# Solumina MES Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is Solumina MES the right Manufacturing solution for you? Explore 42 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/68774/Solumina/reviews --- Solumina MES 4 (42) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Reviews of Solumina MES Ease of use 3.5 Customer Service 3.8 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-25 of 42 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use VR Verified Reviewer Director Engineering Information Technology Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Used the software for: 2+ years ### "In supporting a difficult process, Solumina delivers sound features and superior customer support." January 29, 2018 4.0 consistent manufacturing execution through standardized process plans. Quality of product improvements through integration of lean and SPC tools into the execution system. Pros Far and away, the customer support in working to deliver a robust solution for Manufacturing Execution, Quality Assurance, and management of our Supplier Quality is the number one positive feature of working with iBASEt. They continue to work to address nuances generated by the ways we run our manufacturing environment, and have brought insights and recommendations for improvement that are 'outside' the scope of the software solution they provide. Cons All process planning is '0D' based - text oriented, with any 2D or 3D data that is desired for inclusion or that we want to use as the 'foundation' of process plans merely attachments to the text based plans. If I had to pick a second 'con', it is the inconsistent level of 'client to server' communication which negatively impacts remote users; iBASEt continually updates their code to make remote access better, but often as a result of OUR finding where excessive database calls are made from the client causing repeated 'round trips' to be driven across the WAN. Review Source BB Brian B. Quality Leader Airlines/Aviation Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Dramatic improvement to manufacturing and quality control and risk mitigation" May 17, 2018 5.0 Huge. 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. Imagine gathering and copying data from 20 paper records kept in 20 different boxes that were put in long term storage out of state several years ago. Now imagine keying those 20 part identifiers into Solumina for a query and having the data returned in seconds! Pros Once dialed in, it manages inputs and outputs efficiently while providing very fast access to records. Cons I wish the font and icon size was customizable, and the green and red thumbs are tiny and too close together. I wish there were installation templates, or Best Utilization examples that would be useful for determining direction. As it is there is much left to the user, so the expertise of the user's configuration team is key to smooth deployment. Review Source JH Jim H. Senior Manufacturing Technician Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Used the software for: 2+ years ### "System unstable and lack of support." April 23, 2019 3.0 Most aspects of Solumina I like, but this is my first time in MES system and unable to compare another system. Pros Solumina tries to tie the different functionality and combine the searches for Manufacturing products. Cons There are times that Solumina is unstable and kicks user out or particular function stops working and IBase T is unable to explain. Review Source KD Kent D. Document Control Used the software for: 2+ years ### "We use this software in our daily business. It has a fantastic suite of capabilities." July 29, 2018 5.0 Manufacturing in a paperless environment. Pros The software itself is wonderful. I would highly recommend it to business that need an electronic Work Instructions software. it allows the user to custom build different applications from Quality management to Supplier Quality as a well as Audit. Easy to use for manufacturing and the user interface is incredible. Cons Moving from previous versions is difficult and the migration process is cumbersome. Cusomter support is wonderful though. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Tech lead Computer & Network Security Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Good way to learn with free access" December 1, 2022 5.0 Aerospace domain projects are in pipeline and to carve out place in that industry this is much needed Pros It's user friendly and easy to learn with all the trainings available Cons Hands-on will be greatly helpful.If sandbox is provided it will enhance the learning curve and beneficial Review Source CG Christine G. Manufacturing Engineer Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Solumina is great - 10/10 would use again." May 12, 2017 4.0 Pros In my limited experience (and in the opinion of the team that evaluated various options and selected Solumina as the best), Solumina provides a greater amount of low-cost flexibility and customizability, and G8 offers a much greater out-of-the-box functionality than other commercially available MES. Cons It seems like customizations funded by individual companies are leveraged by Solumina into the next version of the software, but it doesn't appear that there is any type of pricing break for the software update to the customer that funded the development of the additional functionality. Review Source CB Charles B. Director of Operations Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Used