Company Vision

"Our vision is to provide a seamless platform for manufacturing companies to improve quality and reduce costs .This vision will allow them to achieve the same results in their subcontractors using the internet. Our goal is to add additional services that will make us the first available communication tool or facebook for manufacturing around the world."

How did Net-inspect start and why?

The company was founded in 2001 when entrepreneur Mike Dunlop started designing a system for his own Aerospace manufacturing company. This led to the software being put on the internet late in 2002. Net-inspect was one of the first software as a service businesses (SaaS). The aim was to provide a broad range of software products that could be used inexpensively by other manufacturing companies. Mike had long felt uncomfortable with the cost and complexity of traditional software offerings so as a contrarian he decided to offer a product that was inexpensive, had monthly contracts that could easily be cancelled together with no set up fees The goal was also to have the system fully operational in an hour. He also wanted to have no charge per user or annual maintenance fees, just a site license so all costs would be transparent . These hidden costs had always made it difficult to know the cost of traditional software services ahead of time. Mike also wanted to provide software that was intuitive and could be installed without expensive installation consultants and required no capital expense. The value of consultants he felt was better used helping companies change business practices and driving cost saving changes using data created by the system. The concept has caught on very quickly and now Net-inspect has over 1400+ companies in 40 countries using the software 24/7.

Where is Net-inspect Located?

The Company is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, USA. near the home of Microsoft We have server complexes in Oregon and in the UK. All these facilties are SAS 70 certified and offer the highest level of security and uptime available in the industry.

Application Development

Net-inspect is constantly improving its application suite and adding new modules all the time. We hold two user conferences every year and are delighted to have any of our users or prospective users sign up Notification of these user conferences is posted on our web site We are also very interested in any customers input on how to improve the capability or content of the product. If you would like to send an e-mail to me Mike Dunlop (President) or Nathan Holland (Director of Development) with any sugestions it will be read and responded to promptly.

How many customers and users does Net-inspect have?

Currently there are more than 1,400+ active customers, 11,000+ active users, nearly 14 Million measurements entered and close to 1 Million documents stored. Our customers are in 40 different countries and we also have a fully activated Japanese version. Most of our current customers are in the Aerospace Industry, although our customer base is quickly expanding into other areas such as Medical Devices and Industrial manufacturing. Net-inspect can be used very effectively in any industry where quality is a premium.

How secure is the technical infrastructure?

The application and database is professionally hosted by ViaWest one of the best managed-hosting providers in the US and abroad. ViaWest has completed the SAS 70 Type II certification. The following categories of security are strictly enforced

• Physical Access to Facilities
• Logical Access to Systems
• Problem Resolution
• Change Management
• Environmental Controls

In addition we use Certificate Checking security known as Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Certificates. Using SSL creates a secure link between a website and a visitor's browser. It encrypts data using the strongest security methods available, and guarantees that our customer's sensitive information is transmitted between sites securely.net-inspect is also developing a Blade Server that will sit behind your firewall and offer the highest level security of any software as a service company