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Tags & Rules Engine

Flag It, Block It, or Track It. Automatically.

Configure tags and rules once and GoSmarter classifies every stock item, certificate, and order automatically, for commercial, quality, and compliance purposes.

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GoSmarter Manage Tags dialog showing manual tags alongside tags applied automatically by rule

What It Does

Configurable Tags

Create your own colour-coded tags for stock, certificates, and orders. Apply them by hand or let a rule apply them for you.

Build Rules Without Code

A visual rule builder. Pick a field, a condition, and a tag. No scripting, no IT ticket.

Describe a Rule, Get a Rule

Describe what you want in plain English (for example, "tag anything over 100 units as overstocked") and review the rule the AI drafts before it goes live.

Subscribable Rule Packs

Install a GoSmarter-authored rule pack for your grades and standards, and its tags and checks start working immediately.

Three Severity Levels

Block a non-conforming action outright, flag it for review, or audit it silently for reporting. You choose per rule.

One Engine, Three Objects

The same tags and rules work across inventory, mill certificates, and orders, covering commercial, quality, and compliance needs from one place.

Every Assignment Logged

Manual or automatic, every tag assignment and rule change is recorded with who, what, and when.

System Tags Stay Locked

Tags provisioned by a subscribed rule pack are read-only until you unsubscribe, so nobody can quietly edit a compliance check.

How it works

How It Works

Tag anything by hand, build a rule visually, describe a rule in plain English, or subscribe to a pre-built pack. Every route lands in the same place: tags applied automatically, exactly when your business needs them.

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Step 01 · Create a Tag

Create a Tag

Name it, pick a colour, add a description. Use it on inventory, mill certificates, or orders, whichever object it belongs to.

What Is a Tags and Rules Engine For?

Most metals businesses run three kinds of checks on the same material, over and over: is this the right grade for the standard (compliance), does this look right before it ships (quality), and does this order need extra attention before it’s confirmed (commercial: credit, value, or customer).

Today, most of that happens in someone’s head. It works, until that person is on leave, or the business grows past what one person can remember.

Compliance, By Memory

A QA lead remembers to double-check a certificate from a new supplier.

Quality, By Memory

A stock controller remembers to flag low stock or an unreliable batch.

Commercial, By Memory

A sales admin remembers which customers need a manual credit check.
GoSmarter’s tags and rules engine turns “remembering” into a configured rule. Set it once, and every stock item, certificate, or order gets checked the same way, every time, whether the person who set the rule is in the building or not.

Commercial, Quality, and Compliance: One Engine

The same tagging and rules engine runs across inventory, mill certificates, and orders. What differs is the purpose behind the tag, not the mechanism.

Handled By Memory Today

  • A QA lead remembers to check chemistry against the standard before a certificate is approved.
  • A stock controller remembers which grades need extra scrutiny, and which suppliers are reliable.
  • A sales admin remembers which customers need a credit check before an order over a certain value is confirmed.

Handled By a Rule Instead

  • Compliance: tag or block a certificate automatically when a chemistry or mechanical result falls outside the standard’s limits.
  • Quality: flag low-confidence extractions, inspection-required stock, or a supplier format that needs a closer look.
  • Commercial: flag a high-value order, tag a customer’s orders for priority handling, or audit which orders used a particular grade.
Every rule sits on the same field: an object type (Inventory, Mill Certificate, or Order), a condition, and a tag. The purpose behind the rule is whatever your business needs it to be.

Three Ways to Build a Rule

Not every rule needs the same amount of effort to set up. GoSmarter gives you three routes, and you can mix all three across your rule set.

Manual Tagging

Apply a tag to a specific item by hand, for the one-off case a rule doesn’t need to cover.

Creatable Rules

Build a rule visually with a field, a condition, and a value, no code required, active or inactive at will.

AI-Drafted Rules

Describe what you want in a sentence, review the rule the AI proposes, and only save what you approve.

Subscribable Rule Packs

Install a GoSmarter-authored pack for your grades and standards, and its rules start enforcing immediately.

Severity: Block, Flag, or Audit

Not every rule should have the same consequence. GoSmarter separates the check from the response, so you decide how strict each rule is.

