Switch from ProShop ERP
You're not the shop ProShop was built for.
ProShop was built rigidly for machine shops making individual parts. You build assemblies, from parts you make and parts you buy.

Why contract manufacturers and OEMs switch
Switching costs less than another year of working around the fit. We bring your parts, BOMs, and routings across with AI-assisted migration, and you're running in weeks — not the months the first implementation took.

Built for parts, not products
Multi-level assemblies, purchased components, and outside processing all work against the grain of a system optimized for making precise individual parts.
Built for things made of things
Multi-level BOMs mixing manufactured and purchased parts are first-class, and shared components roll up across product lines. Demand aggregates across orders, jobs, and stock, so the tenth PO for a part doesn't start from scratch. Plating, heat treat, and anodize live inside the routing instead of falling off the system.
Traceability shaped around one standard
Your customers each write their own requirements, and you work to all of them. A structure built for AS9100's answers means linking material to parts by hand and absorbing the difference.
Set traceability per part, not per shop
Choose quantity-only, lot-tracked, or fully serialized on each part number, and the system enforces it everywhere that part moves. When a customer contract adds requirements, tighten that one part without touching how the rest of your catalog flows. Lots and serials are assigned automatically on receipt, so when a customer or auditor asks where a part came from, the answer is a lookup, not an investigation.
You are the integration
Every quote, PO, and schedule change routes through the same two or three people. The software records the work; it doesn't take any off your plate.
AI that does the work, not just the talking
Every action a user can take, our AI can take — build a quote, raise a PO, restructure a BOM, adjust a schedule. That's where the hours come back.
You've stopped asking for changes
When the roadmap moves slowly enough, teams stop filing requests and start building spreadsheets around the gaps.
We ship every week
Our backlog is driven by customer requests and improvements land continuously — not in annual releases. The product updates page shows what shipped last week, and the week before that.

My experience with StartProto has been fantastic. It feels like it was designed from the manufacturing floor up and then expanded into ERP capabilities, which is different from anything else out there. Their training support has also been great—they’re available off-hours, which works well with my busy schedule. That level of support makes StartProto stand out.
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Warren Wadman
Operations

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