Comm Screen vs. M1 Comparison


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About Comm Screen by ORCA LEAN is a real-time shop floor communication software designed for modern smart factories. It enables manufacturers to instantly broadcast alerts, production updates, safety messages, and visual content across multiple screens—TVs, tablets, and monitors—without manual uploads. Ideal for lean-driven operations, Comm Screen enhances team alignment, speeds up problem response, and supports factory digital transformation. With secure, cloud-based management and multi-device access, it eliminates the need for paper-based notices or USB transfers. Whether sharing KPIs, quality issues, or SOP videos, it ensures everyone on the floor is informed and engaged—boosting manufacturing productivity, safety, and real-time visibility across shifts and sites.	About M1 is a subscription cloud-based or on-premise ERP software for discrete manufacturers, enabling you to tie your business operations together in one system to centralize your data. It lets you coordinate and share data across various functions within your business from estimating, purchasing, inventory management, scheduling, production, shipping, and more. The solution is suitable for small to midsize companies that manufacture via repetitive, make-to-stock, make-to-order and engineer-to-order processes. M1’s product configurator provides a multi-level, automated configuration that builds product configurations from a BOM. Users can also add additional rules and formulas after the wizard is complete. The system also offers features for inventory barcoding, shop floor control and customizable reporting through integration with Crystal Reports. Other key features include MRP, Alerts and Automation, BAM, "Smart Screen Technology", and the M1 Design Studio to customize M1
Platforms Supported Windows Not Supported Mac Not Supported Linux Not Supported Cloud Supported On-Premises Not Supported iPhone Not Supported iPad Not Supported Android Not Supported Chromebook Not Supported	Platforms Supported Windows Supported Mac Supported Linux Not Supported Cloud Supported On-Premises Supported iPhone Supported iPad Supported Android Supported Chromebook Not Supported
Audience Comm Screen is designed for manufacturing operations, plant managers, and lean manufacturing teams looking to improve real-time communication and collaboration across smart factory shop floors	Audience Small and medium-sized discrete/mixed-mode manufacturers
Support Phone Support Supported 24/7 Live Support Not Supported Online Supported	Support Phone Support Not Supported 24/7 Live Support Supported Online Supported
API Offers API Not Supported	API Offers API Supported
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Pricing No information available. Free Version Not Supported Free Trial Supported	Pricing $30,000/starting Pricing dependent on number of users, complexity, and integrations. Free Version Not Supported Free Trial Not Supported
Reviews/Ratings Overall 0.0 / 5 ease 0.0 / 5 features 0.0 / 5 design 0.0 / 5 support 0.0 / 5 This software hasn't been reviewed yet. Be the first to provide a review: Review this Software	Reviews/Ratings Overall 5.0 / 5 ease 4.0 / 5 features 5.0 / 5 design 5.0 / 5 support 4.0 / 5 Read all reviews
	Pros & Cons from Real Users Pros In my humble opinion, this software has some of the best drilldown capabilities I've ever seen in a Tier3/Tier2 level ERP. M1 has also solved the age old problem of custom SQL queries that tend to be daunting for standard system users. The software allows users to create custom grids simply by selecting from a list of available tables and then adding headers. Behind the scenes it automatically writes the SQL code. This ability empowers daily users to easily access the data they need. Cons No software is perfect, and unfortunately one of the areas where M1 falls down a bit is on Deposit Invoices. The software can detect when a customer has a deposit, and apply it towards the final A/R Invoice, but if the situation arises where the original Deposit Invoice has to be credited, and a new Deposit Invoice issued, it tends to duplicate the deposit lines on the final A/R Invoice. The duplicate lines can be deleted, but that is an extra step that can be missed by a careless A/R person. If ECi would nip this issue in the bud, I'd be hard pressed to find something to complain about.
Training Documentation Not Supported Webinars Not Supported Live Online Not Supported In Person Not Supported	Training Documentation Supported Webinars Supported Live Online Supported In Person Supported
Company Information ORCA LEAN Founded: 2021 United States www.orcalean.com	Company Information ECI Software Solutions Founded: 1999 United States www.ecisolutions.com/manufacturers-and-job-shops/m1/
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Categories Shop Floor Management Supported	Categories Capacity Planning Supported Discrete ERP Supported Electronics Manufacturing Supported Engineer to Order (ETO) Supported ERP Supported Inventory Management Supported Job Shop Supported Manufacturing Supported Manufacturing ERP Supported Manufacturing Execution Supported Mixed Mode ERP Supported MRP Supported Production Scheduling Supported Shop Floor Management Supported
	Show More Features ERP Features Accounting Integration Supported Accounting Management Supported CRM Supported Dashboard Supported Distribution Management Supported Enterprise Asset Management Supported Financial Management Supported HR Management Supported Inventory Management Supported Order Management Supported Project Management Supported Purchase Order Management Supported Purchasing Supported Reporting/Analytics Supported Sales Management Supported Supply Chain Management Supported Warehouse Management Supported Inventory Management Features Alerts/Notifications Supported Barcoding / RFID Supported Forecasting Supported Inventory Optimization Supported Kitting Not Supported Manufacturing Inventory Management Supported Mobile Access Not Supported Multi-Channel Management Supported Product Identification Supported Reorder Management Supported Reporting/Analytics Supported Retail Inventory Management Supported Supplier Management Supported Warehouse Management Supported Job Shop Features Billing & Invoicing Supported Capacity Management Supported Job Costing Supported Job Tracking Supported Order Management Supported Purchasing Supported Quality Control Supported Quotes / Estimates Supported Scheduling Supported Shipping Management Supported Traceability Supported Work Order Management Supported MRP Features Bills of Material Supported Compliance Management Not Supported Document Management Supported Forecasting Supported Formula Management Not Supported Inventory Management Supported Order Management Supported Process Manufacturing Not Supported Product Configurator Supported Production Scheduling Supported Quality Control Supported Quality Management Supported Quote Management Supported Reporting/Analytics Supported Resource Management Supported Safety Management Supported Supplier Management Supported Supply Chain Management Supported Manufacturing Features Accounting Integration Supported ERP Supported Maintenance Management Supported MES Supported MRP Supported Purchase Order Management Supported Quality Management Supported Quotes/Estimates Supported Reporting/Analytics Supported Safety Management Supported Shipping Management Supported Manufacturing Execution Features Document Management Supported Forecasting Supported Quality Control Supported Quote Management Supported Resource Management Supported Supplier Management Supported Supply Chain Management Supported Traceability Supported Production Scheduling Features "What If" Scenarios Supported Automated Scheduling Supported Bottleneck Optimization Supported Capacity Planning Supported Constraint Scheduling Supported Job Scheduling Supported Material Planning Supported Priority-Based Scheduling Supported Quality Control Supported
Integrations Avalara Not Supported Axis LMS Not Supported EDI/HQ Not Supported KnowledgeSync Not Supported Net1 Not Supported Protected Flow Manufacturing Not Supported QuickBooks Accountants Not Supported Spreadsheet Server Not Supported uniPoint Quality Management Software Not Supported	Integrations Avalara Supported Axis LMS Supported EDI/HQ Supported KnowledgeSync Supported Net1 Supported Protected Flow Manufacturing Supported QuickBooks Accountants Supported Spreadsheet Server Supported uniPoint Quality Management Software Supported View All 9 Integrations
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