Cin7 Omni Erfahrungen

Vorteile

Integrates all of our Sales Channels with our inventory management - streamlines our business - Customer Support is absolutely Outstanding.
Cin7 has transformed our small business and we could not be happier. Cin7 consolidates all of our sales channels; to include, 2 EDI sales channels. To have all sales channels integrated with inventory management in one application streamlined our business processes and reduced manual admin requirements. Truly, Cin7 is one of a few applications where technology actually reduces workload and frees up our small staff to focus on marketing, product development, and customer service.

The Cin7 customer support is OUTSTANDING. Our On-Boarding Account Manager was fantastic. The Support team made our transition to EDI smooth and they patiently trained us to automate our EDI processes. The telephone support provided is priceless. Knowing that we can reach out for help, around the clock, from an intelligent and caring "human" is absolutely essential for our small team of 8 employees. Each of us multitasks and manage many applications...we do NOT have time to be experts in any one application. We do NOT have time to read technical information, use forums, or play the back and forth never ending game of trouble tickets. With Cin7, we don't have too. We can simply pick up the phone and get help Immediately.

In the strongest term, we high Recommend Cin7 to anyone who is serious about running a successful eCommerce Business.

Nachteile

We did not have a way to import sales history from Stitchlabs...there might be a way..need to assess

Vorteile

Easy to use and obtain movement of a product with 1 click by checking the last 50 transactions. I wish there was a way to check more than 50 from the same feature, rather than running a report.

Nachteile

Product jobs often have problems being completed. Contacted support on numerous occasions but couldn't resolve. When a master code is build with SN and 10 serial numbers are entered, the production job often fails when completed and erases the serial numbers and the quantity being entered. Once clicked manually on the qty. box and have the SNs entered again, it always works. Components are in stock, but the production job module is having hard time completing from one attempt. Recent January 2023 update shows 50 last transactions in a different way, where now PO's show as "IN" and Sales Orders show as "OUT" while they havent been received, nor invoiced. Used to simply show "Open" and it was much clearer. Now everything is OUT or IN even if there's no movement.

Vorteile

We can keep track of our inventory level at different locations and have that reflect on our Shopify system.

Nachteile

It's expensive and there are some things we still can't figure out with the backend, in terms of having Shopify read into Cin7. Currently, only Cin7 can read into Shopify.

Vorteile

It is the one-stop shopping of e-commerce and inventory management, every feature we were looking for we found with Cin7. All of the agents we dealt with were great and [SENSITIVE CONTENT] has made the process very simple for us and he has a great personality.

Nachteile

There is a learning curve that makes sense due to how many features there are however Cin7 has an efficient and thorough onboarding process.

Vorteile

The most intuitive and user friendly software I've used yet. Integrates seamless with Xero & Shopify and reporting options are endless.

Nachteile

Doesn't always correctly allocate stock to completed orders.

Vorteile

Ease of use, ability to link to so many platforms, open API, inexpensive for what it is capable of,

Nachteile

User controls are too broad so hard to manage what people can or can't do, COGS/margins are confusing,

Vorteile

Cin7 is easy to roll out and easy to train other users.

Nachteile

Nothing really. Cin7 resolved all the issues that we are having before and we also gained some unexpected benefits like the use of Google drive to keep record of customer POs.

Vorteile

Slick solutions for our stock management across multiple locations with many locations using different sku codes for same item!Great integration with selling platforms.Realtime sales data and great reporting tools! Simple integration to our Xero accounting system

Nachteile

The learning curve is steep -but worthwhile! Budgetting and forecasting tools are basic and could be enhanced to give even more value

Vorteile

Software is good and reasonably safe and stable and has good features once and boarded in familiarised it is reasonably easy to use

Nachteile

Cin7 has evolved very little since i started using it 4 years ago, The products has less errors and downtime but the support has got worse

Vorteile

First of all, the price is impossible to beat for the amount of modules and capabilities Cin7 provides. Where they really shine is the understanding of how technically complicated their software is. They understand that it's not as intuitive as the more expensive options, and they make up for that difficulty by providing a dedicated implementation specialist to make sure the people using the software understand how to properly use it.

Nachteile

As mentioned in the Pros, it's not the most user-friendly software. They definitely help with the training (both with the implementation specialist and the Cin7 Academy), but there's definitely room for improvement on the UX side.

Vorteile

To switch Cin7 on was relatively easy. Once we went live with it, it all works quite well, it's just a matter of learning how it differs to the software we used previously.
Support when going live is good, i had pages of questions over several days, all of which have been answered.

Nachteile

There are still manual processes required when it comes to Xero however the time savings and automation are obivous.

