Compare Eyelit APS vs. Sutton

The Eyelit Technologies solution suite, Eyelit SIOP, Eyelit APS, Eyelit MES, and Agent EyeQ, are delivered on a single data platform. Eyelit APS is advanced planning and scheduling software that runs on the same data model as Eyelit MES, so real-time WIP, downtime, and shop-floor changes feed updated schedules back to execution. Eyelit APS performs multi-zone production sequencing — for example Body, Paint, and Trim — optimized holistically in a single run, and models re-entrant flows, merges, splits, buffers, and differing line speeds across zones. Eyelit APS replans with memory: when demand or supply changes, it minimizes disruption to the existing schedule, with the degree of allowed change configurable at any level or attribute. Eyelit APS provides a wide range of constraint types to model any company's business rules, including feature-combination limits, dynamic spacing, run-lengths on sub-sequences, sequence-dependent setup times, and inventory simulation during sequencing. Eyelit APS delivers Available-to-Promise and Capable-to-Promise in both batch and real-time modes, with the real-time module connecting to the order management system.

Sutton is a manufacturing and distribution ERP platform that combines core operations management with AI-driven automation and customizable applications. The software centralizes inventory, warehousing, sales, purchasing, production, fulfillment, traceability, and compliance in one system. Inventory capabilities include real-time stock visibility, multi-location management, demand forecasting, shipping workflows, and monitoring of materials that may run out. Production features support shop-floor control, production scheduling, work centers, materials, jobs, and operational tracking. Sutton’s intelligence layer analyzes operational data to surface business health, identify exceptions, recommend next steps, and help users act on those recommendations. AI agents can prepare purchase orders, respond to changing production requirements, generate shipping documents, and handle other repetitive operational tasks across modules. Sutton Studio allows users to create custom apps, reports, forms, and workflows by describing what they need in plain English, with the resulting tools operating directly on existing Sutton data and permissions. The platform also includes an AI-assisted onboarding process that can reformat data, map fields, make bulk edits, and configure the system for migration. Sutton integrates with ecommerce, accounting, and sales channels such as QuickBooks, Shopify, WooCommerce, Amazon, and eBay and provides flexible API access for connecting additional systems.