Rootstock ERP

The Only ERP That Actually Lives Inside Salesforce

Here's a common scenario: your sales team uses Salesforce, your operations team uses a separate ERP, and someone spends hours reconciling data between them. Rootstock eliminates that problem entirely. It runs natively on the Salesforce platform — same database, same security model, same user interface framework.

This isn't an integration or a connector. Rootstock is built on Force.com, which means a quote created by your sales rep flows directly into a manufacturing work order without any middleware. For companies already paying for Salesforce, that's a compelling proposition.

Manufacturing Capabilities

Production management covers discrete, process, and mixed-mode manufacturing. The MRP engine handles demand planning, material requirements, and capacity planning. Shop floor control tracks work orders, labor, and machine utilization in real time.

Inventory management supports multiple warehouses, lot tracking, serial number tracking, and bin-level control. Supply chain features include purchase order management, vendor scorecards, and landed cost calculations. These aren't afterthoughts — Rootstock has been refining manufacturing features since 1999.

The Salesforce Advantage (and Lock-in)

Everything inherits Salesforce's reporting engine, workflow automation, and AppExchange ecosystem. Need a custom approval process? Build it with Salesforce Flow. Want dashboards combining sales pipeline and production capacity? Done in minutes. The 4,000+ apps on AppExchange extend functionality without custom development.

But let's talk about the elephant in the room. You need Salesforce licenses on top of Rootstock licenses. That stacks up fast. A 50-user deployment might cost $200-350 per user monthly when you combine both. And if you ever want to leave Salesforce? You're rebuilding from scratch.

Where Rootstock Falls Short

Advanced manufacturing features like finite scheduling, detailed capacity planning, and complex configurators don't match dedicated solutions like Epicor or Infor. The platform inherits Salesforce's governor limits, which can create performance challenges with very large datasets — think 10+ million inventory transactions.

Financial management exists but many customers pair Rootstock with a dedicated accounting system like Sage Intacct rather than relying on its built-in financials. That's telling.