Vorteile

Powerful reporting functionality. Cloud based so good access.

Nachteile

Support. We have a bug list a mile long and we can't get anyone from Cin7 to respond. I'm actually reviewing here in the hope that having it in public will prompt Cin7 into getting back to us. We switched to their inventory management system but trying to get help to make the program work to the requirements of our business has been a nightmare. Unless this suits your needs perfectly straight-out-of-the-box I recommend you look elsewhere.

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen

Geckoboard

Warum Cin7 Omni gewählt wurde

need to integrate with Xero accounting software.

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Cin7 Omni

It appeared to have better method of dealing with our specific taxation requirements. Ironically we were heavily influenced in the decision by the dedicated onboarding process which has turned into our biggest issue.

Vorteile

It has most of the features we need for our business. Integrations with all marketplaces we use and shipstation.

Nachteile

3 out of 4 integrations failing. Basic functionality like order status updates when shipped via Shipstation fails. Wrong inventory pulled when items sold on marketplaces. Cin7 support admitted connection bugs but couldn't fix them for over 45 days now.

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Orderhive und NetSuite

Warum Cin7 Omni gewählt wurde

Needed more integrations which inFlow don't have. As a warehouse management solution inFlow was perfect, now I understand it.

Zuvor genutzte Software

inFlow Inventory

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Cin7 Omni

Seemed like a good functionality/price combination. They've made a great presentation showing all the functionality we need. They forgot to mention that most of the functionality will be failing and when carrot sold, pulling beet worm inventory, even when mapping shows the right link from carrot to a carrot. I wish someone would post this kind of review before I made a choice.

Vorteile

The onboarding experience has been going very smoothly largely due to the wealth of information provided thru the Cin7 Academy, as well as customer support given for any integration and learning issues through active meeting sessions. Our contact [SENSITIVE CONTENT]
has been most helpful.

Nachteile

Have yet to run into any major hiccups as only in first month or so of using software, so far no major issues, platform can perform all tasks required as out previous software had.

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Zoho Books und Xero

Warum Cin7 Omni gewählt wurde

The Quickbooks product was finishing and ending business in Australia from July 10, 2022, so this is the reason we have switched to another platform before the end of the financial year.

Zuvor genutzte Software

QuickBooks Desktop Pro

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Cin7 Omni

CIN7 looked to provide the best support to transition from one system to another and level of customer support throughout. Platform looked simple to navigate.

Vorteile

We went live with both Xero and Cin7 in April this year. We've loving the insights we are now getting on product margins, the full visibility of our inventory in multiple locations and the integrations with Amazon and Shopify. We still have more work to do to implement all the features of the system but we have a plan to work with the Cin7 team on this.

Nachteile

We did find the EDI process quite challenging as each one needs to be customised for the legacy grocery systems - the limitations of this process could have been made more clear at the start.

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Dynamics 365

Warum Cin7 Omni gewählt wurde

No visibility of off shore inventory, no integrations with ecommerce, out of date, not fit for purpose

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Cin7 Omni

Local support, lower cost and API integrations with ecommerce

Vorteile

As a project based business we have found Cin7 simple to setup and run while providing us the tools to manage the business, it has direct integration with Xero our accounting software. We can track and import product, warehouse locally and remotely, control purchase orders, sales order and invoices.
We also use Cin7 to assist with local manufacturing , production jobs are key to this, we can also buy components overseas and ship to and overseas manufacturer and control all components and roll up landed costs

Nachteile

Some of Cin7 warehouse functions are not as sophisticated as other software, namely cycle counting and and total location bin transfers.( only be component)
Also a planning and scheduling module would be a welcome addition.
We have had problems with the imbedded exchange rates on purchase orders causing stock valuation errors

Vorteile

It does work in a very clunky sort of way. The interface is very basic. In hindsight wrong decision to go with CIN7

Nachteile

1) Pricing. The double the price each year. Initially $x price and that was it. Next year they doubled, this year they doubled it again. They say they base it upon the revenue we put through the system. That was never part of the original agreement
2) Support . Unless you pay for premium support they will not take your phone call, to log a support call. It all has to be done via email. If you are lucky they might get back to you in 24hrs with and answer. more likely 48, or 72hrs.
3) Product Releases. The ywill make changes to the production system on the fly with out testing, and release to it customers with out telling them. When we log a call saying a particular function "isnt working" , their response "oops sorry about that we will get our developers to fix that."

4) CIN7 made a big song and dance about a release of a new QBO (Quickbooks online) module, only for it to be delay, delay and delayed again.

