What's the Best ERP System?

[jcapriotti]

Thanks ChatGPT.

Holy Sh!t, good catch.

You know the best ERP is the one you don’t have to use.

[bnemec]

Best ERP is the one in the demo. Same as CAD, PDM, PLM, Big Mac…
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[matt]

@mattpeneguy

Holy Sh!t, good catch.

You know the best ERP is the one you don’t have to use.

I just caught another one trying to post links. I try to catch this stuff, but their bot is better than my bot, apparently. I’ve got to go through posts manually to make sure they make sense.

[bnemec]

… I’ve got to go through posts manually to make sure they make sense.

Well there goes half of my posts…

[XHawkeye]

I’m using to cool for school Manbase. Did a search and the last mention of I could find was Feb '93 BTYE magazine.

Unix-based enterprise resource planning system for process manufacturers, ManBase 7 .0 combines a client/server architecture, a relational database management system, and fourth-generation-language tool sets…

Price: $60,000 and up, depending on configuration, number of modules, and number of users. Contact: MAI Systems Corp., Novi, Ml

Keyboard warriors only

[EdwardLors]

At my previous job, we used a similar system and faced similar frustrations. It’s like trying to fit a square peg in a round hole sometimes! Have you checked out https://www.crispysoftwaresolutions.com/post/what-are-the-differences-between-erp-and-crm-software? They offer some great insights on the differences between ERP and CRM software that might shed some light on your situation. Sometimes, a fresh perspective can lead to new solutions.

[Jaylin_Hochstetler]

I’ve recently been poking around with Odoo, https://www.odoo.com/. Anyone on here have any experience with it?

[Dirtyrywo]

ERP systems are such a crucial part of managing a business—always great to see different options being discussed.

[DemarcusPreston]

I just saw your post about ERP systems. If you’re exploring options, you might want to consider SugarCRM. While it’s more known for its CRM capabilities, it offers robust features that can be integrated with other systems to help with inventory management and scheduling. It might be worth a look if you’re interested in a solution that combines CRM with other business management tools.

[mgibeault]

@JSculley

@Jaylin Hochstetler

My organization uses Epicor. I keep my distance, but am forced every so often to use it (less so now since I run SQL queries in Excel to pull information I need) and It’s manageable. I hear there’s a lot of configurability but it was setup well before I started.

Recently I’ve been working with finance to sort out some of the weird practices that were done in engineering before my time because apparently the engineers before me didn’t know how to say ‘no’ and just started doing whatever someone suggested without considering what it meant. The language Epicor uses for certain things doesn’t quite synchronize well with design work. When someone talks about a “subassembly” in Epicor, it doesn’t carry the exact same meaning as it does in design work. Also, when they talk about part ‘type’ there’s only two (hard-coded) categories “Purchased” and “Manufactured” which could never be subjectively mislabeled.

I’m actually in the process of trying to figure out how to automate the input of data from PDM into Epicor so I don’t have to look at it ever. They have a data import utility that comes with the system, but I think it’s all manual (might be a good interim step). I’ll say everyone else at my organization uses Epicor regularly with minor complaints, but we’re a medium sized company, so I don’t know how much it’s relied on or how well it’s configured. Hopefully that’s at all helpful (even tho it wasn’t one of the listed ERP systems).

Also, I’m curious if anyone has tried Delmia, the DS acquired ERP system?

For a few months I worked in a company that uses Epicor. I found it was very confusing with so many badly named modules and sections. I never found what I was looking for without looking at the step-by-step cheat sheet my colleague made (and still used after years of use).
Most commands I needed were hidden behind a right-click over random parts of the UI.