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MANUFACTURING SOFTWARE DECEMBER 2018
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C O N T E N T S
Introduction
Defining Manufacturing Software
FrontRunners (Small & Enterprise Vendors)
Runners Up
Methodology Basics
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This FrontRunners analysis is a data-driven assessment
identifying products in the Manufacturing software market that offer the best capability and value for small businesses. For a given market, products are evaluated and given a score for Usability (x-axis) and User Recommended (y-axis). FrontRunners then plots 10-15 products each on a Small Vendor and an Enterprise Vendor graphic, based on vendor business size, per category.
In the Manufacturing FrontRunners infographic, the minimum qualifying scores were 3.45 for Usability and 3.52 for User Recommended.
To be considered for the Manufacturing FrontRunners, a product needed a minimum of 20 user reviews published within 18 months of the evaluation period. Products needed a minimum user rating score of 3.0 for both Usability and User Recommended.
I N T R O D U C T I O N
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INTRODUCTION
The minimum score cutoff to be included in the FrontRunners graphic varies by category, depending on the range of scores in each category. No product with a score less than 3.0 in either dimension is included in any FrontRunners graphic. For products included, the Usability and User Recommended scores determine their positions on the FrontRunners graphic.
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Manufacturing software helps companies manage orders
and schedule production jobs using accurate bills of materials and inventory management to ensure all components are available.
Software Advice’s FrontRunners is focused on the North American Manufacturing software market. We identify this set of core capabilities for the Manufacturing software category: material requirements planning (MRP), manufacturing execution system (MES), quality management and product life cycle management, as well as at least one of the following: configure/
price/quote (CPQ), financial management, asset management, human resources (HR), customer relationship management (CRM), business intelligence (BI) and/or supply chain management (SCM).
D E F I N I N G M A N U FAC T U R I N G S O F T WA R E
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For each individual rating in both the Usability and User Recommended criteria, the methodology
weighs recent reviews more heavily.
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USABILITY
Expandable
ProdsmartMIE TRAK PRO
Priority Software
E2 Shop System
AIMS360
IQMS
Microsoft Dynamics 365
SAP Business OneNetSuite
JobBOSS
Epicor ERP
Costpoint 7
F R O N T R U N N E R S ( S M A L L & E N T E R P R I S E V E N D O R S )
FRONTRUNNERS® FOR MANUFACTURING, DECEMBER 2018
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F R O N T R U N N E R S S C O R E S
( S M A L L V E N D O R S )
TOTAL SCORE
USABILITY SCORE
USER RECOMMENDED
SCORE
1 Expandable 9.57 4.86 4.70
2 MIE TRAK PRO 9.05 4.51 4.54
3 Prodsmart 9.38 4.89 4.49
4 Priority Software 8.56 4.17 4.39
5 E2 Shop System 8.53 4.32 4.21
6 AIMS360 7.72 3.96 3.77
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F R O N T R U N N E R S S C O R E S
( E N T E R P R I S E V E N D O R S )
TOTAL SCORE
USABILITY SCORE
USER RECOMMENDED
SCORE
1 IQMS 8.38 4.13 4.25
2 Microsoft Dynamics 365 8.15 4.04 4.11
3 SAP Business One 7.80 3.80 3.99
4 NetSuite 7.69 3.75 3.93
5 JobBOSS 7.68 3.87 3.82
6 Epicor ERP 7.27 3.54 3.73
7 Costpoint 7 6.99 3.46 3.53
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R U N N E R S U P
1factory
A2000
AccountMate
Acctivate
Acumatica Cloud ERP
Adjutant
ADS Solutions - Accolent ERP
Advanced Supply Chain
AdvancePro
Agility DMSI
Agni Link
Apprise ERP
APTEAN ERP
Aquilon ERP
ARMATURE
ASCTrac WMS
Asprova
Assure
Autodesk PLM 360
Avercast Forecasting Solutions
bcFood
BlueCherry
CATSWeb
Central ERP
Cetec ERP
Cincom CPQ
CIS Configurator
CloudFactoryWorx
ComplianceQuest
Concept EPC
Connected
CONSELF
Cosential
Datacard
Datacor Chempax
DBA Manufacturing
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DEACOM ERP Software
