ERP & Industry Software

Engineering-to-Order ERP for Pune Machine Builders

ERP for Pune's special-purpose machine and equipment builders: project BOM that evolves with design, long-lead purchasing, assembly, commissioning and service.

Purushottam Kumar Suman
Purushottam Kumar Suman
Founder & CEO, Drema AI
6 min read
Factory floor with industrial machinery

Pune builds special-purpose machines, automation lines, test rigs and process equipment. Every order is a new design. Purchasing starts before drawings are final, and the bill of materials changes until the machine ships.

01

Why standard ERP struggles

Standard ERP expects a fixed product with a released BOM. In engineer-to-order work the BOM grows with the design, long-lead items are ordered early and changes arrive daily.

In ETO, the BOM is finished the day the machine is dispatched.

02

What an ETO ERP does

EstimationFrom similar past projects, with risk
Project structureAssemblies released in stages as design completes
Design integrationBOM imported from CAD with revisions
Long-lead procurementOrdered against the project before full release
Manufacture and assemblyMake, buy and outsource by part
Trials and commissioningPunch lists and site expenses
03

Project control

Budget against actualMilestone billingEngineering change logShortage listHours booked per projectCash flow per project
04

Service

Installed machine records, spares lists by serial, warranty and service visits build the after-sales business.

05

AI and cost

Estimates from past projects and reading of customer specifications. One-time cost with first-year AMC free.

One-time
Development cost, agreed before work starts
1 year
Of AMC included free after go-live
Yours
Source code and data, with no per-user fee
Purushottam Kumar Suman
Written by
Purushottam Kumar Suman
Founder & CEO, Drema AI

Founder and CEO of Drema AI. Builds AI systems, SaaS platforms and industry software — and writes about what actually survives production.

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