Uphance
by Uphance LLC
Manufacturing ERPProprietary SaaSPartially verified
Apparel ERP for brands that make through factories and sell wholesale, direct and on marketplaces: tech packs and BOMs, production orders and batches sent to manufacturers, routes of outside services, material purchasing sized from sales, staged receiving with weighted average cost, and its own general ledger. Quote only.
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; 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 Uphance does on each (2 of 6)
- YesIt represents a bill of materials, recipe, or formula.Evidence: help.uphance.com › Generating and managing bill of materials bom(opens in a new tab); help.uphance.com › How to assign products to materials(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.
- YesIt nets that demand against stock on hand and orders already incoming.Evidence: help.uphance.com › How to generate inventory reports(opens in a new tab)
- PartialIt explodes requirements through at least one level of the bill of materials.Not established. Only partly shown: the evidence covers some of this but not all of it, so the test is not established.Material purchase orders are built "with the quantities necessary to cover your sales and production", and a production batch lists "all the materials and services associated with the products you added". How the quantities are worked out, and whether stock on hand is netted first, is not shown. help.uphance.com › How to create and edit material purchase orders(opens in a new tab); help.uphance.com › How to create production batches purchase orders(opens in a new tab)
- PartialIt uses lead times or required dates.Not established. Only partly shown: the evidence covers some of this but not all of it, so the test is not established.
- UnknownIt produces dated buy, make, transfer, release, or reschedule recommendations.Not established. No evidence found yet.
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
- Growing apparel and footwear brands that make through contract factories and sell wholesale and direct
- Brands that want tech packs, BOMs, production orders, materials purchasing and receiving in one system
- Teams that want staged factory receipts to set weighted average cost automatically
Not a fit when
- Small makers who want a published price or a self-serve trial; there is neither
- Shops that cut and sew in-house and need operator screens and capacity planning, which are not documented
- Anyone outside apparel, footwear and accessories; the product is built around styles, colors and sizes
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
- Onboarding fee. Implementation is scoped after a demo: "Implementation scope and rollout planning are defined after the demo." No figure is published.
- No published price. You have to contact the vendor, which usually means a sales call.
Pricing detail
Quote only. The pricing page says pricing is "scoped around the shape of your operation, including users, workflows, channels, integrations, warehouses, and onboarding requirements" and "No self-serve trial. No generic quote." The process is a discovery call, a tailored demo, then a package and rollout plan. No plan names or figures are published. The help center's sidebar still offers "Start a FREE Trial", which the pricing page contradicts.
Checked on October 9, 2026. Source: uphance.com(opens in a new tab). Prices change. Check before you buy.
Manufacturing capability
16 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 | Production orders and production batches can be built from confirmed sales orders, and a production batch carries an "Exit factory date" and an "In-warehouse date". We did not find a required date on the sales-order demand used for planning.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: help.uphance.com › How to create a production order(opens in a new tab); help.uphance.com › How to create production batches purchase orders(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 inventory reports net sales against stock and production: "Required Inventory by SKU - Inventory required to cover *confirmed* but unshipped (and not cancelled) sales, accounting for all production orders (including tentative/unconfirmed)."Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: help.uphance.com › How to generate inventory reports(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 production counts as supply: "Available by SKU - Anticipated remaining stock after fulfillment of customer orders and receipt of confirmed production."Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: help.uphance.com › How to generate inventory reports(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. | Partial | Marketing pages say production orders are tracked per factory "with separate lead times, payment terms, and delivery milestones per vendor". No help article shows a lead time field moving a suggested date.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: uphance.com › Production management(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. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation or a screenshot of replenishment or planning suggestions carrying dates.Know the answer? |
| 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 help center says Uphance makes it easy "to generate and manage a bill of materials for your products because you only need to add material once, and the system automatically applies it to all the product's variations." Materials can match product colors and sizes.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: help.uphance.com › Generating and managing bill of materials bom(opens in a new tab); help.uphance.com › How to assign products to 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. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of nested or multi-level bom structures, not just a flat component list.Know the answer? |
| 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 orders go to a manufacturer and are received in stages: "Uphance tracks the total quantities in your production orders, lets you receive inventory from your manufacturers in stages, and keeps track of how much production you have still to receive." The manufacturing page says: "Finished goods receipt closes against the production plan, not a separate document."Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: help.uphance.com › How to create a production order(opens in a new tab); help.uphance.com › Receiving production deliveries(opens in a new tab); uphance.com › Manufacturing software for garment businesses(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Routings & operationsThe ordered steps a product goes through, and which machine or station does each one. | Yes | Routes are ordered production steps: "To create a route, open the Production settings page and add a new route. Then add the steps (which are services) in the route and arrange them accordingly." Steps can be assigned to an outside vendor.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: help.uphance.com › Creating and managing production routing(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Shop-floor trackingOperators report progress, time, and completions as the work happens. | Partial | Production is tracked by stage, and factories can be given their own view: "Factory contacts get a limited login showing only their production orders." This comes from the production page's FAQ; no help article describes an operator screen.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: uphance.com › Production management(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Quality controlsChecks, tests, holds, and non-conformance records tied to production or receiving. | Partial | The production page lists "QC and final inspection" among the stages tracked on a production order. No help article documents inspections or results.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: uphance.com › Production management(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. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of lot or batch numbers tracked through consumption into finished goods.Know the answer? |
