How to Choose an ERP for Your Manufacturing Business
Choosing an ERP for manufacturing requires evaluating your production model (discrete, process, or mixed-mode), matching ERP modules to your specific workflows, comparing total cost of ownership across vendors, and ensuring the platform can scale with your operations. The wrong choice…
Best Manufacturing ERP for Small and Mid-Sized Companies (2026)
The best manufacturing ERP platforms for small and mid-sized companies in 2026 are Odoo (best value with modular pricing and open-source flexibility), Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (best for companies in the Microsoft ecosystem), Acumatica (best unlimited-user pricing for growing…
Discrete vs Process Manufacturing: Which Odoo Setup Do You Need?
Discrete manufacturing in Odoo uses component-based bills of materials, serial number tracking, and work order routing across multiple work centers to assemble countable finished products. Process manufacturing uses formula-based BoMs with batch tracking, by-product management, yield calculations, and unit of…
What Is Manufacturing ERP? Everything You Need to Know
Manufacturing ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) is a software platform that connects production planning, inventory management, procurement, quality control, shop floor execution, maintenance, and financial management into a single integrated system. Unlike general-purpose ERP built around accounting, manufacturing ERP is designed…
Manufacturing KPIs You Can Track with Odoo ERP
Odoo ERP allows manufacturers to track key performance indicators (KPIs) across production efficiency, quality control, delivery performance, equipment reliability, inventory management, and cost analysis. The most critical manufacturing KPIs trackable in Odoo include Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), cycle time, throughput,…