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Report categories include; ERP discrete, ERP process, mixed-mode,
engineer to order ETO, MTO, ERP for services, ERP for distribution, retail, and more.

About ERP Systems for make-to-order (MTO) manufacturing

Make-to-order, often abbreviated as MTO and sometimes referred to as build-to-order (BTO), is a production approach where once a confirmed order for products is received, products are built. Forms of MTO vary, for example, an assembly process starts when demand actually occurs or manufacturing starts with development planning.

Make-to-order software enables you to:

reduce inventories
minimize lead-times
reduce waste
lower your cost of production

You can produce exactly what your customers want, when they want it even when your products are complicated. Other modes of manufacturing include engineer-to-order, assemble-to-order, make-to-stock, repetitive and mixed-mode. For different product lines a single company may operate in several of the modes simultaneously.

Differences in CTO, MTO and MTS manufacturing operations

In a configure-to-order (CTO) or make-to-order (MTO) business, customer lead time (CLT) serves as the primary indicator or unit of measure for defining customer service levels. The main driver of demand/supply success, and thus CLT performance, will generally be the availability of raw material components. Using various methods, a business can determine what is a competitive lead-time for receiving the order to shipping or delivering it to the customer.

In a make-to-stock (MTS) business, finished goods inventory levels expressed in day's supply of inventory (FG-DSI) or in "backorder days" serve as the performance measure for defining customer service levels. In this fulfillment strategy, customers expect to place their order and receive instant gratification in having their order shipped (i.e., less than 24 hours).

The performance measure then becomes fill rate percentage while FG-DSI or backorder days indicate your general fulfillment health or ability to satisfy customer order. In this case, the response by operations to sales or sales to the customer will be either immediate product availability or projected backorder days (days before the product will ship).

About TEC ERP software comparison reports

Developed in conjunction with software analysts and the world's leading software vendors, TEC's enterprise software evaluation reports are designed to give manufacturers and service organizations a comprehensive list of features and functions (criteria) for each of over forty different kinds of enterprise software solutions. Complete functional criteria is included for ERP systems, CRM, SCM, WMS, BI, PLM, and others required by companies of all sizes. These lists of criteria, which in most cases numbering in the thousands, give you a full view of all the features and functions currently available for the selected type of software. This allows you to easily compare software vendors side-by-side and determine which features and functions are required for your organization. With over 1000 vendor products available for evaluation, TEC is the largest service of its kind in the industry.

TEC helps thousands of businesses, every month, evaluate and select software solutions that meet their exacting needs by empowering purchasers with the tools, research, and expertise to make an ideal decision.

Industry standard terminology aids evaluation process

The language used to describe each category and criterion has been vetted by TEC analysts and provides a standard description that is understood and accepted by leading vendors and consultants in each enterprise area. During the RFI or RFP process, users benefit from clear, concise descriptions of critical functions that prospective vendors can respond to without confusion. This leads to better participation by invited vendors and reduces the possibility of errors.

Report uses by role:

IT project managers: Save time and avoid errors in the creation of high quality requirements for a software acquisition. Use the reports help develop all RFI, RFP and software tender documents.

IT Consultants: Use comprehensive criteria to determine build vs. buy analysis and perform gap analysis for legacy systems against the latest software functionality included in the reports. With ratings on over 1000 enterprise software solutions, you have access to the most comprehensive vendor data available.

Software manufacturers and vendors: Compare your system against the combined feature set of the leaders in your category to help prioritize future development. Use as a template of included features for any software bid.

About TEC

Established in 1993, Technology Evaluation Centers, Inc. (TEC) is the first web-native technology research enterprise. TEC provides decision support systems (DSS) that enable stakeholders to objectively identify the software products that best fit their company's unique business and systems requirements, and that contribute most effectively to superior business performance. te most effectively to superior business performance.