About 8Dflow
8Dflow is an Australian software company building a focused way for small and mid-sized manufacturers to manage quality issues, actions, evidence, and closure. The product is planned for public release in December 2026.
Why we started 8Dflow
Many manufacturers still manage 8D reports, NCRs, corrective actions, and supplier follow-up across spreadsheets, email, and shared folders.
Those tools are familiar, but the record fragments quickly: containment sits in one file, actions in another, evidence in email, and the latest customer update in someone's inbox.
8Dflow is being built to bring that follow-up into one controlled workflow without asking a smaller manufacturer to replace its whole QMS.
Founder of 8Dflow
Jason Westland
Founder, 8Dflow
Jason Westland is a software founder with more than 20 years of experience building and scaling SaaS and workflow products. He has built three software businesses, including ProjectManager.com, which grew into a global SaaS business serving customers in more than 100 countries.
Read Jason's full backgroundExperience behind 8Dflow
Jason has extensive experience designing workflow software and leading complex programs involving multiple teams, deadlines, documents, approvals, and reporting requirements.
- Built and scaled three software businesses, including ProjectManager.com
- Designed workflow software for assigning work, managing due dates, sharing files, and reporting progress
- Led complex project and IT delivery programs at British Rail, New Zealand Police, and ANZ Bank
Our product rule
Make the quality record clear, then make the next action obvious.
Content on 8Dflow is reviewed by our editor, Johanna Barnett.
Who we're building 8Dflow for
The first product is for small and mid-sized manufacturers where a quality manager or small quality team coordinates follow-up across production, engineering, operations, customer service, and supplier quality.
People involved
- Quality managers
- Operations and production leaders
- Manufacturing engineers
- Supplier quality teams
- Customer quality and service teams
- Owners of small and mid-sized manufacturers
Quality work involved
- Customer complaints and 8D responses
- Internal, supplier, and customer nonconformances
- CAR and SCAR follow-up
- Corrective actions, verification, and effectiveness review
- Evidence, approvals, customer updates, and closure
8Dflow is not a full QMS, supplier portal, or regulated CAPA system. It is being built to sit alongside the company's existing quality process.
What the first version will cover
The first version will cover the core quality issue workflows described across this site: 8D reports, NCRs, CARs, SCARs, and corrective actions, including evidence, verification, effectiveness review, approvals, and closure.
Record the issue
Capture the problem, requirement not met, affected product, source, containment, owner, and due date.
Investigate and assign action
Record possible causes, supporting evidence, corrective actions, owners, and target dates without treating an untested cause as proven.
Verify and review effectiveness
Confirm the action was completed as planned, then review whether it worked over time.
Close and report
Record the closure decision, approvals, supporting evidence, and a reviewed customer-facing report.
Principles behind the product
8Dflow is being designed to organize the work without replacing quality or engineering judgment.
Evidence before conclusion
Possible causes remain possible until the available evidence supports the cause conclusion.
Verification is not effectiveness
Completion shows that an action was carried out. Effectiveness shows whether the action reduced recurrence over time.
Closure is a decision
A record should close only after the required actions, evidence, reviews, and approvals are complete.
Based on the Sunshine Coast, Australia
8Dflow Pty Ltd is based on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. The product is being developed for manufacturers coordinating quality work across customers, suppliers, and sites in North America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
Wherever the team is based, the product principles remain the same: keep the record clear, the ownership visible, and the closure decision supported by evidence.
Company facts
- Company
- 8Dflow Pty Ltd
- Location
- Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
- Product status
- In development
- Focus
- Manufacturing quality issue workflow
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