The system
How do I get started?
Click Start now, then use Proto to configure Manufacturing ERP for your business. Set up your workflows, import your data and invite your team.
Can we keep our accounting system?
Yes. The ledger is included, but journals export by period to a group ledger if that is where consolidation happens.
What about our machines and scanners?
Scanners can be connected to receiving and movement actions. Machine counters can feed production logs through an agreed mapping. Device protocols, duplicate handling and operator confirmation are part of integration work described on the integrations page.
Processes and approvals
Does it handle multi-level bills and revisions?
The specification defines multi-level bills, dated bill revisions and versioned routings. Released work orders retain their referenced bill and routing. Phantom items, component substitutes and serial-based effectivity need to be included explicitly in the rollout scope where the plant uses them.
Does it run MRP, or only reorder points?
The planned flow explodes bills, nets demand against inventory and open supply, and records planned orders and exceptions. MasterSchedule and work-centre capacity support the planning review. The rollout must verify the plant’s lot-sizing, forecast-consumption and rescheduling rules against real orders.
Lot and serial traceability?
The model includes Lots and Serials, with links to production and delivery. A rollout rehearsal must trace actual receipts through issues and shipments, including partial quantities, returns and rework, before the plant relies on it for a recall.
Can our agent use it?
Yes. Same records, same permissions, its own identity. Human gates stay human. See the agent page.
Pricing and implementation
Standard or average cost?
The authored model uses standard costing, pending standards and reviewed cost rollups. Average costing requires an agreed extension and reconciliation checks; it is not represented by the current item fields.
How long does implementation take?
The schedule depends on the app configuration, data quality, integrations and rehearsal results. Agree it after reviewing the plant’s scope; the implementation page sets out the work and acceptance points.
Can we change it?
Yes. Fields, rules, approval steps and modules are changed with Proto on a branch you review. You never wait for a vendor release.
What does it cost?
Nothing per user. Credits pay for machine work and never expire. See pricing.