SYSPRO vs Solumina MES: Which is a better fit?

Engage the workers on their true needs in regards to fit form and function prior to making any investment. I highly recommend Syspro due to the flexibility and ease of learning the software.

You have to click, a lot and some of the menus are confusing. There were no links to other records, you had to manually open the right module and start over again to find related records.

The support is great and they are always enhancing the product. Our CRR is awesome and very helpful.

We are the rare company that is in the middle - we don't hate Syspro, but we don't like it either.

Its good for procurement and just regular accounting. Doing a journal is simple and easy and the company can have different level of approval for each journals.

As many of our customers have service budgets, often we have to bill items through a month end; billing in a different period can mess up our customer budgets.

We have been using Syspro software for approximately 12 years and have been very satisfied. Software and database upgrades have been excellent.

John J

Director, Information Technology

Things can occasionally go wrong with a specific port (patch) and core functionality can be impacted. Syspro are quick to respond to these issues though.

Aside from being paperless for the most part, the ability to quickly find data is the greatest benefit.

Next, I would point to the risk reduction for data loss or missing data, as product cannot proceed to subsequent workstations without proper closure.

Controlling information exchange/view to appropriate users is also straightforward. Having the ability to establish sign-off criteria within each particular work order is also excellent.

There are times that Solumina is unstable and kicks user out or particular function stops working and IBase T is unable to explain.

Ability to track as built history and have Quality integrated into it. Great for complex lower volume assembly.

It can be very clunky and is not easily customized. There are random errors that can occur which is very frustrating, especially since the warning message you receive is not helpful in any way.

The software itself is wonderful. I would highly recommend it to business that need an electronic Work Instructions software.

Several Solumina quirks like pop open windows getting smaller in size or text disappears or arrows move for no reason, ETC. Nothing to make me mad just annoyed.