MISys Manufacturing
by Manufacturing Information Systems, Inc.
Full MRPProprietary on-premise✓ Verified
Windows manufacturing software that sits beside QuickBooks or Sage rather than replacing them: inventory, BOMs, work orders and costing in the base system, with MRP, shop floor control and lot tracking as modules you add.
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 MISys Manufacturing does on each (6 of 6)
- YesIt represents a bill of materials, recipe, or formula.Evidence: misysinc.com › Features(opens in a new tab)
- YesIt accepts dated demand, sales orders, a forecast, or a master production schedule.Evidence: misysinc.com › Material requirements planning mrp(opens in a new tab)
- YesIt nets that demand against stock on hand and orders already incoming.Evidence: misysinc.com › Material requirements planning mrp(opens in a new tab)
- YesIt explodes requirements through at least one level of the bill of materials.Evidence: misysinc.com › Material requirements planning mrp(opens in a new tab)"MISys analyzes your production schedule and determines the materials and subassemblies required to support it." Shortages of raw materials and subassemblies come out of the MRP run. Needs the MRP module.
- YesIt uses lead times or required dates.Evidence: misysinc.com › Material requirements planning mrp(opens in a new tab); misysinc.com › Features(opens in a new tab)
- YesIt produces dated buy, make, transfer, release, or reschedule recommendations.Evidence: misysinc.com › Material requirements planning mrp(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
- Manufacturers on QuickBooks or Sage who want MRP without moving their books
- Discrete shops that want to buy only the modules they use, starting with inventory and BOMs
- Teams happy to run a Windows client and SQL Server, on site or with a hosting partner
Not a fit when
- Anyone who wants to compare prices before a sales conversation: there is no published figure
- Batch and formula makers: recipes and expiry dates are not documented on the pages we read
- Businesses looking to replace their accounting system, since MISys relies on it
Pricing facts
What it costs to do manufacturing in this product.
No published price
This vendor does not publish pricing, so you cannot compare it against anything here without contacting them. We will not estimate a figure.
What moves the real bill
- Required add-ons. The manufacturing capability needs: Material Requirements Planning module, for the planning features, Shop Floor Control module, for routings and capacity, Serial/Lot Tracking module, for traceability.
- Onboarding fee. The pricing page says the initial purchase includes "SureStart Data Conversion and Training" and 12 months of maintenance and technical support.
- No published price. You have to contact the vendor, which usually means a sales call.
Pricing detail
No figure is published: "Instead of publishing a one-size-fits-all package price, we help you identify the manufacturing capabilities you actually need and provide an estimate based on those requirements." The estimate comes from the vendor's 6-Step Tour. Every system starts with Basic Manufacturing, and the initial purchase includes "12 Months of Maintenance & Technical Support", "SureStart Data Conversion and Training" and a "120-Day Money Back Guarantee". MRP, shop floor control, serial and lot tracking, bin tracking, labour tracking, barcoding, alerts and web access are modules priced on top. A fully functional trial download is offered; its length is not stated.
Checked on September 19, 2026. Source: misysinc.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 | The MRP module builds a master production schedule "using current inventory, purchase orders, production orders, sales orders and forecasts", and can "Retrieve and schedule sales orders and sales quotes or estimates from supported accounting systems". Needs the MRP module.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: misysinc.com › Material requirements planning mrp(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Nets against stock on handIt subtracts what you already have before telling you to buy more. | Yes | "Create a Master Production Schedule net of current stock, purchase orders, production orders and sales orders." Needs the MRP module.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: misysinc.com › Material requirements planning mrp(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 | The schedule is net of open purchase and production orders, and a run can "Include or exclude existing inventory, purchase orders and production orders".Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: misysinc.com › Material requirements planning mrp(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 | The scheduler can "Schedule backward from a required completion date", and the features page says purchasing can "Account for supplier lead times". How a supplier lead time moves a purchase release date is not spelled out on the pages we read; there is no public manual.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: misysinc.com › Material requirements planning mrp(opens in a new tab); misysinc.com › Features(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 | Shortages are resolved "manually or automatically with Just In Time order releases", and "When you are satisfied with the plan, create the required purchase orders and production orders directly from the MRP results." Activity can be reviewed "by period".Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: misysinc.com › Material requirements planning mrp(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Capacity planningChecks whether your people and machines can do the work in the time available. | Yes | The Shop Floor Control module adds "work centers, routings, shop operations, production resources, capacity planning"; the features page lists "Analyze work center loading" and "Identify capacity constraints".Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: misysinc.com › Features(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 | "Multi-level bills of material with explosion through as many as 16 levels", with revisions and cost roll-ups.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: misysinc.com › Features(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 | "Multi-level bills of material with explosion through as many as 16 levels."Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: misysinc.com › Features(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 | "Work orders for documenting and tracking production activity" are part of Basic Manufacturing; Advanced Production adds manufacturing orders and job tracking.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: misysinc.com › Features(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Routings & operationsThe ordered steps a product goes through, and which machine or station does each one. | Yes | "Define production routings", with the Shop Floor Control module.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: misysinc.com › Features(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Shop-floor trackingOperators report progress, time, and completions as the work happens. | Yes | "Track shop operations" and "Track labor against jobs and manufacturing orders"; MISys EXT gives browser access from tablets and phones for barcode-supported production transactions.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: misysinc.com › Features(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Quality controlsChecks, tests, holds, and non-conformance records tied to production or receiving. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of quality inspections, checks, or non-conformance handling.Know the answer? |
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. | Yes | The Serial/Lot Tracking module traces both ways: "Identify the assembly, subassembly or manufacturing order in which a tracked component was consumed" and review "the materials and tracked components used to manufacture a particular finished item". Needs that module.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: misysinc.com › Serial lot tracking(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. | Yes | Serial numbers are tracked "throughout purchasing, inventory and production" with the Serial/Lot Tracking module.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: misysinc.com › Serial lot tracking(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 | "Standard, average, FIFO, and LIFO costing methods", "Multi-level cost roll-ups", work in process valuation and "Estimated versus actual production cost analysis".Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: misysinc.com › Features(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| PurchasingRaising and tracking purchase orders to suppliers from inside the system. | Yes | Advanced Purchasing can "Create purchase orders from material demand" and track open purchase orders, vendor pricing and history.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: misysinc.com › Features(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Accounting connectionSends financial data to bookkeeping software, or includes its own general ledger. | Yes | Connects to QuickBooks Desktop and Online, Sage 50 US, Sage 50 Canada, Sage 300 and Sage Intacct; MISys "transfers the appropriate financial information to the accounting system". It keeps no general ledger of its own.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: misysinc.com › Features(opens in a new tab); misysinc.com › Quickbooks(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. | Partial | An API exists: the February 2026 release notes list "API performance improvements for large Manufacturing Order data sets". We found no public API documentation.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: misysinc.com › Whats new(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| 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 | Data sits in a Microsoft SQL Server database on your own server (SQL Express is included for up to five concurrent users), so you hold the database. No export feature or format is documented.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: misysinc.com › System requirements(opens in a new tab)Question this |
Deployment, licensing and your data
- Deployment
- On-premise (vendor-supported), Desktop app, Mobile app
- Licensing
- Proprietary on-premise
- Team sizes
- 2–5 people, 6–20 people, 21–50 people
- Manufacturing styles
- Countable assembled products
Integrations
- QuickBooks Desktop
- QuickBooks Online
- Sage 50 US
- Sage 50 Canada
- Sage 300
- Sage Intacct
Industries
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.
- The planning evidence is the MRP module's product page, which is specific but not a manual. MISys publishes no user guide, so how supplier lead times set purchase release dates is described in outline only.
- Planning, routings and lot tracking are separate modules, so the price depends on which you pick and is only available as an estimate from the vendor.
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 vendor's features, MRP, QuickBooks, serial/lot, pricing, system requirements and release-notes pages, read in full rather than summarized. Current version v6.4.8.0 (February 2026). The planning claims rest on the MRP module page; there is no public manual.
Sources we checked (7)
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.
- Find documentation for recipes or formulas, expiry dates and quality inspections.
- Confirm how supplier lead time sets the date of a Just In Time purchase release, ideally from a manual or demo video.
- Get a sample price estimate for Basic Manufacturing plus the MRP module.
- Check the MISys on Azure and cloud hosting pages for a vendor-run cloud option.
- Find API documentation, CSV export and ecommerce connections.
Still unknown: recipes & formulas, quality controls, expiry & shelf life, ecommerce connection, webhooks, mcp support, csv export.