Factory IT & Deployment
Backbone MRP is a native desktop application built for the factory. This page explains how it is distributed and how your company decides which version your people run and when it changes — the questions factory IT and software decision-makers ask before they roll anything out.
By default the app keeps itself current: when a new release ships, a workstation offers a one-click in-app update. That's ideal for small teams — but a factory usually wants to test and time upgrades. Backbone MRP supports both, controlled per company.
Your company administrator decides which version your people run and when it changes:
Workstations follow the latest release and offer a one-click update when a newer version is available. Best for small teams.
Turn on managed updates and pin a specific version you've tested. Every workstation converges to exactly that version on launch and stops prompting for newer releases — so nothing changes underneath your users until you decide to move them.
When a company is managed, the pinned version is authoritative. On each launch a workstation asks the server which version it should be running and, if it differs, installs the pinned build before opening — including rolling back to an older version if you decide a release needs to be pulled. The download is verified against its published SHA-256 checksum before it is applied, and the working copy is never replaced until a verified replacement is in hand, so an interrupted or bad download can't leave a machine unable to launch.
An app downloaded from your company's branded portal opens locked to that company. Ideal for shared factory workstations: the machine always opens the same company, even if the person signing in belongs to several.
The download reached from the Backbone MRP home page is the standard, company-switching app — for staff who work across multiple companies.
Backbone MRP can also be deployed on hardware your organization owns and controls, on your own network, with your data never leaving it. It is the same product and the same desktop app — configured for a single organization rather than a shared, public service.
Staff sign in through a page branded with your company name and logo, on your own address. There is no public sign-up and no marketing page — people join by invitation from your administrators.
Users, locations, orders, document email and the QuickBooks integrations are all unlimited. There is nothing to activate per company and no subscription to manage.
Run separate companies for subsidiaries, divisions or test environments on the same server, and let staff who work across them switch as usual.
You do not have to decide up front. Because it is the same application and the same data model on both sides, an account that starts on our hosted service can move to your own servers with its parts, customers, orders, shipments and invoices intact — nothing is re-entered. We carry out the migration with you.
Every installer publishes its SHA-256 checksum, and the Windows build is code-signed by Custom Intelligence, LLC via SSL.com — the verified publisher shown in the Windows install prompt. Each managed version is likewise checksummed and verified on the client before it is applied.