Tactic

RATING:

4.6

(17)

About Tactic

TACTIC Advanced Planning and Scheduling is an on-premise solution designed for discrete and batch industry manufacturers. Primary features include order management, routing, inventory management, bills-of-materials and what-if ideas. What-if’ feature allows users to identify suitable choices for business and consumers. It helps improve reports, staff meetings, wallboards and spreadsheets. It combines what-if intuition and data such as order, inventory, bills-of-materials and other to form schedules in a visual interactive tool. It provides interactive schedule dashboards using Gantt charts, tables and comparison graphs. It tracks violations in jobs assigned and their causes and recommends corrective actions. It also generates purchase orders based on inventory levels ...

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Tactic Reviews

Overall Rating

4.6

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

4.5

Customer Support

5

Value for money

5

Functionality

5

Most Helpful Reviews for Tactic

1 - 5 of 17 Reviews

Allen

Packaging and Containers, 201-500 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed April 2023

The ability to customize and to integrate TACTIC into the existing ERP/MRP was key!

TACTIC is great. If you need help scheduling you production workflow, this is what you are looking for.

PROS

First - The customer service is unbeatable! From start to finish, the Waterloo support team is right beside you every step of the way. It is one of the most intelligent and talented teams that I have worked with.Second - The user interface, and ease of use, made the implementation go that much smoother.Third - After implementation, the support didn't stop. As we shifted all MFG scheduling over to TACTIC, we discovered additional changes we wanted to make. Waterloo was there with the support and even offered suggestions.Last but definitely the biggest/most important Pro - This software works! All of the pros above are amazing, but when you get more than you expected from every part of TACTIC, there isn't much room for complaint.

CONS

I don't have any complaints about TACTIC. It does what it advertises and more!My issues have been with the mindset of the shop floor.

Reasons for switching to Tactic

Our previous scheduling software was embedded into our ERP/MRP system and wasn't customizable to the changes we had made since its implementation many years prior.

Tom

Food Production, 51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed December 2018

Highly configurable and flexible scheduling software.

PROS

The Waterloo customer support team is exceptional. They're extremely personable, knowledgeable and creative. We manage a specialty food business and configured TACTIC to schedule two separate continuous manufacturing processes. The entire scheduling cycle has reduced dramatically and we can navigate around issues that previously created bottlenecks and unnecessary downtime. TACTIC is very powerful and highly configurable to meet all types of business processes and needs.

CONS

The interface can be upgraded but the underlying functionality is extremely powerful.

Joshua

Used free trial

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

Reviewed April 2016

Effective Scheduling Software with great Customer Service

Tactic has been a solid scheduling package for our use. We have roughly 1500 orders in progress at any one time, and Tactic keeps everything flowing smoothly. The Customer Service could not be better, the Waterloo team is always happy to work thru any issues, and often goes out of their way to help find solutions to problems, if they arise.

Tyler

Packaging and Containers, 201-500 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed March 2018

Solid scheduling and production management software, with peerless customer service.

PROS

TACTIC helped our company streamline our scheduling procedures--specifically regarding increased visibility and organization of our daily operations.

CONS

The graphic interface and general aesthetic is somewhat lacking, but the guts are what matter here and TACTIC delivers on those fronts. The algorithms and reporting features have been heavily tested and customized, and are utilized repeatedly daily, performing with excellence and ease.

Allen

Business Supplies and Equipment, 5,001-10,000 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed November 2018

Tactic Integration for Production

Working with Waterloo and Customer support specifically has been a pleasure. The team are very helpful and provide insight and solutions far beyond the sale.

PROS

The software enables us to categorize and prioritize our production at multiple work stations within work centers based on due dates and attributes.

CONS

I like the software. My main problems are internal to my organization. Too many upgrades and changes.