Block

Stops a non-conforming action outright, such as a certificate that fails a required yield or elongation minimum.

Flag

Raises it for a human to review before it goes further, such as a low-confidence extraction or an order over a value threshold.

Audit

Records it silently for reporting, such as tracking which orders used a particular grade, without slowing anyone down.
The same rule pack can carry all three severities across its rules. A hard compliance limit blocks. A borderline case flags. A tracking need audits.

Subscribable Rule Packs, By Grade and Standard

Building every compliance rule from scratch is slow, and getting the exact chemistry and mechanical limits right for BS 4449 rebar, EN 10088 stainless, or ASTM A615 rebar takes real metallurgical knowledge. GoSmarter’s rule pack catalogue covers these common grade and standard families:

Rebar

UK and international standards, including CARES traceability

Stainless Steel

Austenitic, duplex, and high-temperature grades

Non-Ferrous Metals

Structural and marine aluminium, copper alloys, titanium

Structural and Alloy Steel

General structural, impact-tested, pressure vessel, and boiler grades

Nickel Alloys

Nickel alloys and superalloys

Subscribing to a pack provisions its tags and rules directly into your account, ready to run. Unsubscribe at any time, and the pack’s tags and rules are removed cleanly.

Rule packs and your own custom rules run on the exact same engine. There’s no separate “findings” system to learn, and no limit on mixing packs with rules you’ve built yourself.

Rules and Tags Are Audited Too

Every tag assignment, whether applied by hand or by a rule, is logged with who or what applied it, and when. Every rule change (created, edited, activated, deactivated) is recorded the same way.

If a rule is provisioned by a subscribed rule pack, it stays locked against edits so nobody can weaken a compliance check without first unsubscribing from the pack that owns it. That protects the audit trail from a well-meaning edit that quietly breaks a standard’s requirements.

Set the Rule Once. Stop Checking It By Hand.

You don’t need a consultant to configure a compliance engine, and you don’t need to write a single rule from scratch if you don’t want to. No IT project. No consultant fees.
  1. 1

    Create Your First Tag

    Pick a name and a colour. Apply it to a stock item, certificate, or order by hand to see how it looks.
  2. 2

    Build or Describe a Rule

    Use the visual rule builder, or describe what you want in plain English and review what comes back.
  3. 3

    Or Subscribe to a Rule Pack

    Install a pack for the grades and standards you actually work with, and its rules start running immediately.
  4. 4

    Set the Severity

    Decide per rule whether it blocks, flags, or audits. Change it any time as your confidence in a rule grows.
  5. 5

    Let It Run

    Every new stock item, certificate, and order is checked automatically from here. Review what gets flagged; stop doing the first pass by eye.
Compliance, quality, and commercial checks, running the same way every time, whether or not the person who set them up is at their desk.

Why a Rules Engine Beats Institutional Memory

The same checks, minus the risk of a key person being on leave, or the business outgrowing what one person can track.

CapabilityManual review / tribal knowledgeTags & Rules Engine
ConsistencyDepends on who's reviewing and how much they remember that dayThe same rule runs the same way, every time, for everyone
Compliance checksA QA lead manually checks chemistry and mechanical results against the standardA subscribed rule pack blocks, flags, or audits automatically against the standard's limits
Coverage when someone's awayA key check gets missed if the person who does it is on leaveThe rule runs regardless of who's in the building
New rule setupRequires an IT ticket or a developer to add a new checkBuild visually in minutes, or describe it in plain English and review before saving
Response to a matchAll-or-nothing. Someone either catches it or they don'tChoose Block, Flag, or Audit per rule, matched to how serious it actually is
Editing a compliance ruleAnyone with access can change a spreadsheet formula without anyone noticingRule-pack-provisioned rules stay locked until you deliberately unsubscribe
Audit trailNo record of who decided what, or whenEvery tag assignment and rule change logged with who, what, and when

Every cert linked. Every trace complete.

GoSmarter reads each certificate, links it to the right stock, and builds the audit trail automatically. Compliance that holds up when it matters.

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£350/month Rolling. £280/month billed annually.

The tags and rules engine is in the Workshop tier at £350/month rolling, or £280/month billed annually, alongside Mill Certificate AI extraction. New customers get 50% off your first month.

