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ERP for Small and Mid-Size Manufacturers

Built on SAP Business One and configured by Third Wave for discrete, job shop and process manufacturers.

Manufacturing ERP software that connects the shop floor, the warehouse and the sales desk, so the whole operation runs on one source of truth.

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23+
Years of SAP Business One experience
500+
Implementations delivered
8
Third Wave add-ons for SAP Business One
1
Connected system across your operation

Our flagship segment

One platform for the way small and mid-size manufacturers actually operate

Manufacturing and industrial businesses run on moving parts such as production schedules, distributor orders, multiple warehouses, technical product data, and tight margins. We bring all of it onto SAP Business One so leaders can see what is happening in real time and make decisions on accurate numbers, not month-old spreadsheets.

Whether you machine precision components, build heavy equipment, blend chemicals, or supply safety gear to dealers nationwide, the operational challenges rhyme. Our team has spent 23+ years solving them with one connected system.

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Industries we serve

Discrete, job shop and process manufacturers we serve

Each sector carries its own data, compliance and channel realities. We configure SAP Business One around the specifics, not a generic template.

Precision machining and job shops

Job shop ERP for one-off and repeat work: estimates, routings, serialized parts and job costing tracked from quote to delivery.

Industrial equipment and machinery

Long build cycles, configured products, and service and parts revenue that stays connected to the original order. Collicutt Energy runs engine parts and service on it.

Packaging and materials

High-volume runs, raw-material cost swings and demand forecasting that protects margin across thousands of SKUs.

Metals and steel

Coil-to-cut workflows, weight-based pricing and multi-warehouse inventory that reconciles in real time.

Chemicals and process manufacturing

Formulas, batch and lot control and compliance documents handled inside the system of record. Santec Chemicals runs on it.

Food and beverage

Recipes with yield, lot traceability, expiry and allergen control. Harney & Sons captures production at the line.

Consumer products and safety equipment

Dealer networks, fast reorder cycles and catalog data that stays accurate across every channel. DRI Duck, Vigo Industries and OGI Eyewear run on it.

Medical devices and electronics

Serial and lot traceability, revision control and the FDA or RoHS documentation a regulated line has to produce. Zeus Scientific and Vuzix run on it.

Manufacturers that also distribute

Multi-warehouse inventory, dealer portals and pick, pack and ship for makers with their own distribution arm.

Requirements

What manufacturing ERP software has to do

Nine areas where a manufacturing ERP earns its keep, and the ones we configure first.

Multi-level BOMs and routings

Bills of materials with sub-assemblies, alternates and revisions, and routings with real setup and run times, so a quote and a job cost come from the same data.

MRP and purchasing

Demand, lead times and stock on hand turn into purchase and production recommendations, instead of a planner's spreadsheet.

Production orders and shop floor data capture

Receipts, component issues and labor recorded at the line from a scanner or a phone, validated before they post.

Job costing

Material, labor and overhead against the quote while the job is still running, not at month end.

Serial and lot traceability

Every serialized unit and lot traced from supplier delivery through production to the customer, for warranty, recall and compliance.

Capacity planning and scheduling

Work centers, calendars and load, so promise dates come from capacity rather than optimism.

Quality

Inspection plans, results and non-conformances recorded against the lot or the order, with the records an auditor expects.

Multi-warehouse inventory

Stock by warehouse and bin with available-to-promise, barcode counts and transfers between plants and depots.

Dashboards and AI

Throughput, work in progress and on-time delivery in one view, and plain-English questions answered from live data with Forge.

Production visibility

See the whole operation, in real time

When the shop floor, inventory, and order book sit in one system, you stop reconciling and start deciding. SAP Business One turns scattered status updates into a live picture of throughput, work-in-progress, and on-time delivery.

  • Shop floor data integration
  • Production visibility
  • Business intelligence dashboards
  • AI-driven operational insights
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Supply chain & inventory

Move stock, not spreadsheets

Multi-warehouse, multi-channel inventory is where industrial margin is won or lost. We automate the flow from purchasing through fulfilment so the right stock is in the right place, and your distributors see accurate availability without a phone call.

