ERP migration

Migrate from Fraction ERP to Acumatica

Field-level mapping, validation, and rollback between Fraction ERP and Acumatica. We move data and schema; workflows are rebuilt natively in Acumatica.

Fraction ERP logo

Fraction ERP

Source

Acumatica

Destination

Acumatica logo

Compatibility

100%

12 of 12

objects map 1:1 between Fraction ERP and Acumatica.

Complexity

BStandard

Timeline

3–5 days

Rollback included Accuracy guarantee Field-level validation

Overview

What this migration involves

Fraction ERP serves small-to-midsize manufacturers with a tightly scoped cloud system covering sales order management, parts, bills of materials, works orders, purchasing, inventory, shop floor data capture, shipping, and invoicing. It integrates with Xero, QuickBooks, and Sage for accounting. Acumatica is a consumption-priced cloud ERP with unlimited users, multi-entity ledgers, an extensible DAC-based data model, and native manufacturing, distribution, and project accounting modules. The platforms diverge most in how they handle multi-entity organizations, custom field extensibility, and manufacturing order sequencing. We migrate Fraction ERP's core transactional records — customers, parts, BOMs, sales orders, purchase orders, works orders, and inventory snapshots — into Acumatica's corresponding entities. Custom fields from Fraction become Usr-prefixed DAC extension fields in Acumatica. Workflows, automations, integrations, and Xero/QuickBooks/Sage connections do not migrate; we export those definitions for your Acumatica admin to rebuild. The migration runs via Acumatica's Import by Scenario and REST API endpoints, sequenced to respect foreign-key dependencies between items, inventory, orders, and manufacturing records.

Field-level fidelity

Every standard and custom field arrives verified.

Schema-aware mapping

AI proposes the map; you confirm before any record moves.

Relationships preserved

Parent–child, lookups, and ownership stay linked.

Full activity history

Calls, emails, meetings — with original timestamps.

Attachments & notes

Documents, uploads, and inline notes move with the record.

Why teams make this switch

Two sides of the same decision

Leaving

Fraction ERP logo

Fraction ERP

What's pushing teams away

  • Customers report that the platform lacks depth in financial management modules, pushing them toward NetSuite or Sage Intacct once their business scales beyond basic job costing.
  • The limited number of reviews and small user community makes it difficult to find implementation partners or peer advice when problems arise during deployment.
  • Manufacturers with highly custom workflows or complex multi-plant operations find the platform's configurability insufficient for their needs over time.
  • Some users mention that the user interface feels less polished than competing ERPs, leading to slower user adoption on the shop floor.

Choosing

Acumatica logo

Acumatica

What's pulling them in

  • Unlimited user licensing lets companies add staff without per-seat billing shocks, making Acumatica cost-predictable at scale.
  • Flexibility and scalability earn consistent praise — users value a platform that adapts to vertical workflows without forcing a redesign.
  • Real-time visibility across financials, inventory, and projects gives mid-market businesses a consolidated operational view previously available only in enterprise-tier ERPs.
  • Cloud-native architecture with automatic updates removes infrastructure management burden from in-house IT teams.
  • Modular licensing lets companies start with one or two suites (Financials, Distribution) and expand into Manufacturing or CRM incrementally.

Object mapping

How Fraction ERP objects map to Acumatica

Each row shows how a Fraction ERP object lands in Acumatica, including any object-level transformations, lookup resolution, or schema-design dependencies.

Typical mapping — final map is confirmed during the sample migration step.

Fraction ERP

Customer

maps to

Acumatica

Customer (AR303000)

1:1
Fully supported

Fraction ERP customer records map directly to Acumatica Customers. The customer name, contact email, phone, and billing address fields transfer as-is. Fraction ERP does not distinguish between shipping and billing addresses per customer; we surface both in Acumatica's Address tab and your admin sets the default roles.

Fraction ERP

Part / Inventory Item

maps to

Acumatica

Non-Stock Item (IN202000) / Stock Item (IN202000)

1:1
Fully supported

Fraction ERP parts with bill-of-materials links and stocking flags map to Acumatica Stock Items. Parts marked as non-stocked in Fraction map to Non-Stock Items. The PartID becomes the Acumatica Inventory CD; the description, unit of measure, and last purchase price transfer as attributes. Stock qty on hand requires an opening inventory adjustment import after item creation.

