ExpertWe staffed the same fictional consultancy across nine project-based ERP and PSA platforms, then chased one question through each: who is on the bench next month, and what does that cost us? The surprise was how many tools that call themselves ERP quietly hand the general ledger to somebody else.
We ran the same regulated batch, a food formula and a hazmat chemical run, through nine process ERP and MRP platforms, and the divide was stark. Several tools sold to manufacturers cannot represent a fractional recipe or a catch-weight yield at all. Fit came down to whether a system models formulas, not units.
We ran the same $40M commercial job through ten construction ERP contenders, from flat-rate field apps to six-figure enterprise suites. The surprise was not the price spread. It was how few handled job costing, AIA billing, retainage, and certified payroll in one ledger without bolting on a second system.