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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    M1

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/AM1, from ECI Software Solutions headquartered in Ft. Worth, is an all-in-one manufacturing ERP software solution, built for small and medium-sized discrete manufacturers.N/A

    SAP Manufacturing Execution

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASAP Manufacturing Execution is the company's MES designed to digitally control, monitor, and automate manufacturing operations.N/A
    Pricing
    M1SAP Manufacturing Execution
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    M1SAP Manufacturing Execution
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    M1SAP Manufacturing Execution
    Considered Both Products
    ECI Software Solutions
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    SAP
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    80%
    Would buy again
    24 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    24 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    87%
    Happy with the feature set
    26 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    62%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    13 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    50%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    M1SAP Manufacturing Execution
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of M1 and SAP Manufacturing Execution
    Feature
    M1
    6.3
    8 Ratings
    18% below category average
    SAP Manufacturing Execution
    -
    Ratings
    Pay calculation6.58 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration4.83 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct deposit files7.55 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of M1 and SAP Manufacturing Execution
    Feature
    M1
    7.3
    18 Ratings
    3% below category average
    SAP Manufacturing Execution
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    28% above category average
    API for custom integration7.415 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Plug-ins7.111 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of M1 and SAP Manufacturing Execution
    Feature
    M1
    8.1
    27 Ratings
    4% below category average
    SAP Manufacturing Execution
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Single sign-on capability8.615 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions7.727 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of M1 and SAP Manufacturing Execution
    Feature
    M1
    7.2
    28 Ratings
    4% below category average
    SAP Manufacturing Execution
    8.7
    1 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Dashboards7.326 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Standard reports7.228 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Custom reports7.127 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of M1 and SAP Manufacturing Execution
    Feature
    M1
    7.5
    26 Ratings
    3% below category average
    SAP Manufacturing Execution
    -
    Ratings
    Accounts payable7.825 Ratings00 Ratings
    Accounts receivable7.526 Ratings00 Ratings
    Global Financial Support7.59 Ratings00 Ratings
    Primary and Secondary Ledgers7.716 Ratings00 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations6.821 Ratings00 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting7.618 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standardized Processes7.819 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of M1 and SAP Manufacturing Execution
    Feature
    M1
    8.2
    26 Ratings
    3% above category average
    SAP Manufacturing Execution
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    23% above category average
    Inventory tracking8.326 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Automatic reordering8.715 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Location management7.521 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of M1 and SAP Manufacturing Execution
    Feature
    M1
    7.8
    26 Ratings
    2% below category average
    SAP Manufacturing Execution
    -
    Ratings
    Pricing7.726 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order entry8.326 Ratings00 Ratings
    Credit card processing7.310 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold7.917 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order Orchestration7.913 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subledger and Financial Process
    Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of M1 and SAP Manufacturing Execution
    Feature
    M1
    7.4
    21 Ratings
    2% below category average
    SAP Manufacturing Execution
    -
    Ratings
    Billing Management8.420 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cash and Asset Management8.217 Ratings00 Ratings
    Travel & Expense Management5.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting7.213 Ratings00 Ratings
    Period Close7.921 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Execution Management
    Comparison of Project Execution Management features of M1 and SAP Manufacturing Execution
    Feature
    M1
    6.3
    16 Ratings
    12% below category average
    SAP Manufacturing Execution
    -
    Ratings
    Project Planning and Scheduling7.916 Ratings00 Ratings
    Task Insight for Project Managers7.810 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Mobile Functionality4.67 Ratings00 Ratings
    Definable Resource Pools4.89 Ratings00 Ratings
    Grants Management
    Comparison of Grants Management features of M1 and SAP Manufacturing Execution
    Feature
    M1
    2.7
    2 Ratings
    94% below category average
    SAP Manufacturing Execution
    -
    Ratings
    Award Lifecycle Management2.72 Ratings00 Ratings
    Procurement
    Comparison of Procurement features of M1 and SAP Manufacturing Execution
    Feature
    M1
    7.1
    18 Ratings
    0% below category average
    SAP Manufacturing Execution
    -
    Ratings
    Bids Analyzed and Compared6.27 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract Authoring7.64 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract Repository6.46 Ratings00 Ratings
    Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated7.710 Ratings00 Ratings
    Supplier Management7.518 Ratings00 Ratings
    Risk Management
    Comparison of Risk Management features of M1 and SAP Manufacturing Execution
    Feature
    M1
    5.2
    4 Ratings
    26% below category average
    SAP Manufacturing Execution
    -
    Ratings
    Risk Repository6.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Control Management6.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Control Efficiency Assessments4.94 Ratings00 Ratings
    Issue Detection4.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Remediation and Certification4.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Logistics
    Comparison of Logistics features of M1 and SAP Manufacturing Execution
    Feature
    M1
    4.0
    10 Ratings
    55% below category average
    SAP Manufacturing Execution
    -
    Ratings
