The shop floor · Manufacturing
Materials, orders, and visibility tied together from BOM to shipment.
Manufacturing-minded controls without drowning in heavyweight MRP overhead.
Practical manufacturing and production controls for teams that need real execution visibility.
Track jobs through production steps so teams can see progress and bottlenecks in real time.
Monitor on-hand and allocated materials to reduce shortages and improve planning confidence.
Create and manage work orders with clear line-level tracking from start to completion.
Keep sales orders connected to production and delivery status for better customer commitments.
Schedule outbound flow and confirm completion so finished goods reach customers on time.
Review throughput, open jobs, and fulfillment performance with reporting teams can act on.
Build and track customer quotes with line-item detail, convert to jobs in one step, and compare estimated versus actual costs at close.
Capture material, labor, and overhead costs against each job so margins are visible before the invoice goes out — not discovered during month-end close.
Define and configure each work center — machine groups, labor pools, capacity limits — so the schedule reflects real shop constraints rather than theoretical availability.
Model alternative schedules before committing — drag jobs across work centers, compare scenarios side by side, and lock the plan that best hits your due dates.
Surface on-time delivery, work-in-progress value, open quote conversion, and cost variance on a single screen so decisions are driven by current shop data.
Route approvals, flag exceptions, and trigger notifications automatically — so quote approvals, job releases, and quality holds follow a defined process every time.
Maintain a unified record of customers, vendors, and key contacts — with job history, open quotes, and communication notes accessible from the same profile.
Every status change, cost update, and user action is logged with a timestamp so supervisors and auditors can trace exactly what happened on any job.
Scores reflect common buyer-facing positioning (not an exhaustive RFP matrix). Yes = clearly advertised or widely accepted strength; Partial = varies by edition, add-on, or configuration; No = not a marketed advantage; Unclear = insufficient public detail.
| Dimension | BooneMFG | ECI M1 | ECI JobBOSS | Global Shop Solutions | Genius ERP | Katana |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core job shop execution (table stakes) | ||||||
| Quote-to-job order management | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial |
| Bill of materials (BOM) & parts management | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Work order creation & line-level tracking | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Operations routing with work centers | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial |
| Materials & inventory control | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Purchasing & supplier management | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Shop floor & scheduling capabilities | ||||||
| Work center capacity planning | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes | Partial |
| Scenario-based schedule planning (Gantt) | Yes | Partial | Partial | Partial | Partial | Partial |
| Job costing & margin analysis | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial |
| Shop floor load & due-date reporting | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial |
| Labor / time tracking per operation | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial |
| Platform & commercial | ||||||
| Cloud / fully web-native | Yes | Partial | Yes | Partial | Partial | Yes |
| Workflow engine (approval chains & custom processes) | Yes | Partial | Partial | Partial | Partial | No |
| Analytics & KPI dashboards | Yes | Partial | Partial | Partial | Partial | Partial |
| SMB / independent shop cost sensitivity | Yes | Partial | Yes | Partial | Partial | Yes |
| Transparent public pricing | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Lean implementation / time-to-value | Yes | Partial | Partial | Partial | Partial | Yes |
| Pricing (public signals) | $10/mo base + sync† | Quote-led; per-seat licensing† | Quote-led; per-seat licensing† | Quote-led; enterprise minimums apply† | Quote-led; per-seat licensing† | Transparent; subscription tiers from ~$179/mo† |
† Pricing row summarizes widely cited public signals — not a binding quote. Confirm totals with each supplier.
Reference materials
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