Metacom

What Stevin gets out of Metacom

Metacom is an industry ERP for metal, steel construction and installation, and it covers the whole chain: estimating, work preparation, production, hours and invoicing. For production firms that is exactly the breadth you want. The downside of that breadth is the same as with any full ERP: everything is in there, so nothing asks for attention on its own. We see work planners and project leads stall on this: a delivery that has not been confirmed and will hold up production later, a production step that runs late, a margin under pressure on an order without anyone noticing. Metacom records it neatly, but it does not ring the bell. Stevin puts a layer on top, through the API or an export, and turns production and project data into signals with a concrete action. Stevin does not replace Metacom, it makes sure a deviation surfaces in time instead of at the final reckoning.

What you pair it with

Metacom covers production and project administration broadly, so functionally there is little you need to add. The gain is in the monitoring on top of the chain, not in an extra system. The connection runs through the API or an export. The real question is which moments you want to see early: an unconfirmed delivery that will stop the line, a step running late, margin pressure on an order. Without something scanning for that, you lean on the system's cycle and only see the problem once it is already in the planning or the margin.

Common mistakes

• →Ignoring an unconfirmed delivery until the production line is waiting on it.
• →Only seeing a production step running late once the whole planning has shifted.
• →Missing margin pressure on an order because it disappears into the broader ERP figures.
• →Working through open actions by hand, so dependent on whoever remembers.