StartProto Manufacturing Cloud
AI-powered manufacturing software for connecting front office and shop floor workflows
StartProto Manufacturing Cloud is a cloud-based platform that brings engineering, purchasing, production scheduling, shop floor execution, inventory, quality, quoting, and shipping/receiving into one system. It addresses the problem of fragmented shop data and manual processes by centralizing work routings, bills of materials, job scheduling, and real-time visibility into work-in-progress.
Core modules include Routing & BOM, Jobs & Scheduling, Purchase Planning, Shop Floor Communication, Outside Processing, Inventory Management, Quality Management (with first article tracking and NCR control), Quoting & RFQ, Sales Orders, Shipping & Receiving, Warehouse Management, and Lot Tracking & Serialization. The platform offers AI-assisted cost prediction and procurement suggestions, and integrates with QuickBooks, Xero, NetSuite, Onshape, Autodesk Fusion, SolidWorks, Paperless Parts, Zapier, Shopify, ShipStation, HubSpot, Slack, and Google Sheets. It is cloud-native, hosted on GovCloud, and built for ITAR compliance.
StartProto is aimed at manufacturers, including job shops and machine shops, seeking to centralize operations. The platform is offered through flexible plans; specific packaging details such as free plans, trials, or seat-based versus usage-based pricing are not specified on the pages.
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