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Feature Set Ratings
- ABB Ability Solution Suite ranks higher in 7 feature sets: Security, Inventory Management, Order Management, Project Execution Management, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Product Lifecycle Management
Customization
10.0
ABB Ability Solution Suite
100%
JobBOSS
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
ABB Ability Solution Suite ranks higher in 2/2 features
ABB Ability Solution Suite ranks higher in 2/2 features
API for custom integration
10.0
100%
1 Rating
N/A
0 Ratings
Plug-ins
10.0
100%
1 Rating
N/A
0 Ratings
Security
10.0
ABB Ability Solution Suite
100%
9.0
JobBOSS
90%
ABB Ability Solution Suite ranks higher in 2/2 features
ABB Ability Solution Suite ranks higher in 2/2 features
Single sign-on capability
10.0
100%
1 Rating
9.0
90%
1 Rating
Role-based user permissions
10.0
100%
1 Rating
9.0
90%
2 Ratings
Inventory Management
10.0
ABB Ability Solution Suite
100%
8.3
JobBOSS
83%
ABB Ability Solution Suite ranks higher in 3/4 features
ABB Ability Solution Suite ranks higher in 3/4 features
Inventory tracking
10.0
100%
1 Rating
6.0
60%
2 Ratings
Location management
10.0
100%
1 Rating
10.0
100%
1 Rating
Manufacturing module
10.0
100%
1 Rating
7.0
70%
2 Ratings
Automatic reordering
N/A
0 Ratings
10.0
100%
1 Rating
Order Management
10.0
ABB Ability Solution Suite
100%
9.1
JobBOSS
91%
ABB Ability Solution Suite ranks higher in 5/7 features
ABB Ability Solution Suite ranks higher in 5/7 features
Pricing
10.0
100%
1 Rating
10.0
100%
2 Ratings
Order entry
10.0
100%
1 Rating
8.0
80%
2 Ratings
Cost of goods sold
10.0
100%
1 Rating
10.0
100%
2 Ratings
End-to-end order visibility
10.0
100%
1 Rating
8.0
80%
2 Ratings
Order exception Resolution
10.0
100%
1 Rating
8.0
80%
2 Ratings
Credit card processing
N/A
0 Ratings
10.0
100%
1 Rating
Order Orchestration
N/A
0 Ratings
10.0
100%
2 Ratings
Project Execution Management
10.0
ABB Ability Solution Suite
100%
8.4
JobBOSS
84%
ABB Ability Solution Suite ranks higher in 15/15 features
ABB Ability Solution Suite ranks higher in 15/15 features
Project Planning and Scheduling
10.0
100%
1 Rating
8.0
80%
2 Ratings
Project Manager Dashboard
10.0
100%
1 Rating
8.0
80%
2 Ratings
Resource Manager Dashboard
10.0
100%
1 Rating
8.0
80%
2 Ratings
Task Insight for Project Managers
10.0
100%
1 Rating
8.0
80%
1 Rating
Project Manager Mobile Functionality
10.0
100%
1 Rating
9.0
90%
1 Rating
Team Member Task Collaboration
10.0
100%
1 Rating
8.0
80%
1 Rating
Team Member Mobile Functionality
10.0
100%
1 Rating
8.0
80%
1 Rating
Project Candidate Search
10.0
100%
1 Rating
8.0
80%
1 Rating
Project Candidate Comparison and Analysis
10.0
100%
1 Rating
8.0
80%
1 Rating
Defineable Resource Pools
10.0
100%
1 Rating
8.0
80%
2 Ratings
Defineable Resource Pools
10.0
100%
1 Rating
8.0
80%
2 Ratings
Talent Profiles
10.0
100%
1 Rating
7.0
70%
1 Rating
Real-Time Project Reporting
10.0
100%
1 Rating
10.0
100%
2 Ratings
Absence Management
10.0
100%
1 Rating
10.0
100%
1 Rating
Product Lifecycle Management
10.0
100%
1 Rating
10.0
100%
1 Rating
Manufacturing
10.0
ABB Ability Solution Suite
100%
7.1
JobBOSS
71%
ABB Ability Solution Suite ranks higher in 9/9 features
ABB Ability Solution Suite ranks higher in 9/9 features
Production Process Design
10.0
100%
1 Rating
7.0
70%
2 Ratings
Supply Chain Business Flows
10.0
100%
1 Rating
7.0
70%
2 Ratings
Production Management
10.0
100%
1 Rating
8.0
80%
2 Ratings
Contracted Manufacturing Management
10.0
100%
1 Rating
7.0
70%
1 Rating
Configuration Management
10.0
100%
1 Rating
6.0
