Flow vs. Tactic Comparison


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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 Epicor Connected Process Control Epicor Connected Process Control (CPC) is a flexible no-code/low-code MES and manufacturing operations platform that helps manufacturers improve quality, consistency, and visibility across production and assembly operations. Create digital work instructions with multimedia content, guide operators through critical tasks, connect equipment and devices across the shop floor, and capture production and quality data without extensive programming. CPC provides product traceability with a complete historical record of each product's build and inspection history. Real-time insights into quality, performance, defects, rework, and production trends help teams identify issues faster, reduce waste, and support continuous improvement. Manufacturers use CPC to standardize production and assembly processes, improve operator consistency, and support assembly verification, error proofing, quality inspections, and production monitoring across the shop floor. Whether deployed in a single work cell, across multiple production lines, or enterprise-wide, CPC scales to support manufacturers of all sizes. Available on-premises or in the cloud, it adapts to your operational requirements and manufacturing processes. 4 Ratings Visit Website Epsilon3 Epsilon3 is an AI-powered procedure and resource management tool designed for teams building, testing, and operating advanced products and systems. ✔ Standardize & Optimize Processes Our interoperable procedure execution system replaces inefficient checklists managed with paper, spreadsheets, docs, and outdated planning tools. Automatically track every step to ensure quality, consistency, and traceability. ✔ Fuel Rapid Iteration & Innovation Built-in version control, conditional workflows, and real-time data synchronization keep teams on the same page. Enable continuous improvement and quick, data-driven decisions to stay far ahead of the competition. ✔ Streamline & Scale Operations Securely integrate siloed systems and automate error-prone tasks to boost productivity and prevent delays. Simplify training, reduce costs, and maintain efficiency as your operations expand to meet demand. Trusted by industry leaders like NASA, Firefly Aerospace, and Commonwealth Fusion. 265 Ratings Visit Website Flowlens Flowlens - built by a small business, designed for small businesses. Flowlens is end-to-end business management software designed specifically for growing SME manufacturers around the world. Whether you’re scaling production, managing complex supply chains, or improving customer service, Flowlens brings your people, processes, and data together in one connected platform. With Flowlens, you can: • Centralize your business information in one secure, cloud-based system • Manage customers, suppliers, and inventory with complete visibility • Streamline production and capacity planning • Automatically identify stock shortages and create purchase orders • Handle multi-level BOMs and production routings with ease • Manage unlimited SKUs across your product lines • Maintain traceability and quality compliance • Control multi-site and multi-level stock operations • Deliver exceptional after-sales service with full product history • Integrate seamlessly with Xero, QuickBooks and Sage. 39 Ratings Visit Website 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. 252 Ratings Visit Website VKS VKS is a digital work instruction software that makes it easy for companies to throw out paper work instructions and transform into a digital factory. Create digital work instructions and standard operating procedures (SOPs) using pictures, videos, PDFs, annotations and more. Integrate in-process quality checklists to help reduce defects by up to 95%. Standardize best practices and increase productivity by 20%. With real-time process control and built-in reports, you also get 100% guaranteed traceability. By switching to digital work instructions, you can capture tribal knowledge and eliminate the skills gap. You also benefit from increased communication on the shop floor and the subsequent improved accuracy of your operational decision-making. 26 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 Evocon Trusted by manufacturers worldwide, Evocon is a simple and easy-to-use OEE software that helps manufacturing companies improve their production efficiency and reduce waste. The system enables automated data collection, real-time data visualization, downtime tracking, bottleneck identification, and performance monitoring. With Evocon, you get all the tools you need to improve OEE and understand what is actually going on in your production processes. 95 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. 1,141 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 their business 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 to track machine downtime and record scrap and material wastage in every production cycle. The software offers visibility into operations, real-time scheduling and process monitoring. Users can monitor up to 100,000 cycles and can see production details and descriptors. Maintenance teams can also access machine condition reports to plan preventive maintenance. Advanced MES offers integrations with accounting and manufacturing estimating capabilities. 8 Ratings Visit Website
About With over 10 years of experience in industrial production and quality management software, Flow technology allows sustainable and fast decisions, so companies obtain greater competitiveness and profitability levels. Flow, through the FoodinTech brand, is a pioneer in MES (Manufacturing Execution System) development in the agroindustry Portuguese market. With Flow Manufacturing, industrial managers can increase final product quality, ensure traceability and reduce industrial costs. Founded in 2006, it's composed by an engineers and managers group with extensive experience in information technologies and production management. Flow Technology develops software, hardware and specific and innovative devices, designed to help companies in their processing operations. Flow implement projects that reinforce competitive advantages and increase profitability due to conception of technology systems, production and quality management consultancy and computer programming for the industrial sector.	About Works with and does not replace your MRP / ERP! TACTIC is highly customizable, advanced planning and manufacturing production scheduling software developed by Waterloo Manufacturing Software. Suitable for discrete and batch industry manufacturers, TACTIC reduces supply and inventory costs while improving customer service. Manufacturers use TACTIC to promise delivery, plan and schedule production, plan material and capacity, and deal with changes and problems. TACTIC s sophisticated scheduling algorithms and what-if features let management teams continuously balance what’s good for business with what’s good for customers. Waterloo Manufacturing Software’s technical consultants provide a number of pre-sale and post-sale services for TACTIC. These services help you both asses the technology and get ever-increasing value from its use in your operations.
