# JobBOSS² Reviews **Vendor:** ECI Software Solutions **Category:** [Discrete ERP Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/discrete-erp) **Average Rating:** 3.8/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 56 ## About JobBOSS² JobBOSS² promotes the profitability of scaling job shops, make-to-order manufacturers, and contract manufacturers by delivering a seamless quote-to-cash solution. A combination of JobBOSS expertise and the E2 Shop software, JobBOSS² has been helping five thousand shops increase profits by eliminating waste and streamlining operations. With an intuitive cloud-based solution and set of native mobile apps, JobBOSS² has all the tools and integrations you need to easily run your shop floor and back office operations. ## JobBOSS² Reviews ### 1. JobBOSS gets the job done **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Josh L. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 06, 2024 **What do you like best about JobBOSS²?** Basis record keeping is a huge reason why we love JobBOSS at Steel Plate Fabricators. We have our share of repeat orders and JobBOSS makes it effortless. I also love the inventory part tracking and data collection. **What do you dislike about JobBOSS²?** We struggle with identifyng where parts are physically in our shop. It seems like another software is required in order to link bin locations up with JobBOSS. **What problems is JobBOSS² solving and how is that benefiting you?** Data collection from the shop is critical, if personell is trained on this properly, JobBOSS can review and calculate your profit margins automatically. Just a few years ago, this was a manual process for us, moving forward we concentrate on putting good information into the software to let it work for us on the backend. You only get out of it what you put into it. It has saved our company hundreds of manhours reviewing jobs manually. ### 2. A software company that grows and innovates with us! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jayme R. | Senior Manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 14, 2024 **What do you like best about JobBOSS²?** We have been users of this system for 12+ years and have never found another product that could pull us away. JobBoss2 is integral to the way we do business and we wouldn't be where we are today without them. The system can handle micro businesses with ease, but also grows with you. Everytime we need something more (like moving to the cloud) JobBoss2 is right there with the next evolution of thier product. There is not a single person in our shop that doesnt know or interact with it on a daily basis, and JobBoss2 makes it easy for them to do so. Highly recommend! **What do you dislike about JobBOSS²?** JobBoss2 is so capable and flexible that it can be hard to determine the best way to tailor it to your shop. So far we have not found anything it can't do, we just have to decide which way WE want to do it. It has lead to a couple false starts over the years when implementing new ideas. But we do appriate that we can utilize it how it works best for us, so I don't think this as much a reflection on the platform as it us. **What problems is JobBOSS² solving and how is that benefiting you?** We did not have a shop management system before implementing this product. It handled quoting, material managment, accounting, QA and scheduling. ### 3. Easy to use, good customer service, personable account managers, **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Manufacturing | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 06, 2024 **What do you like best about JobBOSS²?** It's our every day software for job scheduling, writing PO's to vendors, receiving, shipping, invoicing, time tracking. Currently working on getting the job grouping utility in place to do more with E2 **What do you dislike about JobBOSS²?** I don't like the price point on the job group utility. Although, we are working with E2 in getting the cost down, I don't think it's fair to other small businesses like ours, to charge so much for something that should be standard practice and integrated into the system for powder coaters or other mfgs that need that function. Now we have years of E2 experience and none with the utility. It's been tricky. **What problems is JobBOSS² solving and how is that benefiting you?** Problem - not know how much time it takes to do 1 part start to finish. Solution - time tracking tablets at every station, quoting has become more accurate, we know exactly how long 1 part takes from start to finish. ### 4. Quality that delivers **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Michael M. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 06, 2024 **What do you like best about JobBOSS²?** Easy of use once all data is installed. Customer support is excelent for the implemation and after using for a while to figure out some of the features. **What do you dislike about JobBOSS²?** Some reports are difficult to produce for the information you are looking for. **What problems is JobBOSS² solving and how is that benefiting you?** JobBoss is helping to make quoting projects from hours or multiple days to minutes and less than a day. It also helps on the tracking of raw material. ### 5. JobBOSS² is an important part of how we run our companies. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Isaiah S. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 16, 2024 **What do you like best about JobBOSS²?** JobBOSS² helps us easily keep track of parts,operations, purchasing, recieving, employee times, and invetory that would otherwise require mountains of paperwork and a much larger workforce to oversee and maintain. **What do you dislike about JobBOSS²?