Practical guides for the people who decide what runs on which machine, and when. Every article works through real arithmetic you can repeat on your own plant.
Odoo's published 19.90 to 44.90 EUR per user a month, Light User seats, partner implementation, and the three year cost for a 20 user plant next to a flat price per plant.
No US list price, reseller estimates of 3,200 to 3,600 USD per Professional user or 94 to 219 USD a month in the cloud plus maintenance, and the three year cost for a 20 user plant.
No published price, third party estimates of 99 to 199 USD per user a month plus a 2,000 to 6,000 USD edition fee, and the three year cost for a 30 user plant with implementation.
No published price list, partner and analyst estimates of 150 to 500 USD per user a month or about 25,000 USD a year to start, implementation of 75,000 to 300,000 USD, and the three year cost for a 120 person plant.
No published price, third party estimates of 110 to 200 USD per Full User and 50 to 80 USD per Task User a month, a mid market rollout from 100,000 USD, and the three year cost for a 150 person plant.
No published price, third party estimates of 150 to 300 USD per named user a month on a three year term, a mid market rollout from 200,000 USD, and the three year cost for a 50 user plant.
No published price, directory estimates of 150 to 300 USD per user a month on a three year term with yearly escalation, implementation on top, and the three year subscription cost for a 20 user plant.
No published price, directory estimates of 120 to 300 USD per user a month, implementation from about 50,000 USD for one plant, and the three year cost for a 12 user automotive parts plant.
No published price, directory listings of 1,000 USD per user a month and 1,500 USD a month to start, integration of about 4 to 8 weeks, and the three year cost for one plant with three planners.
No published price, named or concurrent user licenses as subscription or perpetual, estimates of about 200 USD per user a month plus 10,000 to 100,000 USD implementation, and the three year cost for ten users.
No published price, a per user quote scaled to modules, estimates of 150 to 250 USD per user a month plus 20,000 to 100,000 USD implementation, and the three year cost for ten users.
No published price, a concurrent user license with upfront and quarterly costs, estimates of 100 to 200 USD per user a month, and the three year cost for ten users.
No published price, estimates of 75 to 250 USD per named user a month, the end of the old license model on December 31, 2026, and the three year cost for ten users.
No published price, third party estimates of 100 to 200 USD per user a month with a 10 user minimum, and the three year cost for a 10 user plant with implementation.
No published price, third party estimates from 20,000 USD per license plus implementation and yearly maintenance, worked through for one plant over three years.
No published price, per user estimates from 80 to 250 USD a month that disagree, and the three year cost for an 8 user custom fabrication shop with implementation.
Published prices side by side, the monthly bill at 3, 6, 12 and 25 users, the headcount where Katana's flat fee undercuts MRPeasy's seats, and how each one schedules production.
E2 is supported for existing customers but no longer sold. The four routes for an E2 shop, priced for a 12 person job shop, including keeping E2 and adding a scheduler.
Eleven tools compared on pricing model, finite capacity and rollout time, with the monthly bill for a 12 person plant and an honest note on when a scheduler is the wrong buy.
No public list price, admin seats plus a license for every worker at a station, the conflicting third party figures explained, and the year one bill for a 15 person plant.
No public price list, revenue bands with unlimited users and a fixed launch fee, with the SoftwareConnect figures worked through for a 12 person job shop over three years.
No published price, per user quotes by role, a 12 month minimum and separate implementation, worked through for a 12 person machine shop over three years.
ECI publishes no price, so here are the Silver, Gold and Platinum packages, which of them include Scheduling, the per seat arithmetic at four shop sizes, and the questions to take to the quote call.
The three Inventory plans at 229 to 729 USD, why none of them includes manufacturing, Advanced Manufacturing from 675 USD and the required implementation, added up.
Core from 299 USD a month, the 199 USD manufacturing add-on, usage based order fees, and the real monthly floor for four kinds of business, added up in full.
The four plans at 49 to 149 USD per user, the bulk rate past the tenth user, and the monthly bill for a 3, 6 or 25 person plant worked out in full.
How to find the one work center that limits your output from load against capacity, and five ways to relieve it, in the right order.
Available hours, efficiency, load and utilisation, with a worked example for a two shift mill and the formulas in one place.
Earliest due date, shortest processing time and customer priority compared on five jobs you can check by hand.
The demo on the home page runs a finite capacity schedule in your browser. Change the rule, switch off a machine, and see what moves.