Matt Thompson will address the inaugural meeting of the Florida Epicor Users Group (EUG) on Thursday 1/21/16.
Mr. Thompson serves as Vice President of Enterprise Architecture for EstesGroup, the world’s leading consultancy in Enterprise Resource Planning, and is considered an expert in the fields of Business Process Review and Business Process Reengineering.
His presentation to the EUG will focus on the new feature set for Epicor ERP 10.1, as well as the many factors and strategies that companies should review when considering an upgrade to this solution.
The slogan for Florida EUG is “Users Helping Users.” The association is completely independent, with a primary mission to assist its community members in the study and practice of Epicor products, including Epicor ERP (9, 10, and 10.1); Vantage; Vista; Avante; DataFlo; Manage 2000; ManFact; Clientele; iScala; Enterprise; E4SE; Epicor Retail; Epicor HCM; Epicor CMS/VP (SolarSoft); AVP; BVP; HrMS (Packaging); Informance; BisTrack; Tropos; SLS; and Mattec.
The Florida EUG boasts an all volunteer leadership, a staffed office, monthly board meetings, a close and positive working relationship with Epicor management, and support for Regional User Groups. Membership dues are $360 a year, a worthwhile investment for industry members looking to secure the best possible Epicor product support at a reasonable cost.
Matt Thompson leads EstesGroup’s experienced, world-class ERP consulting team. His more than fifteen years’ experience with Epicor products include five years working as an Epicor employee, five years working for an Epicor customer, and more than five years at EstesGroup as Vice President of Services. He is a certified expert on Epicor technologies and leverages a deep background in technical and functional matters as they apply to the multi-faceted world of Project Management.
In particular, Mr. Thompson has considerable expertise in marrying Enterprise Resource Planning solutions to the manufacturing, distribution, and professional services industries. He has led hundreds of successful implementations of Epicor products for businesses ranging from small job shops to large-scale distribution and manufacturing operations across a variety of sectors.
Mr. Thompson helped to pioneer the industry-renowned EstesGroup Business Process Review. As a spokesman for EstesGroup, he is considered a foremost expert in and the voice of company’s Five Stage ERP Implementation Methodology.
The agenda for Thursday’s inaugural meeting includes:
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. – Registration and Networking
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. – Introductions and purpose
9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. – Upgrading to E10.1: Technical Tips – Ben Nixon
(Epicor)
10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. – Break
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. – Epicor 10.1 Upgrade Path
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. – Lunch
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. – Get Ready for Your Epicor 10.1 Upgrade – Matt
Thompson (Estes Group)
Break-out sessions 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.. Sessions will discuss:
- Year End Close tips and tricks for all versions.
- Leveraging out of the Box Job Tools – Matt Thompson (Estes Group)
- Upgrading to Epicor 10 – Round table discussion for those of you who are currently upgrading or thinking about it.
For more information on EstesGroup, please call 888-300-2340.
