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*E-mail:    *FREE comparisons for ERP discrete, ERP process, ERP mixed-mode, engineer to order (ETO), MTO, CTO, MTS and more, based on TEC best practice templates.   See List of Available Vendors   Software selection tools, comparison reports, RFI, RFP and RFQ templates. Free RFI, RFP Template Samples in 42 software categories for use with enterprise software selection and acquisition projects, including Consulting Services and Open Source selection criteria.   SRT software comparisons contain the latest, hard to find functional criteria. Can be used to clearly compare all leading enterprise resource planning (ERP), manufacturing resource planning (MRP) engineer-to-order (ETO) and project based manufacturing software packages. Used in thousands of ERP MRP software selections, our data is the most trusted and accurate available. Comparisons cover software selection requirements for the following types of systems; manufacturing resource planning (MRP), MRP2, discrete and process erp, mixed-mode erp, contract manufacturing, project based manufacturing, job shops, complex manufacturing, make-to-order (MTO), configure-to-order (CTO) and make to stock (MTS). Revised April 2008.     About ERP software   Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software helps integrate management, staff, and equipment, combining all aspects of the business into one system in order to facilitate every element of the manufacturing process. ERP groups traditional company and management functions (such as accounting, human resources [HR], manufacturing management, and customer relationship management [CRM]) into a coherent whole. Manufacturing management also includes inventory, purchasing, and quality and sales management.   About ERP for discrete manufacturing   Discrete ERP software combines the back office with manufacturing management, focusing on discrete processes. Discrete ERP manages all aspects of production, procurement, inventory, and so on. This includes manufacturing products via repetitive processes. These products, once assembled, can theoretically be disassembled into separate (discrete) parts, unlike products derived from process manufacturing. Discrete ERP applications, like all ERP software, aim at full integration of management, staff, and equipment.   About engineer-to-order (ETO) software   Engineer-to-order (ETO) enterprise resource planning (ERP) supports the requirements of companies that manufacture products based on their customers' unique engineering designs. ETO ERP thus assists companies that create products requiring special processes for estimates, purchasing materials, engineering changes, cost allocation and tracking, and ongoing work with customers. A key component of an ETO ERP system is its ability to handle project start and stop dates. ETO ERP applications, like all ERP software, aim at full integration of management, staff, and equipment.   Some of the features and benefits of ETO ERP systems include the ability to control all factors of project-based manufacturing such as sourcing, and resources for time, labor, and machinery, manage deadlines, and reduce the costs of carrying inventory. Along with a reduction in manufacturing costs, ETO ERP systems hold the promise of reducing bookkeeping errors and providing a clearer view of manufacturing operations for company executives.   ERP Systems for the Manufacturing Market   What Happens When You Select the Wrong ERP System? One of the myriad of appalling consequences that result from fitting an engineer-to-order (ETO) environment with a repetitive-oriented ERP system, which does not have, in the very least, a product configurator facility with generic items (encapsulating options, variants, and constraints), generic bill of materials (BOM), generic routings, or pricing functionality, is that the sales order capturing clerk has to contact the engineering department for a product code or for the price or cost of a product, sometimes waiting days for a response. Read more about ETO manufacturing market Software Research Tools a division of 9131-8949 Quebec Inc. Copyright © Software Research Tools Terms of Use - Privacy Statement a TEC Alliance Partner