I've worked with furniture manufacturing software for a long time. Long enough to know that most companies aren't using perfect systems. A lot of them are using systems that grew over years and years. That's definitely true where I work.
People often ask why companies don't just switch to something newer. The answer is simple: it's scary. Not because the software is expensive. Because the knowledge is expensive. Materials, hardware, machining rules, ERP connections, machine setups, purchasing logic — nobody writes all this stuff down. It just slowly becomes part of the company. That's where the real value sits.
Sometimes adding a material can take hours because information has to go into multiple places. Everybody knows there must be a better way. But changing systems feels like open-heart surgery while the patient is running a marathon. The company still has orders to deliver, machines still need to run, people still need to work. That's why many manufacturers stay with old software much longer than they want to. The biggest challenge isn't replacing software. The biggest challenge is keeping the knowledge alive while doing it.