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A contract manufacturer is judged on two things: how fast a quote goes out, and whether the promised date holds. Both depend on knowing what capacity is already committed, which is exactly what gets lost when quoting happens in a spreadsheet and planning happens informally in conversation. This category also collects the processes that sit across everything else, casting, welding, surface treatment and testing, usually bought in or sold on. Alibera plans from the bill of material, keeps the stock position honest, and exchanges data with whatever the customer insists on using.
01In this category
Every process below runs on the same core system. The differences show up in configuration, in which modules you switch on, and in what gets integrated.
02What it has to do
The capabilities below are the ones that come up first in discovery calls with companies in this category.
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Multi level bills of material with make to order and make to stock planning, so a confirmed order drives the material requirement and the work orders rather than a separate spreadsheet that somebody has to remember to update.
02
A REST API secured with keys and signed tokens, plus Excel and CSV import and export as standard. Accounting, e-commerce and CRM data can be exchanged through a dedicated interface or through files, whichever is cheaper to maintain.
03
Stock, orders, receiving and shipping in one place, with barcode and parcel tracking. Warehouse and logistics systems can be synced one way or both ways depending on what the business actually needs.
03Where to go next
Three pages cover most of what gets asked after this one.
A discovery call is a conversation about your process, not a scripted product walkthrough. If Alibera is a poor fit for what you make, we will say so on that call.