PSL Datatrack
by Prospec Systems (PSL)
UK production control and MRP software for subcontract precision engineers, sold since 1988 as a set of modules: quotations, works orders, route cards, sequential scheduling, shop-floor data capture, purchasing with material traceability, quality (contract review, gauges, non-conformance) and job costing.
Why it is classified this way
We call this a Manufacturing ERP product. A broad business system (accounting, sales, purchasing) with a substantial manufacturing or planning module attached.
It is not labeled Full MRP because we have not verified that it accepts dated demand, sales orders, a forecast, or a master production schedule; nets that demand against stock on hand and orders already incoming; explodes requirements through at least one level of the bill of materials; uses lead times or required dates; and produces dated buy, make, transfer, release, or reschedule recommendations. That is a statement about the evidence we found, not a claim that the product is weak, see the capability table and the sources below.
The six Full MRP tests, and how PSL Datatrack does on each (1 of 6)
- YesIt represents a bill of materials, recipe, or formula.Evidence: psldatatrack.com › Sales orders(opens in a new tab)
- PartialIt accepts dated demand, sales orders, a forecast, or a master production schedule.Not established. Only partly shown: the evidence covers some of this but not all of it, so the test is not established.
- PartialIt nets that demand against stock on hand and orders already incoming.Not established. Only partly shown: the evidence covers some of this but not all of it, so the test is not established.
- UnknownIt explodes requirements through at least one level of the bill of materials.Not established. No evidence found yet.
- UnknownIt uses lead times or required dates.Not established. No evidence found yet.
- PartialIt produces dated buy, make, transfer, release, or reschedule recommendations.Not established. Only partly shown: the evidence covers some of this but not all of it, so the test is not established.
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
- UK subcontract machine shops that quote, route and schedule one-off and repeat works orders
- Shops working to ISO 9001, AS9100 or IATF 16949 that need contract review, gauge calibration and non-conformance in the same system
Not a fit when
- Buyers who want a published price or a public manual
- Makers of stocked products that need dated purchase suggestions: planning here is scheduling and minimum-stock prompts
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
- No published price. You have to contact the vendor, which usually means a sales call.
Pricing detail
No price is published. The home page says the system is modular ("core features", then "additional modules as your business develops") and offers "Flexible Payment Terms" for startups, with no figures.
Checked on September 19, 2026. Source: psldatatrack.com(opens in a new tab). Prices change. Check before you buy.
Manufacturing capability
14 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. | Partial | The Works Orders module gives "a clear, organised overview of your entire order book" to forecast workload; no page shows dated demand driving material planning.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: psldatatrack.com › Sales orders(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Nets against stock on handIt subtracts what you already have before telling you to buy more. | Partial | Material and component stocks use "minimum quantity prompts" to avoid stockouts, "feeding accurate data into your MRP planning". No net-requirement calculation is described.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: psldatatrack.com › Purchasing(opens in a new tab); psldatatrack.com › Sales orders(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. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation showing open purchase or production orders included in the supply picture.Know the answer? |
| Uses lead timesIt works backwards from when you need something to when you must order or start it, using supplier and production lead times. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation showing lead time fields that shift a suggested order or start date.Know the answer? |
| Produces dated buy/make suggestionsThe output is an actionable list with dates, order this much by this date, start this batch on this date. | Partial | Purchase orders are raised quickly "using quotation and works order data"; no dated suggestion list is shown.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: psldatatrack.com › Purchasing(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Capacity planningChecks whether your people and machines can do the work in the time available. | Yes | The Sequential Scheduler schedules works orders "by considering setter availability", Work In Progress gives a "detailed overview of loaded hours per machine", and cost centers carry working hours so works orders are scheduled "based on available capacity".Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: psldatatrack.com › Planning(opens in a new tab); psldatatrack.com › Administration(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 module covers "manufacture of components with a BOM" and quoting of items that need one.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: psldatatrack.com › Sales orders(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 | The Assemblies module handles "streamlines the process of quoting complex, multi-level assemblies" and their manufacture.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: psldatatrack.com › Sales orders(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 | A Works Orders module tracks every job from order to delivery.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: psldatatrack.com › Sales orders(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Routings & operationsThe ordered steps a product goes through, and which machine or station does each one. | Yes | Process Layouts build "technical route cards" from works orders, "providing essential instructions for each stage of production".Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: psldatatrack.com › Planning(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Shop-floor trackingOperators report progress, time, and completions as the work happens. | Yes | Shop Floor Data Collection with barcodes and touch screens compares "real-time data to quoted times" and feeds the scheduler.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: psldatatrack.com › Shop floor(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Quality controlsChecks, tests, holds, and non-conformance records tied to production or receiving. | Yes | Quality modules cover contract review, gauge calibration with "automatic withdrawal of failed gauges", customer and supplier non-conformance and CAPA, plus inspection records.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: psldatatrack.com › Quality(opens in a new tab); psldatatrack.com › Options(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 | Material Stocks gives "full traceability of raw materials from purchase to production" with mill certificates booked to works orders. Lot numbers through to despatch are not described.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: psldatatrack.com › Purchasing(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. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of serial number tracking on individual units.Know the answer? |
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 | Job costing gives "profitability information for every works order", comparing actual times with quoted.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: psldatatrack.com › Financial(opens in a new tab); psldatatrack.com › Shop floor(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| PurchasingRaising and tracking purchase orders to suppliers from inside the system. | Yes | The Purchase Orders and Goods Received modules raise, print and email orders and record receipts with certificates.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: psldatatrack.com › Purchasing(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Accounting connectionSends financial data to bookkeeping software, or includes its own general ledger. | Partial | Sales and purchase invoicing offer "fast and simple integration with accounts systems"; no package is named.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: psldatatrack.com › Financial(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. | 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
- On-premise (vendor-supported)
- Licensing
- Proprietary SaaS
- Team sizes
- 2–5 people, 6–20 people, 21–50 people
- Manufacturing styles
- Custom or job-shop work
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.
- Every claim rests on the vendor's feature pages; there is no public manual, and the pages mention MRP only as stock prompts "feeding accurate data into your MRP planning".
- Deployment is recorded as on-premise from customers describing "installing" the system; the vendor does not say whether a hosted option exists.
Evidence and verification
Why this record is not Verified. Held at partially verified because the evidence is marketing pages only and no price is published, even though coverage clears the Verified threshold.
Researched 2026-09-19 from the vendor's home page and all nine feature pages, read in full. Held at partially verified because the evidence is marketing pages only and no price is published, even though coverage clears the Verified threshold.
Sources we checked (10)
psldatatrack.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.
- Find documentation of any MRP calculation: whether demand from works orders nets against stock and open purchase orders, with dates.
- Name the accounting packages it integrates with, and confirm there is no ledger of its own.
- Confirm lot numbering through to delivery, serials, an API and export options.
- Get an indicative price and confirm whether a hosted option exists.
Still unknown: counts incoming orders, uses lead times, recipes & formulas, expiry & shelf life, serial numbers, ecommerce connection, api, webhooks, mcp support, csv export, full data export.