Deacom ERP
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Order Entry, CRM, Order Reporting, AR Reporting
Pros
- Order Entry
Cons
- External shipping platforms
- Sales Calendar
Return on Investment
- Easy to navigate in Order Entry
- Manual processes
What is Deacom ERP?
Deacom, an ECI Software Solution, is an ERP platform with a wide range of capabilities designed for growing batch and process manufacturers. It helps to reduce the burden caused by multi-system complexities and avoid the manual workarounds that plague traditional ERP implementations by having all of required functionality in a single platform.
Categories & Use Cases
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Screenshot of Deacom's customizable dashboards. These interactive dashboards visually represent key metrics and performance indicators. Users can monitor production efficiency, inventory levels, sales trends, and other aspects of process manufacturing operations. The ability to customize these dashboards ensures important information is readily available.
Top Performing Features
Single sign-on capability
The software system supports a centralized authentication mechanism allowing the user to access multiple systems with a single, centrally managed password.
Category average: 8.3
Global Financial Support
Account using multiple ledgers, multiple currencies, and multiple entities
Category average: 7.8
Location management
The software can track multiple goods across multiple locations.
Category average: 7.7
Areas for Improvement
Inventory Planning
Establish projected inventory levels, monitor actual levels and compare with projected levels
Category average: 7.3
Forecasting
Statistically forecast based on historical patterns and sales input, monitor accuracy and estimate new demand
Category average: 6.9
Dashboards
Users can create, customize and share dashboards, which provide an overview of the most important metrics.
Category average: 7.7
Deacom ERP is the da bomb
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
All of our core business processes are now in one system. It has streamlined processes and information across the company. It allows the flexibility to work from anywhere with it being a cloud service. The CRM piece allows are sales force to have the customers and potential customers in the system. This allows them to send out mass emails to their contacts and make customer visitation notes
Pros
- Tracking sales by customer, location, or division
- Easy to create and track jobs
- Multiple reporting options
Cons
- Would be nice to have Deacom ERP and CRM communicate.
- Seems like every time we update to get new functionality or to fix an issue there is a another issue
- Automated collection emails would be great
Return on Investment
- Reduction in administrative costs
- Reduction in operating costs
- Reduction in inventory costs
Usability
ECI Deacom ERP Good Product
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Deacom ERP for Production, Accounting, Customer Services mainly for the chemical processing industry. To smooth our business workflow from order to production and payments and such.
Pros
- Customize forms for different departments like confirmation with different versions for Customer Service and Accounting.
- User Could set up their favorites and preview pages.
- Mobile app for sales people quick check leads taking notes.
Cons
- Tracking leads and makes quotes easier.
- Generate pricing sheets for current customers.
- Fix bugs solid.
- Easier to get hold of tech team or data/development teams. I got ticket closed but issues didn't get fix and went to development team.
Return on Investment
- Provide a central resource for viewing and manage all orders, jobs and running reports.
- Slow down system performance by big report users.
Usability
Deacom ERP - good for small to medium sized businesses.
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I've helped companies implement Deacom ERP at their businesses. Deacom ERP helps provide controls and data visibility to multi-entity businesses which may have no current-state ERP or may need a consolidated ERP solution.
Pros
- sales order management
- purchase order management
- production job management
Cons
- MRP - it is rather difficult to understand
- Quality Control - it is not possible to effectively note/track hold reasons and drive action
Return on Investment
- Deacom gave us complete visibility to our consumption and waste where we had NOTHING previously.
Usability
Alternatives Considered
NetSuite ERP and BatchMaster
Deacom ERP is a great ERP platform for manufacturers
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We manufacture tortillas and wraps. Deacom ERP helps us accross the board from Sales to WMS, and operations, etc.
Pros
- WMS
- EDI
- Accounting
- Logging and reporting on changes
Cons
- Active directory integration, we aren't and I don't know if it is supported
- Integration with PowerBI?
Return on Investment
- Helped to reduce paperwork
- Reduced errors and improved response time to changes
- saved labor and increased efficiency of EDI processing
Usability
Alternatives Considered
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
Other Software Used
Fiix by Rockwell Automation, Ignition by Inductive Automation, Asana