  • Inventory optimization
  • Supply chain automation
  • Multi-warehouse management
  • Distributor integration
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How it works

SAP Business One for manufacturing: the ecosystem we deploy

Manufacturers and industrial companies do not need an off-the-shelf ERP, and they are not served by a plain SAP Business One reseller. They need a tailored SAP Business One core, extended with the right modules, integrations, and AI for how their business actually runs. No silos. No spreadsheet workarounds. Real-time visibility from quote through aftermarket support.

SAP Business One ERP Core

Finance, inventory, multi-level BOMs, purchasing, production, sales orders, and project costing in a single source of truth.

Forge AI Operational Intelligence

AI built on your SAP B1 data. Ask hard operational questions and get answers across production, inventory, and orders without building reports.

WiSys WMS Warehouse Execution

Directed picking, packing, and shipping with RF/mobile scanning, bin control, and serialized tracking across inventory.

Production & Shop Floor

Shop-floor data capture, quality checkpoints, schedule adherence, and traceability across the build.

BizWeaver Integrations & Automation

Connect SAP B1 to EDI partners, customer portals, and shipping. Automate workflows end-to-end.

Versago Web & Field Portals

Role-based portals for field techs, dealers, and customers. Service ticketing, parts ordering, and order history on any device.

CreditCard Optional Payments

Customer payment processing built for SAP B1. Faster invoicing, smoother AR.

One ecosystem. One source of truth.

No silos. No manual workarounds. Real-time visibility from quote through aftermarket support, with AI woven through it.

Client results

Results from manufacturing clients

Four manufacturers, four product lines, one system.

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DRI Duck Traders

DRI Duck Traders grows without bottlenecks on SAP Business One

Kansas-based outdoor workwear brand DRI Duck Traders moved to SAP Business One with Third Wave so growth would not outpace capacity. EDI was running within a few months.

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Vigo Industries

Vigo Industries keeps up with rising demand on SAP Business One

When demand for its luxury kitchen and bath products outgrew its legacy system, Vigo Industries moved to SAP Business One with Third Wave. It has grown 20 to 30 percent since.

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Collicutt Energy

Collicutt Energy runs five processes on Versago and SAP Business One

How Collicutt Energy moved five disconnected processes into Versago portals synced with SAP Business One. Supervisors track jobs against quoted cost and hours, and the parts team checks stock from their phones.

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Vuzix

Vuzix cuts redundant data entry with Versago for SAP Business One

How Vuzix, a maker of smart glasses and waveguides, gave customers, buyers and production staff Versago web portals synced with SAP Business One. RFQs create SAP quotations, and approved purchase requests become POs automatically.

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How to choose

Choosing an ERP for a small manufacturing business

Most lists of the best ERP for manufacturing rank vendors. The better test is whether the system can hold your BOMs, cost your jobs and take data from the floor without a spreadsheet beside it. Five questions settle it.

  1. Does the bill of materials live in the system, with routings and real costs?

    If the BOM is a spreadsheet and the ERP holds a parts list, quotes and job costs will never agree.

  2. Can the shop floor report without retyping?

    Ask to see a receipt and a component issue entered at the line and validated before they post. Harney & Sons shows what that looks like on SAP Business One.

  3. Can you see available-to-promise and capacity together?

    A promise date that ignores either one is a guess.

  4. What does it cost, all in?

    Licenses, implementation, add-ons and hosting. Our SAP Business One pricing guide lays out the ranges and what moves them.

  5. How does it compare with the other systems on your shortlist?

    Read our honest comparisons of SAP Business One and NetSuite and SAP Business One and Epicor Kinetic for discrete manufacturers, and the implementation timeline guide for what moves the go-live date.

Questions manufacturers ask first

Manufacturing ERP, answered plainly

SAP Business One is licensed per user, with professional and limited user types, plus implementation, any add-ons and hosting. Our SAP Business One pricing guide gives the ranges for a small or mid-size manufacturer and explains what drives them.

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