Cin7 Core

About Cin7 Core

Cin7 Core, formally known as DEAR, makes warehouse and inventory management, manufacturing, sales integration, reporting, and automation accessible to all businesses. Leverage the power of a multi-module warehouse and inventory management software to optimize all the moving parts of your business, from the time materials come in through the sale and even returns. As part of this solution, leverage the Core WMS app with mobile barcode scanning, guided walking paths, dedicated warehouse zones, and more for receiving, picking, packing, and shipping, all from the palm of your hand


Key benefits of Cin7 Core

  • Powerful order management:
    Cin7 Core, formerly known as DEAR, acts as a central order management system and lets users achieve complete visibility of sales across all channels (retail, wholesale and ecommerce) and track customer orders from quote to fulfilment (pick, pack, shipment) and invoicing.

  • Inventory management:
    With inventory being the main asset it is important to know what is in stock, on order, allocated to a customer or running low. In Cin7 Core, formerly known as DEAR, users can conveniently set automatic stock reorder points, perform stock adjustments and stay on top of all stock movements in their business.

  • Cin7 Core, formerly known as DEAR uses actual accounting costing methods FIFO and FEFO for true cost calculations when users buy, sell or manufacture. Variations of the costing methods cater for inventory with serial/batch numbers as well as expiry dates allowing users to store unique items and giving the ability to subsequently track the sale of inventory to specific end customers.

  • eCommerce Integrations:
    Cin7 Core, formerly known as DEAR supports all major ecommerce sale channels, shipment services and POS e.g. Square, Amazon, Fulfilment by Amazon, Shopify, WooCommerce, Shipstation, Vend, Floship and more.

    Our integrations with online stores and shipping platforms help users reach their customers and increase exposure and sales. Users can easily add new platforms to their sales strategy and use DEAR by Cin7 as a central point for managing all orders, payments and shipment information for multiple sales channels.

  • Manufacturing:
    Accurately tracking the costs of raw materials, labour and overheads through the production process will help users formulate the right pricing strategy for their products and ensure they are never operating at a loss. In Cin7 Core, formerly known as DEAR this can be managed via the Bill of Materials functionality.
    Users can easily estimate the cost of manufacturing and availability of raw materials within the Production module. Check the maximum quantity users are able to manufacture along with the relevant costs and automatically order missing components. Auto-assemblies and kits are also available for the management of bundles.
    Our Disassembly module lets users break down items into smaller components and takes the pain out of unit conversions.

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    4.3 /5
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    Bob
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    • Industry: Consumer Goods
    • Company size: 2–10 Employees
    • Used Daily for 2+ years
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    • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

    DEAR Inventory Helping us Grow

    Reviewed on 17/11/2017

    Pros

    We've been using the DEAR system for quite a while now and I must say I couldn't be any happier. It was a seamless transition from our old system, and I especially appreciate how well DEAR integrates with our accounting software. This makes everyone's work a whole lot easier. I have contacted support on several occasions with questions that I had, and I always received a quick, thorough, and very helpful response. We manufacture our products as well wholesale and retail them with an online store, and everything works so well together with DEAR that it really helps us focus on building our business rather than focusing our attention on trying to keep up with inventory and ordering. I would highly recommend DEAR systems to anyone looking for a new inventory management system.

    -Bob Weiss

    Cons

    One thing that would be useful would be to be able to call for customer service. We have used customer service email on several occasions, and have always had a pretty quick response, however, if we have a pressing issue, it would be nice to have a number to call and someone to talk with.

    Response from Cin7

    Dear Bob,

    Thank you for your review. Happy to hear everything is going well.

    Regarding the calls we have a booking service on our website where you can schedule in a time convenient for you to speak to a representative. They are free and are accessible to all our customers. Follow this link to book a call https://dearsystems.youcanbook.me/index.jsp

    Best Regards
    DEAR Team

    Luke
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    • Industry: Wholesale
    • Company size: 11–50 Employees
    • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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    • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

    A shot in the arm every business needs

    Reviewed on 28/01/2021

    A worthwhile and rewarding learning curve.

    A worthwhile and rewarding learning curve.

    Pros

    Cloud .... Cloud .... Cloud - This cannot be understated in the world we currently live.

    The support is amazing - its on what's app for goodness sake, can't get much better than that.

    The UI is very clean and intuitive.

    The integrations save loads of time and money.

    Plus all the bog standard features you expect from an ERP system but will actually use because dear is easy to use - the amount of times I hear ' we can do that in SAP but there were too many technical issues so it was never implemented' you don't get that with Dear and if you need help its there for you.

    Cons

    It is unable to negotiate a UK-AU free trade deal - Dear please work on that ;)

    There is not much I can put in this box that dear isn't aware of and attempting to address in earnest.

    The dear academy will address the difficulty of onboarding new employees that aren't used to ERP systems.

    Alternatives Considered

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    Reasons for Choosing Cin7 Core

    Covid 19

    Reasons for Switching to Cin7 Core

    Your never going to get a software that 100% fits with your current business processes but the fact you have a software provider that actively looks to improve and seeks criticism (its not always a bad word) then publishes its roadmap on addressing gaps, is pragmatism in action. Supported (and well documented) API access can plug any holes in dears offering.

