Visibility and control from quote to cash. Developed for job shops and make-to-order/contract manufacturers, our powerful and easy-to-use features give you total shop control to boost your profits.
Exact JobBOSS is the industry-leading shop management system for job shops, contract manufacturers, make-to-order, and mixed-mode manufacturers. Over 5,000 shops worldwide use JobBOSS to quote accurately, schedule realistically, increase employee productivity, manage materials effectively, deal with constant change, track the status of a job, cost jobs accurately, and HAVE a LIFE! Designed specifically for the needs of a diverse market, Exact JobBOSS has developed three editions with the depth of functionality required for each of its targeted shop type.
Exact JobBOSS Starter Edition is a low risk way to add the structure needed to compete with much larger companies that have deeper pockets and more complicated technology. Shops can be up and running quickly with a new system without forcing sweeping changes on the way owners manage their business. Simply put, the Exact JobBOSS Starter Edition is the easiest way to quote jobs, track labor and material, and control your shipping, invoicing and job-costing processes.
Exact JobBOSS Professional is a fully integrated solution that streamlines literally every function in the shop. This edition includes inventory control features, advanced purchasing, bar code integration for payroll and labor tracking, BOM management, and work center capacity planning, Key features include:
Quoting: Develop quotes by leveraging information from past jobs to reduce the amount of time required to create the quote and improve their accuracy.
Order Entry: Convert quotes that are won to active orders with a single mouse click. No need to re-enter data that already exists.
Shop Floor Control: Schedule work across the shop floor using an automated white board. Easily move work around to accommodate sudden changes, avoid bottlenecks, reduce overtime and complete work on-time. Even account for machine maintenance times.
Real-time Data Collection: Track jobs through the shop in real-time by using standard bar code/data collection equipment. Always have the latest information available while reducing the cost of data entry and reducing errors.
Material Tracking: Automatically update the shop purchasing schedule to match either the production schedule or stock requirements so that the right materials are available when they are needed.
Labor Tracking: Know how much labor cost is involved with each job, and make sure that the right labor is available when each job requires it.
Shipping: Ship single jobs, groups of jobs on a pack list, or split jobs across multiple shipments to meet special customer requirements. You can even use JobBOSS shipping to track jobs that require outside services.
Exact JobBOSS Enterprise extends the functionality of the Professional Edition by including:
CRM: Customer relationship management (CRM) capabilities to track phone communication with customers and analyze past and future potential.
Workflow Management: Manage every business function and activity with electronic business process management and exception notification on past due tasks and activities.
TQM: Achieve or maintain quality certification with an embedded quality management system to manage non-conformances, corrective actions, documents, and machine maintenance/gage calibration schedules.
All three editions of Exact JobBOSS integrate seamlessly to QuickBooks including customer and vendor updates, chart of accounts, customer invoicing and vendor billing features. In addition, hours worked captured through bar coding can be directly exported to the QuickBooks payroll solution.