Legacy ERP modernisation
You don't have to upgrade your ERP to transform your manufacturing business.
Smart Shop Floor adds quoting and estimation, production scheduling, a shop floor module and a customer portal on top of the ERP you already run. Everything you need to run your manufacturing business, in the front office or on the shop floor.
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How it fits
Your ERP stays. We add what it was never built to do.
A single platform you require to run your manufacturing business, supported by enterprise scale, security and reliability. It sits on top of the system you already run. A job entered in your ERP is already in Smart Shop Floor.
Smart Shop Floor
Everything you need to run your manufacturing business, front office to shop floor.
connected both ways with your ERP and business systems
Your ERP
On-premise, server-based or cloud: the system of record for the business.
Systems we work with
Whatever your system is today, it can stay.
Integration scope depends on the connected system and the agreed implementation.
Server databases and CSV-file systems
Legacy systems: from basic CSV imports to scoped bi-directional database integration. Supported processes and update frequency depend on the existing system.
Why job shops are different
Every day is different in a job shop.
ERP manufacturing packages are built for repeat production. Job shops and custom manufacturers do not run that way.
Repeat production
- A set recipe or routing
- The same product, made many times
- What the ERP manufacturing package is built for
Job shop and custom manufacturing
- No set recipe or routing
- Jobs and priorities change every day
- The schedule has to follow what is happening on the floor
Where the value is
Put a specialised tool where the value is.
An ERP records the business. Neither of these jobs is what it was built for.
Value in sales and estimation
Quoting faster and more accurately.
You need a specialised tool for that: the AI Estimator.
Value in manufacturing operations
Automated scheduling, work allocation, and optimising labour, machinery and material.
You need a specialised tool for that: Smart Shop Floor scheduling.
What we add to your ERP
SAM AI
Prepares the next step across sales, production and customer service, with your team in control.
Customers who kept their ERP
They didn't wait for an ERP project.
Each customer is described as they describe themselves in their own video.
R. Moore and Sons
R. Moore and Sons runs a DOS-based ERP, has about 70 staff and up to 300 to 500 components and over 8,000 operations in the shop at any one time, with screens showing which operator is at which work centre.
Read the story →MYOB ExoSpecialised Tyre and Wheel (STW)
Specialised Tyre and Wheel (STW) runs MYOB Exo on premise; lead time went from as long as 8 weeks to a minimum of 2, standard now 5 to 7 working days; a job entered in Exo is immediately in Smart Shop Floor; Oliver Bloomfield, STW's managing director, calls it a massive win.
Read the story →MYOB ExoSchlam Payload
Schlam Payload runs MYOB Exo on premise and uses large screens for safety messages, schedules and drawing revisions.
Read the story →XeroMetalWest
MetalWest runs Xero and its founder says he no longer needs two office admin workers for scheduling and estimating, saving him about $200,000 a year in his shop.
Read the story →Questions manufacturers ask
Do I have to upgrade my ERP to improve scheduling and shop floor visibility?
No. Smart Shop Floor adds quoting and estimation, production scheduling, a shop floor module and a customer portal on top of the ERP you already run, including MYOB Exo, SimPRO, Xero and DOS-based systems.
Which ERP systems does Smart Shop Floor work with?
Our customers run MYOB Exo, SimPRO, Xero and a DOS-based ERP. A job entered in MYOB Exo is immediately in Smart Shop Floor.
Why does a generic ERP manufacturing module not suit job shops?
Job shops and custom manufacturers do not run a set recipe or routing, so every day is different. Smart Shop Floor builds the schedule around the capacity you actually have.
See how it would run in your shop
A 30-minute call with a Manufacturing Technology Expert who has successfully transformed businesses like yours.
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