Make the quote’s scope clear
Estimate the materials and operations for the customer’s job, including its supply arrangements. Keep the quote, order and manufacturing requirements together as the enquiry becomes work.
Explore customer quoting →Contract manufacturing & free-issue work
ERP for contract
manufacturing.
See what your customer’s order needs, who supplies it and how the work is progressing. Jems brings quoting, production and purchased or customer-owned material together for manufacturers working on behalf of other businesses.
A connected customer job
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Define the customer’s workQuotes, orders and manufacturing requirements
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Keep ownership visiblePurchased parts and customer-owned material
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Follow the jobWorks orders, operations and recorded time
Customer work, material ownership & production
Answer the customer with the job in view.
An order may combine components you make, parts you purchase and material the customer supplies. Keep those arrangements visible alongside the quote and production work when checking what the job needs.
Manufacturing workflows to explore
- Customer-specific jobs
- Purchased-material work
- Free-issue assembly
- Mixed-material orders
Know whose stock you are holding
Purchased and customer-owned material share one catalogue part while retaining ownership. Check the stock owner alongside quantities and locations without duplicating the part record.
Explore free-issue material →See the work behind the order
Follow works orders and operations, recording progress and shop-floor time. Review the production work alongside material requirements when answering questions about the customer’s job.
Explore production tracking →An example contract order
Housings with customer-supplied inserts.
Follow an illustrative order for 50 assembled housings. Your business makes the housings and buys the fasteners; the customer supplies the inserts. Explore how the job requirements and stock owners remain visible.
HSG-050 / Housing with supplied insert50 assemblies
01 / Agree the job
Show who supplies each component.
One customer job combines a housing you manufacture, inserts the customer supplies and fasteners you purchase.
Explore customer quoting| Component | Qty | Supply arrangement |
|---|---|---|
| Housing | 50 | Manufacture |
| INS-010 insert | 50 | Customer-supplied |
| Fastener | 100 | Purchase / stock |
Keep the supply arrangement alongside the material and operation requirements when preparing the customer's quote.
02 / See ownership
One part record. Distinct stock owners.
The same catalogue insert can be held as company stock and customer stock. Ownership remains visible alongside its location and quantity.
Explore customer-owned material| Catalogue part | Stock owner | Quantity held |
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| INS-010 | Your company | 80 inserts |
| INS-010 | Example customer | 120 inserts |
The 120 customer-owned inserts remain identifiable. Sharing a part number keeps the catalogue consistent while retaining who owns the stock.
03 / Follow production
Bring make, buy and free issue together.
Follow the housing and assembly operations through works orders, recording progress and time against the customer's job.
Explore production tracking| Job information | Sample value |
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| Part | HSG-050 |
| Required assemblies | 50 |
| Operations | Machining → assembly |
Review production work alongside stock ownership and free-issue requirements when answering questions about the customer's order.
Check your requirements
Start with your job.
Check the important detail.
Bring a customer order and its BOM. Show us what you make, what you buy and what the customer supplies.
Available to demonstrate
Customer quoting, material requirements, purchased and customer-owned stock, free-issue requirements, works orders, time capture, goods-in inspection, quarantine and returns.
Assess with our team
Customer-specific traceability and inspection evidence, shortage and damaged-material processes, portals and automated customer reporting.
Planned development
Subcontracting, Engineering Change Control and broader Production Quality are on the 2027 roadmap. Subcontracting concerns work you send to a supplier; your business manufacturing for a customer is a separate workflow. See the product roadmap for development targets.
Built & supported in the UK
A practical route from demo to go-live.
Start with a representative job. Agree the software fit, the data to bring across and the help your team needs before implementation begins.
A demo around your work
Bring a customer order, its BOM and an example of who supplies each component. We’ll follow purchased and free-issue requirements, stock ownership and the production work.
Book your workflow demoA scope you can review
We assess your current system, records and history, then agree migration coverage, validation, training and responsibilities. Your team checks representative jobs before the planned cutover.
Explore migration & implementationClear subscription pricing
Jems Standard is £1,249 per month excluding VAT, with 10 full-access users and 25 shop-floor-only workers. Implementation, migration and training are scoped and quoted separately.
Calculate your team’s subscriptionYour questions
Jems for contract manufacturing.
Do we need separate catalogue parts for our stock and customer stock?
No. Jems manages purchased and customer-owned material against the same part record while retaining ownership information and free-issue requirements. You can demonstrate the distinction using a part you both purchase and receive from customers.
Can one job include purchased and free-issue components?
Yes. Jems records free-issue requirements alongside the manufacturing workflow, allowing a customer’s job to include both purchased and customer-owned material. Bring the BOM and supply arrangements so we can show how the requirements are represented.
Is contract manufacturing the same as the planned Subcontracting feature?
This page describes your business manufacturing for a customer. The planned Subcontracting feature concerns managing production operations your business sends to an outside supplier. The two workflows are distinct; dedicated Subcontracting is on the 2027 roadmap.
Can we check customer-specific traceability and inspection requirements?
Yes. Bring the references, reports and evidence the customer expects. Current functionality includes stock trace numbers, goods-in inspection, quarantine and returns. We assess the required detail rather than assuming those records satisfy every customer’s requirements.
What does Jems cost for this manufacturing workflow?
The same Jems Standard subscription applies across these industry workflows: £1,249 per month excluding VAT, including 10 full-access users and 25 shop-floor-only workers. Additional access is sold in blocks; larger deployments receive a tailored quote. Implementation, migration and training are scoped and quoted separately. Use the team pricing calculator to explore your subscription.
How long does implementation take?
We agree a timetable after reviewing your data, workflows and training needs. The scope defines the records and history to migrate, validation checks, responsibilities and the planned cutover. Your team has time to check migrated records and test representative jobs before go-live.
See your customer’s job in Jems
Bring the order.
Keep ownership connected.
Walk through the quote, material supply and manufacturing operations with our UK team. We’ll discuss current coverage, migration and an implementation scope you can review.