Platforms Supported Windows 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 Not Supported Linux Not Supported Cloud Supported On-Premises Not Supported iPhone Not Supported iPad Not Supported Android Not Supported Chromebook Not Supported
Audience Manufacturing companies in need of an industrial production and quality management solution	Audience For discrete batch or part manufacturers in different industries. Works with ERP Systems. The system is commonly used by manufacturers in single plants and/or networks of related facilities.
Support Phone Support Supported 24/7 Live Support Not Supported Online Not Supported	Support Phone Support Supported 24/7 Live Support Not Supported Online Supported
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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 4.8 / 5 ease 4.8 / 5 features 4.8 / 5 design 4.5 / 5 support 5.0 / 5 Read all reviews
	Pros & Cons from Real Users Pros Tactic has a report writer that comes with the package. No need to purchase additional software to write reports. Tactic has a mapping software to map your data to its fields. It is very flexible and imports from several different formats and databases. Again, it comes with the package and no need to purchase additional software to import your data into Tactic. Tactic is a very flexible tool. It can schedule orders and plan several different ways to accomplish different scenarios that I encounter. Tactic is very reliable day after day. At a glance the software gives visibility into shop status. It is easy to see the progression of orders – when steps were completed, where it currently is, when future steps are scheduled. Helps when dealing with our customers. The software enables us to automatically generate detailed schedules for multiple work stations within work centers based on due dates. Software automatically groups like product to the point due date is affected. - Tactic helped us model our entire process before hand and better plan the timelines and inventory management. - Excellent customer service response times. Cons Some Tactic child windows are a fixed height and width and do not expand to show all text for fields. It doesn't scale very clear on Hi DPI monitors. We haven’t yet encountered any negatives. We started using simple features and options and over time have gradually become more sophisticated users. There are many options and we are still learning some of the capabilities. I like the software. Many changes are occurring organizationally. While the software helps me manage these changes, as with any software it takes some discipline to reflect the changes in the software. - No major cons, Tactic has excellent algorithms running in the back end. Maybe they could improve the user interface a little bit and make it easier for users to discover new features easily.
