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Flowlens helps SME manufacturers worldwide simplify operations, gain real-time insights, and scale efficiently — without the complexity or cost of traditional ERP systems
About Flowlens
Flowlens - built by a small business, designed for small businesses.
Flowlens is end-to-end business management software designed specifically for growing SME manufacturers around the world. Whether you’re scaling production, managing complex supply chains, or improving customer service, Flowlens brings your people, processes, and data together in one connected platform.
With Flowlens, you can:
• Centralize your business information in one secure, cloud-based system
• Manage customers, suppliers, and inventory with complete visibility
• Streamline production and capacity planning
• Automatically identify stock shortages and create purchase orders
• Handle multi-level BOMs and production routings with ease
• Manage unlimited SKUs across your product lines
• Maintain traceability and quality compliance
• Control multi-site and multi-level stock operations
• Deliver exceptional after-sales service with full product history
• Integrate seamlessly with Xero, QuickBooks and Sage.
Pricing
Annual full functionality access
Unlimited SKUs
Hosting
Implementation & data migration
Training and change management
Support and maintenance
Unlimited BOMs
Batch tracking
Serial numbering and tracking
Multi-factor authentication.
Year One Flowlens Total Cost of Ownership: £7,760
Year Two Flowlens Total Cost of Ownership: £2,870
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After-Sales Service
Flowlens Service Management links the equipment you ship to its serial number, original BOM and build history, so when a customer calls you can identify the right spare part and see what has already been done. Track service jobs, job cards and tickets, and labour costs against each product. It is built for manufacturers who make and service their own equipment, rather than a generic helpdesk bolted on afterwards. Service Management is an add-on module on top of the Flowlens platform.
Batch Tracking
Flowlens records batch and lot numbers as stock is received, and serial numbers on finished products and key components. Input batches and serials are assigned to each job, so you can trace a finished unit back to the parts and suppliers that went into it, or forward from a supplier batch to every unit it affected. Unit-of-measure conversions handle buying in boxes and using single units. Goods inwards inspections and non-conformances are captured inside the workflow rather than on a separate paper trail, keeping the learning close to the work.
Bill of Materials (BOM)
Flowlens handles nested, multi-level BOMs. Each sub-assembly has its own part number and workflow and rolls up into the parent job card, and customers run BOMs of 1,500+ lines. Import from spreadsheets or CAD exports, hold multiple suppliers per part, track revisions, and add or substitute parts on a live job when a build changes. Repeat products reuse templates: Cap Coder went from 48,000 BOMs to 24,000 by standardising this way. BOMs link straight to job cards, purchasing and stock, and batch and serial tracking runs through to service.
Inventory Control
Flowlens tracks stock by location with FIFO, LIFO or average costing, unlimited parts and SKUs, and batch and serial number traceability built in. A live shortage report builds purchase requests from unfulfilled job cards and sales orders, respects supplier MOQs and pack-size conversions, and pre-fills purchase orders so you know what to buy and what is already covered. Goods inwards inspections record quality checks as parts arrive, and stock is picked against the job that needs it. Made for manufacturers of devices, equipment and machinery, so stock stays tied to the builds that use it. Purchase and stock ledgers sync with Xero, QuickBooks or Sage 50.
MRP
Flowlens plans materials from confirmed demand in real time. Job cards, sales orders and warehouse orders feed a rolling shortage report, so shortages stop being a surprise. Multi-level BOMs explode automatically, and each sub-assembly carries its own workflow into the parent job. Purchase orders are pre-filled with shortages and respect supplier minimum order quantities. Actual labour and material costs are tracked against every job, with FIFO or average costing. Designed for SME manufacturers who build complex products to order, rather than adapted down from enterprise software. Base platform from £479+VAT a month.
Manufacturing
Flowlens is cloud manufacturing software for SME device, equipment and machinery makers who build complex products to order. Multi-level BOMs and sub-assemblies, job costing, purchasing, stock, shopfloor control, quality data capture, sales and service run in one system instead of spreadsheets, shared folders and separate tools. Parts can be added or substituted on a live job card, and repeat builds can start from a template. Integrates with Xero, QuickBooks and Sage 50. A dedicated UK implementation team handles setup, data import and training. Base platform from £479+VAT a month, including 4 office and 2 shopfloor users.
