Zoho ERP for manufacturing: what fits, and what needs a custom app

What standard Zoho apps cover

• Items, variants, price lists and multiple warehouses in Zoho Inventory
• Composite items and assemblies for simple bills of materials
• Purchase orders, goods receipt, vendor bills and payments
• Sales orders, invoices, delivery and returns
• Accounting, GST or VAT and bank reconciliation in Zoho Books
• Customer and dealer history in Zoho CRM
• Payroll and attendance for plant staff in Zoho People and Zoho Payroll

Where a custom Creator app is usually needed

Production is rarely generic. When you need routings, work orders by stage, machine or shift logs, quality inspections, scrap and rework, or job cards, we build them in Zoho Creator and connect them to Inventory and Books so stock and costs update automatically.

Costing and margin visibility

The practical goal is to know the cost and margin of each product. That depends on recording material issue and production output consistently, and on agreeing how overhead is allocated. We settle these rules with your finance lead before building.

Rollout order that works

• Phase 1: finance, items, warehouses, purchase and sales
• Phase 2: bills of materials and production tracking
• Phase 3: quality, maintenance and dashboards
• Phase 4: dealer or customer portal and integrations

Frequently asked questions