JOB SHOP MANUFACTURING
Every job different; every job costed, scheduled and tracked.
Job shop ERP for high-mix, low-volume work
In a job shop, every job is different, which is exactly why the system has to be one thing, not five. Visibility ERP manages each job from RFQ to delivery: schedule and deliver on time, control labor costs, track inventory accurately, and see every piece of the business in one place. What-if simulations for costing and job scheduling replace gut-feel estimating.
Industry-specific functionality
What If Simulations for Costing and Job Scheduling
Single Source for Document Management
Machine and Resource Planning and Scheduling
Automated Data Collection
Production Operation Reporting and Backflushing
Material Planning and Job Order Pegging
Parametric Product Configurator for Custom Configurations
Robust Quality Management and Resolution Tools
Sales Quotation and Opportunity Processing
Seamless PDM / CAD Integration with Bills of Material
RFQ Processing with Online Collaboration
Real-Time Machine and Resource Factory Feedback
Graphical Shop Scheduling with Capable to Promise
Customer Collaboration Portals
Mobile Shop Job Data Collection
Job Cost Estimating
How job shops runs on Visibility ERP
RFQ processing and sales quotation with online collaboration, quoting from real costs.
What-if costing simulations and graphical shop scheduling with capable-to-promise.
Automated shop data collection, operation reporting and backflushing keep job cost live.
Material planning and job order pegging tie every purchase to the job that needs it.
A parametric product configurator on the engineering backbone handles custom configurations.
Most job shops run on several disconnected systems. With Visibility ERP, quoting, scheduling, the shop floor and the books are one system, one version of every job.
Quote it like you will build it
In a job shop the estimate is the business. Quote too high and the work goes elsewhere; too low and you bought the job. Most shops quote from memory and spreadsheets because their systems cannot connect an RFQ to what similar work actually cost.
Visibility ERP quotes from the record. RFQ processing and sales quotation pull real material, labor and machine costs, with what-if simulations for costing and scheduling before you commit a price or a date. Graphical shop scheduling with capable-to-promise shows where a new job fits real capacity, not idealized capacity. When the job is won, the quote becomes the work order without rekeying, and material planning with job order pegging ties every purchase to the job that needs it.
For custom configurations, the parametric product configurator on the engineering backbone turns options into BOMs and routings, and PDM/CAD integration keeps drawings and bills aligned.
Job cost that is live, not archaeological
The profitable job you quoted and the job you actually ran are rarely the same job. Automated shop data collection, operation reporting and backflushing keep each job's cost live as it moves through the shop, with real-time machine and resource feedback from the floor. Estimate versus actual is a screen, not a month-end reconstruction.
Over time that history compounds: every completed job makes the next quote sharper.
Common questions from job shops
What should a job shop look for in ERP software?
One system that connects quoting, scheduling, the shop floor and the books. High-mix, low-volume work dies in handoffs between disconnected tools, because every job is different and every handoff loses detail.
What are what-if simulations?
Before you commit a quote or a promise date, the system simulates the job's cost and its impact on the schedule, so you can see whether the price makes money and whether the date survives contact with current load.
What is capable-to-promise?
Available-to-promise checks inventory; capable-to-promise checks capacity. Graphical shop scheduling shows whether the shop can actually produce the job by the requested date, given everything else already promised.
How long does it take to implement?
Typically four to six months with our own team doing the work. Zero failed implementations since 1988.
Cloud or on premise?
Both. It is the same browser-based system as managed SaaS or on your own hardware.
Ready when you are.
Bring your data and workflows. We'll show them running on Visibility ERP.