    Transportation Planning and Optimization2.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Transportation Execution Management2.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Trade and Customs Management4.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Fulfillment Management4.98 Ratings00 Ratings
    Warehouse Workforce Management5.58 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manufacturing
    Comparison of Manufacturing features of M1 and SAP Manufacturing Execution
    Feature
    M1
    7.1
    27 Ratings
    5% below category average
    SAP Manufacturing Execution
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    29% above category average
    Production Process Design5.519 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Production Management7.422 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Configuration Management7.119 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Work Execution7.720 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Manufacturing Costs7.626 Ratings00 Ratings
    Supply Chain
    Comparison of Supply Chain features of M1 and SAP Manufacturing Execution
    Feature
    M1
    8.1
    20 Ratings
    10% above category average
    SAP Manufacturing Execution
    -
    Ratings
    Forecasting7.814 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inventory Planning7.720 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance Monitoring8.715 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product Lifecycle Management
    Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of M1 and SAP Manufacturing Execution
    Feature
    M1
    5.9
    9 Ratings
    22% below category average
    SAP Manufacturing Execution
    -
    Ratings
    Proposal Management4.96 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product Master Data Management7.09 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    M1SAP Manufacturing Execution
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.7
    (30 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    6.0
    (30 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    M1SAP Manufacturing Execution
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ECI Software Solutions
    The M1 ERP is tailored for small to medium organizations, offering good features at least in the components utilized by my organization such as customizable workflows, user-friendly dashboards, ability to process orders, and track the entire orders lifecycle. It also has good customer interaction features in the CRM part. It provides robust data security, and offers scalable modules to grow with your business. Implementation is not challenging if you don't have so many customizations in the software.
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    SAP
    SAP Manufacturing Execution is suitable for desecrate manufacturing. For the complex routing of the product, this software ensures users do not by mistake start executing the wrong steps. This is the best tool to track and work on nonconformance and rework scenarios. This is most suitable when the landscape has SAP ERP in place.
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    Pros
    ECI Software Solutions
    • Allows for component parts to be scheduled independently through the plant
    • Once parts are built, it is easy to duplicate/reuse parts across they quoting and ordering modules and customers
    • If used properly and consistently, M1 will provide accurate job cost analysis to determine estimating, training, efficiency and other issues.
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    SAP
    • Visual routing ensures the production line layout is as appropriate as shown on the application.
    • Production house needs a lot of data to do an in-process inspection of the product. ERP might not need that. SAP ME provides that place to do every data collection.
    • Nonconformance functionality ensures when needed the product goes to the appropriate station to get repaired. Also, data collection can raise NC and can move the product to a particular station to get an issue corrected.
    • All the information is well integrated with SAP ERP and makes SAP ME more valuable for the organization.
    • SAP MII also comes along with SAP ME helps to get the application well integrated with the shop floor equipment.
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    Cons
    ECI Software Solutions
    • Some of the functions are pretty detailed - and so they take a while to generate screens and pages in reports.
    • We actually use it for 2 companies we own - and it would be nice if the inter company communication was a little smoother. It's hard to share some data, and not everything is possible to be shared.
    • Customized reports need to backed up before any updates to M1 or they're lost. It seems M1 overwrites the report folders everytime you run an update - so you have to keep track of what you've changed in Crystal Reports and restore it.
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    SAP
    • ODS or the BI part of the ME needed more improvement.
    • The archiving job needs to be more robust.
    • Database indexes need to me more analyzed and setup as per the organization requirement.
    • SAP MII UI integration plugin to be developed for increased usability of this application.
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    Usability
    ECI Software Solutions
    Because it would be helpful if ECI would provide better documentation, communication and workflows to understand how each field interacts within the system and how each of those touch other areas within M1. It would also be useful if ECI would provide prescheduled training for how to customize things with M1 through Design Studio
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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    ECI Software Solutions
    Support has been great and timely
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    SAP
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    Alternatives Considered
    ECI Software Solutions
    M1 is light years ahead in overall cost and proficiency. It allows so much more control and flexibility as compared to its competitors. When choosing M1 we went through many demos and M1 was the only ERP that met our needs and still does. We also control our own data which is a big plus for us.
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    SAP
    There was no product evaluated before using SAP ME. This replaced the custom homegrown MES system. The custom MES system had a lot of issues with the integration with SAP ERP. While evaluating the situation, SAP MII was the initial tool used to create the integration of the custom MES. We later found the fully functional tool SAP ME off the shelf had several functionalities out of the box.
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    Return on Investment
    ECI Software Solutions
    • Time savings having to only enter certain information once and have it follow through the entire order process from quote to cash
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    SAP
    • Production house is more efficient now.
    • Less paperwork improved means less unproductive work on the shop floor.
    • Regulatory audits are more efficient.
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