60%
2 Ratings
Work Definition
10.0
100%
1 Rating
6.0
60%
2 Ratings
Work Execution
10.0
100%
1 Rating
7.0
70%
2 Ratings
Advanced Fulfillment
10.0
100%
1 Rating
8.0
80%
1 Rating
Manufacturing Costs
10.0
100%
1 Rating
8.0
80%
2 Ratings
Supply Chain
10.0
ABB Ability Solution Suite
100%
8.7
JobBOSS
87%
ABB Ability Solution Suite ranks higher in 4/4 features
ABB Ability Solution Suite ranks higher in 4/4 features
Forecasting
10.0
100%
1 Rating
8.0
80%
1 Rating
Inventory Planning
10.0
100%
1 Rating
9.0
90%
1 Rating
Multi-tier Supply Chain Planning
10.0
100%
1 Rating
N/A
0 Ratings
Performance Monitoring
10.0
100%
1 Rating
9.0
90%
1 Rating
Product Lifecycle Management
10.0
ABB Ability Solution Suite
100%
6.0
JobBOSS
60%
ABB Ability Solution Suite ranks higher in 7/7 features
ABB Ability Solution Suite ranks higher in 7/7 features
Ideation Management
10.0
100%
1 Rating
N/A
0 Ratings
Requirements Management
10.0
100%
1 Rating
N/A
0 Ratings
Proposal Management
10.0
100%
1 Rating
N/A
0 Ratings
Innovation Portfolio Management
10.0
100%
1 Rating
N/A
0 Ratings
Product Master Data Management
10.0
100%
1 Rating
N/A
0 Ratings
Vendor Portal
10.0
100%
1 Rating
7.0
70%
1 Rating
Project Portfolio Management
10.0
100%
1 Rating
5.0
50%
1 Rating
Payroll Management
ABB Ability Solution Suite
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
10.0
JobBOSS
100%
JobBOSS ranks higher in 5/5 features
JobBOSS ranks higher in 5/5 features
Pay calculation
N/A
0 Ratings
10.0
100%
1 Rating
Benefit plan administration
N/A
0 Ratings
10.0
100%
1 Rating
Direct deposit files
N/A
0 Ratings
10.0
100%
1 Rating
Salary revision and increment management
N/A
0 Ratings
10.0
100%
1 Rating
Reimbursement management
N/A
0 Ratings
10.0
100%
1 Rating
Reporting & Analytics
ABB Ability Solution Suite
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
7.0
JobBOSS
70%
JobBOSS ranks higher in 3/3 features
JobBOSS ranks higher in 3/3 features
Dashboards
N/A
0 Ratings
8.0
80%
2 Ratings
Standard reports
N/A
0 Ratings
7.0
70%
2 Ratings
Custom reports
N/A
0 Ratings
6.0
60%
2 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
ABB Ability Solution Suite
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
9.5
JobBOSS
95%
JobBOSS ranks higher in 11/11 features
JobBOSS ranks higher in 11/11 features
Accounts payable
N/A
0 Ratings
10.0
100%
2 Ratings
Accounts receivable
N/A
0 Ratings
10.0
100%
2 Ratings
Global Financial Support
N/A
0 Ratings
8.0
80%
1 Rating
Primary and Secondary Ledgers
N/A
0 Ratings
9.0
90%
2 Ratings
Intercompany Accounting
N/A
0 Ratings
10.0
100%
2 Ratings
Localizations
N/A
0 Ratings
9.0
90%
1 Rating
Journals and Reconciliations
N/A
0 Ratings
9.0
90%
2 Ratings
Enterprise Accounting
N/A
0 Ratings
10.0
100%
2 Ratings
Configurable Accounting
N/A
0 Ratings
10.0
100%
2 Ratings
Centralized Rules Framework
N/A
0 Ratings
10.0
100%
1 Rating
Standardized Processes
N/A
0 Ratings
10.0
100%
2 Ratings
Subledger and Financial Process
ABB Ability Solution Suite
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
9.7
JobBOSS
97%
JobBOSS ranks higher in 12/12 features
JobBOSS ranks higher in 12/12 features
Shared Services Payments
N/A
0 Ratings
10.0
100%
2 Ratings
Billings Management
N/A
0 Ratings
10.0
100%
2 Ratings
Customer Receipt Applications
N/A
0 Ratings
9.0
90%
1 Rating
Customer Collections
N/A
0 Ratings
8.0
80%
1 Rating
Revenue Recognition
N/A
0 Ratings
10.0
100%
1 Rating
Cash Management
N/A
0 Ratings
10.0
100%
2 Ratings
Asset Management
N/A
0 Ratings
10.0
100%
2 Ratings
Travel & Expense Management
N/A
0 Ratings
10.0
100%
2 Ratings
