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Expandable is an enterprise resources planning software suite designed to help executives and managers of fast-growing companies maximize business performance by maintaining visibility and control of manufacturing operations. Expandable drives increased business valuation for your SMB enterprise with proven third party analysis showing Best-In-Class Business Performance against ERP industry average business metric bench marks.
Provider
Expandable Software
Located In
United States
Foundation
1983
Open API
Unverified
Deployment
Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based, On-Premise Windows, On-Premise Linux
Training
In Person, Documentation, Live Online, Webinars
Support
24/7 (Live rep)
Manufactures Businesses: Medical Devices, FDA Controlled, High Technology, Computers and Electronics, Telecommunications and Networking, Industrial Machinery, Consumer Packaged Goods
Content Source: Expandable ERP
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Expandable ERP Reviews
Pros
Great software, great API's for extensibility, great support organization and management team.
Total Cost of Ownership was superb. Implementation cost was low and we were fully supported.
Customer service response times and quality of response are top notch. And they are much more affordable than their competitors, while offering a gold-standard product.
We love the ability to access the SQL database, the abundance of user fields, the ability to customize and the way Expandable has organized the data. Also, the amount of modules and features is great.
Cons
Expandable is a relatively small company with limited general public knowledge available on the Internet.
Of course, we all have minor, personal dislikes. He thinks that button should be there, she wonders why they can't show this in that editor, etc.
Must keep a log as what was done wrong and put in a new log to correct it. Can be confusing if you don't know what you are doing.
No access to source code; however, this ensures business logic is not compromised.
"I've used Expandable at the last 3 startup companies I was involved in."
Pros: Expandable is very straight forward to implement from the ground up. It's a very intuitive software and easy to train new users. I like the flexibility it has in handling custom parts and multiple product iterations. The part and BOM uploading utilities make adding high numbers of parts to the system quick and reduces the incidence of errors from manually adding them. The vast array of Inquiries search tables makes getting information easy and able to download into excel for further analysis. The Technical Support team answers questions quickly and provides good instructions to resolve issues or help you through something new. I have also transitioned a company from Expandable to two other ERP systems post-acquisition when the parent company decided to integrate the ERP systems. Transitioning Expandable to the other systems was more straightforward than I could have imagined.
Cons: I'd have to dig deep to find something that I didn't like about Expandable. Perhaps one thing would be a report or two that I use could have a little better layout with the way the header ID fields align with the lines of the report details. But honestly there are so many great Inquiries that this is hardly an issue.
"We've experienced only success with Expandable. It has met all of our needs...and we're picky."
Overall: It supported the rapid and significant growth of our business without incident. It simply worked day in and day out when we needed it.
Pros: We love the ability to access the SQL database, the abundance of user fields, the ability to customize and the way Expandable has organized the data. Also, the amount of modules and features is great. Every time something new comes up in our business, Expandable has a way to handle it. Also, it only took us a few weeks to implement it.
Cons: Of course, we all have minor, personal dislikes. He thinks that button should be there, she wonders why they can't show this in that editor, etc. However, we honestly haven't found anything of significance to dislike in Expandable. Also, the customer support is very receptive to suggested changes.
"Expandable has been a great asset, for our company over the years. "
Overall: The main benefit for our company is the lot tracking for our inventory and consignment inventory.
Pros: The most valuable part of Expandable for us is the use of Lot tracking along with consignment inventory. In our line of business, we must know where all of our products are at all times. We also like the feature that it works great with Microsoft Excel.
Cons: For the most part, Expandable has worked great over the years. However, I would say that what we would like the least about the software is that it is sometimes difficult to produce a report that could save time without having to customize it.
"They have been great to work with and take feedback from customers to improve the product"
Overall: The ability to track consignment inventory, Control inventory and have costing available. Lot tracking and history. Dave
Pros: It is very easy to use. Exporting data and developing pivot tables is a very easy process so you can create custom reports within excel. The consignment inventory module works very well. The updated sales order entry is easy and streamlined. The ability to Query data easily. Very good inventory/lot control..
Cons: The tools for production and work center scheduling and capacity planning and lead time generation are not as powerful as they could be.
"Implemented as a startup and serves us well 13 years later"
Overall: We run the business using Expandable.
Pros: Easy to use and can be really easy to implement. Ideal for a new company without a lot of onsite IT. Expandable was implemented kind of "on the fly" and was able to support the financials needs and operational requirements of the company. Built on MS Sqlserver, it is very easy to add custom data and even stored procedures to without difficulty. Features added a few years ago allow the user to customize their page layouts to arrange fields so as to optimize efficiency for their specific job function. Partnered with very effective tools for reporting (Crystal Reports) and report scheduling (Vineyardsoft).
Cons: Adding support for customers with multiple addresses, such as a Bill To and a Ship To was very late in coming. We had to build in some workarounds to prevent treating the two addresses as two separate customers. Second, no effective way to allow customizations to be accessed through the UI. We had to build utility user tools accessed through the "Attachments" menu.