the software for: 2+ years ### "I've used Solumina at my last two companies. I've been instrumental in developing the process and tr" January 18, 2018 5.0 Real-time WIP Tracking, Data and Quality metrics Pros Ability to track as built history and have Quality integrated into it. Great for complex lower volume assembly. Cons Custom reporting can be more challenging. Exports are easy though. May not be as suitable for high volume serial controlled assemblies (too many entries required) especially if the flow is not continuous. Review Source JH James H. Testing Coordinator Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "iBASEt offers a good suite of tools to track manufacturing processes and collect quality evidence" May 23, 2018 3.0 Better automation of manufacturing processes Pros The product is configurable, with access to the internals of the system. This provides a higher level of control over the actual processing that needs to be done in support of manufacturing processes. Cons There is not a lot of responsiveness in providing missing features to the suite of tools as they are identified. There are missing bits of functionality that are incongruous with the software audience in their absence. Review Source JK Jon K. Manufacturing Engineer Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "MES adjusted for Costpoint" July 17, 2018 3.0 Our company converts Solumina's version of MES to be compatible with Deltek CostPoint and additionally runs it through Citrix Receiver to all our work stations. The multiple layers of connections leaves us with a lot of slow responses and forced logouts. This is likely not really an iBaseT issue, but it's one of the biggest things we struggle with. However, for the most part when it works it works quite well. Pros The software has very good visual interactive displays to present work instructions. The software is also very customizable. Cons Being able to batch work orders together is something we were told was going to be a functionality coming to the software, but successfully being able to use this function hasn't materialized yet. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer IT Manager Aviation & Aerospace Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Business users love the functionality. Could use architecture overhaul. " January 22, 2018 3.0 Pros Empowers the business with capability to grow their manufacturing process (and product lines) without needing IT involvement. Cons Architecture. Is not open. REST APIs or C# libraries would be very helpful to allow automation. Data concurrency needs improved to prevent data corruption at times. Review Source AS Alan S. IT Analyst Capital Markets Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Always prompt and provide solutions" May 19, 2017 5.0 Pros The data validity and capability to track multiple WO against plans. Also DB structure is tight with procs and triggers. Cons Super confusing looking and menu names can be abstract. Solumina G8 browser is not a good fit for a G7 environment. Review Source FZ Farrid Z. Sr. Enterprise Data Architect Aviation & Aerospace Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Solumina for Aerospace Manufacturing " May 10, 2019 4.0 Pros data model and functionality are good and it is particularly useful for Aerospace industries. Cons it does not prevent you from doing the wrong things until it is too late Review Source RH Rasean H. Dir, Quality Systems Medical Devices Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "We are in the process of implementing Solumina. No actual use yet." May 11, 2017 3.0 We are in the process of implementing Solumina, so we have not realized any benefits yet. Although we expect to eliminate/reduce paper, increase traceability, and improve compliance. Pros I like the capability that the software has to eliminate/reduce paper records for manufacturing and at the same time ensure that the process is followed, increasing compliance. Cons Out of the box, Solumina is not designed for our industry. There is a lot of functionality/features/terminology that is standard in our industry that is not present in Solumina. Review Source dK diana K. Safety Specialist Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Safety oversight in VAB while workers are using Solumina. Looking over their shoulders at Solumina." January 18, 2018 5.0 Pros I can review the procedure from anywhere other than where it's being used on floor. The document cannot be lost like paperwork where people forget to bring it back and loose it. Cons We lost internet connection and people had to wait until it came back up. It's slower to buy off than paper is. Review Source DT David T. Mfg Engineer Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "A difficult but rewarding journey" January 18, 2018 2.0 Labor and time savings. The hardware is visible Pros Having data in one system has simplified certain aspects of the MFG floor. After getting up to speed it gets easier to understand Cons Takes a while to learn, not very logical compared to other programs. Creating custom reports is difficult if not even possible. At times we have to adjust how our mfg floor functions to accommodate Solumina's limited abilities. Interfacing with machines and 2d bar codes is extremely time consuming and difficult - far from plug and play. Training is more or less thru trial and error, since everyone runs their production floors differently. 