Fulcrum

Judgement

What it is

Complete system

What it does

Cloud ERP for job shops and contract manufacturers with quoting, scheduling, inventory and live shop-floor tracking.

Adopt it when

A US metal fabrication or machining job shop wants modern cloud ERP that schedules work automatically.

Watch out

It is a young vendor focused on job shops.

Ready for

Usable

Runs as

Cloud service

What the license allows

Closed source: you use it under the maker's terms and cannot change or resell the code.

Judged on 2026-11-03 from the maker's description and Wikipedia. The license and age lines are worked out directly.

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Under it

Every program, Fulcrum included, runs on a microchip.

How compilers were built, back to punched paper tape