Order Time Inventory
by NumberCruncher.com, Inc.
Full MRPProprietary SaaS✓ Verified
Cloud inventory, orders and light manufacturing with nested bills of materials, work orders with steps, lot, serial and expiry tracking, and a forecast-driven MRP run that offsets demand by lead time. Accounting stays in QuickBooks or Xero.
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 Order Time Inventory does on each (6 of 6)
- YesIt represents a bill of materials, recipe, or formula.Evidence: help.ordertime.com › Create a bill of materials(opens in a new tab); info.ordertime.com › Manufacturing(opens in a new tab); help.ordertime.com › Company preferences production(opens in a new tab)
- YesIt accepts dated demand, sales orders, a forecast, or a master production schedule.Evidence: help.ordertime.com › Forecasts(opens in a new tab); help.ordertime.com › Reorder analysis(opens in a new tab)
- YesIt nets that demand against stock on hand and orders already incoming.Evidence: help.ordertime.com › Forecasts(opens in a new tab); help.ordertime.com › Reorder analysis(opens in a new tab)
- YesIt explodes requirements through at least one level of the bill of materials.Evidence: help.ordertime.com › Forecasts(opens in a new tab)"For each item and interval in step 1, a Drill Down is performed to determine the demand quantities for each sub-assembly in its bill of materials structure", and planned assemblies' components are "multiplied by the Quantity Per and adjusted for Lead Time". Uses the default BOM version.
- YesIt uses lead times or required dates.Evidence: help.ordertime.com › Forecasts(opens in a new tab)
- YesIt produces dated buy, make, transfer, release, or reschedule recommendations.Evidence: help.ordertime.com › Forecasts(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
- Assemblers and light manufacturers who want forecast-driven production and purchasing plans offset by lead time
- Teams with nested sub-assemblies that want work orders created for every level in one step
- Businesses keeping their books in QuickBooks or Xero that need lots, serials and expiry dates on the stock side
Not a fit when
- Shops that need to schedule people and machines against capacity; no capacity planning is documented
- Buyers who need daily planning buckets; the MRP plans by month
- Anyone who wants a shop-floor terminal for operators; none is documented
Pricing facts
What it costs to do manufacturing in this product.
Advertised from
$185/month
Useful entry price
$185/month
Billing basis
Mixed
Free trial: 14 days.
Plans
| Plan | Price | Add-ons and setup |
|---|---|---|
| StandardBilled monthly | $185/mo · 2 users included | — |
| Extra users are sold but unpriced on the page. The Forecasts/MRP feature is not listed on any bundle. | ||
| ConnectedBilled monthly | $320/mo · 4 users included | — |
| Adds the REST API, one e-commerce cart, one EDI trading partner and QuickBooks Desktop. Some items are marked "Additional setup required". | ||
| ProfessionalBilled monthly | $635/mo · 8 users included | — |
| Up to 3 e-commerce carts and 2 EDI trading partners. | ||
| StandardBilled yearly, shown per month | $183.33/mo · 2 users included | — |
| $2,200 a year on the Annual toggle, shown per month. | ||
| ConnectedBilled yearly, shown per month | $316.67/mo · 4 users included | — |
| $3,800 a year on the Annual toggle, shown per month. | ||
| ProfessionalBilled yearly, shown per month | $633.33/mo · 8 users included | — |
| $7,600 a year on the Annual toggle, shown per month. | ||
Cheapest paid plan that manufactures, by paid users
- 1 user: Standard, $183.33 a month (billed yearly, shown per month); first year $2,200.
- 5 users: Standard, at least $183.33 a month (billed yearly, shown per month); first year at least $2,200, not counting users beyond the 2 included.
- 10 users: Standard, at least $183.33 a month (billed yearly, shown per month); first year at least $2,200, not counting users beyond the 2 included.
Pricing detail
Three bundles, each with users included: Standard $185 a month (2 users), Connected $320 (4 users) and Professional $635 (8 users), or $2,200, $3,800 and $7,600 a year on the Annual toggle. Production/Manufacturing, purchasing, lot/serial tracking and expiry are listed on all three. The REST API, e-commerce carts (1 on Connected, 3 on Professional), EDI and QuickBooks Desktop start at Connected; Standard lists only QuickBooks Online and Xero. The page says "Additional services and users available for each bundle. Additional fees may apply" but gives no price for an extra user, and marks some Connected and Professional items "Additional setup required". The Forecasts and MRP feature is not listed on the pricing page, so which bundles include it is not stated. Trial: "Credit Card not required for Order Time 14-Day Trial!"
