Product

Understand the part. Build the estimate. Run the job.

MercerERP combines advanced estimating, 3D part analysis and manufacturing intelligence with the ERP workflows needed to buy, build, inspect, ship and learn what the work actually cost.

Manufacturing intelligence

Intelligence for the part and the process.

MercerERP works through RFQs, drawings, STP models, requirements, materials, processes, quantities, quality needs, shop context and actual performance to help your team understand what it is looking at, how the part may be machined and what should happen next.

Advanced STP viewer

Inspect and measure the part without leaving the estimate.

View STP geometry directly in MercerERP, take measurements and evaluate the features that matter to machining. The model is part of the estimating workflow, not just an attachment sitting next to it.

RFQ & Advanced Estimating

Start with more than a blank estimate. MercerERP helps your team read the RFQ, pull together the requirements, understand the part and build a stronger estimate with the assumptions visible.

  • Analyze RFQs, drawings and specifications
  • Open and measure STP models
  • Evaluate part geometry and machining considerations
  • Build estimates with assumptions visible

Part & Machining Intelligence

Open the 3D part directly in MercerERP. Measure geometry, inspect features and use manufacturing intelligence to reason through how the part may be machined before you commit to price or schedule.

  • Interactive STP viewing and measurement
  • Inspect geometry and important features
  • Think through likely operations, setups and process needs
  • Surface machining difficulty and cost drivers

Quote & Order

Move from estimate to quote without rebuilding the job. When the work is won, carry customer requirements and decisions forward.

  • Prepare quotes
  • Keep customer requirements connected
  • Preserve estimate context
  • Reduce re-entry

Purchase & Source

Know what you need to buy and why. Work directly with suppliers while keeping material, outside process, vendor and delivery needs tied to the job.

  • Identify sourcing needs
  • Send supplier RFQs
  • Bring supplier quotes back into the job
  • Track purchasing decisions

Plan & Produce

Carry what was learned during estimating and quoting into planning and production so the shop is not starting over when the order hits.

  • Plan and release work
  • Keep requirements visible
  • Carry estimating decisions forward
  • Capture shop-floor and machine activity

Quality & Compliance

Keep quality requirements with the job from the beginning instead of managing them as a separate afterthought.

  • Support FAI and inspection workflows
  • Track quality requirements
  • Keep certifications and records connected
  • Support ITAR and export-controlled work

Ship & Close

Manage scheduled deliveries, shipping and the final handoff to the business side without losing the job history behind them.

  • Manage deliveries and shipments
  • Keep shipping requirements visible
  • Preserve the job record
  • Connect financial workflows with QuickBooks

Actuals & Analytics

Know what the job actually cost—not just what you estimated. Bring together real shop-floor activity and cost, compare estimate to actual and use the difference to improve the next quote.

  • Capture machine time and shop-floor activity
  • Bring together labor, material, outside process, scrap/rework, quality and shipping cost
  • Compare estimate vs. actual
  • Improve future estimates with real performance data

Connected to the rest of your shop

Get the data without the swivel-chair work.

Machine and shop-floor integrations help capture how work actually ran. Direct supplier workflows keep sourcing connected to the job and QuickBooks integration keeps the financial side in sync. The result is a cleaner picture of actual cost without asking people to recreate it by hand.

Closed-loop estimating

Estimate. Run. Measure. Improve.

MercerERP keeps the assumptions behind the estimate, captures what actually happened and helps show where time, cost, scrap, rework, outside processing or other factors differed. That feedback makes analytics more useful and future estimates more accurate.

Controlled work

Built to support ITAR and export-controlled manufacturing.

MercerERP is designed to help shops keep export-controlled work inside the right security and access boundaries while still getting the benefit of connected workflows and manufacturing intelligence.

Why this is different

Old ERP stores the answer. MercerERP helps you get to it—and learn from it.

You still get the system of record you need. The difference is MercerERP can help analyze the part, prepare the estimate, capture actual performance and point out what needs attention before the next estimate is built.

Your team stays in control

Your people make the call.

MercerERP does the legwork—analyzing, organizing, comparing and recommending. Your team stays in control of pricing, risk, customer commitments, quality and shop decisions.

See how it fits your shop

We are working directly with a small number of manufacturers while MercerERP is being shaped.

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