Manufacturing Software for QuickBooks: MISys Begins Where QuickBooks Ends

QuickBooks does a great job managing the financial side of your business. But as manufacturing becomes more complex, you may need capabilities that go beyond accounting.

MISys Manufacturing adds the manufacturing tools QuickBooks was not designed to provide, including raw material inventory, work in process, multi-level bills of material, purchasing, production scheduling, Material Requirements Planning (MRP), manufacturing costing, and shop floor control.

Keep the QuickBooks software your team already knows. Add the manufacturing capabilities your operation needs.

Why Manufacturers Add MISys Manufacturing to QuickBooks

1. Track Raw Materials and Work in Process

QuickBooks can help manage accounting inventory, but manufacturers often need much more detailed visibility into raw materials, subassemblies, finished goods, and work in process.

MISys Manufacturing helps you track what you have, where it is, what is committed to production, and what materials you are going to need next.

2. Manage Suppliers and Purchasing

Connect multiple suppliers to individual inventory items, maintain preferred vendors, track supplier pricing, and manage purchasing information related directly to manufacturing demand.

MISys can help purchasing teams make better decisions based on what production actually needs rather than relying only on reorder points or historical usage.

3. Build Multi-Level Bills of Material

Create detailed multi-level bills of material for products containing raw materials, components, subassemblies, and finished assemblies.

MISys Manufacturing can explode BOMs through multiple levels to calculate the material requirements needed to support production.

4. Track BOM Revisions

Maintain bill of material revisions as products, components, and manufacturing requirements change.

This helps manufacturers maintain better control over product definitions and production requirements over time.

5. Understand What It Really Costs to Build

Track the material, labor, overhead, and production costs associated with manufacturing jobs and assemblies.

Detailed manufacturing costing helps you understand what products actually cost to produce and compare expected costs with actual results.

6. Manage Manufacturing Inventory and Costing

MISys Manufacturing supports standard, average, FIFO, and LIFO costing methods while maintaining detailed manufacturing inventory records outside the QuickBooks accounting system.

This gives manufacturers greater control over raw materials, work in process, finished goods, and manufacturing costs.

7. Plan and Schedule Production

Turn demand into production activity and schedule manufacturing work to help meet customer commitments.

MISys provides tools for production orders, scheduling, work centers, routings, and other manufacturing activities that go beyond the accounting functions in QuickBooks.

8. Plan Materials with MRP

Material Requirements Planning (MRP) helps manufacturers determine what needs to be purchased or produced, how much is required, and when it needs to be available.

MISys analyzes demand, inventory, open orders, bills of material, lead times, and other planning information to identify shortages before they interrupt production.

9. Manage What Happens on the Shop Floor

Track manufacturing orders, shop operations, work centers, production resources, labor, and capacity as work moves through your operation.

This provides greater visibility into what is happening in production and where potential bottlenecks may occur.

10. Keep QuickBooks. Gain Manufacturing Control.

You do not have to replace the accounting software your team already knows.

Continue using QuickBooks for accounting and financial management while MISys Manufacturing handles the manufacturing processes QuickBooks was not designed to manage.

MISys maintains detailed manufacturing records and transfers the appropriate financial information to QuickBooks, helping reduce duplicate entry while maintaining an auditable connection between manufacturing and accounting.

QuickBooks and MISys Manufacturing: What Does Each System Do?

QuickBooks and MISys Manufacturing work together by allowing each system to focus on what it does best.

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MISys Manufacturing Is a Modular Manufacturing System

Every manufacturer is different. MISys Manufacturing allows you to start with the capabilities you need and add functionality as your manufacturing requirements grow.

