abas ERP
German mid-market ERP for make-to-order and engineer-to-order manufacturers, with most of its installed base in German-speaking Europe.
Employee records, time and absence, and the pay run itself. The line to watch is where the vendor's own payroll stops and a local partner takes over, because that boundary tends to fall exactly at the countries you operate in.
Written to separate what is generally available from what is shown. Ask them in the order given; the later ones assume the earlier answers.
In which countries do you run payroll yourselves rather than through a partner, and who owns statutory filing in each case?
How does the payroll posting reach the general ledger — one summary journal, or costed down to department, project and cost centre?
How are statutory changes such as new rate tables or filing formats delivered, and are they included or chargeable?
Can an employee sit in one legal entity and be costed to another, and does that raise an intercompany charge automatically?
39 of the 53 profiled systems document this module. Alphabetical; a listing is a documented fact, not an endorsement.
German mid-market ERP for make-to-order and engineer-to-order manufacturers, with most of its installed base in German-speaking Europe.
Mid-market cloud ERP licensed by resource consumption rather than per named user, which makes it attractive where many occasional users need access. Sold through a partner channel.
Formula-based process manufacturing software that is often layered on an existing financial system rather than replacing it. Founded in 1983, with offices in the United States, New Zealand and India.
Services-centric ERP and professional-services automation built natively on Salesforce, so the customer record and the project ledger share one platform. Formerly FinancialForce.
Single-codebase ERP for process manufacturers, built around formulation, lot traceability and recall handling. Founded in 1995 and acquired by ECI Software Solutions in 2021.
Project-accounting ERP built for government contractors, where the core requirement is cost accounting that stands up to federal audit rules.
Project ERP for architecture, engineering and consulting firms, joining CRM and pipeline, resource planning, project delivery and firm accounting in one system. Deltek sells it to firms from small practices to large multi-office organisations, mostly on its own cloud.
Microsoft's ERP for small and midsize companies, covering finance, sales, purchasing, inventory, warehousing and projects, with manufacturing and service management in the Premium licence. It is sold and implemented through Microsoft's partner network and runs online or on-premises.
Epicor’s manufacturing ERP, rebranded from Epicor ERP, with a browser-based interface and a low-code studio layered on the older E10 architecture. Strongest in discrete and make-to-order plants.
Epicor’s distribution-only ERP, built around wholesale order, pricing and warehouse workflows rather than manufacturing.
Family-owned, privately held ERP vendor founded in 1976 that writes its software and staffs its support in-house, selling almost entirely to small and mid-size manufacturers.
ERP built around asset-heavy and field-service operations, so the service, maintenance and project modules carry as much weight as the financial ones.
Infor’s family of industry-specific cloud suites, sold pre-configured for a vertical rather than as a blank platform to be shaped in implementation.
The Infor suite aimed at complex process and distribution manufacturers, with a long European installed base in food, fashion and equipment.
Oracle’s long-lived enterprise ERP with a deep asset- and project-intensive installed base, still maintained rather than retired, and commonly run on Oracle’s own infrastructure.
Microsoft’s modular business-applications line, where Finance & Operations covers larger enterprises and Business Central covers the mid-market. Its pull is tight integration with the rest of the Microsoft stack.
The former Great Plains accounting system, still running in many small and mid-size North American businesses. Microsoft points its users at Business Central as the successor.
Modular open-source suite where buyers switch on only the applications they need, with a large third-party partner network and a low entry price.
Oracle’s upper-enterprise cloud suite, distinct from NetSuite and pitched at large finance organisations that need deep consolidation, planning and treasury in one platform.
Cloud ERP aimed at growing mid-market companies, sold as a single suite covering financials, orders, inventory and CRM. Its OneWorld tier handles multi-entity and multi-currency consolidation.
Cloud ERP designed from the shop floor up, combining MES-style production control with the financial ledger. Concentrated in automotive and other high-volume discrete plants.
Privately held ERP vendor founded in Israel, selling a broad mid-market suite with offices in the United States, United Kingdom and Belgium.
ERP specialised for global manufacturers, with a long track record in automotive supply chains and regulated life-sciences production.
Cloud ERP from Ramco Systems, an Indian enterprise software company, with finance, supply chain, asset management, projects, production, quality and HR and payroll built on one platform. Ramco sells it alongside its global payroll, aviation MRO and logistics products, mainly to medium and large organisations in Asia-Pacific and the Middle East.
Manufacturing ERP built natively on Salesforce and founded in 2008, chosen mainly by companies that already run Salesforce as their commercial system of record.
Long-established small-business accounting and light ERP product for North America, still widely run on-premise and typically supported by a local reseller.
Sage's finance and business management system for growing small and medium businesses in the UK and Ireland, covering ledgers, stock, order processing, warehouse and project accounting. It comes in Standard and Professional editions and is sold and supported through Sage business partners.
The former Accpac product, aimed at smaller multi-entity and multi-currency businesses that need more than entry-level accounting but not a full ERP programme.
Cloud financial management rather than a full ERP: strong multi-entity consolidation and dimensional reporting, usually paired with separate CRM, payroll and operations systems.
Sage’s upper-mid-market suite for process and distribution businesses that have outgrown its smaller products but do not want a tier-one implementation.
SAP’s older two-tier cloud suite for subsidiaries and smaller companies. SAP has stopped selling it to new customers, so the live question for existing users is where to migrate.
SAP’s small-business suite, sold largely through partners and often deployed as the subsidiary tier alongside a larger SAP system at group level.
The previous generation of SAP’s core ERP, still in production at many large enterprises. Its approaching end of mainstream maintenance is what drives most S/4HANA projects.
A single-tenant S/4HANA instance that keeps the extension and customisation freedom of the on-premise product while SAP hosts it. The usual destination for large existing SAP estates.
SAP’s standardised multi-tenant edition of S/4HANA, upgraded on SAP’s schedule and configured rather than customised. Aimed at companies that want SAP’s process model without running their own instance.
Privately held mid-market ERP focused narrowly on manufacturers and distributors, founded in 1978 and sold through regional offices and partners.
European suite aimed at people-based organisations — universities, agencies, nonprofits — where project and grant accounting matter more than inventory.
Vertex is an indirect tax and compliance software company whose products cover tax determination, e-invoicing, returns, VAT compliance and reporting, sold alongside returns and exemption certificate outsourcing services. It is oriented to large enterprises running global operations on systems such as SAP.
A people-first enterprise suite whose financials sit alongside its much larger HCM footprint. Usually chosen by service organisations where headcount, not inventory, is the business.