| M1 | |
|---|---|
| Product Information | |
| System | M1 |
| Vendor | ECI Software Solutions |
| Description | ECI Software Solutions (ECI) is a leading provider of “best-in-industry” Enterprise Resource Planning software (ERP). Our mission statement is to support the entrepreneurial spirit and profitable growth of independent businesses. ECI develops, implements and supports on-premise and cloud-based solutions. ECI is dedicated to helping small to medium sized business (SMB) manufacturers compete and succeed in the ever-changing marketplace by targeting operational inefficiencies, controlling job costs and utilizing company resources to their fullest extent. ECI delivers these benefits through our M1 ERP Solution. M1 ERP is a complete and extremely flexible GAAP-compliant ERP built on industry-standard protocols and focuses on the entire sales, production, and accounting processes to ensure competitive advantages are maximized while maintaining quality standards, exceeding customer expectations, and reducing overhead costs. M1 is a complete and powerful, Windows-based, client/server application built for job shops, custom manufacturers, and mixed mode manufacturers. M1 is written in Visual Basic and .NET, resides within a powerful graphical environment, and operates on top of a Microsoft SQL Server. M1 is designed to handle virtually every phase of a manufacturing business. M1 continues to stand as our flagship ERP solution within our Manufacturing business unit. ECI is privately held and has a global headquarters in Southlake, Texas USA. Additional offices are located throughout the US with global offices in Canada, Mexico, Australia, The Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. |
| Website | https://www.ecisolutions.com/ |
| Primary Tier | 2 |
| Industries | |
| Apparel | No |
| Construction | No |
| Field Services | No |
| Financial Services | No |
| Food & Beverage | No |
| Hospitality | No |
| Manufacturing | Yes |
| Nonprofit | No |
| Professional Services | No |
| Retail & ECommerce | No |
| Transportation & Logistics | No |
| Wholesale Distribution | Yes |
| Applications | |
| Accounting (General Ledger, Financial Reporting, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Budgeting and Cash Management) | Yes |
| Asset Management | Yes |
| CPQ (Configure Price Quote) | Yes |
| CRM | Yes |
| Distribution (Order Processing, Purchasing and Inventory) | Yes |
| E-commerce | No |
| Field Services - Dispatching & Scheduling | No |
| Field Services - Mobile Field Management | No |
| Human Resource Management | Yes |
| Manufacturing - Quality Control | Yes |
| Manufacturing - Scheduling | Yes |
| Manufacturing - Shop Floor Control | Yes |
| MRP | Yes |
| Payroll | Yes |
| Point of Sale | No |
| Product Lifecycle Management | Yes |
| Professional Services - Scheduling | No |
| Professional Services - Timesheets | No |
| Professional Services – WIP Management | No |
| Project Management | Yes |
| Transportation Management | No |
| Warehouse Management | Yes |
| Developer Information | |
| Number of customers - all products | |
| Number of customers - this product | |
| Technology | |
| % of application that is web based (just need a browser on workstation) | |
| On premise, cloud or hybrid | On Premise, Cloud |
| Private or Public Cloud | Private |
| Tenant Architecture | Multi-Tenant |
| Generic Requirements | |
| Customization/Configuration | |
| Without changing source code | In Current Release |
User-defined fields
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In Current Release |
User defined screens
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In Current Release |
| Multiple Companies | |
| Share inventory across companies | In Current Release |
| Share customers and suppliers across companies | In Current Release |
| Automate balancing of transactions across legal entities | 3rd Party Supported Application |
| PO of 1 company automatically generates the sales order in another company | Configuration Change |
| Multiple Currencies | |
| Maintain source and home currency amount for each transaction | In Current Release |
| Date effective currency exchange rates | In Current Release |
| Work Flow | |
| Can apply an approval process to any transaction such as a journal entry or any master file such as a supplier or inventory item | Configuration Change |
| Can generate alerts/escalation if something expected is late or reminders | In Current Release |
| Configurable approvals or alerts without needing programming | Configuration Change |
| Mobility | |
| Optimized for Android and iPhone | Configuration Change |
| Offline mode and synch when internet connected | Configuration Change |
| Sales tax compliance | |
| Canadian sales tax compliance | In Current Release |
| US sales tax compliance | In Current Release |
| Reporting/Business Intelligence | |
| Reporting | |
| Industry standard reporting tool and can change existing reports or add new ones | In Current Release |
| Ad-hoc reporting (don’t need a programmer) with filtering, sorting and summarizing options | In Current Release |
| Dashboards | |
| Based on real time updates from all transactions | In Current Release |
| Role specific | In Current Release |
| Configurable dashboards - don't need to be a programmer to create or change dashboard | In Current Release |
| Analytics | |
| Drag and drop dimensions | 3rd Party Supported Application |
| Visualization/graphic representation of data | 3rd Party Supported Application |