ERP for manufacturing: real cost of goods and planning instead of Excel

In manufacturing, the costliest question is "what does our product actually cost." If cost of goods is calculated roughly and the production plan lives in Excel, then profit turns out not to be where you thought, materials either run out or sit idle, and downtime eats the margin. viasoft ERP on the ERPNext platform, localized for Azerbaijan, links bills of materials, warehouse, plan, and cost of goods in one database.

• You calculate the real cost of goods roughly — profit is a guess.
• The production plan and material requirements live in an Excel file that keeps tearing.
• Materials either run out or get overstocked; work-in-progress isn't visible.
• You can't trace a batch: what a specific output was made from and when.
• Sales, warehouse, and the shop floor don't see each other.

• Bills of materials (BOM) — what goes in and how much; multi-level products and semi-finished goods.
• Planning (MRP) — the system calculates material requirements against the sales plan and orders, prompting what to purchase and when.
• Real cost of goods — materials, labor, and overhead roll up into the actual cost of an output, not an estimate.
• Work-in-progress and batch tracking — you see what's in progress, and every batch is traceable.
• Linked to sales and warehouse — an order from CRM pulls the plan and reserves materials; e-qaimə and manats in the same system.

The same triple offer of viasoft ERP: no per-user fee (usually at least half the cost), your code, a free switch with payment after 3 months, in stages. The industry preset speeds up the rollout.

A manufacturing company: cost of goods calculated by hand, the plan in Excel, materials either running out or sitting idle. How this usually gets solved with us: a 1-day ERP audit → migrating one process for free as proof → a single database with bills of materials, a plan (MRP), and actual cost of goods → batch traceability → a cost-of-goods and capacity dashboard for the owner. The old spreadsheets run in parallel until acceptance.

• Will it show the real cost of goods? Yes — materials, labor, and overhead roll up into the actual cost of an output, not a rough estimate.
• Will it calculate what to purchase and when against the plan? Yes — MRP computes material requirements against the sales plan and orders.
• Can I trace what a batch was made from? Yes — batch and bill-of-materials tracking gives traceability.