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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Aptean Food & Beverage ERP

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AAptean JustFood ERP is purpose-built for the food manufacturing industry. With a single ERP software solution, companies can manage all aspects of their operations—from the time materials enter the facility until the finished product is delivered. Through a wide-ranging set of features, JustFood ERP provides the necessary visibility, tracking, and control to take your food business to the next level. Aptean acquired JustFood in 2018.N/A

    Red Falcon

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/ARed Falcon is an integrated business management system and eCommerce platform, designed to make the supplier ordering process simpler with integrations that allow users to submit accurate orders electronically, receive acknowledgments, and manage complex jobs. The software automatically connects with major wholesalers and vendors to help users handle products and pricing updates.N/A
    Pricing
    Aptean Food & Beverage ERPRed Falcon
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    Aptean Food & Beverage ERPRed Falcon
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
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    Community Pulse
    Aptean Food & Beverage ERPRed Falcon
    Considered Both Products
    Aptean
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    ECI Software Solutions
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    92%
    Would buy again
    12 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    92%
    Delivers good value for the price
    11 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    12 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    80%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    4 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    8 Answers
    Features
    Aptean Food & Beverage ERPRed Falcon
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Aptean Food & Beverage ERP and Red Falcon
    Feature
    Aptean Food & Beverage ERP
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Red Falcon
    7.7
    9 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Role-based user permissions9.01 Ratings7.79 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Aptean Food & Beverage ERP and Red Falcon
    Feature
    Aptean Food & Beverage ERP
    5.0
    1 Ratings
    36% below category average
    Red Falcon
    6.7
    9 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Dashboards5.01 Ratings6.79 Ratings
    Standard reports5.01 Ratings6.89 Ratings
    Custom reports5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Aptean Food & Beverage ERP and Red Falcon
    Feature
    Aptean Food & Beverage ERP
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Red Falcon
    -
    Ratings
    Accounts payable9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Accounts receivable9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of Aptean Food & Beverage ERP and Red Falcon
    Feature
    Aptean Food & Beverage ERP
    6.0
    1 Ratings
    27% below category average
    Red Falcon
    -
    Ratings
    Inventory tracking8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automatic reordering4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location management6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of Aptean Food & Beverage ERP and Red Falcon
    Feature
    Aptean Food & Beverage ERP
    6.0
    1 Ratings
    27% below category average
    Red Falcon
    7.1
    9 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Pricing5.01 Ratings6.89 Ratings
    Order entry7.01 Ratings7.39 Ratings
    Credit card processing00 Ratings7.27 Ratings
    Order Orchestration00 Ratings7.28 Ratings
    Subledger and Financial Process
    Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Aptean Food & Beverage ERP and Red Falcon
    Feature
    Aptean Food & Beverage ERP
    5.0
    1 Ratings
    40% below category average
    Red Falcon
    -
    Ratings
    Billing Management5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cash and Asset Management5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Execution Management
    Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Aptean Food & Beverage ERP and Red Falcon
    Feature
    Aptean Food & Beverage ERP
    4.0
    1 Ratings
    53% below category average
    Red Falcon
    -
    Ratings
    Project Planning and Scheduling4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Procurement
    Comparison of Procurement features of Aptean Food & Beverage ERP and Red Falcon
    Feature
    Aptean Food & Beverage ERP
    4.0
    1 Ratings
    54% below category average
    Red Falcon
    -
    Ratings
    Contract Authoring4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract Repository4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Supplier Management4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Risk Management
    Comparison of Risk Management features of Aptean Food & Beverage ERP and Red Falcon
    Feature
    Aptean Food & Beverage ERP
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    32% above category average
    Red Falcon
    -
    Ratings
    Control Management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Logistics
    Comparison of Logistics features of Aptean Food & Beverage ERP and Red Falcon
    Feature
    Aptean Food & Beverage ERP
    7.8
    1 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Red Falcon
    -
    Ratings
    Transportation Planning and Optimization8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Transportation Execution Management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Fulfillment Management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Warehouse Workforce Management7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manufacturing
    Comparison of Manufacturing features of Aptean Food & Beverage ERP and Red Falcon
    Feature
    Aptean Food & Beverage ERP
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Red Falcon
