An Award-Winning Software Platform Provider for Manufacturers: Rootstock Software

Rootstock Software is a global provider of Manufacturing Cloud ERP, empowering hundreds of manufacturers to turbocharge their operations in today’s dynamic, post-pandemic world. Natively built on the Salesforce Platform, Rootstock delivers a futureproof solution to scale your enterprise for rapid growth. With it, manufacturers gain the agility to continually transform their businesses to meet evolving customer needs, navigate emerging challenges, and accelerate success. The connectivity of Rootstock gives manufacturers 360° visibility to collaborate with suppliers, trading partners, and the broader value chain.

Launched in 2008, Rootstock’s global team has grown to serve customers throughout North America, Europe and Asia Pacific and is available exclusively on the Salesforce Platform via the Salesforce AppExchange – the world’s most popular marketplace for business apps. It supports a wide range of discrete manufacturing companies, including small growth-oriented companies, midsized organizations and large enterprise companies with multiple sites and thousands of users.

Rootstock Manufacturing ERP solutions enable real-time, end-to-end management of manufacturing and supply chain operations at any time and from anywhere. Teams are enabled with a single system to handle multiple sites and outsourced services while gaining centralized visibility across global operations. Our platform empowers teams with one data model so that everyone is speaking the same language across the enterprise. Organizations gain the insights needed across all lines to know what is happening, or what will happen, at each step of the business. The configurable, scalable, and adaptable nature of Rootstock gives organizations the flexibility they need to accommodate any workflow, real-time notifications & collaboration, and quickly add new capabilities to address changing business requirements. The company’s manufacturing and supply chain apps integrate “out of the box” with native sales and accounting apps by Salesforce, Workday, Avalara, and Bringg/Zenkraft. Our robust partner ecosystem comprises seasoned manufacturing experts who specialize in both technology and implementation.

The benefits of integrating Salesforce with ERP

While Salesforce is the #1 customer relationship management (CRM) platform in the world, it is not an Enterprise Resource Management (ERP) system. Salesforce CRM provides many critical functions for sales and service, but it does not provide ERP functionality like inventory, production, supply chain and financial management. Rootstock Cloud ERP on Salesforce gives manufacturers & supply chain organizations a 360° view of their customers and business and reduce costs in many ways. Perhaps the most important measure of success of an ERP system is return on investment. As a manufacturer, you can realize a faster ROI with Rootstock Cloud ERP on Salesforce than with on-premise ERP systems:

Implement Salesforce ERP systems faster than legacy, on-premise systems.
Lower your capital expenditures. With no expensive hardware and databases to install, configure and manage, these expenses are significantly lower with Salesforce ERP systems like Rootstock.
Lower your integration costs. Rootstock Cloud ERP helps you avoid the high costs of ERP to CRM integration and maintenance associated with on-premise or multi-cloud ERP and frees your IT departments to work on more strategic projects.
Lower system administration costs. Because ERP and CRM share the same user permission sets, security systems and database, your Salesforce admin can manage ERP and CRM.
Lower training costs. Rootstock and Salesforce share the same user interface, reporting, dashboarding, AI, workflow, social media, and community and app development tools. Eliminate the training costs of additional cloud or on-premise ERP system.
Avoid time-consuming, expensive upgrades. Rootstock Cloud ERP software updates are conveniently downloaded from the cloud.
Devote more time to creating unique apps and user experiences. Without the excessive IT, system administration, training and integration cost burden of an additional platform, you can invest your resources in developing differentiated apps using Rootstock’s low-code technology to move your business forward.

Flexible and Scalable ERP on Salesforce

Many manufacturers with on-premise ERP systems struggle to expand and integrate those systems with other software. Yes, there are ways to integrate ERP with other solutions, but why go to all that trouble when you can have a single system that’s already integrated?

Rootstock Cloud ERP is built on Salesforce, and manufacturers and distributors with Rootstock can take advantage of this natural integration in several ways:

Combine CRM and ERP to connect sales and operations. Both sides of the company can then enjoy 360-degree visibility into a single set of data and break down departmental silos.
Connect people, departments, suppliers and partners with Salesforce collaboration tools like Chatter, an easy-to-use online messaging system, and Communities, which bring all stakeholders together online to share information and insights.
Leverage Sales Agreements and Account-Based Forecasting in the Salesforce Manufacturing Cloud with Rootstock’s Sales and Operations Planning Engine to generate more accurate forecasts.
Compete on customer service by resolving issues faster and improving the customer experience. Take customer service to the next level with Field Service Lightning, Salesforce’s onsite job management platform with real-time collaboration.
Expand your solution with apps available on the Salesforce AppExchange. For example, ComplianceQuest Enterprise Quality Management System (EQMS) combines enterprise quality, compliance, collaboration and communication across the product value chain.

Jeff RalyeaInterim, CEO and Executive Chairman of the Board