** One of our only frustrations with JobBOSS² is that we wish we could easily edit and manipulate it even more than we can. But with ECI's helpful support staff our custimization requests are met. **What problems is JobBOSS² solving and how is that benefiting you?** JobBOSS² helps us track most of our companies' needs. From purchasing and inventory to employee times and job costs. We use JobBOSS² for invetory management, router compilation, and all manner of record keeping. ### 6. The sofware accomplishes what we need it to do. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 26, 2024 **What do you like best about JobBOSS²?** From one menu to the next, they operate nearly the same. As an example, creating a PO to recieving purchased items in, the paths are very similar and easy to use. **What do you dislike about JobBOSS²?** We have struggled with technical support in the past, When we implemented the scheduling system, The trainers knowledge between several people ranged from very knowledgable to a person that seemed lost when we asked them questions. **What problems is JobBOSS² solving and how is that benefiting you?** It enabled us to put all business functions in one ERP system, Accounting, purchasing,quality, scheduling, etc. ### 7. Easy to use but very costly for what you get **Rating:** 0.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Robert N. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 21, 2023 **What do you like best about JobBOSS²?** Easy to learn and use and step by step, similar to quickbooks layout. **What do you dislike about JobBOSS²?** ECI the parent company is only about money. So if you have any issue or need something, expect to pay big $$. 10k for us has turned into well over $40k and purchasing and scheduling still don't work. They admit it doesn't work but not sure how to fix. But pay us more to keep working on it if you want it to work like the demo we showed you. **What problems is JobBOSS² solving and how is that benefiting you?** Easy to quote and enter orders. ### 8. 10 steps back for 2 steps forward **Rating:** 1.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jean P. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 04, 2023 **What do you like best about JobBOSS²?** Technical support isn't to bad. Decent response time. **What do you dislike about JobBOSS²?** 4 steps to make 1 packing list. Once a packing list is made the job is closed, so if you need to redo a job or reprint the packing list, you need to do 4 steps to undo and 4 steps to redo. Something as simple as a packing list shouldn't be so involved and time consuming. Program is very slow. So slow you click an icon again not realizing your first request is still be processed. This is just ONE portion of this software. **What problems is JobBOSS² solving and how is that benefiting you?** Other than using just one software instead of 2, that is it. ### 9. Off to a good start! **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Larry B. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 07, 2023 **What do you like best about JobBOSS²?** Very Intuitive and user friendly. xxxxxx **What do you dislike about JobBOSS²?** Lack of a user network for quick questions **What problems is JobBOSS² solving and how is that benefiting you?** Overall machine shop management and cost visibility ### 10. Very functional for small to mid sized companies **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** David R. | System Administrator, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 06, 2021 **What do you like best about JobBOSS²?** JobBOSS covers all aspects from quoting the job through manufacture and final accounting. The built-in reports are more than sufficient for managing even a mid-sized organization without the need for additional software. Additional customization can be done if more complexity is required, either by contacting ECI or doing them in-house. ShopBOSS add-on makes scheduling a breeze. Native integration with UniPoint allows us to include our quality department software right in the ERP. JobBOSS has a ton of potential as a central ERP system for most any manufacturing business. Integrating JobBOSS into custom self-built or third-party applications is also straightforward. Getting data in or out of the system is very simple for bulk actions like price updates. The interoperability of the software was a huge selling point for my company. There is a place to submit feature suggestions, and I've both used it and had features implemented. They're a very responsive company and a pleasure to work with. **What do you dislike about JobBOSS²?** Some of the math used when calculating raw material requirements isn't correct though it is only an issue on very small quantity orders. Maintaining database consistency across the product's entire life has resulted in a database design inconsistent with best practice. However, this will be much less of an issue for new installs. Concurrency issues can occur with more than one person performing job scheduling. Other concurrency issues can happen, and I'd be wary of recommending this to any business with more than 50 full-time users of the software. **What problems is JobBOSS² solving and how is that benefiting you?** Before JobBOSS, much of the work of managing and tracking a job's flow was done using paper. JobBOSS provided the central location where any question about a job could be answered. Finding weak points in our processes is much easier when things are all electronic, and JobBOSS was the perfect tool for that. ## JobBOSS² Discussions - [What has JobBoss change in recent years to make it more user friendly? 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