ERP · Accounting · Manufacturing

Most ERP systems add manufacturing as an afterthought. ALERE started there.

Since 1983, ALERE has supplied manufacturers with the accounting, manufacturing, inventory control, and reporting tools required to be competitive players in their industry. Highly adaptable and perpetually licensed, ALERE is suitable for nearly any manufacturing vertical and organizations of nearly any size.

Accounting Manufacturing MRP Inventory BOM Service CRM Barcoding Analytics

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40+ Years

Perpetually Licensed

Why ALERE?

One system. Better insights. Less friction.

ALERE’s vertical integration eliminates the fragile, expensive connectors between disparate vendors’ products and reduces friction in data entry. Your data is easier to understand, and you’ll reduce the time you spend searching for information, allowing you to make faster, better informed decisions.

Reduce inventory costs by 20% to 40%

ALERE's MRP engine time-phases material to demand, so you can carry less stock, free up cash and warehouse space, and still hit on-time ship date goals with more accurate available-to-promise.

See your true WIP and costs in real-time

Instant access to your production WIP status, inventory, and costs. The production floor is no longer a game of telephone.

Add capabilties without re-implementing

Freely employ different manufacturing strategies, take that custom order, and expand your product range without an expensive re-implementation.

What our customers say

Customers who have relied on ALERE for 10+ years

We reviewed the combined accounting and manufacturing software from ALERE along with several other competing software products. We decided that ALERE Accounting and ALERE Manufacturing were the best fit for us. The parts of ALERE software that we like most are: the traceability between transactions, product costing and the ability to integrate ALERE with other software we use. The implementation team was very responsive to our needs and provided us with software customizations and customized reports. These customizations allowed us to continue to do the things that make our organization great without having to change our processes to match the software. We have been using ALERE for over 10 years and have been extremely satisfied with our software choice.”

“The reason we chose TIW back in the early 90's was that we needed a package that suited our needs based on a low volume-high mix manufacturing environment. What is so appealing about their product is the MRP engine they use. It allows us to do forecast sharing with our suppliers. We have a wholly integrated single TIW solution.”

“I believe the software should work for us. Not us working for the software. Really happy with ALERE because it is really stable, really reliable, and they are constantly upgrading the capabilities. And they are extremely responsive.”

Handles the unexpected, not just the happy path

Exceptions happen in manufacturing. ALERE was built to handle them.

Built as a manufacturing-centric ERP system, ALERE reduces data-collection friction and enhances traceability by allowing and encouraging users to document real-world exceptions that other systems often force you to account for outside the system.

Editable routes & material lists capture every cost, variance, and revision.
Finite-capacity scheduling with forward & backward work order scheduling logic.
Cradle-to-grave traceability for even the most stringent industries.
One installation can support multiple divisions with different manufacturing strategies

Accounting & Inventory

Your floor and your books, finally on the same page.

Most ERPs bolt accounting onto a separate operations system, so your financials are always a step behind what’s really happening. ALERE is one system: every work order, receipt, and inventory move updates your books as it happens. The result is financials you can trust mid-period, not just at close.

Know exactly where you stand at any moment. Real-time AP, AR, and general ledger, with as-of reporting for any date you choose.
Replenish without guesswork. A bucketless MRP engine plans available-to-promise and inventory continuously, not in weekly batches
Capture data once, accurately, at the source with integrated barcoding. No re-keying, no reconciliation drift.
Cost your way, not the software's. Standard, average, FIFO, LIFO, and lot costing, are all built in.

Build your ERP, module by module.

Mix and match exactly the functionality you need today, then add more without a costly re-implementation as your organization grows.

Sales

ALERE's AR module with quote-to-cash traceability and pending-state flexibility.

Purchase

ALERE's AP module features requisition-through-payment traceability, job cost support, and numerous other features to better manage your cash flow.

Inventory

Lot, serial & trait traceability with real-time movement logs, inventory levels, multiple locations, and bin and store capabilities.

General Ledger

Real-time, transaction-driven GL with as-of reporting and powerful financial reporting.

Order

Work orders with editable routes and material lists. Order-level scheduling and pre-integrated barcoding. Unparalleled traceability and real-time manufacturing insights.

BOM

Up to 25 indented levels. Supports single, indented, modular, variable, & phantom bills. Import and push revisions to in-process work orders.

Route

Route management utilities to detail master routes with support for 998 operation steps, sequence IDs, setup times, cycle times, batch sizes, loss factors, labor grades, and work centers.

Schedule

Finite-capacity scheduler with synchronous manufacturing & MRP ties.

Plan

ALEREs MRP module. Featuring time-phased planning, automated work order and purchase order generation, and the ability to reschedule and reorient PO and WO inventory fulfillment.

Cost

Real-time WIP monitoring, planned-vs-actual, variance analysis, cost projections, and inventory costed roll-ups.

Job Cost

For complex assembly manufacturers and project-driven jobs. Allows users to allocate direct & indirect costs to jobs to reveal true profitability.

Service

Enables manufacturers to easily offer industrial services to customers. Track warranty, annual service intervals, repairs, and rework of sold finished goods.

Built for the long run

Own your software and your data.

Perpetually Licensed

ALERE is licensed perpetually and runs on-premises or in the cloud. You decide your access model and always retain full ownership of your software and data.

Upgrades without the stress

ALERE features a unique modification structure that allows organizations to largely port their unique reports and workflow modifications from version to version. Upgrades are faster and significantly less expensive than competing ERP software systems.

Unparalleled support

From email and phone to live-data troubleshooting, ALEREs support is unmatched in the industry.

Request a demo

See ALERE® in action.

Tell us a bit about your operation, and we’ll set up a walkthrough tailored to your accounting and manufacturing workflows.

No obligation.

Cloud or on-premise

Deploy the way that fits your security and access needs.

Tailored to your organization

We only show what’s relevant to your industries and processes.

Talk to people who know and understand manufacturing

40+ Years in the manufacturing ERP space.

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