Morsa publishes this guide. Morsa is not an ERP. Its AI agent flags a late resin delivery and the press jobs it hits; a planner approves the fix. Prices read 8 November 2026.
Quick answer
To replace the press whiteboard: DELMIAWORKS shows a drag-and-drop schedule that checks equipment and tools [9]; QT9 schedules by press tonnage, mold setup time and shot count limits on a visual board [2]. MRPeasy has a drag-and-drop Gantt chart but states no mold-to-press matching [3].
For 25 presses: ERPs price by user, not by press. Our estimate for a 70-person molder is $12,000 to $24,000 a year in licenses at published prices, plus $13,500 to $62,400 a year if you add press monitoring (worked out below).
The old ERP: keep it only if it holds cavities and resin by weight correctly; a scheduler on top of wrong inputs gives wrong dates.
What to ask a vendor to show, on your own part
A family tool making two parts per shot, with cavitation, inserts and regrind in one bill of materials [1].
A blocked cavity entered by the setter on the job, and the schedule and resin order changing as a result.
Shot counts per mold triggering maintenance from the count, not the calendar.
A mold that fits only some presses, matched by tonnage and shot size, with changeover time [2].
Why a blocked cavity breaks the schedule
A 4-cavity mold on a 30-second cycle makes 480 parts an hour, so a 100,000-part job is about 208 press hours. Block one cavity and output drops to 360 an hour: 278 hours, almost 3 days more.
Each good part also carries more runner. With a 20 g part and an 8 g cold runner, it rises from 22 g to (60 + 8) ÷ 3 = 22.7 g. If the ERP does not know the cavity is blocked, the promise date and the resin order are both wrong. Active cavities belong on the job, not only on the mold record.
Vendors and press scheduling
Vendor | Press scheduling, as the vendor states it | Price |
|---|---|---|
DELMIAWORKS (formerly IQMS) | Drag-and-drop visual schedule that checks labor, equipment, tools and material [9]; tool-based bills of materials with family tools, cavitation and regrind; machine monitoring module [1] | Quote; ERP Research lists “pricing on request” [10] |
QT9 ERP | Visual scheduling by press tonnage, mold setup time and shot count limits; resin lots and regrind; QMS from the same vendor. Implementation 3 to 4 months for a small custom molder, 4 to 6 for mid-size [2] | Quote, by concurrent users [6] |
Epicor Kinetic, SYSPRO, Global Shop Solutions, QAD | General ERPs that molders configure for mold and machine pairing [7]; ask to see the press board | Quote |
MRPeasy | Finite-capacity Gantt chart with drag-and-drop rescheduling; mold-to-press matching not stated [3] | $49 to $149 a user a month [3] |
Cetec ERP | Advanced Manufacturing Planning reschedules unreleased work orders nightly, $1,000 a month; a visual press board is not stated [4] | $50 a user a month, 5-user minimum; shop floor users $25 [4] |
Business Central Premium | Manufacturing included; a visual press board is not stated [5] | $110 a user a month, paid yearly; Team Members $8 [5] |
DELMIAWORKS is the best-known plastics-specific ERP; its reseller Javelin says it has the largest plastics processor customer base in North America [1]. It publishes no price, and we found no third-party figure firm enough to plan from.
What software costs for 25 presses
Our estimate for a 70-person molder with 25 presses: 15 office users (sales, planning, purchasing, quality, accounting, supervisors) and 10 press-side terminals.
Line | Year 1 at list price |
|---|---|
Cetec: 15 × $50 × 12 plus 10 shop floor × $25 × 12 | $12,000 |
Cetec with Advanced Manufacturing Planning: add $1,000 × 12 | $24,000 |
Business Central Premium: 15 × $110 × 12 plus 10 Team Members × $8 × 12 | $20,760 |
DELMIAWORKS or QT9 | Quote |
Press monitoring, MachineCDN: 25 × $45 × 12 | $13,500 |
Press monitoring, Evocon Basic on a 3-year term: 25 × ($189 + $19) × 12 | $62,400 |
Implementation comes on top. Per-press monitoring prices are in our OEE software pricing guide, and full ERP project costs in ERP cost.
Keep the old ERP or replace it?
Keep it and add a scheduler if it already holds molds, cavities, resin by weight and open orders correctly. Standalone schedulers such as PlanetTogether connect to ERPs including Epicor, Infor, QAD, NetSuite and Microsoft Dynamics; it quotes, and does not mention molds as a constraint, so ask [11].
Replace it if mold and cavity data live in a spreadsheet beside it. Any board you add would schedule from wrong inputs.
When the resin truck is late
When resin slips, someone re-plans the presses. Morsa is software with an AI agent that works in your ERP, email and Teams, on whichever ERP you run, old ones included.
The supplier emails that 20,000 lb of black polypropylene slips five days. Morsa matches it to the open PO.
It shows the three jobs it hits on presses 4 and 6, including an order due next Wednesday, and lays out options: a second supplier’s stock, pulling a natural-color job forward, or a partial shipment.
The planner picks one and the buyer approves the PO change. Morsa updates the ERP schedule, sends the change from the buyer’s mailbox and tells the floor in Teams.
JRG Automotive, a Morsa customer, caught 5 of 8 production-stopping shortages early enough to act, about $2 million saved. To see it on your own open orders, book a 30-minute walkthrough.
What to do this week
Check that every mold record has its cavity count, and that setters can record a blocked cavity on the job.
Compare standard to actual cycle time on your five biggest jobs.
Write down the regrind share each customer allows, by part.
Ask two vendors from the table to demo your own family tool on their press schedule.
Sources
Javelin (DELMIAWORKS reseller), DELMIAWORKS Plastics ERP Software: https://www.javelin-tech.com/3d/delmia-works-plastics-erp-software/ (read 8 November 2026)
QT9 Software, Injection Molding and Plastics Manufacturing ERP: https://qt9software.com/erp/industry/plastics (read 8 November 2026)
MRPeasy, Pricing: https://www.mrpeasy.com/pricing/ (read 8 November 2026)
Cetec ERP, Pricing: https://cetecerp.com/pricing/ (read 8 November 2026)
Microsoft, Dynamics 365 Business Central pricing: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-365/products/business-central/pricing (read 8 November 2026)
QT9 Software, Pricing: https://qt9software.com/pricing (read 8 November 2026)
Cleverence, Top 10 ERP Systems for Plastics Injection Molding: https://cleverence.com/articles/erp-reviews/top-10-erps-plastics-injection-6382 (read 8 November 2026)
Moldex3D, home page (“CAE product for the plastic injection molding industry”): https://www.moldex3d.com/ (read 8 November 2026)
SOLIDWORKS, DELMIAWORKS manufacturing scheduling: https://www.solidworks.com/product/delmiaworks/manufacturing-erp/manufacturing/scheduling (read 8 November 2026)
ERP Research, DELMIA Works pricing: https://erpresearch.com/pricing/delmiaworks (read 8 November 2026)
PlanetTogether, Pricing: https://www.planettogether.com/pricing (read 8 November 2026)
