DBA Manufacturing vs. M1 Comparison


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		Related Products MRPeasy The AI-powered MRP software for growing manufacturers. Ideal for companies with 10 - 200 employees MRPeasy helps small manufacturers grow with easy-to-use tools that cover all the essentials they need to manage their production. Having built the first cloud-based MRP platform in 2014, we offer user-friendly software-as-a-service that covers everything from production planning to CRM, skipping all the features that are too complex or irrelevant for small manufacturers. This means smaller manufacturers get access to powerful production planning tools, levelling the playing field with larger competitors. With MRPeasy, you know exactly how much your products cost and when they’re ready, helping you to steer your business effectively. MRPeasy integrates with leading accounting software like QuickBooks and Xero and e-commerce platforms like Shopify and WooCommerce, providing a comprehensive, fully integrated business management solution. 257 Ratings Visit Website Global Shop Solutions We simplify your manufacturing.™ Global Shop Solutions AI-integrated ERP software provides the applications needed to deliver a quality part on time, every time from quote to cash and everything in between, including shop management, scheduling, inventory, accounting, quality control, CRM and 25 more. Built with AI in mind, our software helps manufacturers make smarter, data-driven decisions that improve efficiency and visibility. Available in the cloud or on premise, our manufacturing customers benefit from real-time inventory accuracy, improved on-time delivery, lower administrative costs, increased sales and improved customer service. Headquarters in The Woodlands, Texas includes a state-of-the-art R&D facility and Global Shop Solutions training center. Through its offices in the U.S., Mexico, Indonesia, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, the company supports thousands of manufacturing facilities in over 25 countries and more than 30 industries. 77 Ratings Visit Website Total ETO Total ETO is the only fully web-based ERP/ MRP system for Engineer To Order manufacturers. Our software solves the common problems Custom Machine Builders face, so they can increase efficiency, accuracy, and profitability. -Our 2-way native CAD integration with SolidWorks and Inventor saves time and money throughout the organization, especially in engineering. Spreadsheets and double entries are eliminated, so your designers can spend more time designing! -Parts can be released to procurement in stages, including long-lead components. This keeps your projects on time and on budget. -Sales will be able to estimate projects with precision and ease, thanks to the data Total ETO collects and organizes. -Empower management with real-time info by tracking project workflow. You'll see job costing and other reporting metrics at all stages of a project. 46 Ratings Visit Website Epicor Kinetic Epicor Kinetic is a cloud-first, AI-powered ERP platform for manufacturing organizations. It includes modules for financial management, supply chain, production management, inventory, quality, service, analytics, project management, CRM, and compliance. Built for discrete, make-to-order, engineer-to-order, and mixed-mode manufacturers, Kinetic supports planning and scheduling, materials management, shop floor coordination, and multi-site operations in one system. The platform provides browser-based access, role-based workflows, integration and extensibility tools, IIoT-related capabilities, and support for cloud, on-premises, and hybrid deployment. Epicor Prism extends the platform with AI-supported automation and decision support for selected ERP tasks. 533 Ratings Visit Website Fishbowl Fishbowl is the #1 selling manufacturing and warehouse management software for QuickBooks. Designed for small and medium-sized businesses, including manufacturers, distributors, and service providers, Fishbowl gives businesses the flexibility to stay within the QuickBooks platform for accounting while seamlessly integrating advanced inventory features with it. It also offers multi-location tracking, work orders, bills of materials, barcoding, shipping, auto reorder points, and integrations with EDI, shopping carts, merchant services, and other business solutions. If you are looking for an affordable inventory management solution that can help your business take advantage of the latest technology to streamline operations and save time and money, Fishbowl is a great option. 1,143 Ratings Visit Website Odoo Odoo is a fully integrated, customizable, open-source software packed with hundreds of expertly designed business applications. Odoo’s intuitive database is able to meet a majority of business needs, such as: CRM, Sales, Project, Manufacturing, Inventory, and Accounting, just to name a few. Odoo is an all-in-one software solution designed to meet the needs of companies, regardless of their size (or budget). The unbeatable, seamless nature of Odoo helps businesses become more efficient by reducing redundant manual processes, which helps companies save countless hours of labor. Every module is interconnected to provide a fully-integrated experience from app to app, and users can automate many processes that would’ve otherwise required manual inputs into multiple applications. Odoo keeps all business functions in one place, allowing teams to collaborate with other departments from one unified platform in the most efficient way possible. 