ECI M1
ECI M1 is a cloud-based ERP solution for small and medium-sized manufacturers.
What ECI M1 is
ECI M1 is a cloud-based ERP solution for small and medium-sized manufacturers. It covers finance, inventory, order management, and manufacturing operations, including production planning, job tracking, and quoting. Quotes draw on historical job and part data and can be turned into jobs without re-entry. Inventory tools track raw materials, work in progress, and finished goods, with barcode scanning, lot control, and multi-location inventory. Production planning lets users prioritize jobs, assign resources, and adjust plans to capacity and availability. M1 supports make-to-stock, make-to-order, job shop, machine shop, discrete, repetitive, and mixed-mode operations. Its mobile shop floor application supports labor and attendance tracking, machine cost tracking, and barcode scanning. The product supports multiple entities and offers multi-level bills of materials, purchase planning, production scheduling, capacity planning, and multi-site planning. ECI lists integrations including Avalara, QuickBooks, KnowledgeSync, Payments, CADLink, and Spreadsheet Server, plus a public API. M1 is paid, has no free plan, and pricing is available on request.
Good
- Tracks raw materials, work in progress, and finished goods.
- Supports multiple manufacturing modes.
- Quotes can convert into jobs without re-entry.
- Includes multi-site and capacity planning.
Watch out
- Pricing is available on request.
- There is no free plan.
- Deployment is cloud-based.
Who it suits
M1 is aimed at small and medium-sized manufacturers coordinating production, inventory, and finances. ECI names metal fabrication, aerospace and defense, medical products, electronics, and industrial machinery among its target industries.
Verdict
M1 combines manufacturing planning with inventory, order, and finance capabilities in a cloud ERP. Its fit depends on whether its manufacturing workflows and paid, quote-based pricing meet an organization’s needs.
Plans and prices
From ECI M1's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| M1 ERP | Priced on request | Pricing tailored to business needs · Customized pricing; request pricing from ECI |
The facts
Each one read from ECI M1's own pages, with the date it was checked.
The company
- Company
- ECI says it began as OfficeSupplies.com in 1999 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 1999checked 4 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Westlake, Texas, USAchecked 4 Oct 2026
What it does
- Customer fit
- ECI positions M1 for small and medium-sized manufacturers and names industries including metal fabrication, aerospace and defense, medical products, electronics, and industrial machinery.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- cloudchecked 22 Sep 2026
- Finance module
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- ECI lists integrations including Avalara, QuickBooks, KnowledgeSync, Payments, CADLink, and Spreadsheet Server, and says its public API can connect external applications.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Inventory
- Inventory tools include real-time tracking of raw materials, work in progress, and finished goods, plus barcode scanning, lot control, and multi-location inventory.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Inventory management
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- ITAR
- ECI says its M1 cloud ITAR solution supports government compliance through records, traceability, and reporting mechanisms.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Manufacturing modes
- M1 supports make-to-stock, make-to-order, job shop, machine shop, discrete, repetitive, and mixed-mode operations.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Manufacturing tools
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Mobile shop floor
- Its shop floor data entry mobile application supports labor and attendance tracking, machine cost tracking, and barcode scanning.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Multi-entity support
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Order management
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- M1 is a cloud-based ERP solution for small and medium-sized manufacturers that manages production planning, inventory, job tracking, financials, and more.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Quoting
- M1 uses historical job and part data to generate quotes that can be converted into jobs without re-entry.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Scheduling
- Production planning features let users prioritize jobs, assign resources, and adjust plans according to capacity and availability.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security
- ECI describes M1 Cloud as having a built-in multilayered security defense.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support and implementation
- ECI says M1 uses direct sales and does not use resellers or third parties for implementation or outside consultants for support.checked 12 Oct 2026
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