ProShop is an ERP.
You might not need an ERP.
ProShop is one of the best erps built for machine shops. Quality docs, boms, inventory, invoicing, the whole thing. If youre a 30 person shop chasing as9100 or itar and the office wants one system that does everything, go buy proshop. Seriously. Worth the money at that scale.
If youre 3 to 20 people and your actual problem is "we keep losing track of jobs," you dont need erp. You need a board the whole shop can see. Thats swarf. $49/mo flat. No training, no consultants, no implementation call.
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Swarf vs ProShop ERP
Small shops get eaten by ERP
Same story every time. Owner buys a full erp to fix a job tracking problem. Takes three months to set up. The guys on the floor hate it because it feels like paperwork. Six months later nobodys using it and the whiteboard is back on the wall.
ProShop is actually good software. Better than most of whats out there. But its built for shops with a production manager, office staff handling compliance, and a real budget for the implementation. If thats you, go buy proshop. You wont regret it.
If youre a small shop and your real pain is "we keep losing jobs," erp is overkill. Swarf solves that one problem. Attach drawings to jobs, put the board on a shop floor tv, everyone updates at the same time. Its the proshop alternative for shops that dont need an erp yet. You can always graduate to proshop later when the rest of your process catches up.
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