Shop Planner
Thanks for the feedback, especially as this thread has more or less gone dormant. I will check those solutions out. We are currently investigating Sage, we're at the demo stage. While the magnitude of the expenditure requires it this ERP investigation is extremely time...
Compositepro,
Starting to think what you're saying is true. Spoke with someone from Sage today and they want $80K to 100K for initial set-up on 8 seats with several thou recurring. While a computerized system is desireable I just don't see the cost benefit for our small firm on dropping so...
Bill,
Thanks for your feedback. Looks like I may have to up my expected layout a bit though I did find a web based PPM outfit out of Toronto that could have at least the maintenance end of things taken care of for $50 to $100 per month. ERP/MRP will likely be a bit costlier.
Thanks for your questions, following are my answers:
First would you characterize your business as a repetitive manufacturer of a product or a custom builder of one of a kind products?
Mostly repetative though occasionally there are some custom one-off jobs. 98% repetative I would say...
Further clarificatios:
Yes I did a search of past posts on this topic, previous posts seem to come up short in suggestions.
Also, I did neglect to mention I would like to go open source to start, I am aware that many "top of the line" products can be $10K plus per installed user. My desire is...
Firstly, I hope this topic belongs in this forum - please advise an alternate if not.
I am investigating options for implementing ERP and PPM programs in my facility. Currently we are in the stone-age, not even a paper based system exists, everything is fire fighting and records exist is...