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting
N/A
0 Ratings
10.0
100%
2 Ratings
Transactions Tax
N/A
0 Ratings
10.0
100%
2 Ratings
Subledger Reconciliations
N/A
0 Ratings
10.0
100%
2 Ratings
3rd Party Accounting Systems
N/A
0 Ratings
10.0
100%
2 Ratings
Project Financial Management
ABB Ability Solution Suite
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
7.8
JobBOSS
78%
JobBOSS ranks higher in 11/11 features
JobBOSS ranks higher in 11/11 features
Budgeting and Forecasting
N/A
0 Ratings
6.0
60%
2 Ratings
Project Costing
N/A
0 Ratings
8.0
80%
2 Ratings
Cost Capture
N/A
0 Ratings
8.0
80%
2 Ratings
Capital Project Management
N/A
0 Ratings
7.0
70%
2 Ratings
Customer Invoicing
N/A
0 Ratings
9.0
90%
2 Ratings
Customer Contract Compliance
N/A
0 Ratings
8.0
80%
2 Ratings
Project Revenue Recognition
N/A
0 Ratings
8.0
80%
2 Ratings
Project Financials Dashboard
N/A
0 Ratings
7.0
70%
1 Rating
Real-time Financial Reporting
N/A
0 Ratings
8.0
80%
2 Ratings
Embedded Business Intelligence
N/A
0 Ratings
8.0
80%
1 Rating
Project Planning Collaboration
N/A
0 Ratings
9.0
90%
1 Rating
Grants Management
ABB Ability Solution Suite
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
8.0
JobBOSS
80%
JobBOSS ranks higher in 4/4 features
JobBOSS ranks higher in 4/4 features
Award Lifecycle Management
N/A
0 Ratings
8.0
80%
1 Rating
Spending Control
N/A
0 Ratings
7.0
70%
1 Rating
Indirect Cost Management
N/A
0 Ratings
8.0
80%
1 Rating
Billing
N/A
0 Ratings
9.0
90%
1 Rating
Procurement
ABB Ability Solution Suite
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
8.8
JobBOSS
88%
JobBOSS ranks higher in 5/5 features
JobBOSS ranks higher in 5/5 features
Sourcing Analysis
N/A
0 Ratings
8.0
80%
1 Rating
Bids Analyzed and Compared
N/A
0 Ratings
9.0
90%
1 Rating
Contract Standardization and Enforcement
N/A
0 Ratings
10.0
100%
1 Rating
Electronic Signatures
N/A
0 Ratings
10.0
100%
1 Rating
Supplier Management
N/A
0 Ratings
7.0
70%
1 Rating
Risk Management
ABB Ability Solution Suite
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
6.0
JobBOSS
60%
JobBOSS ranks higher in 1/1 features
JobBOSS ranks higher in 1/1 features
Control Management
N/A
0 Ratings
6.0
60%
1 Rating
Logistics
ABB Ability Solution Suite
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
7.0
JobBOSS
70%
JobBOSS ranks higher in 3/3 features
JobBOSS ranks higher in 3/3 features
Fulfillment Management
N/A
0 Ratings
8.0
80%
1 Rating
Inventory Visibility
N/A
0 Ratings
7.0
70%
1 Rating
Warehouse Workforce Management
N/A
0 Ratings
6.0
60%
1 Rating
Attribute Ratings
- ABB Ability Solution Suite is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
ABB Ability Solution Suite
100%
1 Rating
8.0
JobBOSS
80%
2 Ratings
Usability
10.0
ABB Ability Solution Suite
100%
1 Rating
JobBOSS
N/A
0 Ratings
Support Rating
10.0
ABB Ability Solution Suite
100%
1 Rating
JobBOSS
N/A
0 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
ABB Ability Solution Suite
Of course this is the one of the best solution available in the market at present. When you have Multiple system in a plant then you need a powerful tool for Computation which Ability does it smoothly.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Oil & Energy Company, 10,001+ employeesJobBOSS
Job Shops that have outgrown Quickbooks/Peachtree are a good fit and small to medium run shops are a good fit for JobBOSS. If you're still in the grey area between Quickbooks and a fully fledged ERP system, you can connect it with Quickbooks for your accounting which is a good medium for companies who would like to slowly roll, kind of upgrade out.