Fraction ERP

Bill of Materials

maps to

Acumatica

Bill of Materials (AM201000)

1:1
Fully supported

Fraction ERP BOMs define multi-level product structures with components and quantities-per. Acumatica's BOM uses BOMID, template materials, and warehouse-scoped line items. We flatten Fraction BOM subassemblies into Acumatica multi-level BOM structures — each nested assembly becomes a separate BOM record linked by the AsmOf field. Phantom BOMs use the Phantom BOM flag.

Fraction ERP

Sales Order

maps to

Acumatica

Sales Order (SO301000)

1:1
Fully supported

Fraction ERP sales orders map directly to Acumatica Sales Orders. Order number, customer reference, line items (part + quantity + unit price), order date, and promised date transfer as SOOrder records. Fraction order statuses (draft, confirmed, shipped, invoiced) map to Acumatica SOOrder status values (on hold, pending, open, completed, cancelled).

Fraction ERP

Purchase Order

maps to

Acumatica

Purchase Order (PO201000)

1:1
Fully supported

Fraction ERP purchase orders map to Acumatica Purchase Orders. Vendor, line items (part + quantity + cost), expected delivery date, and PO status transfer as POOrder records. Acumatica's receipt workflow (receiving before AP) differs from Fraction's simpler model — we surface this distinction in the migration plan for your purchasing team.

Fraction ERP

Works Order

maps to

Acumatica

Production Order (AM201000)

1:1
Fully supported

Fraction ERP works orders are the core production record. They map to Acumatica Production Orders (SOOrderType = 'Production'). The Fraction works order number becomes the Production Nbr; the linked BOM revision and warehouse determine material allocation in Acumatica. Labor posting data from shop floor data capture is preserved as production remarks and can feed into Acumatica's labor tracking if configured.

Fraction ERP

Invoice

maps to

Acumatica

AR Invoice (AR301000)

1:1
Fully supported

Invoiced sales orders in Fraction ERP map to Acumatica AR Invoices. Invoice number, customer, line items, tax amount, and invoice date transfer. Acumatica's invoice-to-payment workflow (AR Invoice → Payment Application → GL) differs from Fraction's simpler model — we generate an opening balance import for outstanding AR to avoid duplicate billing.

Fraction ERP

Inventory Adjustment / Count

maps to

Acumatica

Inventory Adjustment (IN305000)

1:1
Fully supported

Fraction ERP inventory snapshots and cycle count adjustments map to Acumatica Inventory Adjustments. Each adjustment line specifies the inventory ID, site, qty variance, and reason code. Historical adjustments with timestamps are imported as adjustment records in date order. The site ID maps to the warehouse location in Acumatica, and reason codes are validated against the Reason Code ID list.

Fraction ERP

Vendor

maps to

Acumatica

Vendor (AP303000)

1:1
Fully supported

Fraction ERP vendors map directly to Acumatica Vendors. Vendor name, contact email, payment terms, and default GL account carry over. Acumatica's separate remittance address record requires mapping from Fraction's single vendor address — we assign the primary Fraction address as the Remit Address and flag any secondary addresses for manual entry.

Fraction ERP

Custom Part Properties

maps to

Acumatica

Usr-prefixed DAC Extension Fields

1:1
Fully supported

Fraction ERP custom fields on parts (such as material specifications, weight, or supplier codes) do not have an Acumatica native equivalent. We create Usr-prefixed custom fields on the InventoryItem DAC via an Acumatica Customization Project. Each custom field requires a published customization package before data import; we include the schema plan and package generation in the migration scope.

Fraction ERP

Xero / QuickBooks / Sage Integration Link

maps to

Acumatica

Acumatica Native General Ledger

1:1
Fully supported

Fraction ERP's accounting integrations with Xero, QuickBooks, or Sage have no Acumatica equivalent because Acumatica carries a full native general ledger, AP, and AR. Migrated transactional data flows directly into Acumatica GL accounts; no third-party sync is required. The integration links are discontinued at cutover.

Fraction ERP

User / Owner

maps to

Acumatica

Employee (EP301000) / User (SM201010)

1:1
Fully supported

Fraction ERP users with order or works-order ownership are matched to Acumatica Employees and Users by email. Unmatched owners are flagged before migration and assigned to a fallback Acumatica user so no record lands without an owner. Fraction ERP permission sets do not map to Acumatica roles and must be reconstructed in Acumatica's Access Rights by your admin.

Gotchas + challenges

What specifically takes care here

Platform-specific issues from each side, plus the pair-specific challenges that don't show up on either platform's page on its own.

