Fabrication & Machining guides: ERP for fabrication and machining job shops
Six guides for shops that make to the customer's drawing: what the system has to manage, how to choose one, when spreadsheets stop coping, how SAP compares, how a job moves from drawing to dispatch, and how to implement it.
- 1. ERP guideFabrication · ERP guideERP software for fabrication and machine shops: what a job shop system has to manageA job shop runs on drawings, routings, machine hours and work that goes out to vendors. This is what an ERP has to manage in that kind of shop, job by job, and where a stock-and-invoice system leaves the floor out. · 9 min readRead
- 2. Choosing an ERPFabrication · Choosing an ERPBest ERP software for fabrication and machine shops: how to chooseNo ERP is best for every job shop. The right one fits how you route jobs, load machines, send work to vendors and cost what you make. These are the criteria and demo questions that show the difference. · 6 min readRead
- 3. ERP vs ExcelFabrication · ERP vs ExcelExcel vs ERP for machine shops and fabrication units: where spreadsheets stop copingPlenty of good machine shops run on a job sheet in Excel and a whiteboard. This is where that set-up starts to struggle, and what changes when the job's record is made at the machine instead. · 5 min readRead
- 4. SAP vs manufacturing ERPFabrication · SAP vs manufacturing ERPSAP vs manufacturing ERP for fabrication and machining companiesSAP is a broad, mature enterprise platform. A manufacturing-focused ERP with MES is narrower and centred on jobs, machines and the floor. This comparison helps a fabrication or machining business work out which approach fits. · 6 min readRead
- 5. Manufacturing workflowFabrication · Manufacturing workflowMachine shop process: how a job moves from drawing to dispatchOne batch of machined shafts followed through a job shop: drawing, routing, bar by heat number, sawing, turning, milling, hardening and grinding at vendors, inspection and dispatch, with the record each stage should leave. · 7 min readRead
- 6. ImplementationFabrication · ImplementationHow to implement ERP in a fabrication or machining companyA practical plan for putting ERP live in a job shop: what to decide first, the data to prepare, how to start with one group of machines, and the mistakes that stall go-live. · 6 min readRead
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