Training Documentation Not Supported Webinars Not Supported Live Online Supported In Person Supported	Training Documentation Supported Webinars Not Supported Live Online Supported In Person Supported
Company Information Flowtech Founded: 2006 Portugal flowtech.pt/en/home-3/	Company Information Waterloo Manufacturing Software Founded: 1991 United States www.waterloo-software.com
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Categories Manufacturing Execution Supported	Categories APS Supported Automatic Replenishment Systems Supported Decision Support Supported ERP Supported Gantt Chart Supported Manufacturing Supported Manufacturing Execution Supported Manufacturing Intelligence Supported MRP Supported Production Scheduling Supported Scheduling Supported Supply Chain 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	Manufacturing Execution Features Document Management Not Supported Forecasting Not Supported Quality Control Not Supported Quote Management Not Supported Resource Management Not Supported Supplier Management Not Supported Supply Chain Management Supported Traceability Supported Show More Features APS Features Automated Scheduling Supported Capacity Planning Supported Change Management Supported Constraint Management Supported Demand Planning Supported KPIs Supported MRP Supported Order Management Supported Production Scheduling Supported Quality Management Not Supported What-if Analysis Supported Automatic Replenishment Systems Features Counting by Exception Not Supported Customer Management Not Supported Financial Management Not Supported Inventory Management Not Supported Nice Shelf Stocks Not Supported On-order Information Not Supported Sales Anticipation Supported Store Order Leveling Not Supported Zero Turnover Checks Not Supported Decision Support Features Application Development Not Supported Budgeting & Forecasting Not Supported Data Analysis Not Supported Decision Tree Analysis Not Supported Monte Carlo Simulation Not Supported Performance Metrics Not Supported Rules-Based Workflow Supported Sensitivity Analysis Not Supported Thematic Mapping Not Supported Version Control Not Supported ERP Features Accounting Integration Not Supported Accounting Management Not Supported CRM Not Supported Dashboard Not Supported Distribution Management Not Supported Enterprise Asset Management Not Supported Financial Management Not Supported HR Management Not Supported Inventory Management Supported Order Management Not Supported Project Management Supported Purchase Order Management Not Supported Purchasing Not Supported Reporting/Analytics Not Supported Sales Management Not Supported Supply Chain Management Supported Warehouse Management Not Supported Gantt Chart Features Alerts/Notifications Supported Capacity Monitoring Supported Color Coding Supported Dependency Tracking Supported Drag & Drop Supported Milestone Tracking Supported Progress Tracking Supported Task Management Supported Templates Supported MRP Features Bills of Material Supported Compliance Management Not Supported Document Management Not Supported Forecasting Not Supported Formula Management Not Supported Inventory Management Not Supported Order Management Not Supported Process Manufacturing Not Supported Product Configurator Not Supported Production Scheduling Supported Quality Control Not Supported Quality Management Not Supported Quote Management Not Supported Reporting/Analytics Not Supported Resource Management Not Supported Safety Management Not Supported Supplier Management Not Supported Supply Chain Management Supported Manufacturing Features Accounting Integration Not Supported ERP Supported Maintenance Management Not Supported MES Supported MRP Supported Purchase Order Management Not Supported Quality Management Not Supported Quotes/Estimates Not Supported Reporting/Analytics Supported Safety Management Not Supported Shipping Management Not Supported Manufacturing Intelligence Features Aggregation Not Supported Analysis Supported Contextualization Not Supported KPIs Supported Propagation Supported Visualization 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 Not Supported Scheduling Features Alerts/Notifications Supported Appointment Scheduling Not Supported Automated Scheduling Supported Calendar Management Not Supported Class Scheduling Not Supported Employee Scheduling Supported Facility Scheduling Supported Group Scheduling Supported Interview Scheduling Not Supported Meeting Room Booking Not Supported Multi-Location Supported Online Scheduling Supported Payment Processing Not Supported Real-time Scheduling Supported Reservations Not Supported Resource Scheduling Supported Room Booking Management Not Supported Supply Chain Management Features Demand Planning Not Supported Electronic Data Interchange Not Supported Import / Export Management Not Supported Inventory Management Supported Order Fulfillment Supported Order Management Not Supported Sales & Operations Planning Supported Shipping Management Not Supported Supplier Management Not Supported Transportation Management Not Supported Warehouse Management Not Supported
Integrations Epicor Kinetic Not Supported FactoryPro Not Supported Fulcrum Not Supported JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Not Supported Jobscope Not Supported Kinaxis Maestro Not Supported Oracle BPM Suite Not Supported QAD Adaptive ERP Not Supported Radley Manufacturing Solutions Not Supported Ramco ERP Not Supported SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Not Supported Sage 100 Not Supported Visibility ERP Not Supported Show More Integrations	Integrations Epicor Kinetic Supported FactoryPro Supported Fulcrum Supported JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Supported Jobscope Supported Kinaxis Maestro Supported Oracle BPM Suite Supported QAD Adaptive ERP Supported Radley Manufacturing Solutions Supported Ramco ERP Supported SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Supported Sage 100 Supported Visibility ERP Supported Show More Integrations View All 41 Integrations
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