Systems Manager
Alexander Screw Products, Inc.Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, 51-200 employees
Pros
ABB Ability Solution Suite
- Computation of data.
- Presentation to right person.
- Ability to perform critical task and sending to users.
- Multiple control system connectivity.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Oil & Energy Company, 10,001+ employeesJobBOSS
- Timekeeping. Clocking in and out.
- Inventory control.
- Travelers or job sheets that keep track of operations.
Journeyman Machine Operator
Ajax metal forming solutions, LLCMining & Metals, 51-200 employees
Cons
ABB Ability Solution Suite
- May be for smaller PLCs this can't be implemented.
- Cost may an area ABB can look in to.
- Improvement in GUI

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Oil & Energy Company, 10,001+ employeesJobBOSS
- The reporting is through Crystal Reports which is cumbersome to work with and requires someone who knows what they are doing. If you're moving from something like Quickbooks with built in report editing, you're going to be frustrated with creating custom reports.
- If you run mutliple jobs on a single machine or use multi-pallet machines scheduling can get frustrating, and you will have to come up with your own solutions to schedule those machines. (This is not unique to JobBOSS scheduling. We tested several ERP systems in this range and most were lacking in this area).
- Even with the 12.0 update, the interface is still rather dated for the onsite version. The online version looks much better.
Systems Manager
Alexander Screw Products, Inc.Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, 51-200 employees
Pricing Details
ABB Ability Solution Suite
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—JobBOSS
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Usability
ABB Ability Solution Suite
ABB Ability Solution Suite 10.0
Based on 1 answer
One of the best solutions in the market with a user-friendly system. This is very useful when the ABB system (Like we had 800xA) is there, new or existing; all the ABB systems can be integrated using this rather than going to a 3rd party vendor, which may have interface problems.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Oil & Energy Company, 10,001+ employeesJobBOSS
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
ABB Ability Solution Suite
ABB Ability Solution Suite 10.0
Based on 1 answer
Good support in terms of quality and promptness. When we had problems with some of the commands not getting executed, their online support also provided a good solution to solve the problem. Even mission-critical task we were able to solve during this Pandemic time. The suggestion is to go for the online support 1st in the future, followed by a visit.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Oil & Energy Company, 10,001+ employeesJobBOSS
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
ABB Ability Solution Suite
Better suited for the ABB System as Microsoft is a third party for ABB Control System.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Oil & Energy Company, 10,001+ employeesJobBOSS
JobBOSS is the centralized solution that has helped us consolidate nearly every process within our company. It's ability to create routings and calculate material by building a job saves us hours every day compared to Quickbooks. Its inventory management is faster and tracks more information than Wasp and its ability to understand raw stock and material shapes makes life so much simpler in a manufacturing environment.
Systems Manager
Alexander Screw Products, Inc.Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, 51-200 employees
Return on Investment
ABB Ability Solution Suite
- Positive is definitely ROI since manual intervention is minimized and the process is automated.
- Cost wise, ABB has been looked upon considering the small industry.
- Overall, a good solution for a large companies.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Oil & Energy Company, 10,001+ employeesJobBOSS
- Paid for itself over and again with our complete shop management.
- Payroll couldn't get any easier.
Journeyman Machine Operator
Ajax metal forming solutions, LLCMining & Metals, 51-200 employees