Deskera MRP
DevonWay CI
DNAsp
E-Z-MRP
E2 Manufacturing System
ECi M1
eCompliance Safety Software
Ecount ERP
Edible
EIC Software
Enterprise 21 ERP
EQMS by Qualsys
eRep
EtQ Reliance
EVO~ERP
Exact Globe Next
Exact Macola
Exact MAX
Factory MES
FactoryASP
FactoryTalk
FashionFlow
Focus ERP
Foresight Intelligence Center
FORGE
Fulfil.IO
Fusion 360
GainSeeker Suite
Genius Manufacturing
Get Sweet
Global Shop Solutions
greenlight.guru
Hero Loyalty
HQ - Scout Systems
IFS Applications
Infor CloudSuite Business
Infor CRM
Infor ERP
Infor LN
Infor M3
Infor Process Manufacturing Essentials
Infor SyteLine ERP
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Infor VISUAL
Intellect BPM
Intuitive ERP
IQMS Manufacturing
JustFoodERP
Katana MRP
Kenesto
Lawson M3 Enterprise Management System
Lead Commerce
LillyWorks
LogicBox CRM
Logivations
Made2Manage ERP
MFG/PRO
Microsoft Dynamics SL
MISys Manufacturing
MRPEasy
NGC
NolaPro
Nomad erpCommerce
OASIS by IntelliTek
OfficeBooks
Omono
OnContact CRM 7
Onspring
Oracle E-Business Suite
Oracle SCM Cloud
Ostendo
Paperless Parts
Paragon ERP
PBS Manufacturing
Pentaho
PINpoint
PlanningForce
Poka
PolyPM
ProcessPro Premier
Pronto Xi ERP
ProShop
QDM SPC System
QMClouds
Qooling
QT9 Quality Management Software
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Qualio
Quality Management Software by IQS
Quality Management Software by UniPoint
Quantum by CIMx
Quartz QMS
RamBase
Ramco ERP
Rapid Response Manufacturing
REALTRAC
Resource Manager DB
Royal 4 Enterprise
S2K by VAI - Manufacturing
S2K Enterprise
Sage 300 cloud
Sage ERP X3
SAP - Manufacturing
SAP Anywhere
SAP Business ByDesign
SAP for Asset Management Services
Seebo
Shopfloor-Online
Simio
SimScale
SkyCiv Structural 3D
skyWATS.com
SMARTer Manager
Solumina
SpinFire Professional
SQCpack
Statii
Synergy SPC
SYSPRO
System100
SyteLine
Tactic
Technicon CPQ
The Plex Manufacturing Cloud
ToolTrack
Total ETO
TPSynergy
TrackVia
TrueERP
Vault QualityOne
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VelocityEHS
VERSE
Vital Plant MES Suite
Workloud
WorkWise ERP
XMPro
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The FrontRunners methodology assesses and calculates a
score for products on two primary dimensions: Usability on the x-axis and User Recommended on the y-axis.
The Usability score is a weighted average of user ratings including:
• End-user ratings of one to five stars on the product’s ease of use.
• End-user ratings of one to five stars on the product’s functionality.
The User Recommended score is an overall weighted average of scores including:
• End-user ratings of one to five stars on how valuable users consider the product to be relative to its price.
• End-user ratings of one to five stars on how likely they are to recommend the product to others.
There are up to two FrontRunners graphics for each market, one Small Vendors and one Enterprise Vendors graphic. The Small Vendors graphic highlights qualifiers from smaller (by employee size) vendors, while the Enterprise Vendors graphic displays qualifiers for larger (by employee size) vendors.
M E T H O D O L O GY B A S I C S
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METHODOLOGY BASICS
Markets are defined by a core set of functionality, and to be eligible for FrontRunners, products must offer that core set of functionality. Core functionality required is determined by our research analysts, who provide coverage for and have familiarity with products in that market. Additionally, a product must have at least 20 unique user-submitted product reviews published within 18 months of the start of the analysis period across the three Gartner Digital Markets web properties: softwareadvice.com, capterra.com and getapp.com.
Inclusion in the Small Vendor or Enterprise Vendor FrontRunners graphics is based on vendor employee count. Vendors eligible for the Enterprise Vendor graphic must have more than the median employee count for all vendors in the market, or 100 employees—whichever is greater. Vendors whose employee counts do not meet either of those thresholds qualify for the Small Vendor graphic.
1 In the event fewer than 10 products qualify for either a Small Vendors or Enterprise Vendors FrontRunners graphic, the vendors that do qualify will be combined into a single graphic.