1,729 Ratings Visit Website Sutton Sutton (formerly Digit Software) is an AI-native operating system built for companies that manage physical operations, from manufacturing and inventory to distribution and beyond. It gives you a powerful, all-in-one core that runs your operations out of the box, with the flexibility to extend, shape, and mold it to fit exactly how your business works. With Sutton Studio, teams can build and launch their own custom apps directly on the platform using natural language, no code required, with permissions inherited from the tools they already use. The result is a system that adapts to your business in minutes, not months. The platform includes capabilities for supplier management, serialized and lot-based inventory tracking, bills of materials and routings, production scheduling, quality control, guided picking and packing, and order fulfillment. It features a built-in B2B portal for customer and distributor collaboration, job scheduling for production and service teams, and integrations with accounting and commerce tools such as QuickBooks and Shopify and so much more. By connecting systems that were once siloed, and letting teams extend the platform themselves instead of waiting on a vendor roadmap, Sutton becomes the real-time, AI-native operating system for product-based businesses, giving companies visibility, accuracy, and confidence across every process. 39 Ratings Visit Website Epicor Advanced MES Epicor Advanced MES is a manufacturing execution system that is suited to plastic molders, repetitive manufacturers and those with an assembly process involving multiple machines. It is designed to help floor operators to monitor and optimize their plant operations. Advanced MES helps manufacturers monitor and control production with real-time plant and machinery information. The system enables users to identify inefficient resource allocations to find new capacity within the business. It also helps track machine downtime and record scrap and material waste throughout the production process. The software provides real-time production visibility, scheduling, process monitoring, and performance reporting. Users can access production details and operational metrics to support informed decision-making. Maintenance teams can also access machine condition information to help plan preventive maintenance activities. Advanced MES offers integration capabilities that connect production information with ERP, accounting, manufacturing estimating, and other business systems. 31 Ratings Visit Website Jesta Vision Suite In business for more than 55 years, Jesta I.S. is a global developer and provider of enterprise software solutions for retailers, e-tailers, wholesalers, and brand manufacturers specializing in apparel, footwear and hard goods. Jesta’s retail and supply chain suites are anchored by our master data foundation, which collects, manages and organizes your business data in a central repository to instantly unify your business and kickstart its digital transformation. The Vision Suite is a leading, organically engineered, cloud-based, end-to-end solution that unifies and optimizes back/front-end and supply chain operations from trade/product/demand management to merchandising ERP, Point of Sale and Order Management /Omnichannel. It eliminates the inefficiencies of disjointed applications, and provides real-time visibility of enterprise inventory, cross-channel orders, and AI-driven CRM data. It accommodates various brands, currencies, and languages. 42 Ratings Visit Website Infor M3 Efficiently executing the complex processes of enterprise manufacturers and distributors. Infor M3 is a cloud-based, manufacturing and distribution ERP system that leverages the latest technologies to provide an exceptional user experience and powerful analytics in a multicompany, multicountry, and multisite platform. Infor M3 and related CloudSuite™ industry solutions include industry-leading functionality for the chemical, distribution, equipment, fashion, food and beverage, and industrial manufacturing industries. Staying ahead of the competition means staying agile. Our new capabilities bring improved data-driven insights and streamlined workflows to help you make informed decisions and take quick action. 156 Ratings Visit Website
