Integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution
4.6/5 (34 reviews)Aquilon ERP, offered by Aquilon Software, is an enterprise resource planning solution for small and mid-sized business. Besides the core ERP functionalities, the solution also provides additional tools for managing financials, customer relationships, supply chain, inventory, and manufacturing processes. The application provides visibility into key business areas and allows users to track multiple business operations from a single interface.
Aquilon ERP provides real-time visibility into business data and helps to make accurate decisions. The Aquilon ERP contact management module allows users to record the name and contact details of both customers and suppliers. The solution allows users to add unlimited numbers of contacts, manage multi-channel communications with customers, record entire conversation history and generate follow-up plans based on the level and the type of last engagement. The finance management module offers a full range of financial operations including accounts payable & receivable, payroll management, billing, invoicing, and financial reporting.
Aquilon ERP supply chain module helps to streamline supply chain operations and monitor the end-to-end movement of raw materials and final products. The manufacturing module allows managers to track goods throughout the production stages. All these modules seamlessly integrate together to offer a single collaborative ERP solution in which both data and information are synced in real time.
Users can access Aquilon ERP on their Windows tablets and mobile devices via the Aquilon2Go mobile application. The solution is available as an on-premises software, hosted solution or as a SaaS-based solution. Discrete manufacturers, chemical manufacturers, jewelry manufacturers, wholesalers, and suppliers use Aquilon ERP for business process management.
Pros
What we like the most about Aquilon is that it pretty much does it all (accounting, invoicing, inventory, CMR, purchasing, manufacturing module and analysis). No need to synchronize data between different programs and applications (huge time saver and minimize data errors). All the different modules work seamlessly. Another great advantage is that the software is cloud based and can be accessed from anywhere at any time with a simple internet connection.
The role-base access control feature of Aquilon is also a key characteristic in order to have more control over what the employees can or cannot do as we grow bigger.
The staff at Aquilon is very responsive and they have always gotten back to our questions or solved our issues within the same day.
Being based in Vancouver, BC ourselves, the fact that Aquilon is from Vancouver is a big advantage to keep training fees low. Knowing the person you work with in person is always an added bonus.
Lastly and most importantly, Aquilon is priced very competitively for an all-in-one software.
Cons
The biggest challenge we have is to get used to how the software works. Many things are not easily undone/cancelled. It makes the software robust but in the beginning that makes it quite intimidating to use. As a small business, we did not have the money to follow a comprehensive training and felt a bit lost and insecure at first. However, the more we use it, the more we understand and the easier it becomes. Just take it one module at a time!
Pros
very reliable and stable powerful tools great sales analysis and easy to integrate with other programs.
Training new recruits is easy and efficient
The contact manager is very helpful
Cons
The quoting module needs to be more friendly. Would like quotes to reflect inventory promised as well as keep track of all quotes sent to individual customers
The latest upgrade to the software will take care of the information for the quoting system as it now has user defined fields in the quote module. This upgrade has been released and the client is due to get the upgrade shortly
THIS IS A VERY GOOD STABLE PRODUCT THAT SHOULD MEET ANY SMALL TO MID SIZE BUSINESS NEED IN A COST EFFECTIVE AND FUNCTIONAL MANNER FOR MANY YEARS. CONSISTENT UPDATES ARE IMPROVING THIS PRODUCT. INVENTORY MANAGEMENT, SALES ORDER ENTRY AND QUICK CHECK WRITING ARE MUCH BETTER THAN QUICKBOOKS OR SIMILAR PRODUCTS. THE STABILITY, INVENTORY MANAGEMENT, A/R AND A/P FUNCTIONS MAKE IT A VERY FUNCTIONAL PRODUCT FOR ANY BUSINESS. AS A WEARER OF MANY HATS, I CAN USE THIS PRODUCT ON THE FLY TO ACQUIRE SALES INFORMATION OR FINANCIAL DATA THAT HELP ME MAKE QUICK DECISIONS TO IMPROVE PROFITABILITY AND GROW MY BUSINESS. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS PRODUCT FOR ANY BUSINESS THAT NEEDS A COST COMPETITIVE PRODUCT WITH GREAT STABILITY, EASE OF USE AND IS SCALABLE FOR GROWTH.