Vorteile

API integration with Ecommerce shopping cart such as Shopify & Esty is great and seamlessly. Customized report is a powerful tool and Cin7 came with many great functionalities for a light ERP system. My second onboarding specialist, [SENSITIVE CONTENT], is amazing, always responsive and willing to help. My 3PL integration engineer, [SENSITIVE CONTENT], is wonderful. He has been the rockstar who not only helped us with building our integrations, but also help resolve many issues that other people created and/or cannot help!

Nachteile

There were many hiccups started with our sale person who messed up our monthly bill and did not even get our Company Name correct! Other problems such as Cin7 does not work with multiple tracking # in one order, BOM components does not get shipped with BOM parents, etc. I had to continuously chase and escalate different work arounds with their team to get things moving.

The biggest challenge for us is until now, 3 months after going live, we kept find out more and more issues with the EDI files that was built initially. Some issues was addressed thanks to [SENSITIVE CONTENT]. Others were extremely hard to resolve due to the fact that " the issue was not raised during implementation". After numerous email exchanges, instead of recode/ remap data on our EDI file, they told me to edit data on each order manually and went MIA.

Due to many coding & mapping mistakes with the initial EDI setup that was not address until live. We had to re-process many EDI error files which caused our EDI processing bill from trading partner increased another $2,000.

As I am writing this review with many built-up frustration, we have not been paid by our vendors since Cin7 started due to the EDI invoice files error and their customer support team has not resolved this.

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NetSuite

Warum Cin7 Omni gewählt wurde

Great Inventory Management Module

Vorteile

Integration with our e-commerce stores.
Integration with our 3PL.

Nachteile

Features full of bugs.
Constant stock syncing errors.
Poor on-boarding.
Appalling support.

Vorteile

The software has great functionality and streamlines many aspects of the business. They have put lots of work into the bugs but their documentation is often outdated. It is effective for handling ecommerce sales but lacks on the pick-n-pack system.

Nachteile

The customer support is terrible! If you want to chat or talk to anyone they try to enroll you onto "premium support" for almost $3000 - $5000 per year. Standard support takes over 1 week to get back to you.

Additionally, the on-boarding team has no experience with accounting or the financial setup. More often than ever they tell you they will consult with one of their teams and make you waste time until the on-boarding is over and you have to pay for premium support.

I would recommend it but note, you will spend a lot of time trying to set it up correctly. Be prepared to allocate additional time reconciling inventory if you use shipstation (does not integrate well).

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Dynamics 365 und SAP Concur

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Cin7 Omni

I was promised more than reality.

Vorteile

This software integrates with the greatest number of marketplaces and also integrates with 3pl providers

Nachteile

To put it succinctly:
1- sales rep did not provide all the info I needed:
- onboarding fee, is a robbery when compared to superior alternatives (tradegecko, unleashed) which are free
- what data would be required and in what format, ie a simple data template. in fact the sales rep told me not to worry about my data as the cin7 onboarding team would help me get the data into the correct format - this didn't happen as they repeatedly changed the format that the flat files would be required to be uploaded in. Also, my fault but I didn't insist on a list of what data was required so I hadn't consolidated my data sources.
- Rep insisted that I sign up quickly to avoid any delays in onboarding - this cost me in unusable subscription fees.
2- onboarding was a nightmare and was still incomplete by the time I canceled the service.
- onboarding team kept changing their mind about data.
- cin7 is slow and unintuitive so you need an expert to set it up
3- platform is poor:
- it looks cheaply designed (aesthetics is important when you are using something hours everyday)
- this could be forgiven if it performed great - it doesn't!
- it is slow, outdated, unintuitive,
- the b2b platform is barely functional - it looks like something designed in 2001 and is unable to be integrated with third party analytics tools.
3- customer service is non-existent, promise of callbacks that never occurred, emails not answered.
there are so many better alternatives. Beware!

Vorteile

Cin7's greatest capability is its ease of use. From the start, our employees are able to have a strong grasp of the system.

Nachteile

Communication. We use cin7 for all of our business operations. From warehouse management, delivery scheduling, all the way to backend sales. Cin7 must implement a way for its users to communicate and plan activities better.

Vorteile

It does everything we need and everytime we think 'wish we could do this' we check the support Videos or speak to the superb 24 hour support and then we find that we can do what we want. Links seemlessly to other software packages like Xero and Shopify etc.
All my 25 staff from the 66 year old to the 18 year old find it so very easy to use and on the job training saves us £1000s in lost time.

Nachteile

I would like to be able to either produce bespoke reports or pay a consultant to produce these reports. ie a Price List. Also i think you should be able to restrict staff from having acess to certain information.