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What is Macola?

ECI Software Solutions offers Macola (now edition Macola 10), an enterprise resource planning (ERP) for small manufacturers emphasizing business process management and accounting.

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Macola Works

8 out of 10
January 09, 2020
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Macola is being used across the whole organization for all aspects of our production. This includes but is not limited to Accounting …
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What is Macola?

ECI Software Solutions offers Macola (now edition Macola 10), an enterprise resource planning (ERP) for small manufacturers emphasizing business process management and accounting.

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January 09, 2020

Macola Works

Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology
Environmental Services Company, 51-200 employees
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Macola is being used across the whole organization for all aspects of our production. This includes but is not limited to Accounting processes, Inventory management, Customer support, Sales Leads and shipping and receiving. This software allows us to keep all aspects of business connected in one application.
Pros and Cons
  • Organization
  • Expandability
  • Integration with other software
  • Migration from another application
Likelihood to Recommend
Until recently, we had Macola as our ERP software and used another software for CRM purposes. We had to use a third party software to connect the two. We are now using Macola for both CRM and ERP and it is working great. Not only do we manage all internal aspects of business but are able to keep up with customers and vendors within the same software linking orders directly to customers.
Macola Feature Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting (7)
90%
9.0
Accounts payable
80%
8.0
Accounts receivable
90%
9.0
Global Financial Support
80%
8.0
Primary and Secondary Ledgers
100%
10.0
Journals and Reconciliations
80%
8.0
Configurable Accounting
100%
10.0
Standardized Processes
100%
10.0
Subledger and Financial Process (5)
88%
8.8
Billing Management
90%
9.0
Cash and Asset Management
80%
8.0
Travel & Expense Management
80%
8.0
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting
90%
9.0
Period Close
100%
10.0
Inventory Management (3)
90%
9.0
Inventory tracking
100%
10.0
Automatic reordering
80%
8.0
Location management
90%
9.0
Order Management (5)
88%
8.8
Pricing
90%
9.0
Order entry
90%
9.0
Credit card processing
80%
8.0
Cost of goods sold
90%
9.0
Order Orchestration
90%
9.0
Payroll Management (3)
90%
9.0
Pay calculation
90%
9.0
Benefit plan administration
90%
9.0
Direct deposit files
90%
9.0
Reporting & Analytics (3)
83.33333333333334%
8.3
Dashboards
100%
10.0
Standard reports
80%
8.0
Custom reports
70%
7.0
Customization (2)
70%
7.0
API for custom integration
70%
7.0
Plug-ins
70%
7.0
Security (2)
95%
9.5
Role-based user permissions
90%
9.0
Single sign-on capability
100%
10.0
Grants Management (1)
80%
8.0
Award Lifecycle Management
80%
8.0
Project Financial Management (6)
83.33333333333334%
8.3
Budgeting and Forecasting
90%
9.0
Project Costing
80%
8.0
Cost Capture
80%
8.0
Capital Project Management
80%
8.0
Customer Contract Compliance
90%
9.0
Project Revenue Recognition
80%
8.0
Project Execution Management (4)
N/A
N/A
Project Planning and Scheduling
N/A
N/A
Task Insight for Project Managers
N/A
N/A
Project Mobile Functionality
N/A
N/A
Definable Resource Pools
N/A
N/A
Procurement (5)
32%
3.2
Bids Analyzed and Compared
70%
7.0
Contract Authoring
N/A
N/A
Contract Repository
N/A
N/A
Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated
N/A
N/A
Supplier Management
90%
9.0
Risk Management (5)
N/A
N/A
Risk Repository
N/A
N/A
Control Management
N/A
N/A
Control Efficiency Assessments
N/A
N/A
Issue Detection
N/A
N/A
Remediation and Certification
N/A
N/A
Logistics (5)
18%
1.8
Transportation Planning and Optimization
N/A
N/A
Transportation Execution Management
N/A
N/A
Trade and Customs Management
N/A
N/A
Fulfillment Management
90%
9.0
Warehouse Workforce Management
N/A
N/A
Manufacturing (5)
32%
3.2
Production Process Design
N/A
N/A
Production Management
N/A
N/A
Configuration Management
N/A
N/A
Work Execution
80%
8.0
Manufacturing Costs
80%
8.0
Supply Chain (3)
26.666666666666664%
2.7
Forecasting
N/A
N/A
Inventory Planning
80%
8.0
Performance Monitoring
N/A
N/A
Product Lifecycle Management (2)
N/A
N/A
Proposal Management
N/A
N/A
Product Master Data Management
N/A
N/A
Return on Investment
  • Lower software costs.
  • Less maintenance.
November 28, 2018

