| What matters | Simetta | A test company |
|---|---|---|
| Uses your exact ERP setup and custom fields | Your ERP’s screens and your imported data, not your configuration | It is your system |
| Resets for every attempt | Each attempt starts from a clean copy | Someone has to refresh it |
| Different data every attempt | New customer, items and numbers each time | Whatever is in the copy |
| Sets up the situation to practice | Credit holds, short stock, a price variance, on demand | Only if someone builds it by hand |
| Checks the work | Every save scored against the task | Only if a supervisor looks |
| Explains what each mistake costs | A debrief after every attempt | No |
| Guided lessons on the screen | Step by step, with a highlight on each field | No |
| Manager reporting | Progress, scores, missed checks, CSV | No |
Where a test company is better
- It is your exact configuration: every custom field, report and workflow you’ve set up.
- Every window in the ERP is there, not only the ones a simulator covers.
- If you already have one, it costs nothing extra to point people at it.
Where Simetta is better
- Nothing to maintain: no refreshes, no stale data, no leftover orders from the last trainee.
- The hard situations exist on demand, so people practice the credit hold before the real one.
- Every attempt is scored and explained, so practice turns into evidence a manager can see.
Using both
Use both. Teach and certify the core tasks in Simetta, then let people explore your own configuration in the test company.
Questions
Is a simulator as realistic as a test copy of our ERP?
For the tasks it covers, the screens follow the ERP’s own labels, tabs and grids and the business rules behave the same way. A test company is more complete, because it is the real system with your configuration. A simulator is better at practice: it resets, varies the data and scores the work.
Can we use our own data?
Yes. Import your customers, items, vendors and stock from a spreadsheet, and trainees practice on names they’ll see on day one.
Other comparisons
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