Production is planned in spreadsheets
The schedule lives in a workbook only one person understands, and every rush order means rebuilding it by hand. We build planning tools that know your routings, capacity, and material constraints.
003Manufacturing Software Development
Manufacturing software development that connects the shop floor to the back office
Webisoft builds manufacturing software around how your plant actually runs: ERP implementation on Odoo, MES tooling, inventory and warehouse tracking, and production planning that reflects real capacity.
Our senior Montreal engineers handle the integrations packaged vendors avoid: machines, scales, scanners, legacy databases, and the spreadsheets your schedulers secretly rely on.
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When to bring us in
Signs your plant has outgrown its current software
Manufacturers rarely lack software; they lack software that matches the operation. The signals show up on the floor long before they show up in the financials. Here are the situations where an engagement with us pays for itself:
Inventory counts never match reality
The system says one number, the shelf says another, and purchasing splits the difference with safety stock. We build inventory tracking with scanning at every movement, so the count is the truth.
The shop floor is invisible to the office
Nobody in the front office can answer what is running right now without walking out to look. We build MES tooling that puts live work order and machine status in front of the people planning around it.
Systems don't talk to each other
The ERP, the accounting package, the machines, and the label printers each live in their own world, stitched together by exports. We build the integrations that turn them into one operation.
Traceability is reconstructed after the fact
When a customer or auditor asks which lot went into which shipment, someone spends days in binders and spreadsheets. We build lot and serial tracking that answers in seconds.
The ERP no longer fits the operation
The system that fit at half your size now forces workarounds, or was customized past the point of upgrading. Our Odoo consulting services assess whether to fix, replace, or extend it.
What we build
ERP, MES, inventory, and production planning: manufacturing software development by Webisoft
We build and implement the systems a plant runs on, and we handle the integrations packaged vendors avoid: machines, scanners, scales, legacy databases, and the spreadsheets your schedulers secretly rely on. Every build is scoped around your routings, your materials, and your people.
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Odoo ERP implementation
Manufacturing, inventory, purchasing, and accounting in one system, implemented and customized to your operation. See our Odoo customization services for how we fit it to your workflows.
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MES and shop floor tooling
Work order execution, machine status, and operator terminals that capture what happened as it happens, instead of at end of shift from memory.
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Inventory and warehouse management
Barcode and scanner workflows, lot and serial tracking, and cycle counting that keep the system count and the shelf count the same number.
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Production planning and scheduling
Capacity-aware schedules and material requirements planning built on your actual routings and lead times, so promised dates come from data.
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Quality and maintenance systems
Inspection workflows, non-conformance tracking, and preventive maintenance scheduling that keep quality records audit-ready by default.
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Machine data and integrations
Connections to PLCs, sensors, scales, and legacy systems that turn machine signals into usable production data, feeding the ERP and the dashboards alike.
The Webisoft advantage
What our manufacturing software engagements include
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Manufacturing workflows first
The system is designed around your routings, BOMs, and shift patterns, not the other way around. Software that fights the floor gets abandoned, so we start by understanding how the floor works.
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Odoo when it fits, custom when it doesn't
We implement Odoo ERP where its modules cover the need and build custom software where they do not, and we tell you which is which before you spend, because the wrong platform choice costs years.
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Integration with the equipment you own
Scanners, scales, label printers, PLCs, and the legacy database in the corner all get connected. The value of a manufacturing system is proportional to how much of the operation it can actually see.
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Written, executable deliverables
Data models, integration maps, and operating procedures are documented so your team can run the system without us, and any future vendor can pick up where we left off.
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Rollouts that don't stop production
Cutovers are phased and run in parallel with the old process until the numbers reconcile, because a plant cannot pause for a software project. Go-live is an event you schedule, not one you survive.
Our process
How a manufacturing software project runs
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Scoping on the shop floor
1We walk the operation with the people who run it: how orders flow, where material moves, and where the current system gets abandoned for a clipboard. The gaps define the scope.
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System and data design
2Platform choice, data model, and integration plan are written down with trade-offs stated, including the honest comparison between configuring Odoo and building custom for each piece.
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Incremental delivery
3The first module lands where the pain is worst, often inventory or scheduling, so the system earns trust on the floor before the harder pieces arrive.
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Migration and parallel running
4Data is migrated, validated, and reconciled while the old process keeps running, and operators are trained on real orders before anything is switched off.
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Go-live and support
5Cutover happens module by module with rollback plans in place, and support continues after go-live: monitoring, fixes, and the adjustments that only real production reveals.
Why Webisoft
Why choose Webisoft for manufacturing software development?
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Engineers who ship production systems
Webisoft is an engineering studio first. The systems we build run real operations, and we are accountable for how they behave on the floor, not just how they demo.
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Odoo expertise plus custom development
Because we both implement Odoo ERP and build custom software, the recommendation is not constrained by what we happen to sell. You get the mix the operation needs.
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Senior people on your problem
The engineers who scope your engagement are the engineers who do the work. No bait and switch between the pitch team and the delivery team.
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North American, in your timezone
We work from Montreal, in your business hours, under Canadian contract and privacy law. When the floor hits a problem, the people who built the system are reachable the same day.
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Honest about what not to build
Some processes should stay manual, some modules should be bought, and some legacy systems should be left alone for now. We say so, because our value rests on being right, not on billing more.
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Leadership on tap afterwards
When the project surfaces a need for ongoing technical leadership, our fractional CTO service continues the work with the same people and full context.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
(6)- An ERP manages the business side of manufacturing: orders, inventory, purchasing, and accounting. An MES manages execution on the floor: work orders, machine status, and what each operator is producing right now. They are complementary, and the integration between them is where most of the value sits, because it connects the plan to what actually happened.
- For many small and mid-sized manufacturers, yes. Odoo covers manufacturing orders, BOMs, inventory, purchasing, and accounting in one system, and it can be customized where the standard modules stop fitting. The honest assessment depends on your process complexity and integration needs, which is exactly what a scoping engagement establishes before any license or build cost is committed.
- Usually yes. Modern equipment exposes data through OPC UA, MQTT, or vendor APIs, and older machines can often be read through sensors or gateway hardware. The practical questions are which signals matter and what they are worth, since not every data point justifies the cost of collecting it. An integration survey early in the project settles both.
- By phasing the rollout and running in parallel. The new system starts with one module or one line, data is reconciled against the old process until the numbers agree, and operators train on real orders before anything is switched off. Big-bang cutovers are how manufacturing software projects become famous for the wrong reasons.
- Buy where your process is standard, because packaged systems amortize their development across many plants. Build where your process is the advantage, where integrations are unusual, or where license and customization fees over years exceed the cost of owning a fit-for-purpose system. Most real answers are a mix, and the comparison should be total cost and fit over the life of the system.
- Most projects put a first usable module in front of the floor within months, with the full rollout phased over subsequent quarters. Data migration quality and integration count drive the schedule more than screen count does. Sequencing the first phase around the biggest bottleneck delivers value early and funds patience for the rest.
