Exact Macola Review - why 4 stars?

Shlomi Lavi / updated: Mar 03, 2022

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What is Exact Macola?

Exact Macola Manufacturing Pro is an ERP solution for the discrete manufacturing sector. The software includes Financial Accounting, Distribution and a comprehensive Manufacturing module that has scheduling, planning, routing, quoting, costing, shop floor management as well as CRM.

Exact was founded in 1984 and is based in Columbus, Ohio. The company focuses on providing software solutions for the manufacturing and distribution industries that support all key activities and functions of a business in one integrated suite of applications.

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Who is it best for?

Exact Macola is focused on small and mid-size businesses in discrete manufacturing and distribution. It addresses sectors that include machinery, aerospace, automotive and electronics. It is available as a cloud based offering as well as an on-premise solution.

The product is designed for those companies that need to implement manufacturing cost accounting, resource tracking, shop floor control and best practice manufacturing methodologies, as well as move away from manual procedures to a fully-automated warehouse and shop-floor process.

Exact Macola delivers this through a fully integrated ERP solution designed to manage accounting, manufacturing and distribution. This allows companies to gain real-time insight into manufacturing processes, financial performance, customer satisfaction and sales performance. Additionally with its modular approach users can start with basic work order processing and continue on to the full shop-floor control, without having to upgrade or change their software application. This helps in controlling cost of investment.

Also customers that are looking for strong support can depend on Exact’s 25 years of experience in the industry to provide business process assessments and proactive health checks to transform their business into a profitable, efficient and integrated operation. As a result Exact Macola is rated as offering one of the lowest Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) solutions in the industry. Exact Macola’s customers include Whalen Manufacturing, Gateway Manufacturing and Emteq

Main features and functionalities

Exact Macola Manufacturing provides an integrated ERP solution that incorporates manufacturing, financials and distribution.

It incorporates many industry best practices in shop floor control, bill of materials and warehouse management so your business can improve profitability, as well as increase shop floor yield and labour productivity.

The main core of Exact Macola is the extended support it provides to every aspect of the manufacturing process including Bill of Materials, Manufacturing Cost Accounting, Scheduling, Materials requirement planning, product routing and costing, as well as shop floor control so that everything that is produced is tracked effectively and efficiently. Additionally there is a complete financials module along with distribution and inventory management to handle the full scope of the customer’s operations.

The product also provides in-built Customer Relationship Management that allows clients to maximize sales by leveraging customer information into long-term loyalty and retention. Additional features that are available include workflow automation, document management and an integrated project management solution as well. The product also supports web based access as well as through mobile devices.

What is the actual cost?

The cost of license starts at $70 per user/month. ITQlick pricing score is 4.2 out of 10 (10 is most expensive). Access ITQlick pricing guide for Exact Macola.

Pros

• Solution is focused on the SME market
• Exact Macola provides both cloud based as well as on premise deployments to suit a company’s business requirements
• There is an integrated CRM module as part of the product
• Exact Macola offers options to add payroll, warehouse management and ecommerce
• The solution offers support for both web-based and mobile device access

Cons

• Exact Macola is focused only on the Manufacturing and Distribution vertical
• The product does not support social media or social collaboration
• There are no APIs available for third party software integration
• Customization of the product needs to be done by the vendor
• It does not provide a clear migration strategy from its on-premise to cloud solutions

How it stacks up?

Access a head to head analysis of Exact Macola vs alternative software solutions.

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