Advice on good inventory management software to use?

[JohnSmith007]

We run a small manufacturing facility and have been managing our inventory the ancient way for the past 3 years; spreadsheets, late reporting... we would like to finally bring our operations to the this century lol and need some advice on better inventory management.




we were considering a few options: trade gecko looks good just not sure their extremely high price tag is feasible for us. I was told about Unleashed by our intern also, but their reviews are making me worried. Also came across Dear Systems which seems like a good fit for us, their reviews and case studies look solid, and the features seem to be what we need at the size we are right now.




I am always hesitant to try new systems though as it would be a big change for us. Is anyone familiar with Dear Systems? Or if you have any other suggestions on alternatives would love to hear some thoughts...

 

[JohnSmith007]

Thank you

 

[redigo.]

A large manufacturing client of ours whose energy and various other contracts we manage were recently in the same position as you and approached us to find a solution.

It was a relatively new area to us and a bit of a minefield but after a lot of research we suggested they went with Brightpearl - They have only ever had good things to say about it so far so may be worth having a look into them.

 

[GraemeL]

https://www.kerridgecs.com/

We used their Lakeview system. Brilliant.

 

[nelioneil]

I see you already looked into Unleashed. Nevermind that was my suggestion

 

[Deleted member 302361]

Reviews are good but you also need to consider whether it needs to interface with any other systems (e.g. financials). Too many companies focus on each system individual merits. They then have to return to a myriad of spreadsheets to transfer data between the two.

Yes most systems can export data in a format that other systems can read but it's safer to transmit directly between systems, so as to remove the human element.

You may well want to consider whether there are any packages that are specific to your sector - Most systems that claim to be a catch all are not, they will need to be configured to your requirements and programmer time is not cheap.