Sheet goods and offcuts, finishing steps, and made-to-order variations.
Sheet goods and lumber bought in standard sizes, cut into parts with meaningful waste, then assembled and finished. Yield from a sheet is a real calculation, offcuts have value, and finishing is a time-consuming step with its own materials and drying periods. Much of the work is made to order with customer-specified dimensions or finishes, which makes every job slightly different from the last.
Treating lumber as a simple count. Board feet, sheet yield and waste are the difference between a job that made money and one that did not, and most general inventory systems have no opinion about any of it.
27 products in our catalog list this industry.
Real MRP under an Apache license, for teams with developers to spare.
Free plan; no published paid price
Makers who want recipes, batch records and restock dates on a free plan, paying only as volume grows.
Free plan · From $0/mo
The gentlest open-source ERP to start with, module by module.
Free plan; no published paid price
A lot of ERP surface for $99 a month with five seats included.
From $49/mo · $99/mo useful
A full open-source ERP with nothing held back for a paid edition, if you can carry the setup burden.
From $5/mo · $25/mo useful
The veteran QuickBooks-attached manufacturing system, with manufacturing from $675 a month plus a required implementation package.
From $675/mo
The planning brain you bolt onto an ERP that cannot plan.
Free plan · From €546/mo
Engineer-to-order ERP where the BOM comes out of CAD.
Quote only
A broad modular ERP for established manufacturers, sold module by module.
Quote only
Solid inventory, but manufacturing is a different, pricier product line.
From $69/mo · $169/mo useful
Formerly JobBOSS, E2 Shop System
Established job-shop ERP with real scheduling, and no published price.
Quote only
Formerly Katana MRP
Strong production control with documented MRP planning; paid pricing is quote-only since 2026-10, last published at $299 plus $199 for manufacturing.
Free plan available
Budget inventory and production orders with routings and a shop-floor app, if you add the $43 Production module.
From $5/mo · $67/mo useful
Configure-to-order ERP for trailer, cabinet and equipment makers, with a product configurator and VIN tracking.
Quote only
Job-shop ERP with an explicit MRP module and flexible scheduling modes.
Quote only
The clearest small-shop system that genuinely tells you what to order and when.
From $49/user/mo
Formerly OpenERP, TinyERP
An open-core ERP covering manufacturing, stock and accounting; read the Community versus Enterprise line carefully.
From $0/user/mo · $24.90/user/mo useful
Where engineering BOMs live before they reach your manufacturing system.
From $30/user/mo
For Shopify brands that build or personalize after the order and need a production queue tied to each sale.
From $29/mo
Scheduling only, and refreshingly honest about that.
Free plan · From €0/mo
Job-shop software with an £8.50 shop-floor seat, sold month to month.
From £57.50/mo · £167.50/mo useful
Built by one maker for makers, at a price that is hard to argue with.
Free plan · From $0/mo
A lot of claims at $19, verify the ones you depend on before committing.
Free plan · From $19/mo
Formerly Digit
Growing manufacturers who want shop-floor work orders and lot tracking without a long ERP project.
From $400/mo
Foundation-governed open-source ERP with no commercial edition to upsell you.
Free plan; no published paid price
Quoting, job costing and production jobs for fabrication workshops, from A$650 a month with the inventory add-on.
From A$350/mo · A$650/mo useful
Made-to-order and batch makers who want a system set up around their process, not self-service.
From £435/mo