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JobBOSS API

JobBOSS—now JobBOSS² from ECI Software Solutions—is a job shop and machine shop ERP that helps make-to-order manufacturers manage quoting, scheduling, job costing, inventory, and shop-floor data. An unofficial API lets you programmatically pull jobs, quotes, sales orders, inventory and materials, customers, and shop-floor time entries—and push updates like new quotes, work orders, and material receipts back into JobBOSS.

By Alex Klarfeld•May 30, 2026
JobBOSS API

What is JobBOSS?

JobBOSS is a job shop and machine shop management ERP from ECI Software Solutions, built for small- to medium-sized make-to-order manufacturers. The cloud-native version, JobBOSS², adds real-time mobile access, AI-driven insights, and a streamlined interface, delivering real-time job costing and production visibility. Shops use it to run quote-to-cash workflows—quoting, scheduling, labor and material tracking, job costing, quality, and shipping—across job shops, machine shops, metal fabrication, and stamping operations.

Core product modules include:

  • Visual Scheduling (shop floor optimization and delivery management)
  • Workflow & CRM (quote-to-cash business processes)
  • Labor & Material Management (job assignments and material tracking)
  • Sales Order Processing (contract and mixed-mode order handling)
  • Quality Management and Serial Control (compliance, defect control, part tracking)
  • Bill of Materials (BOM) Management with CAD integration
  • QuickBooks and payroll integration, plus an integrated Manufacturing Execution System (MES)

Common data entities:

  • Quotes, Jobs, Work Orders, Estimates
  • Sales Orders, Purchase Orders, Customers, Vendors
  • Inventory, Materials, Bills of Materials, Serial Records
  • Production Schedules, Routings, Operations
  • Labor Tickets, Shop-Floor Time Entries, Job Costs
  • Invoices, Shipments, Quality Records

The JobBOSS Integration Challenge

Shops run mission-critical quoting, scheduling, and job-costing on JobBOSS daily, but turning its workflows into reliable API-driven automation is non-trivial:

  • Hosted vs. on-prem split: JobBOSS ships in legacy on-prem and cloud JobBOSS² deployments, each with different data access surfaces, versions, and connectivity
  • Flat-file and batch integrations: Many connections (accounting, payroll, EDI) run through flat-file exports or batch sync rather than real-time endpoints, so data lags and must be reconciled
  • Per-shop configuration: Routings, work centers, custom fields, and quote templates are tailored per shop, so generic integrations break across installs
  • Public API variability: JobBOSS² exposes a public API, but coverage and access differ by module, version, and whether custom development is involved
  • Shop-floor data collection: Labor tickets and MES machine data flow through collection terminals and the execution layer, requiring careful mapping to jobs, operations, and routings
  • QuickBooks sync timing: Invoice and accounting sync can run real-time or batch, so downstream financial automation must handle both modes without duplication

How Supergood Creates JobBOSS APIs

Supergood reverse-engineers authenticated browser flows, JobBOSS²'s public API surface, and its data-export paths to deliver a resilient, normalized API layer for your JobBOSS install—whether you run legacy on-prem or cloud JobBOSS².

  • Handles username/password and MFA securely in a managed session
  • Maintains session continuity with automated refresh and change detection
  • Normalizes responses across Quotes, Jobs, Orders, Inventory, and Shop-Floor Time so you integrate once and rely on consistent objects
  • Aligns with your shop's routings, work centers, and custom fields to ensure accurate job costing and entitlements

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Getting Started

  • Schedule Integration Assessment

Book a 30-minute session to confirm your modules, deployment model, and authentication setup.

  • Supergood Generates and Validates Your API

We deliver a hardened, production-ready JobBOSS adapter tailored to your shop's configuration and entitlements.

  • Deploy with Monitoring

Go live with continuous monitoring and automatic adjustments as JobBOSS evolves.

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API Endpoints

Authentication

POST/authenticate

Authenticate to a JobBOSS or JobBOSS² instance using username/password, or MFA and obtain a session token for downstream calls.

Sales

GET/quotes

List quotes and estimates with filters for customer, status, part, and date range.

Production

GET/jobs

Retrieve jobs and work orders including routings, operations, status, and job-cost roll-ups.

Production

POST/create_work_order

Create a new job or work order from a quote or order, mapping parts, routings, and due dates.

Sales

GET/orders

Pull sales orders and shipments with customer, line-item, and fulfillment status filters.

Inventory

GET/inventory

Query inventory items, materials, bills of materials, and on-hand quantities across locations.

Use Cases

Sync quoting and job data into your warehouse

- Pull quotes, estimates, jobs, and work orders into a single analytics warehouse - Stream job-cost, labor, and material activity to downstream BI and reporting tools - Reconcile customer and part records across quoting and production for unified visibility

Automate order-to-production workflows

- Push approved quotes into JobBOSS as new jobs and work orders without manual entry - Map sales orders to routings, operations, and due dates automatically - Trigger scheduling and material receipts back into the shop floor

Reconcile inventory and shop-floor time

- Sync inventory, materials, and bills of materials into ERP and planning systems - Match labor tickets and MES machine data against jobs and operations for accurate costing - Surface low-stock and material-shortage events to purchasing workflows

Keep accounting and invoicing in sync

- Stream invoices and shipments into QuickBooks and general-ledger systems - Reconcile real-time and batch sync modes to avoid duplicate entries - Push payment and AR status back into JobBOSS for unified billing records

Technical Specifications

Authentication

Username/password and MFA handled in a managed, encrypted session

Connectivity

Authenticated browser flows plus JobBOSS²'s public API and data-export paths where exposed by the deployment

Response format

Normalized JSON across Quotes, Jobs, Orders, Inventory, and Shop-Floor objects

Rate limits

Adaptive throttling tuned to your instance to avoid server-side limits on hosted and on-prem setups

Session management

Automatic session refresh, MFA replay handling, and credential rotation

Data freshness

Near real-time pulls for jobs, orders, and inventory with optional scheduled batch syncs

Security

Encrypted credential vault, scoped access tokens, SOC 2-aligned controls, and audit logging

Webhooks

Event-style callbacks for new quotes, job status changes, shipments, and inventory updates

Latency

Sub-second reads on cached entities; multi-second writes when posting jobs and orders through workflows

Throughput

Horizontally scaled workers sized to multi-shop quoting, scheduling, and job-costing volume

Reliability

Retry, backoff, and idempotency keys for work-order creation, material receipts, and invoice posting

Adaptation

Continuous monitoring of JobBOSS² releases and shop-specific configuration drift

Frequently asked questions

Yes. Supergood adapts to both the legacy on-prem JobBOSS and cloud-native JobBOSS² deployments, operating against the same authenticated surfaces with connectivity tuned to your environment.

No. JobBOSS² exposes a public API, and Supergood uses it where available alongside authenticated flows and data-export paths—so you integrate once against a normalized surface rather than stitching together partial coverage yourself.

Yes. Supergood streams invoices and shipments to QuickBooks and general-ledger systems and reconciles both real-time and batch sync modes so financial records stay accurate without duplication.

Labor tickets and MES machine data are mapped back to jobs, operations, and routings, so time and machine activity reconcile cleanly against job costs in the normalized API.

Each instance is profiled against its configured routings, work centers, and custom fields. Supergood preserves shop-specific data and entitlements rather than forcing a generic schema.

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