Global Shop Solutions ERP vs JOBPOWER

Global Shop Solutions ERP is an AI-enhanced system for manufacturers, covering work from quoting through cash collection. Its manufacturing modules include scheduling, shop-floor data collection, quality, inventory, shipping and purchasing. Finance tools cover job costing, receivables, payables, payroll, human resources and financial statements. Production planning includes job scheduling, real-time job status and identification of bottlenecks. AI functions include accounts-payable automation, sales order entry, predictive analytics, AI-driven insights and automated processes. The product is offered as cloud ERP, on-premise ERP and SaaS, with a concurrent-user pricing model tailored to each company; pricing is on request. For cloud deployments, the company says it manages virtual servers and maintenance, and lists AWS hosting, backups, disaster recovery, monitoring, MFA, firewall controls and testing among its security measures. On-premise customers control hardware, security, updates and backups. Listed platforms include Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, web and Windows, as well as self-hosted deployment.

JOBPOWER combines construction accounting, job costing, certified payroll, and document management for contractors and subcontractors. Job costing tracks budgets against actual costs, change orders, lien waivers, equipment expenses, and job reports. Subcontract and purchase order modules connect to accounts payable and job costing to track committed costs, retainage, change orders, and supplier invoice variances. Payroll supports prevailing wage rates, union reporting, garnishments, ACA reporting, W-2s, direct deposit, and job labor burden. With JPMobile, workers or supervisors can enter time by job and cost code; supervisors can approve entries, see GPS clock-in visibility, and send time data to payroll. JP Analytics provides more than 50 reports and dashboards across financials, job management, billing, payables, and payroll. Budgets can be imported from Excel, and estimating data from ConEst and Vision InfoSoft; payroll can import time data from Excel and systems including ExakTime. JOBPOWER is available on Android, iOS, web, and Windows. Its cloud option is hosted for a monthly fee and includes updates, backups, support, and access from internet-connected devices. Pricing is available on request.