M1

Score7.2 out of 10

42 Reviews and Ratings

What is M1?

M1, from ECI Software Solutions headquartered in Ft. Worth, is an all-in-one manufacturing ERP software solution, built for small and medium-sized discrete manufacturers.

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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
Primary and Secondary Ledgers
Record and report across multiple currencies and accounting standards with primary and secondary ledgers
Category average: 8.1
Billing Management
Access role-based billing work area, perform discrete and recurring billing
Category average: 7.9

Award Lifecycle Management
Manage the life of program funding awards from initial funding to close-out
Category average: 7.2
Transportation Execution Management
Execute and track shipping orders
Category average: 6.9
Transportation Planning and Optimization
Plan shipments across all modes of transportation via lowest costs/highest service
Category average: 6.8

Carolyn Sharp

Accounting Contact in Finance and Accounting at GSI Highway Products (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Business problems I would think is our inventory. It's never accurate, so that always causes a headache at the end of the year when we're doing year end inventory.

Pros

It makes shipping easier. The sales orders are easier to process. AR is easy to process from a posted shipment.

Cons

That would be within the reports itself. At closing the stock status and the GL detail report. Sometimes that's not always accurate. If there's anything messed up on the front end, your reports are going to give you false numbers on the back end. So you have to really stay on top of your inventory and stuff like that to make the reports come out accurately.

Return on Investment

It's had a major impact on it.

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Stephanie Franek

Director of Client Services in Customer Service at Apex Sign Group (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use M1 for manufacturing and Project Management. The product tracks our projects from customers from request to invoice and our manufacturing from request to shipping. We are using the product for reporting, invoicing, project management and manufacturing.

Pros

Breaks each level of a job down to finite detail
Allows for customization of grids

Cons

Does not allow for customization of statuses on projects
Is way to overly complex for managing projects
Does not manage suppliers well
Does not have a function to search for suppliers and projects in a geographic manner.
Does not integrate with other programs

Return on Investment

Cost savings as an inexpensive product

Usability

Alternatives Considered

NetSuite ERP

Mike Meziere

president in Manufacturing at Meziere Enterprises Inc (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use M1 for our accounting, inventory controls and process management

Pros

Accounting
Inventory
reporting
customization

Cons

Point of sale transactions
Batch order entries

Return on Investment

M1 has helped us identify bottlenecks
M1 has been a significant impact on defining processes for our org
M1 has allowed us to serve our customers better by having better inventory management

Usability

Verified User

Director in Information Technology (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use M1 in every aspect of our business. From quoting to AP. It gives us an all included solution to manage our business from front to back. Including reporting on existing and past jobs for costing and analytics. We love that we can customize M1 to fit our needs and have customized it extensively.

Pros

Customization of reports and entry screens
Security of data and user control
API integrations

Cons

Speed of entry screen loading
training for users
in depth training for more advanced customization

Return on Investment

before M1, we had no visibility on our overall cost of each job. M1 has improved our ability to quote properly
our time tracking on jobs has gone from a manual paper entry to automated with SFE

Usability

Other Software Used

Microsoft Teams, Autodesk Inventor

Verified User

Manager (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

M1 is used for our Sales, Production, Inventory and Accounting.

The business problems the product addresses are keeping accurate Inventory, logging Sales Orders and having good GL Accounting records.

The reporting and capability of researching the history helps with statistics and metrics.

The customization is helpful for each user to obtain their research needs.

Pros

Ideas Portal for Feedback
Customization
Reporting

Cons

Customer Support
Communication
Documentation
User Group Support

Return on Investment

Production Efficiency
Time Savings

Usability

Other Software Used

HubSpot CRM, Freshdesk

Acumatica

Global Shop Solutions ERP Software

Epicor CMS

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Single sign-on capability

Primary and Secondary Ledgers

Billing Management

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Award Lifecycle Management

Transportation Execution Management

Transportation Planning and Optimization

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