ERP for manufacturers
Enterprise ERP power, sized for shops with 10 to 500 employees
Forgeplan connects inventory, production scheduling, and job costing in one system, without the year-long implementation timeline of legacy manufacturing ERP.
Most shops go live in 6-8 weeks, not 12 months
- Manufacturers on Forgeplan
- 640+
- Manufacturers on Forgeplan
- Avg. implementation time
- 7 weeks
- Avg. implementation time
- Avg. inventory accuracy gain
- +22pt
- Avg. inventory accuracy gain
Trusted by teams at
- Brannock Tool & Die
- Kesterline Plastics
- Holm Valley Castings
- Ridgemark Fabrication
- Tilden Fastener Co.
- Oakhurst Cabinetry Works
Features
The modules a job shop uses every shift, and nothing it won't
Legacy ERP systems built for Fortune 500 procurement bury the features small manufacturers need under modules they'll never use.
Production scheduling
Visual job scheduling across work centers, with automatic conflict detection when capacity is exceeded.
Real-time inventory
Raw material and WIP inventory tracked in real time, synced directly to the shop floor.
Job costing
Actual-vs-estimated cost tracking per job, updated as materials and labor are logged.
Quality & traceability
Lot and serial traceability with inspection records tied directly to each job and material lot.
Purchasing & vendor management
Automated reorder points and purchase order generation based on live inventory and demand.
Shop floor data collection
Barcode and tablet-based time and material logging directly from the shop floor, no paper travelers.
How it works
Live on the shop floor in 6-8 weeks
Most implementations run in parallel with your existing system until the team is confident, then cut over in a single week.
Data migration
Inventory, BOMs, and vendor data migrate from your existing system or spreadsheets.
Configure your workflow
Work centers, routing, and job costing rules configured to match how your shop runs today.
Shop floor training
Hands-on training for shop floor staff on tablet-based data collection.
Go live
Cut over from your legacy system with our implementation team on-site or remote for support.
Connects to the accounting and CAD tools you already use
Forgeplan syncs financial data to your accounting system automatically, without manual journal entries.
- QuickBooks
- NetSuite
- SolidWorks
- AutoCAD
- Salesforce
- Excel
Built to protect production and financial data
Role-based access controls and full audit trails on every inventory and job cost transaction.
- SOC 2-aligned controls
- Daily automated backups
- Role-based access control
Pricing
Flat monthly pricing by shop size
Scheduling, inventory, and job costing are in every plan. Plant adds traceability and multi-site support, and the price is fixed for your contract term.
Shop
$890/month
For manufacturers with up to 50 employees.
- Production scheduling
- Real-time inventory
- Job costing
- Standard support
Most popular
Plant
$2,400/month
For manufacturers with 51 to 250 employees.
- Everything in Shop
- Quality & traceability
- Multi-site support
- Priority implementation
Enterprise
Custom
For manufacturers with 250 to 500 employees or multi-plant operations.
- Everything in Plant
- Custom integrations
- Dedicated implementation team
- Named account manager
What operations leaders say
“Our previous ERP quote was fourteen months to implement. Forgeplan had us live on the shop floor in seven weeks with better inventory accuracy than we'd ever had.”
Gerald Pruszynski
President, Brannock Tool & Die
“Job costing finally matches what's happening on the floor instead of a monthly reconciliation nightmare.”
Yolanda Treviño
VP Operations, Kesterline Plastics
“Shop floor adoption was the thing I worried about most, and the tablet-based logging made it a non-issue within two weeks.”
Anders Holmquist
Plant Manager, Holm Valley Castings
Frequently asked questions
See your own shop floor data in Forgeplan before you switch
Most trials include a working demo built around your real inventory and job data.