Macola and Small Manufacturing Companies

Rachel Stansel | TrustRadius Reviewer
Rachel Stansel
President
Environics, Inc. (Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing, 11-50 employees)
Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We are a manufacturing company and have used Macola as our MRP system since 2011. We find it easy to use across the organization from engineering to accounting. We use the BOM/Inventory, RMA, AR, AP, PO, Order Entry and GL modules. As a small business, we do not use a number of the other modules. We have found the software to be user-friendly for the most part, although there are some strange quirks that can be frustrating. For example, if you partially invoice an order and the remaining items are at no cost, the invoice enters a no-man-land where it both shows as open and yet is not retrievable. The only solution is generating a new order. Despite these small items, the program has worked smoothly for us. We enjoy the ability to customize the system and to add-in features, especially the ability to process credit cards in the program. For managers, the newer reporting features are very helpful for monitoring sales and inventory. Reporting through sql or crystal reports makes the creation of custom reports simple which is important especially in relation to custom facing documents.
Pros and Cons
  • Simplifying min/max inventory reviews
  • PO entry and receiving
  • Order entry and production order entry
  • Custom reporting and high level reviews
  • Viewing negative inventory requires a custom report
  • Physical inventory process is unnecessarily complex with multiple inventory locations having to be run separately
  • Capturing of labor on partially closed production orders is not ratio based
Likelihood to Recommend
Well suited for larger companies, and this is only becoming more the case with the new ownership. Smaller companies could at one time buy only the modules they required. This is now not possible, so you end up with a number of modules you do not need. It is best suited for a company needing a full MRP and is going to be overkill for a service based company that does not require inventory management.
Macola Feature Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting (7)
62.857142857142854%
6.3
Accounts payable
70%
7.0
Accounts receivable
70%
7.0
Global Financial Support
N/A
N/A
Primary and Secondary Ledgers
60%
6.0
Journals and Reconciliations
90%
9.0
Configurable Accounting
60%
6.0
Standardized Processes
90%
9.0
Subledger and Financial Process (5)
32%
3.2
Billing Management
70%
7.0
Cash and Asset Management
90%
9.0
Travel & Expense Management
N/A
N/A
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting
N/A
N/A
Period Close
N/A
N/A
Inventory Management (3)
46.66666666666667%
4.7
Inventory tracking
80%
8.0
Automatic reordering
N/A
N/A
Location management
60%
6.0
Order Management (5)
42%
4.2
Pricing
N/A
N/A
Order entry
100%
10.0
Credit card processing
10%
1.0
Cost of goods sold
100%
10.0
Order Orchestration
N/A
N/A
Payroll Management (3)
N/A
N/A
Pay calculation
N/A
N/A
Benefit plan administration
N/A
N/A
Direct deposit files
N/A
N/A
Reporting & Analytics (3)
63.33333333333333%
6.3
Dashboards
70%
7.0
Standard reports
50%
5.0
Custom reports
70%
7.0
Customization (2)
65%
6.5
API for custom integration
80%
8.0
Plug-ins
50%
5.0
Security (2)
90%
9.0
Role-based user permissions
90%
9.0
Single sign-on capability
90%
9.0
Grants Management (1)
N/A
N/A
Award Lifecycle Management
N/A
N/A
Project Financial Management (6)
N/A
N/A
Budgeting and Forecasting
N/A
N/A
Project Costing
N/A
N/A
Cost Capture
N/A
N/A
Capital Project Management
N/A
N/A
Customer Contract Compliance
N/A
N/A
Project Revenue Recognition
N/A
N/A
Project Execution Management (4)
N/A
N/A
Project Planning and Scheduling
N/A
N/A
Task Insight for Project Managers
N/A
N/A
Project Mobile Functionality
N/A
N/A
Definable Resource Pools
N/A
N/A
Procurement (5)
N/A
N/A
Bids Analyzed and Compared
N/A
N/A
Contract Authoring
N/A
N/A
Contract Repository
N/A
N/A
Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated
N/A
N/A
Supplier Management
N/A
N/A
Risk Management (5)
N/A
N/A
Risk Repository
N/A
N/A
Control Management
N/A
N/A
Control Efficiency Assessments
N/A
N/A
Issue Detection
N/A
N/A
Remediation and Certification
N/A
N/A
Logistics (5)
N/A
N/A
Transportation Planning and Optimization
N/A
N/A
Transportation Execution Management
N/A
N/A
Trade and Customs Management
N/A
N/A
Fulfillment Management
N/A
N/A
Warehouse Workforce Management
N/A
N/A
Manufacturing (5)
14%
1.4
Production Process Design
N/A
N/A
Production Management
N/A
N/A
Configuration Management
N/A
N/A
Work Execution
N/A
N/A
Manufacturing Costs
70%
7.0
Supply Chain (3)
26.666666666666664%
2.7
Forecasting
N/A
N/A
Inventory Planning
80%
8.0
Performance Monitoring
N/A
N/A
Product Lifecycle Management (2)
N/A
N/A
Proposal Management
N/A
N/A
Product Master Data Management
N/A
N/A
Return on Investment
  • Streamlining of processes
  • Time savings with built in high level reporting
  • Customized notifications to customers with receipts and invoices
Alternatives Considered
We did not try any other products. We migrated to Macola from an older product.
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