• Basic Manufacturing - Is the foundation of the MISys Manufacturing system. It provides the core tools needed to manage manufacturing inventory, raw materials, work in process, bills of material, physical inventory, costing, and production work orders.
• Advanced Purchasing - Provides additional tools for supplier and purchasing management. Analyze material requirements, manage vendor information, track purchasing activity, and create purchase orders based on manufacturing demand.
• Advanced Production - Provides greater control over manufacturing orders and production activity. Estimate production costs, track jobs as they move through production, and compare expected results with actual performance.
• Material Requirements Planning - Analyzes inventory, demand, open orders, bills of material, lead times, and production requirements to identify future shortages and recommend purchasing or production activity.
• Shop Floor Control - Extends production management with work centers, routings, shop operations, production resources, capacity planning, and additional tools for managing activity on the manufacturing floor.
• Serial/Lot Tracking - Provides detailed traceability for materials and finished goods throughout purchasing, inventory, and production. It can help manufacturers maintain the records required for quality, customer, and regulatory requirements.
• Bin Tracking - Adds detailed inventory sub-locations so manufacturers can identify exactly where raw materials, subassemblies, and finished goods are stored within a warehouse or inventory location.
• Labor Tracking - Records the time production employees spend on jobs, manufacturing orders, and shop activities. Labor information can be posted directly to production records to improve costing accuracy and production visibility.
• Barcoding - Helps streamline manufacturing and inventory transactions using barcode data collection. Through MISys Manufacturing EXT, users can perform barcode-supported inventory and production activities from web-enabled devices.
• Mobile Alerts - Automatically delivers important manufacturing notifications to selected users when predefined conditions occur. Alerts can help teams respond more quickly to inventory, purchasing, production, and other operational events.
• MISys Manufacturing EXT - Provides browser-based access to selected MISys Manufacturing functions from tablets, smartphones, and other web-enabled devices.

Built to Grow with Your Manufacturing Business

MISys Manufacturing is built on Microsoft SQL Server, providing a reliable and scalable database platform for managing manufacturing information.

Because MISys works within the broader QuickBooks ecosystem, manufacturers can continue using other specialized business applications for functions such as CRM, EDI, eCommerce, and other operational requirements.

This approach allows businesses to add dedicated manufacturing capabilities without forcing every department into one large all-in-one system.

Flexible Deployment Options

MISys Manufacturing can be installed on-premises on a local workstation or network, or deployed in a hosted environment where the application and database are made available remotely.

This gives manufacturers flexibility in how they manage infrastructure while continuing to use QuickBooks and MISys Manufacturing together.

Frequently Asked Questions About QuickBooks Manufacturing Software

Can QuickBooks handle manufacturing?

QuickBooks provides strong accounting and financial management capabilities, but manufacturers often need additional tools for raw material inventory, work in process, multi-level bills of material, production scheduling, MRP, manufacturing costing, and shop floor control.

MISys Manufacturing adds these manufacturing-specific capabilities while allowing businesses to continue using QuickBooks for accounting.

Does MISys Manufacturing work with QuickBooks Online?

Yes. MISys Manufacturing integrates with QuickBooks Online so manufacturers can use QuickBooks for accounting while MISys manages manufacturing inventory, production, purchasing, MRP, costing, and related manufacturing processes.

Does MISys Manufacturing work with QuickBooks Desktop?

Yes. MISys Manufacturing integrates with QuickBooks Desktop and allows manufacturers to extend QuickBooks with dedicated manufacturing capabilities without replacing their accounting system.

Do I have to replace QuickBooks to use MISys Manufacturing?

No. MISys Manufacturing is designed to work alongside QuickBooks. QuickBooks continues to manage accounting and financial activity while MISys handles manufacturing-specific processes.

Can MISys add MRP to QuickBooks?

Yes. MISys Manufacturing adds Material Requirements Planning capabilities that analyze demand, inventory, open orders, bills of material, lead times, and production requirements to help determine what needs to be purchased or produced and when.

Can MISys track manufacturing inventory separately from QuickBooks?

Yes. MISys maintains detailed manufacturing inventory records for raw materials, work in process, subassemblies, and finished goods while transferring the appropriate financial information to QuickBooks.