Is anyone out there using a cloud-based ERP MRP system?
My business is in the market for a new ERP system and looking for a solidworks user opinion. In a more general sense, what integrations can you do with EPDM and an ERP system?
I find myself duplicating data, often with inconsistencies, as I create BOMs in our current inventory system.
Thanks for your input.
I find a lot of people banging their head on this one. You have to lay the process out. If you have EPDM, you are light years beyond most of the people I talk too.
EPDM will create the BOM for you in an XML or EXCEL format. You can customize the output. This file will be saved in a folder somewhere nice and safe for a moment. When you are shopping for ERP systems, refrain from using the words EPDM and SolidWorks. Ask the question, "I have an EXCEL worksheet with a mulit-level or single level BOM. Can you guys automatically import it from a file location?" If the answer is, "What do you mean?" Explain a little further, but if they don't get it, RUN.
I haven't came across a good reason for you to be able to talk back to EPDM from ERP yet. But I'm sure the time will come and it will be a similar approach.
I really really liked Epicor, but the powers that be didn't want to get it. So I get stuck creating an API for our new ERP system.