Manufacturing ERP
Flowlens is not a general ERP, and that is deliberate. It covers the manufacturing and after-sales side of the business in depth: BOMs, purchasing, stock, production, quality, sales orders and service. Finance stays in the accounts package you already use, with native Xero and QuickBooks integration (Sage 50 optional), so customers, suppliers, invoices and ledgers sync without re-keying. Cap Coder, a capping and filling machinery manufacturer, cut spare-parts and sales order processing time by 18 to 20% after moving from two disconnected systems to one. Suited to growing manufacturers up to around 100 people.
Manufacturing Execution
Flowlens breaks every job into workflow steps, each with its own people, machines, work instructions and bill of materials. Operators see what is assigned to them in the shopfloor tablet app, log time, capture quality data and complete steps. Managers see what is on track, in progress or overdue on a live production schedule. Batch and serial numbers are recorded as parts are consumed and units are built, giving traceability from goods in to finished product. Step-level control sits in the same system as your BOMs, stock and sales orders, so there is no separate MES to integrate.
Flowlens Additional Categories
Manufacturing CRM
Flowlens includes a lean CRM built around the sales order. Enquiries, leads, quotes and orders sit in one place with full company and contact history, so sales and production never work from separate systems. Create branded quotes, store drawings, photos and documents against the record, follow up with task reminders and watch your sales forecast in real time. When an order ships, sales and stock ledgers update in Xero or QuickBooks. It is not a marketing automation platform. It is designed to take a manufacturer from enquiry to build to invoice.
Flowlens Verified User Reviews
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"Great MRP System - Recommend! " Posted 2025-12-01
Pros: We have used Flowlens from the opening of our company back in 2020, it was and is a key driver to our daily operations. From quoting, to acknowledging orders, creating job cards, placing purchase orders, inventory control aswell as reporting and invoicing. The Flowlens team have been a great support throughout our time using Flowlens! The systems ease and functionality make it a really good MRP system for us and I would recommend to others.
Cons: As we have used this system over the last 5 years, we have identified additional functions that we would benefit from. We always address these with the Flowlens team as/when and they do really take the time to support us with help getting this functions in place.
Overall: Overall I would recommend any small/medium businesses to reach out to the Flowlens team to see if this MRP system is right for you. It has been a key system for the organisation and growth of our company!
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"Flowlens ERP - Electrical control systems Manufacturing/Assembly" Posted 2025-08-14
Pros: Ease of use, revolutionised stock control and manufacturing. took care of the quality control inspections and testing
Cons: Learning to let go of the old work-arounds we had got so used to, and letting Flowlens do the work
Overall: Used the software since 2018 and it was a big factor in growing the business from £1M to £6M which would have been impossible without it.
Read More...Reply from FlowlensPosted 2025-08-15
Thank you W! It's really great to hear how Flowlens enabled the growth in turnover, we pride ourselves on helping SME device, equipment and machinery manufacturers to operate and scale efficiently by making production, inventory, supply chain demand, cost and quality processes integrated and streamlined. It's also a platform for surfacing insights that enables companies like yours to make data-driven decisions about growth, supplier performance amongst other things. Thanks again for your business. -
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"Game Changer" Posted 2025-07-25
Pros: The dashboard and the many widgets that are available to use give a complete picture of where we are at with sales, quotes, conversions of orders. The reporting suite provides visibility on all the metrics we need, profitability, stock, stock movements etc. therefore visibility across the business is incredible compared to our previous systems.
Easy to use.
Integrates well with the accounts package.Cons: One widget we would like that Flowlens are looking into developing for us.
Overall: It has been a game changer for us and recommend anyone looking for this type of software to get a demo on this system.
Read More...Reply from FlowlensPosted 2025-08-02
Hi Andy, thanks for taking the time to review Flowlens, and we appreciate the positive feedback. We pride ourselves in offering a comprehensive solution for manufacturing and service companies like yourselves, so knowing that Flowlens makes such an impact from the sales dept, to purchasing, to the shop-floor is great. Thanks for highlighting the Xero integration too, this seamless link removes the manual effort and risk of errors and keeps the accounts right up to date. We really appreciate your business!
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