DBA Manufacturing
by DBA
Full MRPProprietary on-premise✓ Verified
Windows manufacturing software for make-to-order and job shops, bought as a license rather than rented. Its demand-driven MRP backward-schedules jobs and purchase orders from sales-order dates and lead times, alongside routings, labor reporting and absorption costing.
Why it is classified this way
We call this a Full MRP product. Verified to take dated demand, net it against stock and incoming orders, explode a bill of materials, apply lead times, and produce dated buy-or-make recommendations.
This product meets all six of our Full MRP tests, and each one is backed by a first-party page we link below.
The six Full MRP tests, and how DBA Manufacturing does on each (6 of 6)
- YesIt represents a bill of materials, recipe, or formula.Evidence: dbamanufacturing.com › Workflow(opens in a new tab)
- YesIt accepts dated demand, sales orders, a forecast, or a master production schedule.Evidence: documents.dbamanufacturing.com › MRPGuide.pdf(opens in a new tab)
- YesIt nets that demand against stock on hand and orders already incoming.Evidence: documents.dbamanufacturing.com › MRPGuide.pdf(opens in a new tab)
- YesIt explodes requirements through at least one level of the bill of materials.Evidence: documents.dbamanufacturing.com › MRPGuide.pdf(opens in a new tab); dbamanufacturing.com › Workflow(opens in a new tab)The MRP guide: "Demand Driven MRP generates lower level requirements from actual job details, which can be customized to order", and the workflow page says MRP "will proceed through all levels of production and align subassemblies and components with the planned start of your jobs." Scope: requirements come from each job's own materials, not a forecast explosion. Checked 2026-09-19.
- YesIt uses lead times or required dates.Evidence: documents.dbamanufacturing.com › MRPGuide.pdf(opens in a new tab)
- YesIt produces dated buy, make, transfer, release, or reschedule recommendations.Evidence: documents.dbamanufacturing.com › MRPGuide.pdf(opens in a new tab)
These rules are applied identically to every product and enforced at build time, a record cannot be published as Full MRP unless all six pass with a source attached. Read the methodology.
Best for
- Make-to-order and engineer-to-order shops that want jobs and purchase orders dated from sales-order required dates
- Companies that want to keep their existing accounting system
- Buyers who prefer a one-off license and their own server to a subscription
Not a fit when
- Teams wanting a browser-based cloud system: it runs on a Windows network, with remote access through Remote Desktop
- Batch and formula producers: recipes and expiry dates are not documented
Pricing facts
What it costs to do manufacturing in this product.
Billing basis
Mixed
What moves the real bill
- Minimum 5 users. You cannot buy fewer seats than this, even if fewer people need access.
Pricing detail
"New System = $2995 Per 5-User Pack", which includes nine months of support and the first year's license; the vendor sells the complete system, not modules. Extra users are $699 each when buying 1-4, $599 each for 5-9 and $499 each for 10 or more. After the first year, the annual license is "a required fee" of $105 per user a year (three-user minimum). Support is expected for the life of the system at $330 per six months, or $495 to restart a lapsed subscription. A 180-day return policy covers the first purchase. We do not convert the purchase price into a monthly rate.
Checked on September 19, 2026. Source: dbamanufacturing.com(opens in a new tab). Prices change. Check before you buy.
Manufacturing capability
18 of 25 fields resolved. "Unknown" means we have not found first-party evidence. It is not a No.
Planning
Working out what to buy or make, and when.
| Capability | Finding | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Accepts dated demandYou can tell it what is due and when, sales orders with dates, a forecast, or a production schedule. | Yes | "Time to Shipment targets establish sales order line item required dates", and MRP responds to demand from current sales orders.Source: documents.dbamanufacturing.com › MRPGuide.pdf(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Nets against stock on handIt subtracts what you already have before telling you to buy more. | Yes | "A Job or purchase order is generated whenever net demand for an item (on hand + inbound supply + current demand) falls below its reorder point."Source: documents.dbamanufacturing.com › MRPGuide.pdf(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Counts incoming ordersIt knows about purchase orders and production orders already placed, so it does not tell you to order twice. | Yes | Inbound supply is part of net demand: "on hand + inbound supply + current demand".Source: documents.dbamanufacturing.com › MRPGuide.pdf(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Uses lead timesIt works backwards from when you need something to when you must order or start it, using supplier and production lead times. | Yes | "Jobs are backward scheduled from required dates by the Job Days allocation for production time", and "PO due dates are established by the Lead Days allocation for planned procurement time".Source: documents.dbamanufacturing.com › MRPGuide.pdf(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Produces dated buy/make suggestionsThe output is an actionable list with dates, order this much by this date, start this batch on this date. | Yes | "Jobs and POs are generated on a daily basis in response to firm net demand originating from current sales orders. Job and PO target dates are established by item lead times".Source: documents.dbamanufacturing.com › MRPGuide.pdf(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Capacity planningChecks whether your people and machines can do the work in the time available. | Partial | Work centers are scheduled in job priority order and their queues show bottlenecks. The pages do not describe comparing capacity against load.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: dbamanufacturing.com › Workflow(opens in a new tab)Question this |
Production
Recipes, bills of materials, and running the work.
