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JobBOSS²

JobBOSS²
Formerly E2 Shop

Overview

What is JobBOSS²?

JobBOSS² is the evolution of E2 Shop with the addition of features of the JobBOSS manufacturing software, since the acquisition of E2 Shop's developer Shoptech Industrial Software by ECI Software Solutions in 2020.

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Recent Reviews

New JobBOSS² User

10 out of 10
April 02, 2024
Incentivized
We currently operating all manufacturing operations out of JobBOSS². We use JobBOSS² for order entry and control, quality control, load …
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Choose JobBOSS2

10 out of 10
October 29, 2023
Incentivized
We use JobBOSS2 in all areas of our business, from accounting to inventory management to shop floor control. We were looking for a better …
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Awards

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Popular Features

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  • Order entry (24)
    7.3
    73%
  • Inventory tracking (24)
    6.7
    67%
  • Pricing (23)
    6.5
    65%
  • Dashboards (22)
    6.2
    62%

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Pricing

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What is JobBOSS²?

JobBOSS² is the evolution of E2 Shop with the addition of features of the JobBOSS manufacturing software, since the acquisition of E2 Shop's developer Shoptech Industrial Software by ECI Software Solutions in 2020.

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  • No setup fee

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  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Product Demos

Dashboards with JobBOSS² Software

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Features

Payroll Management

Provides for pay calculation and benefit plan administration, in addition to managing direct deposit, salary revisions and payroll tracking.

3
Avg 7.2

Customization

This addresses a company’s ability to configure the software to fit its specific use case and workflow.

4.9
Avg 7.3

Security

This component helps a company minimize the security risks by controlling access to the software and its data, and encouraging best practices among users.

7.3
Avg 8.1

Reporting & Analytics

Users can report on and analyze usage, performance, ROI, and/or other metrics of success.

6.3
Avg 7.0

General Ledger and Configurable Accounting

Financial management solution, including capabilities for general ledger and configurable accounting

6.7
Avg 7.6

Inventory Management

The ability to track and manage the flow of goods or materials into and out of an inventory.

6.9
Avg 7.9

Order Management

The ability to process orders, and track them from quote to cash.

4.8
Avg 7.8

Subledger and Financial Process

Revenue management solution including capabilities for subledgers and financial processes

2.7
Avg 7.4

Project Financial Management

Project financial management solution including capabilities for project budgeting, cost control, billing and contract management.

9.4
Avg 7.6

Project Execution Management

Project execution management solution including capabilities for project scheduling, resource management, and team member task management.

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Grants Management

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Procurement

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Risk Management

Risk management solution with capabilities for managing controls, assessing control effectiveness, certifying controls, and addressing deficiencies

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Avg 6.5

Logistics

Logistics solution with capabilities for transportation planning, transportation execution, trade compliance, customs management, warehouse management and warehouse workforce management.

4.3
Avg 6.9

Manufacturing

Manufacturing solution for managing manufacturing processes and costs.

6.8
Avg 7.5

Supply Chain

Supply Chain Planning solution with capabilities for planning, performance monitoring, change responses and execution.

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Product Lifecycle Management

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Product Details

What is JobBOSS²?

JobBOSS² is the evolution of E2 Shop with the addition of features of the JobBOSS manufacturing software, since the acquisition of E2 Shop's developer Shoptech Industrial Software by ECI Software Solutions in 2020.

JobBOSS² Screenshots

Screenshot of the management interface for the daily demands of job shops and machine shopsScreenshot of analytics that provide real-time visibility into job profitability

JobBOSS² Technical Details

Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

JobBOSS² is the evolution of E2 Shop with the addition of features of the JobBOSS manufacturing software, since the acquisition of E2 Shop's developer Shoptech Industrial Software by ECI Software Solutions in 2020.

ProShop ERP, MIE Trak Pro, and Fulcrum Pro are common alternatives for JobBOSS².

Reviewers rate Project Costing highest, with a score of 9.

The most common users of JobBOSS² are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Production manufacturing and machining would be strong points. JobBOSS² has some options to grow into other ECI products or 3rd party vendors. These offer options for inspection, quoting, accounting, and scaling the business to many locations. A good example for a small business owner could use Intuit Quickbooks and move into JobBOSS² accounting as the business grows.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Overall I feel like JobBOSS² is well suited to most any job shop of any kind, but it seems like someone decided it should be somewhat tailored to repeat manufacturing and completely unfriendly to one-off work. We mostly do one-off work and it's much better than using paper like we were but it seems like the world of one off work is not a big concern, as well as reporting being very unfriendly. When we ask how do we get gross profit to show up, it's like I'm asking a foreign language question and told I have to pay for custom reporting to be done and it will take a while. I just want it to NOT calculate burden and a bunch of other stuff automatically. It would be great if I didn't have to link databases together to get a quoted price included on a report. I'd love to see the ability to have all data fields available on all reports and you just choose them, and not use a 3rd party system for creating those reports. It's probably a huge task and not worth it if most people don't want it but the one thing I feel like I was misled on was the level of reporting and ease of getting the reports I want.
April 02, 2024