About This is an unprecedented era in our worldwide economy as we rebuild from the COVID-19 pandemic. The small business manufacturing sector will need to lead the recovery. There is an opportunity to rethink how you run your business as the status quo is no longer an option. Every manufacturing business has to up its efficiency to stay competitive and survive. DBA will help you meet this challenge and deliver the manufacturing miracle of high throughput, efficient inventory, and lean staffing. Our unique demand-driven planning system is a breakthrough, allowing any company to succeed without the need for outside assistance, onsite training, or custom programming. No amount of training or custom programming can make up for the inherent flaws of traditional planning methods. We have seen company after company throw employees and money at their planning silos to try to improve their business. The path forward is to commit to the DBA demand driven system that delivers increased throughput.	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 Supported Mac Not Supported Linux Not Supported Cloud Not 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 Manufacturing companies seeking a tool to revitalize their small business	Audience Small and medium-sized discrete/mixed-mode manufacturers
Support Phone Support Not Supported 24/7 Live Support Not Supported Online Supported	Support Phone Support Not Supported 24/7 Live Support Supported Online Supported
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Pricing $1995.00/one-time 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 5.0 / 5 ease 4.0 / 5 features 5.0 / 5 design 4.0 / 5 support 4.0 / 5 Read all reviews	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 Includes a lot of modules, all standard, in one package. Easy to install and set up on your own. Startup manual takes you through setup and implementation set by step. Great price!! To keep the cost down, support is email only. Reply time is very swift. Software NEVER crashes. As with any database, if you get disconnected from the server, it does need to be restarted. Running as a server/client, speed is very good. We have almost 1,000 items logged, a pretty large BOM, and the system runs without missing a beat. Running reports or data modules run fast. We are a ISO certified (13485 & 9001) company, and this software supports us through all quality audits. You can run stand alone, client/server, or client/client if you don't have a dedicated server but have several PC's on the same network. New version runs multiple companies. I think this is really cool; they have a 'Beta' system you can install that you can practice on before making a mistake in the live system. ie, copy your current database to the 'Beta' directory. Perform your process that you want to practice. Once you're satisfied you have the hang of it, go back to the live system with confidence. Administrator has a lot of control over user priviledges. Lastly, it has the full accounting module if you want to use it. Or, use DBA to track your company, and run it alongside the accounting software of your choice. BTW, it does export, although I can't vouch for it because I've never used that side of it. Cons Interface may not be appealing to all. It is the last of the non-browser based interfaces. Only runs in Windows, including Windows Server. If you have a server other than Windows, it will not run (I mention to those that may be running a -nix server). Customizing forms can be complicated. There are a few extra templates, but be patient if you want to do any personalizing...the third party software that controls form editing is not very friendly. Does not track user activities. ie, if someone makes an inventory adjustment, it tracks date and changes made, but not the user. Part Rev does not show in all forms.	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 Supported Webinars Supported Live Online Not Supported In Person Not Supported	Training Documentation Supported Webinars Supported Live Online Supported In Person Supported
Company Information DBA Software www.dbamanufacturing.com	Company Information ECI Software Solutions Founded: 1999 United States www.ecisolutions.com/manufacturers-and-job-shops/m1/
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Categories Job Shop Supported Manufacturing Supported Manufacturing Inventory Management Supported MRP 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
Job Shop Features Billing & Invoicing Supported Capacity Management Not Supported Job Costing Supported Job Tracking Supported Order Management Supported Purchasing Supported Quality Control Not Supported Quotes / Estimates Supported Scheduling Supported Shipping Management Supported Traceability Not Supported Work Order Management Supported MRP Features Bills of Material Supported Compliance Management Not Supported Document Management Supported Forecasting Not Supported Formula Management Not Supported Inventory Management Supported Order Management Supported Process Manufacturing Supported Product Configurator Not Supported Production Scheduling Supported Quality Control Not Supported Quality Management Supported Quote Management Supported Reporting/Analytics Supported Resource Management Not Supported Safety Management Supported Supplier Management Supported Supply Chain Management Not Supported Manufacturing Features Accounting Integration Supported ERP Supported Maintenance Management Supported MES Supported MRP Supported Purchase Order Management Supported Quality Management Not Supported Quotes/Estimates Supported Reporting/Analytics Supported Safety Management Not Supported Shipping 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 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 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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