| Capability | Finding | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Bill of materialsA list of the parts and quantities needed to make one of something. | Yes | The bill of materials "provides the work center and item specifications that drive demand driven MRP, shop control, and product costing."Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: dbamanufacturing.com › Workflow(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Multi-level BOMSub-assemblies inside assemblies, a part that is itself made from other parts, nested as deep as you need. | Yes | "MRP will proceed through all levels of production and align subassemblies and components with the planned start of your jobs", with a multi-level cost rollup.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: dbamanufacturing.com › Workflow(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Recipes & formulasBatch-style production by weight, volume, or percentage, including scaling a batch up or down. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of recipe or formula records, ideally with batch scaling.Know the answer? |
| Work / manufacturing ordersA record authorising and tracking the making of a specific quantity. | Yes | Production runs on jobs, generated by MRP from net demand.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: documents.dbamanufacturing.com › MRPGuide.pdf(opens in a new tab); dbamanufacturing.com › Workflow(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Routings & operationsThe ordered steps a product goes through, and which machine or station does each one. | Yes | "Routing sequences by Work Center with setup hours and cycle times", including subcontract routings.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: dbamanufacturing.com › Workflow(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Shop-floor trackingOperators report progress, time, and completions as the work happens. | Yes | "Report labor completions from the work center schedule when sequences are finished"; labor updates as sequences complete.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: dbamanufacturing.com › Workflow(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Quality controlsChecks, tests, holds, and non-conformance records tied to production or receiving. | Partial | Receipts can go to an inspection or QC location before stock is moved to storage. No inspection records or nonconformance handling are described.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: dbamanufacturing.com › Workflow(opens in a new tab)Question this |
Inventory & traceability
Knowing what you hold and being able to trace it.
| Capability | Finding | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Batch & lot traceabilityWhich incoming material lots went into which finished batch, and where those finished goods went. | Partial | "Lot/serial tracking by inventory transaction." The page does not describe tracing a lot forward to customers.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: dbamanufacturing.com › Workflow(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Expiry & shelf lifeBest-before dates on materials and finished goods, with warnings before they lapse. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of expiry, best-before, or shelf-life date fields.Know the answer? |
| Serial numbersUnique identifiers on individual units, for warranty or field service. | Partial | Named with lots in "Lot/serial tracking by inventory transaction"; no serial workflow is described.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: dbamanufacturing.com › Workflow(opens in a new tab)Question this |
Commerce & accounting
Costs, purchasing, storefronts, and the books.
| Capability | Finding | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Product costing & COGSWhat it costs you to make one, and the cost of the goods you sold. | Yes | "Labor and manufacturing overhead costs are absorbed through job labor transactions into item inventory values and cost of goods sold".Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: dbamanufacturing.com › Workflow(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| PurchasingRaising and tracking purchase orders to suppliers from inside the system. | Yes | MRP generates purchase orders so materials are on hand for job start dates, with receipt tracking and supplier price checks during conversion.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: dbamanufacturing.com › Workflow(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Accounting connectionSends financial data to bookkeeping software, or includes its own general ledger. | Yes | DBA keeps a manufacturing general ledger and transfers summary totals to your accounting system: "DBA accounts are cross-referenced with corresponding accounts in your general ledger."Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: dbamanufacturing.com › Accounting(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Ecommerce connectionPulls orders and pushes stock levels to a storefront or marketplace. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of a named storefront or marketplace integration.Know the answer? |
Openness & your data
Getting data in, out, and away if you leave.
| Capability | Finding | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| APIA documented programming interface so other software can read and write your data. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: public api documentation.Know the answer? |
| WebhooksThe system can notify other software the moment something changes. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of outbound webhooks or event subscriptions.Know the answer? |
| MCP supportA Model Context Protocol server, letting an AI assistant read or act on this data. Useful, but it has nothing to do with whether the product plans materials. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: a first-party mcp server, or documentation of one.Know the answer? |
| CSV exportYou can get your lists out as spreadsheet files. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of csv or spreadsheet export.Know the answer? |
| Full data exportYou can take everything, including history and relationships, not just a few screens' worth of rows. | Partial | The software runs on a bundled Firebird SQL database on your own server, but no page describes a portable full export.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: dbamanufacturing.com › Faq(opens in a new tab)Question this |
Deployment, licensing and your data
- Deployment
- On-premise (vendor-supported)
- Licensing
- Proprietary on-premise
- Team sizes
- 6–20 people, 21–50 people, 51+ people
- Manufacturing styles
- Custom or job-shop work, Countable assembled products
Jobs this product qualifies for
Derived from the capability table above, not hand-assigned.
Editorial notes and cautions
Things we would want a friend to know before buying.
- MRP here is demand-driven: it responds to current sales orders and reorder points rather than exploding a forecast. The vendor argues this suits custom work; shops that plan from forecasts should check it fits.
Evidence and verification
✓ VerifiedLast checked October 9, 2026 · 72% of capability fields resolved · 100% of those carry a source
Researched 2026-09-19 from the pricing page, the 71-page MRP guide (PDF, dated August 2026), the workflow and accounting feature pages and the FAQ.
Sources we checked (4)
dbamanufacturing.com
documents.dbamanufacturing.com
What we still want to confirm
We publish our gaps rather than hiding them. If you can point us at a first-party page for any of these, we will update the record and credit the correction.
- Read the Inventory Control guide to confirm forward and backward lot tracing and serial workflows.
- Check capacity planning against load, recipes, expiry dates, API and export options.
Still unknown: recipes & formulas, expiry & shelf life, ecommerce connection, api, webhooks, mcp support, csv export.