ENCOSTA MANAGEMENT STUDIO

EMS: Enhancing Macola ERP Efficiency

Encosta Solutions is dedicated to transforming business processes through innovative, design-led custom solutions. Our mission is to deliver tailor-made applications that integrate seamlessly with Macola ERP systems.

Challenges in the Macola ERP and Software Industry:

  • Time-Consuming Development: Custom software is often regarded as expensive and slow due to the time required for development.
  • Insufficient Design Time: Limited time spent on software design can lead to suboptimal solutions.
  • Full Utilisation of ERP: Most customers are already maximizing their ERP software and have upgraded to new versions where possible.
  • Reluctance to Self-Develop: Customers generally do not want to write their own software.
  • Unclear Implementation Paths: Even with knowledgeable managers and consultants, the means to achieve business goals are not always clear.

EMS

Introducing Encosta Management Studio for Macola Software

Encosta Solutions has created Encosta Management Studio (EMS) to address these challenges, providing a comprehensive solution for various stakeholders:


Macola Customers

Benefit from reliable, modern extensions to their Macola software at a fair cost, enhancing competitiveness and efficiency. Integration with Macola ensures no redundant data entry and a single source of truth.


Managers and Consultants

Collaborate with Encosta to design optimal business solutions and even contribute to preparatory work.


Encosta Design/Developers

Deliver great solutions efficiently, integrated with Macola, minimising the hard work typically involved in software development.


Macola Customers

Benefit from reliable, modern extensions to their Macola software at a fair cost, enhancing competitiveness and efficiency. Integration with Macola ensures no redundant data entry and a single source of truth.


Managers and Consultants

Collaborate with Encosta to design optimal business solutions and even contribute to preparatory work.


Encosta Design/Developers

Deliver great solutions efficiently, integrated with Macola, minimising the hard work typically involved in software development.

What is Encosta Management Studio?

Encosta Management Studio is a versatile toolset with much of the work already done, offering a solid and reliable user experience that can be tailored and extended to meet individual customer requirements.

Key features include:

Encosta Solutions logo displayed on a computer screen, with the company name in bold black text on a white background.

What is Encosta Management Studio?

Encosta Management Studio is a versatile toolset with much of the work already done, offering a solid and reliable user experience that can be tailored and extended to meet individual customer requirements.

Encosta Solutions logo displayed on a computer screen, with the company name in bold black text on a white background.

Key features include:

  • Dashboards: Embracing OKR principles, our dashboards provide key information to steer your business towards success. Predefined dashboards are available, and new ones can be quickly created to meet your needs, with drill-down capabilities into detailed supporting data.
  • Spreadsheet-Like Grids: View and manipulate large data sets from your Macola software, providing useful information with options to export to Excel or PDF. We offer many standard grids to get you started.
  • Drill-Down Capabilities: Jump to key supporting information in Macola. For example, view MRP recommendations and access detailed MRP by date information. Our Multi-Level Item View and Multi-Level BOM View showcase these capabilities.
  • Document Attachment: Attach any document to Macola data, such as technical data to a Macola item, accessible in any view.
  • Modern Look and Feel: Enjoy a clean, modern interface that you can customize through themes.
  • Up-to-Date Web Software: Setup on one web server on your network allows access for all authorised users. Web-based applications can be run outside our menus, potentially integrated with Macola screens or menus.
  • User Access Management: Ensure only authorised personnel can access specific functions.
  • Macola Integration: Access the same data as Macola, ensuring consistency with your Macola reports. We ensure our grids reconcile with equivalent Macola reports, currently supporting Macola Progression and soon extending to other versions.
  • Macola API Integration: Update Macola data from our applications. The API currently includes a few well-tested functions, with the capability to grow and extend based on client needs.
  • Scheduled Tasks: Create scheduled processes using SQL Server and other functions to run tasks at specific times.
Encosta Management Studio is designed to enhance the Macola ERP experience, providing tailored, efficient, and integrated solutions that meet the evolving needs of your business.