Fraction ERP logo

Fraction ERP gotchas

High

No publicly documented API for bulk exports

Medium

BOM drawings stored as attachments require separate file transfer

Medium

Works Order operation sequencing is BOM-dependent

Low

Tier-gated features affect module availability

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Acumatica gotchas

High

API user licenses cap concurrent sessions and request throughput

High

Multi-tenant filtering requires CompanyID awareness

Medium

Custom fields require separate discovery before field mapping

Medium

Notes and attachments use a separate linked table structure

Low

Implementation timelines frequently run 3–9 months end-to-end

Pair-specific challenges

  • Nested BOM subassemblies require multi-level BOM explosion before Acumatica import

    Fraction ERP allows multi-level bills of materials with subassemblies that themselves reference other BOMs. Acumatica's BOM structure supports nested BOMs via the AsmOf relationship, but the Import by Scenario tool requires all referenced subassemblies to exist as Inventory Items before the parent BOM can be imported. If a Fraction BOM references a component that does not yet exist as an InventoryItem in Acumatica, the import row fails silently. We build a dependency-ordered BOM import sequence so every subassembly is created before any parent BOM that references it, and we surface any circular BOM references as a pre-migration action item.

  • Fraction ERP user accounts require manual role mapping in Acumatica Access Rights

    Fraction ERP's built-in user management does not expose role definitions that map directly to Acumatica's granular rights model (branch-level access, screen-level restrictions, module scoping, and entity-level permissions). Every Fraction ERP user with order or works-order ownership is resolved to an Acumatica Employee and User record by email, but the Acumatica role assignment — who can post production orders, who can approve POs, who can run MRP — must be reconstructed manually in Acumatica's Access Rights screen. We deliver a role-mapping worksheet as part of the migration plan that maps Fraction's user group names to recommended Acumatica screen-role configurations.

  • Acumatica requires a published Customization Project before Usr-prefixed fields accept data

    Custom fields on Acumatica DAC classes (InventoryItem, SOOrder, AMProduction, etc.) are created through a Customization Project, not inline during import. If the Customization Project is not published before the import run, Acumatica rejects any rows that include values in the Usr-prefixed columns. Fraction ERP's custom part properties — common for material specs, supplier codes, or weight — must be added as Usr-prefixed fields on the InventoryItem DAC, the Customization Project published, and then the import script run. We include the Customization Project XML generation and publishing step in the migration approach before data import begins.

  • Xero, QuickBooks, and Sage integration links are not transferable to Acumatica

    Fraction ERP's accounting integrations with Xero, QuickBooks, or Sage are platform-specific connections that terminate when the Fraction ERP account is closed or the API keys are revoked. Acumatica carries a native general ledger, accounts payable, and accounts receivable — there is no equivalent third-party integration to rebuild. We export all integration configuration details (API credentials, chart of accounts mapping, and sync frequency settings) as a reference document. Your Acumatica admin uses this to configure equivalent native workflows (vendor payment terms, customer credit limits, and GL account assignments) in Acumatica. Any outstanding AP or AR balances from the integrated accounting system must be imported as opening balances in Acumatica's GL.

  • Shop floor data capture records do not map to Acumatica's labor tracking schema

    Fraction ERP's shop floor data capture stores timestamped labor entries against works orders — clock-in/clock-out by operator, scrap quantities, and production notes. Acumatica's equivalent is the Labor Entry (EP305010) screen and production order labor postings via the Production Detail (AM300000) screen. The mapping is conceptual rather than field-level: each Fraction labor entry becomes a separate Labor Entry record linked to the corresponding Acumatica Production Nbr. Fraction's production notes transfer as remarks. We include a separate labor-import script alongside the works-order migration so operator time data is not lost.

Migration approach

Six steps for a successful Fraction ERP to Acumatica data migration

  1. Audit Fraction ERP data and design Acumatica schema

    We extract a full data inventory from Fraction ERP covering customers, vendors, parts, BOMs, sales orders, purchase orders, works orders, invoices, and inventory snapshots. We count nested BOM levels, identify circular references, flag custom part properties, and assess the volume of open orders and works orders. We then produce an Acumatica schema setup plan: which Inventory Items are stock vs. non-stock, which BOMs need phantom routing, what Customization Project fields are required, and which Acumatica entities receive each Fraction record type. Your Acumatica admin (or our team) implements the schema before data moves.

  2. Sequence master data import by dependency order

    Acumatica enforces referential integrity — Inventory Items must exist before Sales Orders can reference them, BOMs must exist before Production Orders can be created, and Customers must exist before invoices can be posted. We sequence the import in dependency order: (1) Vendors, (2) Customers, (3) Inventory Items, (4) BOMs and revisions, (5) Sales Orders, (6) Purchase Orders, (7) Works Orders → Production Orders, (8) Invoices and payments, (9) Inventory adjustments, (10) Labor entries. Each stage uses Acumatica's Import by Scenario for structured validation or the REST API for bulk row injection.