| 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 | Weighted average cost is calculated on receipt: "Uphance calculates WAC for a product by taking into account the unit cost stipulated in the production order." Shipping and extra delivery charges are added as other costs. Products are linked to materials "for accurate product costing".Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: help.uphance.com › Managing weighted average cost wac(opens in a new tab); help.uphance.com › How to assign products to materials(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| PurchasingRaising and tracking purchase orders to suppliers from inside the system. | Yes | Material purchase orders are sized from demand: "Uphance, an apparel ERP, will help you build an order for your supplier with the quantities necessary to cover your sales and production."Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: help.uphance.com › How to create and edit material purchase orders(opens in a new tab); help.uphance.com › How to create production batches purchase orders(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Accounting connectionSends financial data to bookkeeping software, or includes its own general ledger. | Yes | Uphance has its own accounting ("Native accounting, invoicing, AR and AP, general ledger, landed cost, COGS, and financial reporting"), and QuickBooks Online and Xero integrations push invoices, credit notes and vendor invoices.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: uphance.com › Accounting(opens in a new tab); help.uphance.com › How to integrate and configure quickbooks on uphance(opens in a new tab); help.uphance.com › Integrating xero with uphance(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Ecommerce connectionPulls orders and pushes stock levels to a storefront or marketplace. | Yes | The Shopify integration pulls orders and pushes stock: "Each time you make a sale on Shopify, the inventory level in Uphance will be automatically updated to reflect the deduction in stock." WooCommerce, Amazon, Zalando and The Iconic have their own articles.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: help.uphance.com › Integrating uphance with shopify and synching order inven…(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 | "Uphance exposes a REST API that allows programmatic access to various data from a Uphance account." A production orders API is documented.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: help.uphance.com › Uphance api for developers(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| WebhooksThe system can notify other software the moment something changes. | Yes | "You can set up a 'webhook' to receive instant notification of specific events." Supported events include production order creation, deletion and update.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: help.uphance.com › Webhooks(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 | Material purchase orders export as Excel or CSV ("Uphance allows you to export your Material Purchase Orders as Excel or CSV"), and the material change log downloads as CSV or Excel.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: help.uphance.com › How to export material purchase orders as excel csv(opens in a new tab); help.uphance.com › How to add and manage material inventory(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
Integrations
- Shopify
- WooCommerce
- Amazon
- Zalando
- The Iconic
- JOOR
- NuOrder
- ShipStation
- QuickBooks Online
- Xero
- Pennylane
- Avalara
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.
- No published price and no trial. Pricing follows a discovery call and a tailored demo, and implementation is scoped separately.
- Material consumption is described only on a marketing page ("each production receipt decrements the BOM components from raw-material inventory"). The help articles on production orders and receiving cover finished goods, not materials.
- The native general ledger is described on a marketing page only; we found no help article on setting it up.
Alternatives to Uphance
An alternative is always an alternative for a reason. There is no universal replacement.
- WFX Apparel ERPStronger true MRP
WFX documents a material requirements run that fills needs from free stock and materials on order, which Uphance does not describe.
AIMS360 is another quote-led apparel ERP with cut tickets, production stages, wholesale and EDI, and its own accounting.
ApparelMagic covers the same ground for apparel brands, with tech packs, production with vendors and its own ledger, and it publishes its plan prices.
Evidence and verification
Partially verifiedLast checked October 9, 2026 · 64% of capability fields resolved · 100% of those carry a source
Why this record is not Verified. New record from one research pass on 2026-10-09; the price is unpublished and several claims rest on marketing pages. Held at partially verified until an editor re-reads the cited pages.
Researched 2026-10-09 from uphance.com (manufacturing, production, accounting and pricing pages, including FAQ answers read from the page data) and the public Intercom help center at help.uphance.com, found through its sitemap.
Sources we checked (19)
uphance.com
help.uphance.com
- 1296605 how to create a production order(opens in a new tab)
- 1296604 receiving production deliveries(opens in a new tab)
- 14495703 generating and managing bill of materials bom(opens in a new tab)
- 2785976 how to add and manage material inventory(opens in a new tab)
- 11114555 creating and managing production routing(opens in a new tab)
- 3040008 how to create production batches purchase orders(opens in a new tab)
- 1296615 how to create and edit material purchase orders(opens in a new tab)
- 1296595 how to generate inventory reports(opens in a new tab)
- 9578040 managing weighted average cost wac(opens in a new tab)
- 6354577 how to integrate and configure quickbooks on uphance(opens in a new tab)
- 9176393 integrating uphance with shopify and synching order inventory(opens in a new tab)
- 2532044 uphance api for developers(opens in a new tab)
- 2532171 webhooks(opens in a new tab)
- 3039890 how to export material purchase orders as excel csv(opens in a new tab)
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 in the help center or a demo that receiving a production order reduces raw-material stock; only a marketing FAQ says so.
- Confirm whether BOMs can nest (a trim or component made from other materials).
- Confirm whether lots, serials or expiry dates are tracked; nothing public mentions them.
- Find a help article for the native general ledger.
- Get any indication of price: plan names, a minimum, or implementation cost.
Still unknown: produces dated buy/make suggestions, capacity planning, multi-level bom, recipes & formulas, batch & lot traceability, expiry & shelf life, serial numbers, mcp support, full data export.