New JobBOSS² User

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
JobBOSS² has been a tremendous improvement from our Excel spreadsheets. It has been helpful with tracking material to specific jobs- The attachment tab is helpful. The interface between JobBOSS² and QB could be more user-friendly. Tracking employees is helpful. JobBoss is less appropriate for quoting. There are more variables to take into consideration than what is offered.
Cacey Obermark | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
While JobBOSS² has some quirks and learning curves to get around initially, it has been a great resource for our company. The visibility of jobs on our manufacturing floor and their statuses has been the most helpful. For our office staff, having all functions from job entry to purchasing to invoicing in one software has been hugely time effective compared to our previous process of double and sometimes triple entering information across multiple software platforms. For our business, a precision job shop where every job is different, and we do not have many production-run type jobs, JobBoss2 is very well suited. It allows us to enter all details and routing requirements for each job/ part. The main scenario in our shop that we have JobBOSS² not well suited is raw material inventory handling due to the requirement of entering material in full number quantities only and no ability to enter any decimal quantities. This means that if you have 4-1/4" of a type of metal on your shelf, you would enter 4" and disregard the 1/4" - this becomes an issue when manufacturing a part that is 4", but you would need to have 4-1/4" or even just 4-1/8" of material for the CNC machine to chuck on-to (hold on-to). Now we see we only have 4" and believe we'll need to order material when we would not need to.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The JobBOSS² ERP software offers robust functionality for streamlining business processes, managing finances, and tracking inventory. While it excels in data integration and user-friendly interfaces, occasional glitches and limited customization options prevent it from achieving greatness. Overall, it provides solid support for small or medium-sized enterprises but may lack scalability for larger organizations.
Hagen Kern | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 1 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We spent over spent by about $4000 for the upgrade from our old local hosted E2 shop software to the new cloud based JobBOSS². We were not informed that we are paying for a certain amount of consulting hours upfront ($4000) for our upgrade. We did not need those hours and, in my experience, when I asked to credit them.to.our account for billing they refused although this was never explained before hand. In my opinion, this is very much a bait and switch sales behavior. We are happy with the software but the sales team and their management is something else. Furthermore the consultant hours are expiring after 12 month which was also never discussed.
Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The cloud hosting is eliminates the need to maintain a local server but, it is limited in data analysis and as an Accounting and Finance tool.
The ability to see a specific description for an invoice and/or the specific description of a journal entry line item when you run a General Ledger Detail report.
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Jobboss2 helps with creating routings, tracking hours towards those, and tracking inventory for discrete orders. It does not work well for blanket orders, consignment, or long-term agreements-type contracts with customers. Raw material tracking is completely ineffective with Jobboss2. Costing is quite ineffective with Joboss2. Production/lot planning & scheduling is ineffective and is a huge limiting factor. All of these items require manual tracking in spreadsheets. Jobboss2 has helped us get away from tracking routings with pen and paper and timesheets with pen and paper... but we're still having to use Excel to track consignment, blanket orders, job planning/when to launch new travelers, and costing/quoting. Going from pen and paper routings to digital has been a huge help overall, but the other limitations are incredibly concerning, which has led us to research & possibly switch ERP platforms.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
JobBOSS² works great for large production orders, but it is not the greatest for one time orders. The estimating module is great and you can get super detailed in the BOM and routing steps, but if you're only going to make that order one time is it really worth all of the prep time? Now, it's very different for large production orders, because you want to be as detailed as possible and put as much time into the prep to avoid any issues in production.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
JobBOSS² is very well suited for Job Shops. If you are in a service-based industry, like myself, you will have to apply the training the best you can to suit your company. For example, estimates are saved as defined parts in JobBOSS², but as a service-based industry, we are not making parts; we receive customer parts and provide a service, then ship the same parts back to our customer. It was not a simple data conversion because our "item" list in QuickBooks was not typical for a manufacturing company producing a product. We have had to enter customer parts manually and what service we are providing on an individual basis since we did not have set "Part Numbers" to pull from our QuickBooks Items list. We also have a lot of Time and material jobs that we cannot save to the system and have to re-quote every time due to changes in how much material and labor will be needed.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I believe that JobBOSS² would be well suited for any small to medium-sized business for sure I am not sure about a larger-sized company as I only have experience with smaller to medium-sized companies. I believe that for those size companies in any industry, JobBOSS² would be a great asset for them.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
From quoting job costing through an invoice, JobBOSS² performs well. Converting quotes to jobs is seamless (as long as the part was built correctly in the first place) and cuts down the time to issue orders to the shop floor. The system is flexible to handle the constantly changing demands of job shops, but it also has built-in features that allow orders to be issued from stock/inventory. The ERP tends to create challenges for large projects that require numerous assemblies and sub-assemblies - the program requires breaking up the parts to prevent system limitations.
Score 4 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
JobBOSS² works great for scheduling material requirements and driving purchasing. Setting up dashboards is fairly easy, as long as the data already exists in the system. Running admin AR/AP in JobBOSS works well. Accepting payments with NET1 in JobBOSS² works well. I want to drive my business with throughput accounting KPIs, but I cannot get these from JobBOSS² as it is not set up for this.
Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
There are many times when we'd like to capture data in fields/records and cannot do this in JobBOSS². We also are handcuffed in having to pay custom report fees, so I wish there were more user-friendly ways for the average user to create custom screens and reports.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
E2 Shop System is great for backlog and shipment summaries, which our organization uses it for every single day. We also use E2 Shop System to enter new jobs and to keep track of them until they gets shipped. E2 Shop System is also very good at keeping track of partial shipments; it has the option to make partial packing slips so that we make them for exact amount of parts we shipping. E2 Shop System also helps us to create a router, which goes on the shop floor with each individual job that shows all that needs to be done with for that particular job.

There is an improvement required when it comes to the production schedule. It does the job for now but it doesn't notify when we are running late on jobs--it needs to be done manually currently.
January 02, 2018

Poor investment

Score 1 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
E2 Shop System will not work if unless you have an experienced IT senior staff person. If you were going to count on them for customer support, you will not get any.
William Grimm | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
E2 is great at getting you information via reports and you can drill down to specific details. This has helped us calculate hours, costs and track non-conformances to allow for improvements.

The scheduling module is complicated and Shoptech does not offer much in the way of virtual training on implementation. We are paying for onsite training and implementation. All other aspects are pretty straight forward.
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