Software domains
The categories of software Redbrix designs for, and what each one means for interface design: manufacturing ERP, MES, MRP, WMS and QMS, business and compliance software, AI and developer tools.
17 Entries
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ERP, MES, MRP and WMS: how do they differ?
ERP manages the business: orders, inventory, purchasing and finance.
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What makes manufacturing software hard to design?
The designer needs to understand production well enough to ask about rework, partial quantities and traceability before drawing screens.
03
Discrete manufacturing ERP
Discrete manufacturing ERP manages the production of countable units through bills of materials, routings, work orders and serial or lot identity.
04
Process manufacturing ERP
Typical users include food and beverage producers, distilleries and wineries, and makers of chemicals, coatings and cosmetics.
05
Manufacturing execution systems (MES)
A manufacturing execution system (MES) dispatches work to stations, records what happens on the shop floor and reports it back to planning.
06
MRP and production planning
Planners review MRP output as a list of suggestions and decide which to accept, based on demand, stock and lead times.
07
Inventory management
Inventory management is part of most ERP products and is also sold as a standalone category for smaller manufacturers and distributors.
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Warehouse management systems (WMS)
A warehouse management system (WMS) directs and records physical work inside a warehouse, from receipt and putaway to picking, shipping and counting.
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Quality management systems (QMS)
A quality management system (QMS) records how quality is controlled and demonstrated: inspections, nonconformances, corrective actions and audits.
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What makes B2B software UX different?
Users work in B2B software for hours on large volumes of data, so task speed, data density, roles and correctness come before first impressions.
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Accounting and financial close
Accounting and financial close software covers the general ledger, payables and receivables, bank reconciliation and the month-end tasks that finalise a period.
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Business process management (BPM)
Business process management (BPM) software models and documents business processes, often mapping them to the ERP functions that run them.
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Compliance and regulatory change management
Newer regulatory change products use AI to classify sources and draft summaries, which increases the volume each reviewer has to assess.
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AI code review and developer tools
AI code review and developer tools analyse repositories and pull requests to comment on changes, answer questions about a codebase and apply team standards.
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AI copilots and agents in B2B software
Most B2B products add copilots and agents to existing workflows, which raises questions about review, authorship and audit.
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Legacy application modernization
Developers, system analysts and business stakeholders need the same analysis of an old codebase at different depths.
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Manufacturing software glossary
Terms used across Redbrix Docs, each defined in one or two sentences.