    Response from Cin7

    Hello Luke,

    Thank you for your valuable feedback. We continually thrive to do our very best to serve our customers. If you would like to master DEAR we do have a DEAR Academy (https://academy.dearsystems.com/) which will help you become an Inventory Pro.

    Please feel free to contact us via email ([email protected]) or on WhatsApp (+44-1244-940807) if you have any questions or concerns.

    Best Regards,
    DEAR Team.

    Kara
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    • Industry: Farming
    • Company size: 2–10 Employees
    • Used Daily for 1+ year
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    • Likelihood to recommend 3.0 /10

    It was DEAR to me until it wasn't

    Reviewed on 14/11/2018

    We discovered a technical glitch that caused severe bloat to our database that was seemingly...

    We discovered a technical glitch that caused severe bloat to our database that was seemingly stemming from DEAR. We approached the DEAR team leader with the matter. Rather than accepting responsibility and assuring us that he would provide the customer service that was necessary, he did not. He instead brought attention to other aspects of the integration. After three months of pain, and moving to a new web hosting environment, and being down for 24 hours and up and down for a total of 3 months, a technical team was able to isolate the issue as being related to DEAR, and for the last 48 hours I have still not heard back from the DEAR tech LEAD on a fix, or with any offer of any kind to help us get back up and running the way that we are supposed to be. We are trying to trouble-shoot without any answers coming from the DEAR development team. I have never seen anything this lacking in terms of customer service in my 30 years of business. I am disappointed and expected more from the tech LEAD and DEAR customer service.

    Pros

    I created a requirements document of what we needed in an Inventory Management System and DEAR met all of them. I was so excited to find such a robust and affordable software solution in the cloud that hit all of my notes in my small indie maker business.

    Cons

    It was very very difficult for us to try and implement this product on our own. We hired an outside DEAR consultant. We spent $10K in consulting fees to get up and running. It took just about 8-9 months with a FTE almost completely focused 3/4 time and problems with the integration started just about the same time that we were up and running. Though we did not realize our problems with our web site were related to DEAR. We experienced outages and slowness on our site and were directed to take matters up with our hosting company. They reset and tuned our database-- and still we experienced slow performance. Because there are many moving parts-- and several outside vendors-- each pointing to each other--- it was this long, painful, expensive journey before we arrived right back to DEAR with the performance issues stemming from their API.

    Jacques
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    • Industry: Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
    • Company size: 201–500 Employees
    • Used Daily for 1+ year
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    • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

    Energenic

    Reviewed on 24/05/2023

    Dear is an overall well planned software, i enjoy working on it, I will say I am 80% happy - still...

    Dear is an overall well planned software, i enjoy working on it, I will say I am 80% happy - still need development in certain areas

    Pros

    Procurement and Stock keeping working great, Can have latest prices on hand

    Cons

    Job Costing is difficult and need to go to reports to get information cast export job cost directly from Job's BOM in Production cant be exported and work on average cost - need to work on latest price as i am using the BOM for price costing

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    Reasons for Choosing Cin7 Core

    Needed a manufacturing software - Dear offer all in one

    Reasons for Switching to Cin7 Core

    Look the best for our Company at the time
    ivan
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    • Industry: Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
    • Company size: 11–50 Employees
    • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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    • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

    Great cloud-based ERP software

    Reviewed on 15/08/2019

    It is my first exposure to cloud-based ERP software, DEAR. I am pretty pleased with its performance....

    It is my first exposure to cloud-based ERP software, DEAR. I am pretty pleased with its performance. Pretty simply to use and easily to understand each module. The tutorial video presentation is really useful which u can easily accessing it by clicking from the main menu. No hassle to go around to find it.
    Overall, my management and myself are pleased to spend almost 6 months to switch over from our existing ERP system

    Pros

    User friendly
    Good video demonstration on tutorial, easy to understand and follow
    excellent aftersales support - swift in response

    Cons

    No direct module to handle goods replacement and warranty process /RMA portions
    Not too user friendly or suitable to be used on project based jobs/ activities

    Alternatives Considered

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    Reasons for Choosing Cin7 Core

    Increase productivity. No hassle of maintaining the sever locally

    Switched From

    Dynamics 365

    Reasons for Switching to Cin7 Core

    Easy to use (user friendly) Great aftersales support
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    Cin7 Core FAQs

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    Cin7 Core offers the following pricing plans:

    • Starting from: USD 325.00/month
    • Pricing model: Subscription
    • Free Trial: Available

    $325/month - Standard Plan $550/month - Retailing Plan $650/month - Manufacturing Plan 14-day free trial

    Cin7 Core has the following typical customers:

    Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000

    Cin7 Core supports the following languages:

    Chinese, English, Traditional Chinese

    Cin7 Core supports the following devices:

    Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)

    Cin7 Core integrates with the following applications:

    Avalara, BigCommerce, CROSSFIRE, Capsule, Crossfire, Easy Insight, EzzyBills, Handshake, Handshake, HubSpot CRM, Inventory Planner, Lokad, LoyaltyLion, Magento Marketplace, PayPal, PencilPay, Pepperi, Pinch, Prospect CRM, Quickbooks Online, Salpo CRM, ShipStation, Shippit, Shiptheory, Shopify, Square Point of Sale, Starshipit, StockTrim, Stripe, Vend, WooCommerce, Xero, Zapier, authorize.net

    Cin7 Core offers the following support options:

    Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, 24/7 (Live rep), Chat

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