Pros
VERY STABLE WITH NO "CRASHING." REGULAR UPDATES MAKE THE SYSTEM MORE ROBUST. REVIEWS AND QUERIES ARE SIMPLE STRAIGHTFORWARD AND INCLUDE MOST NECESSARY INFORMATION. ABILITY TO EXPORT DIRECTLY TO EXCEL MAKES CODE CHANGES AND PRODUCT UPDATES VERY EASY. SHORTCUT KEYS ARE VERY USEFUL IN SPEEDING UP DATA ENTRY AND PROCESSING. SECURITY PROTOCOLS LIMIT ACCESS FOR FUNCTION SPECIFIC EMPLOYEES.
Cons
PRE-PRINTED FORMS MUST BE USED FOR PICKING TICKETS INVOICES ETC...COULD USE .PDF OR SOME OTHER FORM CAPTURE. SOME MODULE QUERIES ARE UNAVAILABLE OR LIMITED IN SCOPE THOUGH I HEAR THEY ARE ON THE WAY.
Tom's comments are spot on. We are continually improving the product and will be releasing our new printing system within the next 3 months that will allow users to set up their own or use standard laser forms for all outgoing documentation.
Pros
Its a fully featured software system at a very good price. The vendor is very helpful and willing. It does everything we need for our business and has many features we hope to use in the future as we grow.
Cons
Because the software has been around for a while the vendor has not yet re-developed all of the software into their new interface. At first this was a problem but they are making good progress and when its complete its going to be a fabulous product. But I guess that's why its priced the way it is for now.
We organized our daily operation solely based on this software, from order entry, shipping receiving, and all the way to AR/AP. It makes our daily work more efficiently and more organized. It also helps the better work flow and communication among the departments.
Pros
It has all the extensive functions that the large ERP software has, but at a very reasonable price. The program is well designed and organized. It runs pretty fast.
Cons
It would be nice if the queries can be customized. The current queries are quite extensive but sometimes we do have requests from different department which need to customized query to get the report they need.
Aquilon comes with three different licensing options based on the deployment model selected by the business: On-premise, Hosted, or SaaS.
Pricing is per concurrent user.
Contact Aquilon Software for full pricing information.
• Aquilon ERP provides team managers with real-time visibility into floor and administrative data to eliminate guess work and make better decisions.
• The software syncs data entered in any of the integrated modules across the entire application in real-time so that different users do not have to rewrite the same information multiple times.
• Aquilon ERP’s management dashboard offers a 360-degree view of business activities and offers drill-down capabilities to view specific details wherever required.
• The software offers the choice of on-premise, hosted or SaaS-based installation as per business requirement.
• Aquilon ERP helps to prioritize customers by automatically calculating the value of each customer using a customizable algorithm.
Below are some frequently asked questions for Aquilon ERP.
Aquilon ERP offers the following pricing plans:
Starting from: US$1 300,00
Pricing model: One Time License, Subscription
Free Trial: Not Available
Aquilon comes with three different licensing options based on the deployment model selected by the business: On-premise, Hosted, or SaaS.
Pricing is per concurrent user.
Contact Aquilon Software for full pricing information.
Aquilon ERP offers the following features:
Aquilon ERP has the following typical customers:
Mid Size Business, Small Business
Aquilon ERP supports the following languages:
English
Aquilon ERP has the following pricing plans:
One Time License, Subscription
We do not have any information about what devices Aquilon ERP supports
Aquilon ERP integrates with the following applications:
Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook, SphereWMS
Aquilon ERP offers the following support options:
FAQs, Online Support, Phone Support
We started using Aquilon about 6 months ago and we have still not utilized all its features (partly due to a lack of time). However, we are happy we made the switch to Aquilon: it has not disappointed us and we keep discovering its great potential in our (slow) learning process.