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. Review Source QD Quinton D. Principle Composite Inspector Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Pretty efficient for the most part. Little slow at times toward the end of the day." January 22, 2018 4.0 Pros Easy to use. Pulls up the information that I need rather quickly. Requested information or material is readily available and concise. Cons There are operations that upon completion, stay on the same operation instead of forwarding to the next operation and making it cumbersome to have to perform extra clicks. Can be somewhat time consuming when you have to do that all day. Drops the database from time to time when you're in the middle of inspecting a Part. Review Source LJ Lori J. QE Aviation & Aerospace Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Good and Bad" May 3, 2019 5.0 Pros Configurability to your needs and processes. Cons You have to pay for custom reports. You never know what information you need to data mine so it is constantly changing but you can't create your own reports based on your needs. Review Source cQ charles Q. Quality manager Used the software for: 2+ years ### "learning the system takes times but then it is a great system" May 25, 2018 4.0 Being able to track your employees work ethics help with being more efficient as a manager, having all information at your finger tips is a God send. Pros by using this system traceability and accountability are at your finger tips. Being a manager this tool helps me with monitoring my employee. Cons there is much to much wasted time navigating through the system, there is a lot of having to go back and forth to get done what you have to get done Review Source JK John K. Manufacturing Engineer Defense & Space Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The shop floor can learn to use the system in minutes, authoring plans takes much longer." May 15, 2017 5.0 Much better shop floor control than using paper work instructions. Pros Easy to teach operators how to log on, find a work order and execute it. Standard text and glyph buttons for links are nice. The operators like and use them. Cons In G7, some weird ways to get to some menu items (i.e. not very intuitive). The G7 text editor is very basic. In standard text mode no spell checker makes for more revisions after the fact. Review Source JP James P. Electrical Engineer Defense & Space Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Review" May 10, 2019 4.0 Pros The traceability of paperwork was much better than paper. Also writing an alteration is easier than paper procedures. Cons It feels clunky and old. When it is run over Citrix, it is barely usable due to lagging. Review Source EB Evan B. Competency Center Manager Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Software is overall very capable, however, support is often slow and fixes are cumbersome" May 11, 2017 4.0 Pros Software is very capable to handle a very large amount of manufacturing situations out of box. Traceability and control are very strong points in ensuring a high level of quality. Cons Interfaces are convoluted and performance is not great. For more specialized industries or situations, developing solutions is expensive both to create and maintain, so outside processes or systems may have to be used. Review Source LT Lisa T. Business Analyst Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Have been working with Solumina for over 10 years and really like the application and all offeatures" May 19, 2017 4.0 Pros The ability to create work instructions using the different tools provided and exploring new ways to improve processes. Cons Given our location, the location of the database and the amount of users, the application can be slow. There are some features that need improvement such as the inspection planning and the ability to tie the inspection definition into the process work plans. Review Source WW William W. Sr Mfg Eng Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Not user friendly," May 24, 2018 2.0 Central storage Pros The search view gets the user to almost every location for daily use. Actually very little that I do like. Cons Multi-media management, memory to small, not being able to adjust system setting fonts, settings that seem to make no sense like 100 character min. Word processor is outdated for the version we use. Not sure if current with best version in the market place. Review Source RL Ricardo L. IT Airlines/Aviation Used the software for: 2+ years ### "very flexible for customizations but lacking in training/demonstrating features" May 18, 2018 4.0 Pros I'm able to customize UDVs to display more meaningful information and hide fields that are not used by the company. I can also substitute UDVs and create custom ones to have the exact data I want. Cons no visual training on software capabilities. There are written manuals but there should be a more visual training manual showing examples of the system and how it should operate Review Source DM Donna M. Application Developer Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Solumina MES is essential to our organization." January 18, 2018 5.0 Pros It is easily customizable and user friendly. It works well in a large manufacturing environment. The company provides great customer support. Cons If you do a lot of customizations, it is hard to keep up with the latest version of the product. 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