Software Evaluation and Selection

Manufacturing Software and Production Control Software Selection

Your ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) or Manufacturing Software Evaluation may involve some of the features already covered in our Business Software Evaluation, Accounting Software Evaluation and EAM/Asset Management Software Evaluation pages.

With business software there are inevitably areas where the functionality of the applications cross over.

The Production Control and Manufacturing Software evaluation features can be be broadly categorised as ...

• Inventory Control
• MRP (Material Requirements Planning)
• MPS (Master Production Scheduling)
• Purchasing
• Shop Floor Control

We have tried to help you by providing a list of the features that you may be considering in choosing your manufacturing software bearing in mind that some of these are common to the other software packages that we have covered. You should also bear in mind that your Manufacturing Software Selection will be Industry dependent. The industry that you are in may affect your choice.

• Accounting
• Accounts Payable
• Accounts Receivable
• Bill of Material (BOM) Support
• Client Control
• Cost Management
• Estimating
• General Ledger (GL)
• Goods Receiving
• Inbound Stores
• Incoming Inspection
• Inventory Management
• Manufacturing Control
• Payroll
• Personnel
• Production Scheduling
• Purchasing Management
• Quality Control
• Raw Materials
• Reporting and Analysis
• Requirements Planning
• Safety
• Sales Management
• Shipping
• SPC or Statistical Process Control
• Tool and Gauge Control
• What if Scenarios

Go to the Manufacturing Software Evaluation Spreadsheet