ERP System Review

Our review contains critical system information including applications, industries supported, number of customers, underlying technology, and critical generic functionality - customization, multiple companies, multiple currencies, workflow, mobility, sales tax and reporting.
  COSSERP
Product Information  
System COSSERP
Vendor COSS Systems Corp
Description For over three decades, COSS has helped manufacturers adapt to a changing world, meet rising expectations, and maintain their competitive edge. COSSERP brings every part of the business together from estimating, work order management, financials, and business intelligence into a single integrated system. By consolidating data and unifying workflows, COSSERP improves efficiency, delivers real-time insight, and positions manufacturers to scale confidently.
Website https://cosserp.com/
Primary Tier 2
Industries  
Apparel No
Construction No
Field Services No
Financial Services No
Food & Beverage No
Hospitality No
Manufacturing Yes
Nonprofit No
Professional Services No
Retail & ECommerce No
Transportation & Logistics No
Wholesale Distribution No
Applications  
Accounting (General Ledger, Financial Reporting, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Budgeting and Cash Management) Yes
Asset Management Yes
CPQ (Configure Price Quote) No
CRM No
Distribution (Order Processing, Purchasing and Inventory) No
E-commerce No
Field Services - Dispatching & Scheduling No
Field Services - Mobile Field Management No
Human Resource Management No
Manufacturing - Quality Control No
Manufacturing - Scheduling Yes
Manufacturing - Shop Floor Control Yes
MRP Yes
Payroll No
Point of Sale No
Product Lifecycle Management No
Professional Services - Scheduling Yes
Professional Services - Timesheets Yes
Professional Services – WIP Management No
Project Management No
Transportation Management No
Warehouse Management Yes
Developer Information  
Number of customers - all products over 400
Number of customers - this product over 400
Technology  
% of application that is web based (just need a browser on workstation) 0
On premise, cloud or hybrid Hybrid
Private or Public Cloud Private
Tenant Architecture Single-Tenant
Generic Requirements  
Customization/Configuration  
Without changing source code Configuration Change
User-defined fields
  • Can define values/dropdowns for fields
  • Used in report selection and ordering
  • Used in workflow
In Current Release
User defined screens
  • Change fields to required, optional or invisible for standard and user-defined field
In Current Release
Multiple Companies  
Share inventory across companies In Current Release
Share customers and suppliers across companies In Current Release
Automate balancing of transactions across legal entities In Current Release
PO of 1 company automatically generates the sales order in another company In Current Release
Multiple Currencies  
Maintain source and home currency amount for each transaction In Current Release
Date effective currency exchange rates In Current Release
Work Flow  
Can apply an approval process to any transaction such as a journal entry or any master file such as a supplier or inventory item In Current Release
Can generate alerts/escalation if something expected is late or reminders 3rd Party Supported Application
Configurable approvals or alerts without needing programming In Current Release
Mobility  
Optimized for Android and iPhone Available Next Year
Offline mode and synch when internet connected Workaround
Sales tax compliance  
Canadian sales tax compliance In Current Release
US sales tax compliance In Current Release
Reporting/Business Intelligence  
Reporting  
Industry standard reporting tool and can change existing reports or add new ones In Current Release
Ad-hoc reporting (don’t need a programmer) with filtering, sorting and summarizing options In Current Release
Dashboards  
Based on real time updates from all transactions 3rd Party Supported Application
Role specific In Current Release
Configurable dashboards - don't need to be a programmer to create or change dashboard In Current Release
Analytics  
Drag and drop dimensions In Current Release
Visualization/graphic representation of data 3rd Party Supported Application