{"id":20024,"date":"2025-04-28T14:23:28","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T14:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/durolabs.co\/?post_type=success-story&#038;p=20024"},"modified":"2025-04-28T14:57:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T14:57:31","slug":"salient-motion","status":"publish","type":"success-story","link":"https:\/\/durolabs.co\/success-story\/salient-motion\/","title":{"rendered":"Salient Motion Uses Duro to Strengthen Aerospace and Defence Supply Chains"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"20024\" class=\"elementor elementor-20024\" data-elementor-post-type=\"success-story\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d062ac e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3d062ac\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99a03b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"99a03b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Before Duro<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fbc85f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5fbc85f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">After Duro<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ea4fbb post-text-block elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ea4fbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Managed parts and design data manually using disconnected tools.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No unified part numbering system\u2014each department used its own method.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Documentation and revision control were difficult to maintain.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Configuration management was not audit-ready, risking delays with FAA certification.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manual document approvals slowed internal processes and increased engineering overhead.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ea3529 post-text-block elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0ea3529\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instant onboarding and integration with existing systems, ION, and Cofactr.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Centralized part numbering system established across all departments.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FAA audit readiness improved with traceable change history and approval workflows.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Streamlined document control and configuration management in one shared platform.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Automated change order approvals replaced manual review cycles.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-709f90cb posts-inner-container e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"709f90cb\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72caf2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"72caf2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"959\" height=\"177\" src=\"https:\/\/durolabs.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sal4.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-20084\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/durolabs.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sal4.webp 959w, https:\/\/durolabs.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sal4-300x55.webp 300w, https:\/\/durolabs.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sal4-768x142.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 959px) 100vw, 959px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfbbfdd elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"cfbbfdd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<i>\"\u201cIn aerospace, managing documentation and traceability is complex. Duro gives us version control, centralized records, and quick access to audit history, making it core to our business.\u201d<\/i>\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Vishaal Mali, Co-Founder &amp; CEO, Salient Motion<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3953e6f9 post-anchored-tag elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3953e6f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Enhancing Aerospace Supply Chains<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6977da64 post-text-block elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6977da64\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.salientmotion.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salient Motion<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> designs and manufactures modular motion control systems for commercial and military aircraft. In an industry where over 70% of aircraft components are single-sourced, and many haven\u2019t been redesigned since the 1990s, Salient Motion is tackling one of aviation\u2019s biggest bottlenecks: component availability.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most suppliers build custom parts from scratch, which can take years and drive up costs. Salient takes a modular approach\u2014engineering reusable hardware and pre-certified software that can be quickly adapted across platforms. By designing with reuse in mind, they minimize redesigns and deliver FAA-compliant parts faster, improving supply chain resiliency and accelerating time to market.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b019df post-anchored-tag elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2b019df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Challenges Before Implementation<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d74f365 post-text-block elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d74f365\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salient\u2019s engineering and compliance teams faced scattered documentation, inconsistent part numbering, and limited traceability. Each department relied on local drives, spreadsheets, and paper-based processes, <\/span><b>siloing data and lacking a single source of truth.<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tracking changes, maintaining configuration history, and preparing for FAA audits were challenging without centralized revision control or a unified part numbering system. Manual approvals and disconnected workflows further slowed processes, increased engineering overhead, and posed risks to speed-to-market.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For a company designing safety-critical components for Boeing, Airbus, and military aircraft, the ability to prove certification lineage and manage data efficiently isn\u2019t optional\u2014it\u2019s core to the business.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40f142a elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"40f142a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<i>\u201cWe needed a digital-forward PLM that offered a wide variety of integrations. That flexibility is critical\u2014it gives us a source of truth from the design stage and lets that data flow all the way through procurement and production.\u201d<\/i>\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Vishaal Mali, Co-Founder &amp; CEO, Salient Motion<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1348181 post-anchored-tag elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1348181\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Post Implementation Improvements<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c43b007 post-text-block elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c43b007\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salient implemented Duro\u2019s cloud-based PLM to centralize documentation, support FAA compliance, and ensure traceability across programs. The platform now houses every document, drawing, and change record tied to part numbers used in commercial aerospace.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instead of searching through Google Drive or email, teams now use Duro to:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Version-control design files and certification documents<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Track engineering and compliance workflows in a single interface<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Automatically manage change approvals for hardware and software<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Centralize part documentation across departments<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Accelerate audit preparation and eliminate the risk of data loss<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-591a0d9 post-text-block elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"591a0d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Salient\u2019s modular architecture enables the reuse of certified hardware and software across projects, eliminating the need to start from scratch. This allows for 10x faster delivery of qualified hardware at half the cost.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f18a89c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f18a89c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/durolabs.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/dddd.gif\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-18003\" alt=\"PLM Software\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Agile PLM Software<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbbc9c0 post-anchored-tag elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fbbc9c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why Traceability is Essential for Certification<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba43704 post-text-block elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ba43704\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Salient Motion, getting a part onto a commercial aircraft isn\u2019t just about building hardware\u2014it\u2019s about proving history. Every airline, OEM, and regulator demands complete documentation of who designed a part, who approved it, and why.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Duro enables Salient to maintain that traceability at scale. With change logs, approval tracking, and centralized document control, the team can submit hundreds of pages for each certification program, confident that the data is accurate and up to date.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salient worked directly with the Duro team to customize document categories and track special approval workflows, making the system more than just a PLM\u2014a foundation for scalable certification.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0926fd7 elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"0926fd7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<i>\u201cWe want to own as many parts as possible on commercial and military aircraft. That starts with traceability, and Duro is helping us get there\u2014so we can help revitalize the supply chain and support the OEMs that need it most.\u201d<\/i>\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Vishaal Mali, Co-Founder &amp; CEO, Salient Motion<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12ae55b post-anchored-tag elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"12ae55b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What's Next for Salient Motion?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ba0536 post-text-block elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9ba0536\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/salient-motion-raises-12-million-140000901.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">raising $12 million<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Salient Motion is scaling its mission to accelerate the deployment of certified aerospace and defense components through modular design. The company\u2019s next milestone is FAA certification of its first commercial aircraft system by September 2025, installed on widebody jets like the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boeing.com\/commercial\/787#overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boeing 787<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airbus.com\/en\/products-services\/commercial-aircraft\/passenger-aircraft\/a350-family\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Airbus A350<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With its proprietary modular architecture, Salient aims to dramatically reduce development and certification timelines, tackling persistent procurement challenges in a $350 billion aerospace industry. 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