CargoCore for Manufacturers
MRP software that shows which orders material will hold up.
CargoCore connects to the ERP you already run and replaces the weekly MRP spreadsheet with a live, ranked list of sales orders at risk, each with an owner and a date.
- Live on one manufacturer's ERP in 2 days
- Replaced 40 hours a week of spreadsheets
- No ERP migration
The Challenge
The MRP spreadsheet is a week old by the time anyone reads it.
Most manufacturers already have an ERP. What they don't have is a current answer to a simple question: which customer orders will slip because material won't be there, and who is fixing it.
Built by hand every week
Open orders, material status and job data get pulled out of the ERP and stitched together. Hours go into producing the picture instead of acting on it.
Stale on arrival
A shortage that appears on Tuesday shows up in next week's spreadsheet, after the expedite window has closed.
No owner, no follow-through
A row in a spreadsheet isn't a task. Nobody can see who is chasing which part, or whether it worked.
Questions the spreadsheet can't answer
Which unit's backlog will actually ship this month, where late work is piling up on the shop floor, and how much overdue receivables are a real collections problem.
What CargoCore does
Material risk, backlog and the books, live from your ERP.
Everything the weekly spreadsheet tried to answer, kept current and ranked by what needs action first.
Material Planning Command Center
Every open sales order at risk from a supply shortage or material gating, ranked by risk, with units short, the need-by date and what's critical inside 14 days.
Sales Outlook
Open backlog, what ships this month, and what's blocked by material, capacity or other holds, broken down by work center and business unit.
Shop-floor late jobs
Late job releases by plant, and the records missing the detail you need to pin down the bottleneck.
Receivables and payables
Aging split between external customers and amounts owed between your own units, and payments checked for early-payment discounts.
Financial reports
Trial balance, balance sheet, income statement and P&L across every business unit, without the monthly manual build.
Owned and tracked
Each finding becomes an owned, dated item in the Action Queue, assigned to a buyer, planner or controller and tracked until it's done.
How it works
Connected, ranked, owned.
Step 1
Connect your ERP
CargoCore reads the planning, sales, shop-floor and financial data you already have. Nothing gets migrated or replaced.
Step 2
See what's at risk
Orders at risk are found and ranked on their own schedule, with the shortage, the need-by date and the parts behind it.
Step 3
Assign and track the fix
Each risk gets an owner and a date, and stays in the Action Queue until the order is safe.
Customer result
An industrial manufacturer with four business units went live in two days.
- To connect CargoCore to their ERP
- 2 days
- To connect CargoCore to their ERP
- A week of MRP spreadsheet work replaced
- 40 hrs
- A week of MRP spreadsheet work replaced
- Of P&L work saved every month
- 2 weeks
- Of P&L work saved every month
- Of receivables over 120 days was real external risk; the rest was intercompany
- 16%
- Of receivables over 120 days was real external risk; the rest was intercompany
“The P&L feature saved two weeks of work every month, including weekends.”
Questions about MRP software
What is MRP software?
Material requirements planning (MRP) software works out what material you need, how much and by when, to meet your orders. The hard part for most teams isn't the calculation, it's seeing in time which customer orders are at risk because material won't arrive, and making sure someone acts on it. That's the part CargoCore covers.
Do we have to replace our ERP?
No. CargoCore reads the ERP you already run. Your team keeps working in the ERP, and CargoCore adds the live view of risk, ranking and ownership on top.
How long does setup take?
One industrial manufacturer with four business units connected CargoCore to its ERP in two days. Timing depends on your ERP and how your data is organized; we'll confirm it on a briefing.
Who uses it day to day?
Buyers and planners work the ranked list of orders at risk, operations leaders watch backlog and late jobs, and finance uses the receivables, payables and financial reports.
Does CargoCore work for 3PLs and ecommerce brands too?
Yes. The same product serves 3PLs, ecommerce brands, manufacturers and retailers. See the CargoCore overview for the other segments.
Serving 3PLs, ecommerce brands or retailers? See the CargoCore overview.
Retire the weekly MRP spreadsheet.
See your own orders at risk, ranked and owned, from the ERP you already run.