Total ETO
Total ETO Overview
Total ETO is an ERP solution exclusively for Engineer to Order manufacturers. Previously known as Questica ETO, it was developed in collaboration with a group of engineer to order manufacturers for the sole purpose of serving engineer-to-order manufacturers. Because the application complements the ETO process so well, training and implementation is intuitive, quick and simple.
Total ETO covers everything from Sales to Delivery, even supporting warranties and downstream parts fulfillment. Each Project\Job can have a deeply nested dynamic BOM. Add-ins for SolidWorks and Inventor provide smooth 2‑way integration that eliminates duplicate entries. BOMs from any CAD system (including EPLAN, AutoCAD Electrical, CATIA, Creo, or Solid Edge) can also be imported easily. A unique hold and release feature gives unparalleled control and communication between your engineering and purchasing departments, allowing you to release parts, sub-assemblies or entire BOMs with just a click. Total ETO determines items you’ve already procured and lets you know what you still need.
The stress of Change Orders is eliminated with Total ETO. Buyers can immediately identify over-procured parts and materials so they can be cancelled before delivery, returned, or redirected to other projects. Fabrications can be tracked at any stage, whether they are being manufactured in-house, outsourced, or in combination. You will have full visibility into the procurement and delivery of all parts/materials across all projects, no matter the number of frequency of change orders.
Expediting is so efficient and quick that time will be freed up for staying on top of vendors, and negotiating better agreements. Spares and Parts Orders are easy and don’t require Engineering to lookup previous jobs and BOMs.
Total ETO handles difficult daily financial tasks with ease. It can integrateAR, AP and Payroll data from industry proven accounting solutions such as QuickBooks or Sage, allowing you to continue using financial systems you are familiar with. You no longer have to settle for using your ERP supplied accounting system. With Total ETO’s 200+ built in reports you can perform data analytics by slicing and dicing data any way you choose, including preliminary BOM estimates and Real Time committed Job Costing.
Streamlining the collection and tracking of labor costs is critical, and with Total ETO, users can log their own time, administrators can key it in or import it, or Total ETO can be integrated with any Time and Attendance system.
Total ETO Advantages
Total ETO is designed exclusively for engineer-to-order organizations. We understand that the needs of your Engineer to order shop are significantly different than any other type of manufacturing, even make to order shops, so your solution needs to be different. All of our clients are ETO design and build shops, so Total ETO fits your specific needs and is easy to learn and use.
Features include:
- Rich integration with SolidWorks and Inventor, allowing you to design and synchronize many times over the course of a job.
- BOM imports with any CAD system, including AutoCAD Electrical, EPLAN, Catia, CREO or Solid Edge.
- Deeply nested and dynamic BOMs.
- Incredible control of which items are released to purchasing and which are not ready, so you can start buying long lead items and completed sub-assemblies earlier, giving you time to shop for best pricing and delivery.
- Streamlined communication between Engineering and purchasing departments.
- Buy items directly to the job.
- Expediting features allow you to stay on top of your vendors.
- Spares and Parts Orders can be completed without engineering involvement.
- Labor collection and timecards allows you to track your job labor costs accurately.
- Real time committed job costing, so you can keep track of your costs before it’s too late.
- QuickBooks integration means you can use the most popular and proven accounting system in the world instead of settling for an ERP supplied system, or you can keep your existing accounting system like Sage and let us integrate with it.
Total ETO Modules
Materials Management for Total ETO
Materials Management Module
- Integrate your BOMs with industry leading CAD applications, including SolidWorks, Inventor, AutoCAD Electrical, EPLAN, Catia, CREO or Solid Edge. Any CAD application can be used to import BOM data.
- Minimize the engineering to purchasing bottleneck by releasing your BOM in stages. Long lead but essential parts can be released early in the design process.
- Engineering teams have full visibility into available inventory, preferred vendors, historical fulfillment, etc.
- Procurement can quickly make build/buy decisions with real-time access to available inventory. Easily consolidate part requirements based on preferred vendors, purchasing in volume across multiple projects to minimize part costs.
- Expedite orders to ensure materials arrive on time for the best price.
- Manage inventory levels easily to ensure part availability and unnecessary purchasing.
- Track short- and long-term vendor performance. Negotiate preferred vendor status with accurate part volume ordering histories and future volume projections.
- Easily track change orders and instantly minimize their impact. Alerts allow you to act before changes affect key project deliverable dates.
- Provide your shop floor with real-time insight into part inventory and delivery dates.
- Accurate real-time project labor tracking, which can optionally be integrated with time and attendance systems. Track all engineers and shop floor labor costs to specific projects.
- Track specific project deliverables for accurate warranty and financial WIP reporting.
