, step search in procedures, Silkline integration, and more!

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Hi there,

Welcome to Changelog #45! Over the past few weeks, we have focused making batching reliable and on make many quality of life improvements throughout the application.

‍Please review the batching changes that are expecting to go live after next week. It is important that you are aware of how batching will improve for your organization's benefit after we go live with the planned changes.

Tl;dr: Move assemblies when built, accelerated redline reviews, upcoming batching changes, and many other improvements

Welcome to Changelog #44!
We hope your year is off to a fantastic start. Read on for the latest updates from release two of the new year!

tl;dr: Track step-level forecasted dates, streamline management of organization settings, kanban kitting, navigate nested steps with less clicks, view autoplan results in an order most efficient for you

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Welcome to Changelog #43! We’re kicking off 2025 with a strong start. Each month, we refine our product based on your valuable feedback and share the latest updates with you.

Tl;dr: Purchase all types of goods, create and assign CAPA actions, surface offending part relationships, enhanced navigation, Cofactr integration

Welcome to Changelog #42!

Tl;dr: Purchase templates, Faster barcode printing with PrintNode, Deliver Parts to Vendors, inventory movement automations, and aBOM completeness on run closure!

Welcome to Changelog #41! Each month, we improve our product based on your feedback and share what we have released.

Tl;dr: Required Installations on Steps and Nested Standard Steps both in Beta! In addition, Cost Based Purchase Approvals, Supplier Part Numbers and Purchase Unit Conversions, Autoplan Made on Assembly updates, and more!

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Hi there,

Welcome to Changelog #40!

Tl;dr: Analytics Refresh Rates, Inferred Suppliers and Procedures when cutting runs/purchases from Autoplan, Silkline and Ramp integrations for Supply Chain needs!

Welcome to Changelog #39!

Tl;dr: Further Actions, Consumable and As Required Materials, Revision Impact Analysis Dashboard, Firm Plan Items, Scan to Navigate to Runs.

Hi there,

Welcome to Changelog #38! We are excited to share all of the cool features and quality of life improvements First Resonance has delivered on over the past few months.

Tl;dr: Outside processing, Run Execution 2.0 released, redline live diffs, mobile friendly view, Issues 2.0, faster analytics refresh rates, reorder points, and a clear to build dashboard using Autoplan data.

Run Execution 2.0 beta preview:

• Bulk approve and merge redlines
• Expansive Issue creation
• Clock-in accuracy
• aBOM agility
• Rapid step signoffs

Other awesome happenings:

• Purchasing versions, change orders, history
• Manage lineside inventory like a pro
• Sleuthing a part's journey has never been easier

• aBOM being restructured for performance (edits, loading) and functionality (remove & replace, part-step association)
• AI-powered user manual
• Pro tips (table load times, single-click rules, chrome shortcutting)
• Kitting performance revamp
• 40+ new features & fixes

• 10-100x performance improvement of parts/inventory workflows
• Datagrid upgrade
• mBOM versions
• Custom attributes on tools
• Simplified issues on multiple/batched runs

• ION ACTIONS
• Runs are 10x faster at work centers
• Bookmarked views
• Team approvals
• Multiple inventories on issue

• Scan barcodes from anywhere
• Get notifications in Slack
• Merge inventory

• ION Analytics
• Autogenerate guides and training videos
• Reference Designators and Made on Assembly

• Role-based access control
• Issues revamp
• Auto-install from kit
• Right click functions

• Improved Content Editor
• Redline Merge to Runs
• Location Propagation

• ION types
• Automated inventory splitting
• "Not Applicable" fields

• Barcodes and scanning
• mBOM viewer
• Tool fields

• Tools management in ION
• Nested standard steps
• Faster redlining

• Increase production traceability with transaction history
• Move faster through ION with CommandBar
• Purchasing enhancements and supplier management

• aBOM lot and quantities
• Required rows in datagrids
• Workcenters home page
• Calculated inventory status

• Standard Steps in Runs
• Untracked and lot tracked run improvements
• Datagrid importer

• Enable file attachments in datagrid
• PO lines
• Location Hierarchy
• Export aBOMs as a CSV

• Richer aBOMs
• Indented aBOM view
• New datagrid architecture

• Batch execution
• Fast Run execution mode
• Redline approvals
  

• Custom attributes in issues
• Redesigned Runs execution screen
• New Runs table and board view
• Integration with Duro PLM

• Flexible aBOMs
• Line-level PO details
• Check In dashboard widget

• New issues experience
• Verified procedures
• Better reviews workflow with comment resolutions

• Part substitutions in kitting
• ion Plans
• Purchase Order importer

• Parts and procedures linking
• Status updates with webhooks
• PDF/PPT importer

• Datagrids addition
• Purchasing (beta) 
• Run execution preview

• Improved reviews
• Part revisions
• Custom part attributes

• Check Ins
• Export control
• Redline interface improvements

• Require peer review for signoffs
• Multi-quantity run kits and better part description
• Quickly copy a field
• Added shortcuts

• Move parts after completing a run
• New BOM importers (beta) 
• Notifications for step assignments

• New inventory manager
• Serial # autogeneration
• Sign up botton

• Inventory kitting
• New GovCloud region to support ITAR compliance
• Improved aBOM viewer

• aBOM builder and visualization (beta) 
• SQL connectors for analytics
• Signoffs in your to-dos

• Numerical field validations
• New inventory manager
• Procedures labels

• Workcenters
• Nested steps
• Issues (beta) 

• Run timeline view
• Attachment downloads
• mBOM panel
• Run archives