Checked on October 9, 2026. Source: ordertime.com(opens in a new tab). Prices change. Check before you buy.
Manufacturing capability
21 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 run works from a monthly forecast, generated from history or imported, and from existing orders: "When Required in a given period based on the Promise Date is greater than demand quantity, Required will be the demand quantity." Required is open sales orders plus unallocated work-order components.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: help.ordertime.com › Forecasts(opens in a new tab); help.ordertime.com › Reorder analysis(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Nets against stock on handIt subtracts what you already have before telling you to buy more. | Yes | "the Plan Quantity is set so that the period ending available quantity is greater than or equal to 0. For example, when the beginning available quantity is 50 with demand quantity of 120, the plan quantity will be 70."Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: help.ordertime.com › Forecasts(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 | Open purchase orders count by promise date: "When On Order in a given period based on the Promise Date is greater than plan quantity, On Order will be the plan quantity." Reorder Analysis also evaluates available plus on-order stock.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: help.ordertime.com › Forecasts(opens in a new tab); help.ordertime.com › Reorder analysis(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 Demand Quantity is the Lead Time adjusted forecasted quantity. For example, when the forecasted quantity is 100 units in September with a lead time of 30 days, the demand quantity will be 100 in August." Make lead time offsets assemblies the same way; the default item vendor supplies the purchase lead time.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: help.ordertime.com › Forecasts(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 | "Running MRP creates Production and/or Purchasing Plans", with a plan quantity per monthly interval (columns marked -D, -P and -EOP) and a red end-of-period shortfall that shows when another order is needed. Buckets are monthly, not daily.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: help.ordertime.com › Forecasts(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Capacity planningChecks whether your people and machines can do the work in the time available. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of work-center or resource capacity being compared against load.Know the answer? |
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 or BOM is like a recipe, it tells the system which components are required to make the finished good."Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: help.ordertime.com › Create a bill of materials(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 | "Nest sub-assemblies to create indented BoMs with unlimited levels of detail." Drill Down "will automatically create the chain of work orders for the top level item's sub-assemblies."Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: info.ordertime.com › Manufacturing(opens in a new tab); help.ordertime.com › Drill down a work order(opens in a new tab); help.ordertime.com › Nested bill of materials vs steps(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Recipes & formulasBatch-style production by weight, volume, or percentage, including scaling a batch up or down. | Partial | BOMs are described as recipes and a Batch Quantity option sets "the Component Qty Per for a Batch of Finished Goods instead of a single unit". Percentage formulas and batch scaling are not documented.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: info.ordertime.com › Manufacturing(opens in a new tab); help.ordertime.com › Company preferences production(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Work / manufacturing ordersA record authorising and tracking the making of a specific quantity. | Yes | Work orders carry a quantity, date, due date and promise date, and consume the components in the BOM's steps.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: help.ordertime.com › Generate a work order(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Routings & operationsThe ordered steps a product goes through, and which machine or station does each one. | Yes | "Every Work Order (WO) consists of a number of Steps /Operations"; each BOM step has a time and a location.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: help.ordertime.com › Generate a work order(opens in a new tab); help.ordertime.com › Create a bill of materials(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Shop-floor trackingOperators report progress, time, and completions as the work happens. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of a shop-floor, operator, or terminal interface for reporting production.Know the answer? |
| Quality controlsChecks, tests, holds, and non-conformance records tied to production or receiving. | Partial | Only the manufacturing page's line "Use Work Orders for production and quality control" and QC shown as an example step. No inspection or non-conformance records are documented.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: info.ordertime.com › Manufacturing(opens in a new tab); help.ordertime.com › Create a bill of materials(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. | Yes | Lots used in an assembly can be traced from the shipped finished lot back to its work order and component lots through the Inventory Movement Detail report.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: help.ordertime.com › How do i look up the lot serial s that were used in the a…(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Expiry & shelf lifeBest-before dates on materials and finished goods, with warnings before they lapse. | Yes | "The expiration dates for lot and serial are set on the receiver or on an adjustment".Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: help.ordertime.com › Managing expiration dates for serial numbers and lots in …(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Serial numbersUnique identifiers on individual units, for warranty or field service. | Yes | Serial numbers are tracked on receivers, adjustments and shipments; expiry dates can be set per serial.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: help.ordertime.com › Managing expiration dates for serial numbers and lots in …(opens in a new tab); ordertime.com › Pricing(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 | "Inventory Value in Order Time is determined using the First In, First Out (FIFO) method ... This also applies to Production and Work Orders."Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: help.ordertime.com › Order time and fifo(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| PurchasingRaising and tracking purchase orders to suppliers from inside the system. | Yes | Reorder Analysis "determines what needs to be purchased" and creates purchase orders from its suggestions.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: help.ordertime.com › Reorder analysis(opens in a new tab); help.ordertime.com › Using reorder analysis(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Accounting connectionSends financial data to bookkeeping software, or includes its own general ledger. | Yes | "Order Time integrates with QuickBooks Desktop, QuickBooks Online and XERO." QuickBooks Desktop starts at the Connected bundle.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: help.ordertime.com › Accounting integration settings(opens in a new tab); ordertime.com › Pricing(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Ecommerce connectionPulls orders and pushes stock levels to a storefront or marketplace. | Yes | A Shopify integration is documented; the pricing page includes one e-commerce cart on Connected and three on Professional.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: help.ordertime.com › Integrations shopify(opens in a new tab); ordertime.com › Pricing(opens in a new tab)Question this |
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. | Yes | "The Order Time REST API allows you to write code that can add, delete, modify and query" records. Listed from the Connected bundle.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: help.ordertime.com › Order time rest api(opens in a new tab); ordertime.com › Pricing(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| WebhooksThe system can notify other software the moment something changes. | Yes | "When an alert is triggered from Order Time, we will POST an Audit Trail object to the above end point."Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: help.ordertime.com › Webhook(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| 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. | Yes | Lists such as items, customers and vendors export from the list view; Reorder Analysis results export to CSV.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: help.ordertime.com › Order time exporting lists(opens in a new tab); help.ordertime.com › Using reorder analysis(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Full data exportYou can take everything, including history and relationships, not just a few screens' worth of rows. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of a complete account export, database dump, or equivalent.Know the answer? |
Deployment, licensing and your data
- Deployment
- Cloud (hosted for you), Mobile app
- Licensing
- Proprietary SaaS
- Team sizes
- 2–5 people, 6–20 people, 21–50 people
- Manufacturing styles
- Countable assembled products, Kits & bundles, Batch & recipe products
Integrations
- QuickBooks Online
- QuickBooks Desktop
- Xero
- Shopify
- ShipStation
- 2Ship
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 MRP run is new: the Forecasts article was last modified in June 2026, and the pricing page does not list Forecasts or MRP on any bundle. Confirm which bundle includes it before you buy.
- The MRP plans in monthly intervals and is driven by a forecast; open sales orders count only where they exceed the forecast for that period.
- Extra users are sold but not priced on the page, and the API and e-commerce start at the $320 Connected bundle.
Alternatives to Order Time Inventory
An alternative is always an alternative for a reason. There is no universal replacement.
Compared on HandiFox's page, where we wrote: "Order Time also sits beside QuickBooks Online or Desktop, and adds nested BOMs, work orders with steps and an MRP run that offsets demand by lead time."
See all alternatives to Order Time Inventory, grouped by reason →
Evidence and verification
✓ VerifiedLast checked October 9, 2026 · 84% of capability fields resolved · 100% of those carry a source
Researched 2026-09-19 from the pricing page (both toggle states read in a browser) and the help center, read in full. All six Full MRP tests pass on the Forecasts article's description of the MRP run, so the record moved from the provisional light-manufacturing guess to Full MRP. The vendor is NumberCruncher.com, which also made All Orders.
Sources we checked (8)
ordertime.com
help.ordertime.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.
- Confirm which bundles include the Forecasts and MRP feature, and whether it is generally available.
- Find the price of an additional user on each bundle.
- Check whether planned orders from the MRP run can be turned into purchase or work orders directly.
- Find documentation for a shop-floor or operator interface, and for any capacity planning.
- Find out whether a full account export is offered, and in what format.
Still unknown: capacity planning, shop-floor tracking, mcp support, full data export.