  3. Publish Customization Project and run sample import with field-level diff

    Before committing the full migration, we publish the Acumatica Customization Project containing all Usr-prefixed fields. We then run a sample import of 100–500 representative records across each major object type — a mixed set of customers, parts, BOMs, sales orders, works orders, and open invoices. We generate a field-level diff report showing source values against the destination field values and flagging any rows that Acumatica rejected or truncated. You review the diff and approve the mapping before the full run proceeds.

  4. Execute full migration with delta-pickup window

    The full import runs in dependency order across all record types. FlitStack AI uses scoped read access on Fraction ERP — your team keeps working in the system throughout the migration. A delta-pickup window of 24–48 hours captures any orders, works orders, or inventory changes created or modified during the cutover. Every operation is logged in an audit trail, and one-click rollback reverts the Acumatica instance to its pre-migration state if reconciliation uncovers data integrity issues. We deliver a reconciliation checklist comparing record counts and key financial totals between Fraction ERP's final state and Acumatica's imported state.

Platform deep dives

Context on both ends of the pair

Fraction ERP logo

Fraction ERP

Source

Strengths

  • Integrated production-to-inventory data model designed specifically for manufacturing environments without requiring bolt-on modules.
  • Cloud-hosted accessibility means the system works from any browser, reducing on-premise infrastructure overhead for small manufacturers.
  • Native integrations with Xero, QuickBooks, and Sage provide clean handoff to established accounting platforms without manual re-entry.
  • Shop floor data capture module enables real-time production tracking without requiring separate MES investment.
  • Per-user pricing starting at £36/month makes it accessible for teams of 5–20 operators without enterprise-scale costs.

Weaknesses

  • Limited public API documentation means migration tooling must be reverse-engineered or coordinated through Fraction ERP's implementation team.
  • Small review corpus and limited third-party community make peer validation and troubleshooting support harder to find.
  • Financial management capabilities are intentionally shallow, pushing finance teams toward external accounting tools rather than centralising the ledger.
  • The platform targets SMB manufacturers exclusively and lacks the multi-plant, multi-currency, and advanced analytics features that growing companies eventually require.
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Acumatica

Destination

Strengths

  • Unlimited named-user licensing eliminates per-seat cost scaling as teams grow.
  • Modular architecture lets companies deploy Financials first and add Distribution, Manufacturing, or CRM incrementally.
  • Cloud-native with automatic updates removes infrastructure patching and version management from IT responsibilities.
  • Flexible customization framework (UDFs, extensions) supports vertical-specific workflows without forking core code.
  • Multi-tenant architecture with CompanyID isolation enables safe data segregation across subsidiaries.

Weaknesses

  • Steep learning curve and complex initial setup create significant onboarding friction.
  • Report Designer is widely cited as unintuitive and difficult to use for non-developers.
  • Feature gaps require customizations or third-party add-ons, adding implementation cost and complexity.
  • Implementation timelines frequently exceed initial estimates, especially for multi-module deployments.
  • API rate limits and concurrent session caps are tied to license tier, creating throughput constraints for bulk data operations.

Complexity grading

How hard is this migration?

Standard ERP migration. 2 of 8 objects need a mapping; the rest are 1:1.

B

Overall complexity

Standard migration

Derived from compatibility, mapping clarity, API constraints, and data volume across Fraction ERP and Acumatica.

  • Object compatibility

    B

    2 of 8 objects need a mapping; the rest are 1:1.

  • Field mapping clarity

    C

    Field mapping is derived from defaults — final spec confirmed during the sample migration.

  • Timeline complexity

    B

    8-object category — typical timelines run 2–7 days end-to-end.

  • API constraints

    B

    Fraction ERP: Not publicly documented.

  • Data volume sensitivity

    B

    Fraction ERP doesn't expose a bulk API — REST + parallelization used for high-volume runs.

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Most Fraction ERP to Acumatica migrations complete within 3–5 days of clock time for setups with fewer than 5,000 transactional records and fewer than 20 active BOMs. Larger manufacturers with 50,000+ records, complex multi-level BOMs, or multi-entity structures extend the timeline to 2–4 weeks. The longest single step is typically the BOM dependency mapping and Acumatica schema setup, not the data import itself. We give you a day-by-day schedule after the initial data audit.

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