Frequently asked questions: Pricing, setup, devices and data
Pricing, implementation, devices, integrations and support. If you are evaluating FleekERP, this page has the details.
What FleekERP is
What is FleekERP?
FleekERP is a Manufacturing ERP + MES platform for manufacturers to plan, execute, monitor and control production from material to dispatch. It is built by Nexfloe in Chennai. Operators, supervisors and QC record their work on Android phones, and planning, material, production, quality, dispatch and cost per order all use those entries. Your books stay in your accounting software, which FleekERP connects to.
Does FleekERP replace our accounting software?
No. Your accounting software keeps the books. FleekERP runs production, stock by lot, quality, subcontracting, dispatch and cost per order, and sends purchases, sales, invoices and stock values to it. Tally and Zoho connect out of the box, and other systems connect through the API.
Which manufacturers is it for?
Discrete and batch manufacturers with a shop floor to run: engineering and machinery, automotive components, electronics and wiring harness, industrial equipment, garments and textiles, plastics and moulding, metal processing, furniture and woodwork, packaging and printing, food processing, and medical devices. Four factories are live today.
Manufacturing ERP and MES, explained
What is MES software?
MES (manufacturing execution system) software records and controls production while it happens: which work order is running on which work centre, how many good and rejected pieces each operation made, why a machine stopped, and what each inspection measured. It turns the shop floor into live data that planning, quality and costing can act on. Those records are best made by the people doing the work; in FleekERP that means operators, supervisors and QC at their own stations.
How does MES improve shop-floor visibility?
It replaces end-of-shift registers and phone calls with records made at the station as the work happens. Each count, rejection and stoppage is logged against the work order and operation with a time and a name, so a supervisor sees which line is behind plan, and why, during the shift instead of the next morning. Managers read plan attainment, downtime by reason and rejection by operation from the same entries, which in FleekERP reach the dashboard the second they are logged.
Pricing and contracts
How is FleekERP priced?
Two roles, one price each. A User has the web platform and the management app. An Employee has the mobile app in the Supervisor, Operator or QC role. Prices are per login per month, billed quarterly, half-yearly or annually in advance. Implementation is a separate one-time fee by number of logins. See the pricing page for the current list.
Is there a minimum?
Three logins, with at least one User. There is no plant fee and no plant limit.
Is there a long-term contract?
Terms are quarterly, half-yearly or annual, paid in advance. Add logins any time, reduce at renewal.
Implementation and go-live
How long does it take to go live?
Your first production line is live in 18 days, for standard manufacturing workflows with scope agreed up front. That is one line, not the whole plant: it is set up as it runs, supervisors, operators and QC are trained at their stations, and the registers come off. The remaining lines follow on the same pattern. The implementation page lists exactly what is included and what makes it take longer.
Do we need an IT team?
No. FleekERP is hosted and maintained by Nexfloe. Your team needs Android phones and a browser. Nexfloe does the configuration with your production head and stores.
What if our routing is complex?
Routings with a dozen operations, multi-level BOMs, several sheds and subcontracted operations are configured during implementation. Nothing is assumed. Your production head and the implementation lead map it together.
Do you migrate our data?
Products, BOMs, routings, work centres, opening stock by lot and open orders are loaded during implementation. Historical transaction migration is quoted separately.
Devices and technical
Does the app work offline?
No. The apps need a mobile data or Wi-Fi connection. Entries are on the dashboard the same second they are made.
Does it use barcodes or QR codes?
Not today. Operators pick the job from their list and log against it. Reasons for scrap and downtime are picked from a short list you define.
Where is our data hosted?
On Amazon Web Services (AWS), with the platform patched, monitored and backed up daily by Nexfloe. Dedicated hosting is available for enterprise customers. See the security page.
Which browsers does the web platform support?
Current versions of Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari on desktop. The management app on Android shows the live dashboard on the phone.
Integration and data
Which systems does FleekERP integrate with?
Tally and Zoho for the books, and an API for anything else. Machine and IoT data is on the roadmap, not available today.
Can it connect to our existing ERP?
Through the API. Custom integration is quoted separately and included in enterprise agreements.
What happens to our data if we cancel?
You get an export in a standard format. Your production history is yours.
Support
What support is included?
Phone and email support, Monday to Saturday, 9 am to 7 pm IST, plus 30 days of hypercare after go-live. Enterprise agreements carry a contractual SLA.
Is there a named implementation lead?
Every implementation has a lead from Nexfloe who sets up the plant and trains at the station. The 500-login band names that lead in the agreement.
Glossary
Manufacturing terms explained
A few words come up a lot when people talk about manufacturing software. Here is what they mean on this site.
- MESManufacturing execution system
- The system that runs the floor: work orders on work centres, counts and downtime at the station, inspections at the operation.
- Work order
- One production order for a quantity of one item, with a routing of operations on work centres. The record everything on the floor is logged against.
- Work centre
- A machine, line or station with a declared capacity. Work orders are planned on it and counts are logged at it.
- Routing
- The sequence of operations to make an item, with the work centre and rate for each. Includes subcontracted operations.
- BOMBill of materials
- The list of materials and quantities that go into one finished item. A multi-level BOM includes the sub-assemblies inside it.
- LotLot or batch
- A quantity of material received or produced together, with one identity. Stock, consumption and traceability are by lot.
- WIPWork in progress
- Material that has started production but is not finished. FleekERP shows it by operation on each work order.
- Plan attainment
- Output logged against the plan for the shift, by work centre. The first number on the dashboard.
- First-pass yield
- The share of units that passed inspection without rework, by operation.
- Cost per order
- Material by lot, labour by operation count and subcontracting by challan on one order, against its invoice.
- ChallanDelivery challan
- The document material leaves on for job work. The return is recorded against it, and a short return is the difference.
- Hypercare
- The 30 days after go-live when Nexfloe support is on the floor's schedule, remotely and on call.
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