Sales & Order Management for Total ETO
Sales and Order Management Module
- Your sales team can track all prospect and customer information, including contacts, leads and opportunities.
- Maximize the re-use of your sales and engineering efforts. Reference prior proposals & project details, profitability, as-built engineering detail, including budgets and accurate actual cost data.
- Large complex projects can be broken down into smaller chunks that are easier to document, estimate and quote.
- Easily create ‘what-if’ proposals with core engineering and well documented design options.
- Spares and Parts Orders can be quoted and fast-tracked through fulfillment without unnecessarily involving engineering. Old jobs and bills of material can be easily searched and spares and other parts can be quickly added and quoted in just a few clicks and nearly no typing.
- Service and warranty jobs can be tied back to original jobs for lifetime cost\revenue analysis.
- Change Orders can be created at the project or job level, and can track changes to costs, quantities or sales prices.
Financial Management for Total ETO
Financial Management Module
- Integrate with all accounting systems, including QuickBooks & Sage
- Accounts Payable
- Accounts Receivable
- Payroll
- Accurate reporting and analytic tools provide accurate labor and material Job Costing, WIP and financial reporting.
Production Management for Total ETO
Production Management Module
- Integrate your BOMs with industry leading CAD applications, including SolidWorks, Inventor, AutoCAD Electrical, EPLAN, Catia, CREO or Solid Edge. Any CAD application can be used to import BOM data.
- Minimize the engineering to purchasing bottleneck by releasing your BOM in stages. Long lead but essential parts can be released early in the design process.
- Engineering teams have full visibility into available inventory, preferred vendors, historical fulfillment, etc.
- Procurement can quickly make build/buy decisions with real-time access to available inventory. Easily consolidate part requirements based on preferred vendors, purchasing in volume across multiple projects to minimize part costs.
- Expedite orders to ensure materials arrive on time for the best price.
- Manage inventory levels easily to ensure part availability and unnecessary purchasing.
- Track short- and long-term vendor performance. Negotiate preferred vendor status with accurate part volume ordering histories and future volume projections.
- Easily track change orders and instantly minimize their impact. Alerts allow you to act before changes affect key project deliverable dates.
- Provide your shop floor with real-time insight into part inventory and delivery dates.
- Accurate real-time project labor tracking, which can optionally be integrated with time and attendance systems. Track all engineers and shop floor labor costs to specific projects.
- Track specific project deliverables for accurate warranty and financial WIP reporting.
Supply Chain Management for Total ETO
Supply Chain Management Module
- Integrate your BOMs with industry leading CAD applications, including SolidWorks, Inventor, AutoCAD Electrical, EPLAN, Catia, CREO or Solid Edge. Any CAD application can be used to import BOM data.
- Minimize the engineering to purchasing bottleneck by releasing your BOM in stages. Long lead but essential parts can be released early in the design process.
- Engineering teams have full visibility into available inventory, preferred vendors, historical fulfillment, etc.
- Procurement can quickly make build/buy decisions with real-time access to available inventory. Easily consolidate part requirements based on preferred vendors, purchasing in volume across multiple projects to minimize part costs.
- Expedite orders to ensure materials arrive on time for the best price.
- Manage inventory levels easily to ensure part availability and unnecessary purchasing.
- Track short- and long-term vendor performance. Negotiate preferred vendor status with accurate part volume ordering histories and future volume projections.
- Easily track change orders and instantly minimize their impact. Alerts allow you to act before changes affect key project deliverable dates.
- Provide your shop floor with real-time insight into part inventory and delivery dates.
- Accurate real-time project labor tracking, which can optionally be integrated with time and attendance systems. Track all engineers and shop floor labor costs to specific projects.
- Track specific project deliverables for accurate warranty and financial WIP reporting.
Additional Capabilities for Total ETO
Additional Capabilities Module
- Get accurate, real-time labor tracking for better shop planning and management.
- Seamlessly integrate with QuickBooks, Sage, or any other financial system.
- Get real-time job costing estimates to actuals at any stage of the project in one click.
- Track self-processed and external fabrications consistently at all stages.
- Access real-time job costing estimates and reports for better business decision making and project management.
- Instantly push accounts receivable, payable and payroll data into your accounting system.
Services & Support for Total ETO
Services & Support Module
- Spares and Parts Orders can be quoted and fast-tracked through fulfillment without unnecessarily involving engineering. Old jobs and bills can be easily searched, and spares and other parts can be quickly added and quoted in just a few clicks and nearly no typing.
- Full visibility into as-built engineering, versions, and suitable replacement parts.
- Warranty support through logs of product deliveries, warranty periods, historical warranty replacements, etc.