One site subscription: your whole team, unlimited users, no per-seat surprises as your operation grows.

What you get on the Workshop tier:

  • Configurable tags across inventory, mill certificates, and orders
  • Build rules visually, describe them in plain English, or subscribe to a pre-built pack
  • Block, Flag, or Audit severity on every rule
  • Full audit trail of every tag assignment and rule change

After your first month:

  • £350/month, billed monthly, cancel any time
  • £280/month billed annually, billed annually, save £840 a year
  • See the full pricing page for plan comparison and volume options

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Common Questions

What is a tags and rules engine in GoSmarter?
It’s the system that automatically classifies inventory, mill certificates, and orders based on rules you configure, so a stock item, certificate, or order gets tagged consistently without someone remembering to check it by hand. Tags can be applied manually for a one-off case, or automatically whenever a rule’s condition is met.
Can tags and rules cover commercial needs, not just compliance and quality?
Yes. The same engine runs across inventory, mill certificates, and orders, so you can build a compliance rule against a certificate’s chemistry, a quality rule that flags a low-confidence extraction, or a commercial rule that flags a high-value order or tags a customer’s orders for priority handling. The mechanism is the same tag-and-rule structure in every case; the purpose is whatever your business needs.
How do I create a rule without writing any code?
Use the visual rule builder: pick the object type (inventory, mill certificate, or order), a field on that object, a condition, and the tag to apply. Save the rule active or inactive. No scripting and no IT ticket required.
Can I describe a rule in plain English instead of building it manually?
Yes. Describe what you want (for example, “tag anything with more than 100 units in stock as Overstocked”) and GoSmarter’s AI drafts the rule. Review what it proposes, adjust anything that’s not quite right, and only save it once you’re happy. Nothing goes live without your review.
What is a Rule Pack, and how is it different from a rule I build myself?
A Rule Pack is a GoSmarter-authored, pre-built set of tags and rules for a specific grade and standard family, such as BS 4449 rebar or EN 10088 stainless steel. Subscribing to a pack provisions its tags and rules directly into your account and they start running immediately. They stay locked against edits while you’re subscribed, unlike a rule you build yourself, so a compliance check can’t be quietly weakened. Unsubscribe at any time to remove them.
What grades and standards do the built-in Rule Packs cover?
The catalogue currently covers rebar (UK BS 4449 and international ASTM A615/A706, including CARES (UK Certification Authority for Reinforcing Steels) traceability and corrosion-resistant variants), stainless steel (austenitic, duplex, and high-temperature grades), non-ferrous metals (structural and marine aluminium, copper alloys, titanium), structural and alloy steel (general structural, impact-tested subgrades, pressure vessel and boiler grades, carbon and alloy bar), and nickel alloys and superalloys. More packs are added over time.
What’s the difference between Block, Flag, and Audit severity?
Block stops a non-conforming action outright, for example a certificate that fails a required yield strength minimum. Flag raises the item for a human to review, without stopping it automatically, for example a low-confidence AI extraction or an order over a value threshold. Audit records the match silently for reporting, for example tracking which orders used a particular grade, without interrupting anyone’s work. You choose the severity per rule.
Does GoSmarter keep an audit trail of tag and rule changes?
Yes. Every tag assignment, whether applied manually or by a rule, is logged with who or what applied it and when. Every rule change (created, edited, activated, deactivated) is recorded the same way. That supports the audit-trail requirements of ISO 9001, IATF 16949, and AS9100.
Can I mix my own rules with subscribed Rule Packs?
Yes. Rule Packs and company-authored rules run on the same engine and sit in the same tag and rule tables, so there’s no separate system to learn and no limit on combining them. Subscribe to a pack for the standards you follow, then add your own rules on top for anything specific to your business.
Which tier includes the tags and rules engine?
It’s included from the Workshop tier at £350/month rolling, or £280/month billed annually, alongside Mill Certificate AI extraction. New customers get 50% off your first month. See the pricing page for the full tier comparison.
Is the tags and rules engine priced per user?
No. It’s priced per site as part of the Workshop tier, covering your whole team with unlimited users. No per-seat fees as your team grows.

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