    -
    Ratings
    Production Management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Configuration Management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Supply Chain
    Comparison of Supply Chain features of Aptean Food & Beverage ERP and Red Falcon
    Feature
    Aptean Food & Beverage ERP
    4.3
    1 Ratings
    49% below category average
    Red Falcon
    -
    Ratings
    Forecasting4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inventory Planning4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance Monitoring5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product Lifecycle Management
    Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Aptean Food & Beverage ERP and Red Falcon
    Feature
    Aptean Food & Beverage ERP
    6.0
    1 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Red Falcon
    -
    Ratings
    Proposal Management6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Aptean Food & Beverage ERP and Red Falcon
    Feature
    Aptean Food & Beverage ERP
    -
    Ratings
    Red Falcon
    6.5
    6 Ratings
    16% below category average
    API for custom integration00 Ratings7.26 Ratings
    Plug-ins00 Ratings5.94 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Aptean Food & Beverage ERPRed Falcon
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.4
    (10 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    3.6
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    2.7
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Aptean Food & Beverage ERPRed Falcon
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Aptean
    I would highly recommend Aptean Food and Beverage to any colleague in the Food industry. The ERP is specially designed for Food Manufacturing and it does it very well.
    Incentivized
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    ECI Software Solutions
    We like the fact that we are able to offer our customers a professional online presence so that we can compete with the big box stores and the Amazon's of the Office Supply world. I like being able to log into the back office to see our respective pricing from both SP Richards and Essendant.
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    Pros
    Aptean
    • Accounts Payable system is well integrated and easy to use
    • Accounts Receivable is the same as Account Payable. Easy to reconcile with the bank
    • Tracking of inventory and recording of inventory is well managed by aptean
    • Submitting and recording Purchase Orders is very well integrated with Inventory and Accounts Payable.
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    ECI Software Solutions
    • There is good training and support to help learn the product
    • Makes it easy for staff to manage inventory and see what we have in stock for hardware and computers.
    • Integrates with many of the Wholesalers we use right out of the box.
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    Cons
    Aptean
    • The Quality Assurance Module needs some better integration with inventory. We still do this process manually
    • The Maintenance module needs the same work as the Quality Assurance Module
    • The Warehouse Module does sometimes get a bit wonky, but overall is okay.
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    ECI Software Solutions
    • Would like to be able to print only unprinted orders in packing slips.
    • More reporting options within Red Falcon.
    • Would like to be able to search by order number under customer order history.
    • Be able to do recurring orders on the back end for MISC items.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Aptean
    I gave this Rating to Aptean due to the many great functions it has and how specially designed it is for food manufacturing. The customer support however, sometimes gets a bit irritating
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    ECI Software Solutions
    I feel there is a lot of clicking around to get what you need.
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    Support Rating
    Aptean
    Support for the product is good, but very complicated via ticket process. And emergency tickets dont get resolved right away which then halts usage of the system.
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    ECI Software Solutions
    Support is great at taking care of our questions and issues.
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    Implementation Rating
    Aptean
    No answers on this topic
    ECI Software Solutions
    The instructors were patient and kind but the overall implementation seemed cumbersome and lengthy.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Aptean
    Aptean blows QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise out of the water. Everything Aptean does compared to Quickbooks is 100x better in all aspects from AP, to AR, to inventory management, to purchase orders
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    ECI Software Solutions
    We did a quick review of other companies but went with Red Falcon as we knew someone else who used and was happy with their service offerings Red Falcon does seem to be expensive but it was a little hard to compare as we did not compare all the specific pricing for other competitors Again, we mainly went with Red Falcon through word of mouth
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    Return on Investment
    Aptean
    • It has reduced us using multiples platforms
    • Our IT costs have been lowered since switching over
    • Our Record Keeping and traceability has significantly improved since going to aptean which has reduced a lot of paper record keeping
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    ECI Software Solutions
    • Red Falcon's integration with e-auto is a tremendous time and money saver on the admin side of things!
    • The overall cost of Red Falcon is a bit pricey so the ROI really depends on how much e-commerce business that can be ran thru it.
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