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By: Baljeet Kaur on August 10, 2022

If you own or manage a small or midsize business in the manufacturing industry, you’re likely aware that manufacturing software helps companies manage orders and schedule production jobs using accurate bills of materials and inventory management to ensure all components are available.

With plenty of manufacturing software available in the market to choose from, making the right decision for your business requires careful evaluation and consideration. To help you shortlist the right tool, we’ve created a list of top-rated manufacturing software solutions that have been rated well by real software users like you.

This report recognizes twelve products that stood out among 1000+ applications in 4 manufacturing-related categories to deliver excellent value, according to feedback from thousands of reviews from software users.

Here’s our list of twelve products, selected based on their appearance in at least seven FrontRunners reports—our annual reports that rate the top software products based on user reviews. The products that appeared in the most FrontRunners reports appear at the top of the list.

  Odoo Genius ERP JobBOSS Kinetic NetSuite DEAR Systems Fishbowl Katana Manufacturing ERP MRPeasy Prodsmart Sage 100cloud Statii

4.1/5 (Read user reviews ) View Product Details

Number of appearances in 2022 FrontRunners reports: 7

Odoo is a business management platform that offers various applications to streamline your every business need or process including CRM, POS, accounting, manufacturing, email marketing, invoicing, and many more.

Scores for categories in which Odoo is listed

Here’s what reviewers on Software Advice say about Odoo:

FrontRunners reports that listed Odoo in 2022: Purchase Order, Procurement, Manufacturing, Quality Management, Production Scheduling, MRP, Manufacturing Execution

4.1/5 (Read user reviews ) View Product Details

Number of appearances in 2022 FrontRunners reports: 5

Genius ERP is a manufacturing ERP software designed for custom manufacturers. The solution helps the manufacturers to reduce cost, increase productivity and improve business performance with tools including accounting, scheduling, product engineering, production planning, and job costing.

Scores for categories in which Genius ERP is listed

Here’s what reviewers on Software Advice say about Genius ERP:

FrontRunners reports that listed Genius ERP in 2022: Quality Management, Manufacturing, Production Scheduling, MRP, Manufacturing Execution

4.2/5 (Read user reviews ) View Product Details

Number of appearances in 2022 FrontRunners reports: 5

JobBOSS is a job shop management solution for manufacturers and job shop owners. The solution can assist you with quote processing, order processing, shop floor control, inventory control, shipping, estimates, and data visualization.

Scores for categories in which JobBOSS is listed

Here’s what reviewers on Software Advice say about JobBOSS:

FrontRunners reports that listed JobBOSS in 2022: Purchase Order, Manufacturing, Production Scheduling, MRP, Manufacturing Execution

3.8/5 (Read user reviews ) View Product Details

Number of appearances in 2022 FrontRunners reports: 5

Kinetic is an ERP solution designed for manufacturers to focus on planning and managing all resources across locations and company boundaries. The solution has all the features you need to scale, compete, and attract top talent to your organization including CRM, advanced planning and scheduling, supply chain management, product lifecycle management, and quality management system.

Scores for categories in which Kinetic is listed

Here’s what reviewers on Software Advice say about Kinetic:

FrontRunners reports that listed Kinetic in 2022: Manufacturing, Production Scheduling, MRP, Manufacturing Execution, Quality Management

4.1/5 (Read user reviews ) View Product Details

Number of appearances in 2022 FrontRunners reports: 5

NetSuite is a business management software suite that integrates various applications such as ERP, accounting, CRM, HCM, omnichannel commerce, reporting and analytics. The solution offers real-time insights into operational and financial performance while automating core processes.

Scores for categories in which NetSuite is listed

Here’s what reviewers on Software Advice say about NetSuite:

FrontRunners reports that listed NetSuite in 2022: Manufacturing, Production Scheduling, Procurement, MRP, Manufacturing Execution

4.3/5 (Read user reviews ) View Product Details

Number of appearances in 2022 FrontRunners reports: 4

DEAR Systems is a ERP software specifically designed for small and medium businesses. It is a comprehensive solution that includes various modules such as manufacturing, purchasing, sales, inventory management, accounting, POS, and warehouse management.

Scores for categories in which DEAR Systems is listed

Here’s what reviewers on Software Advice say about DEAR Systems:

FrontRunners reports that listed DEAR Systems in 2022: Manufacturing, Purchase Order, MRP, Manufacturing Execution

4.1/5 (Read user reviews ) View Product Details

Number of appearances in 2022 FrontRunners reports: 4

Fishbowl is a manufacturing and warehouse inventory management software for small and medium businesses. The solution lets you generate work orders and track inventory. It also integrates with accounting software to scale your business.

