ECI Software Solutions Forms Strategic Alliance with Paperless Parts

The Advanced Analytics feature is said to enable estimators and sales teams to prioritize requests for quotes (RFQs) that will increase their win rates. Photo Credit: Paperless Parts

ECI Software Solutions, a provider of cloud-based business management solutions, is collaborating with Paperless Parts, a provider of estimating and quoting software for job shops and contract manufacturers. Through this alliance, the two companies are teaming up to offer joint customers seamless integrations between ECI’s manufacturing ERP business management solutions and Paperless Parts’ quoting platform.

The integration is designed to help customers streamline operations, reduce manual data entry in multiple systems and turn around accurate quotes quickly and efficiently. Support for the JobBoss/Paperless Parts integration is the first to be released under the terms of this partnership and is now available. A supported integration between Paperless Parts and JobBoss² (both cloud and on-premises) is scheduled to be available before the end of the year with other ERP products to follow.

To meet growing customer demands and face economic challenges head on, manufacturers can turn to business management solutions to equip themselves with tools that will make their jobs easier. As an end-to-end business management solution focused on helping small- to medium-sized manufacturers gain real-time operational visibility to drive business growth, ECI’s manufacturing ERP solutions are said to offer everything companies need to run their business — from scheduling and purchasing to shipping and accounting. By integrating Paperless Parts into a full suite of functionalities, manufacturers will be able to replace hours of manual steps in the estimating and quoting process.

Paperless Parts says it is a secure, ITAR-registered, cloud-native software platform that enables manufacturers to grow revenue, diversify their customer base, reduce quoting errors and better utilize internal resources. Paperless Parts is said to support all manufacturing types, including milling and production processes, sheet metal fabrication and additive manufacturing. With automatic geometric analysis, each part file is analyzed to show part features and inspected for potential manufacturability warnings, saving shops from missing costly errors. Smart RFQ forms integrate with existing customer websites and support both 3D models and 2D print requests. All customer and quote information is automatically entered and organized in one centralized dashboard, the company says.