Scores for categories in which Fishbowl is listed

Here’s what reviewers on Software Advice say about Fishbowl:

FrontRunners reports that listed Fishbowl in 2022: Manufacturing, Production Scheduling, MRP, Manufacturing Execution

4.7/5 (Read user reviews ) View Product Details

Number of appearances in 2022 FrontRunners reports: 4

Katana Manufacturing ERP is a manufacturing ERP software that enables you to gain clear visibility over the inventory sales and order management. The solution also provides the control over the total shop floor while tracking manufacturing costs based on product operations.

Scores for categories in which Katana Manufacturing ERP is listed

Here’s what reviewers on Software Advice say about Katana Manufacturing ERP:

FrontRunners reports that listed Katana Manufacturing ERP in 2022: Manufacturing Execution, MRP, Production Scheduling, Manufacturing

4.5/5 (Read user reviews ) View Product Details

Number of appearances in 2022 FrontRunners reports: 4

MRPeasy is a manufacturing suite designed for small businesses that combines different modules in a solution, such as CRM, procurement, and supply chain management. The solution streamlines the purchasing process while managing every purchase order and organizing purchase cycles.

Scores for categories in which MRPeasy is listed

Here’s what reviewers on Software Advice say about MRPeasy:

FrontRunners reports that listed MRPeasy in 2022: Manufacturing Execution, Manufacturing, Production Scheduling, MRP

4.7/5 (Read user reviews ) View Product Details

Number of appearances in 2022 FrontRunners reports: 4

Prodsmart is a manufacturing execution solution designed for portable and mobile devices. The solution can be used by the floor supervisors and machine operators directly from their workstations rather than stepping away from the floor.

Scores for categories in which Prodsmart is listed

Here’s what reviewers on Software Advice say about Prodsmart:

FrontRunners reports that listed Prodsmart in 2022: Manufacturing Execution, MRP, Production Scheduling, Manufacturing

4.0/5 (Read user reviews ) View Product Details

Number of appearances in 2022 FrontRunners reports: 4

Sage 100cloud is a ERP solution designed for discrete manufacturers, wholesale distributors, and professional service processes. It streamlines the manufacturing business in terms of providing greater visibility into the status of every item and optimized inventory.

Scores for categories in which Sage 100cloud is listed

Here’s what reviewers on Software Advice say about Sage 100cloud:

FrontRunners reports that listed Sage 100cloud in 2022: Manufacturing, Production Scheduling, MRP, Manufacturing Execution

4.5/5 (Read user reviews ) View Product Details

Number of appearances in 2022 FrontRunners reports: 4

Statii is an ERP and MRP software designed for small manufacturing businesses. The solution helps in creating work orders, scheduling, inventory management, managing purchase orders, invoicing, contact management, and reporting.

Scores for categories in which Statii is listed

Here’s what reviewers on Software Advice say about Statii:

FrontRunners reports that listed Statii in 2022: Manufacturing Execution, MRP, Production Scheduling, Manufacturing

Adopting a technological advanced manufacturing software can give your business all of the benefits the tool has to offer without a steep learning curve. Manufacturing software enables you to manage shop floor management and scheduling to time tracking as well as accounting.

Finding a platform that’s simple to use can be a great way to start the software buying process.

To come up with this top-rated product list, we looked at all the FrontRunners reports for each manufacturing related category published over the first half of 2022 (January 2022 to June 2022). From there, we noted which products have appeared in multiple FrontRunners reports across the multiple categories.

For qualification, each product must have been featured in at least four of the following categories FrontRunners report: manufacturing, manufacturing execution, MRP, procurement, production scheduling, purchase order, and quality management. In the event that two or more products were featured in an equal number of software categories, we listed them alphabetically.

Software Advice’s FrontRunners data play a vital role in creating this report. To produce our FrontRunners reports, we consider recent, published user reviews for individual software products in order to rank and score them based on their usability and customer satisfaction scores.

The data we collect for FrontRunners reports falls within a set time frame and is not updated after publication (in this case, as of July 28, 2022). For that reason, FrontRunners reports should be interpreted as a snapshot of reviews data.

To learn more about FrontRunners methodology, you can find our current version and explanations for inclusion criteria and scoring here.

Note: Product profile information and review snippets were picked from the product’s Software Advice profile as of July 28, 2022.

Review excerpts are passages extracted from longer reviews written by verified reviewers. We obtain these excerpts by applying an algorithm that considers factors including, but not limited to, word count and topic coverage. Excerpts are evaluated for positive or negative sentiment and receive a sentiment score. We are only highlighting excerpts with the highest positive sentiment scores in this document.

Excerpts represent user opinion and do not represent the views of, nor constitute an endorsement by Software Advice or its affiliates. Excerpts are not edited for clarity or grammar.

Disclaimer: The full text of the reviews excerpted are from published reviews on SoftwareAdvice.com for the associated product in the listed category on the date this content was published. Software Advice makes no guarantee that the reviews will remain posted for the entire period this report is active.

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