In-House Hosting vs. Cloud Based Hosting
If you've recently decided to implement an ERP system like Epicor ERP at your company, you have a couple of options for where to deploy the system. You can either have it hosted on your in-house server or it can be hosted on a cloud server. Here is a look at each of...
5 Ways EstesGroup Helps with Your CMMC Compliance
You might be reading this post if you are researching Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC), your company needs to become compliant, or your company is already compliant with CMMC but you have need of more IT services. In 2019 the Department of Defense...
What is CMMC: Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification?
CMMC: The Looming Cyber-Security Certification that Affects 60,000+ Companies. In 2019, the U. S. Department of Defense (DoD) announced a new security protocol program for contractors, called Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC). CMMC is a DoD...
Configuring Epicor 10 ERP to Launch a Form’s Custom Version
Making a form custom version in Epicor ERP gives businesses the information and flexibility they need to succeed. While administering our ECHO Epicor Hosting platform, we’ve had customers frequently ask us to help them configure the system to utilize a...
12 Days of ECHO, Twelfth Day: My Admin Gave to Me, Ransomware 2020 the Good, Bad, and Ugly
Ransomware the hits keep coming going into 2020 By now, we’ve all heard about someone affected by ransomware. If it wasn’t a friend’s business, or a company you do business with, or the town you live in, or the hospital you visit - all you have to do is look at...
12 Days of ECHO, Eleventh Day: My Admin Gave to Me, notes on Online Transaction Processing vs. Decision Support!
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP): Online Transaction Processing vs. Decision Support So, you’ve got your ERP system up and running, and before long, the management team wants reports, dashboards and executive data out of the system. That makes perfect...
12 Days of ECHO, Tenth Day: My Admin Gave to Me, Epicor Performance and Diagnostic Tool Checks!
SQL and the Reporting Engine Epicor ERP 10 provides the Performance and Diagnostics Tool as part of your Epicor Administration Console. While the tool is often installed when setting up an E10 solution, it’s often forgotten about afterwards. The full tool has...
12 Days of ECHO, Ninth Day: My Admin Gave to Me, Fixes so SSRS Won’t Hog Epicor CPU!
SQL and the Reporting Engine Epicor ERP 10 requires two primary SQL functions, the SQL Engine and the Reporting Engine, also known as SSRS – SQL Server Reporting Services. Each require a SQL licensed, but if you run both on the SAME operating system instance,...
12 Days of ECHO, Eighth Day: My Admin Gave to Me, Tips on Epicor SQL Transaction Log Maintenance!
Epicor and Microsoft SQL Transaction Log Maintenance - Performance Tips and Tricks Many Epicor 10 ERP installations suffer from a “lack of DBA”. It’s not for lack of desire, but keeping a full-time DBA (Database Administrator) on staff can be expensive. ...
12 Days of ECHO, Seventh Day: My Admin Gave to Me, Tips on Epicor ERP 10 Server Disk Space!
Epicor ERP 10 Server Disk Space – Where'd It Go? Do you ever wonder where your server’s disk space goes? Many times, you might not even notice until a server crashes with an ‘out of disk’ error message, or some application stops working. Only then might you start...
12 Days of ECHO, Sixth Day: My Admin Gave to Me a Fix for Microsoft IIS Log Sprawl!
On the Sixth Day of ECHO, my admin gave to me, some tips about Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) and log files! Every Epicor E10 and Prophet 21 Middleware server uses Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) to get their job done. And by...
Overcoming Industry Challenges with Aerospace and Defense Manufacturing ERP
The A&D industry is facing growth and dynamic change. In striving for quality and status, it is facing challenges in maintaining both. From the procurement of raw materials to the introduction of new technologies that will impact production (and everything in...
12 Days of ECHO, Fifth Day: My Admin Gave to Me Too Much RAM for My Epicor VM!
Too Much CPU & RAM for Epicor Application Server Sometimes, more memory is not better. Often, server admins will throw more resources (CPU and RAM) at a server to make it go faster. Check our tidbit on SQL Licensing to see what that might hurt your licensing...
12 Days of ECHO, Fourth Day: My Admin Gave to Me Tips on SQL 64k Clusters!
Tips on SQL 64K Clusters and Epicor SQL Services Database Bytes Microsoft SQL likes to do all it’s input/output in 64k chunks, but Windows likes to format hard drives in 4K chunks called "clusters". Studies have shown that formatting the volumes that store SQL...
12 Days of ECHO, Third Day: Some Notes on Epicor ERP Auto-Login and SysConfig!
On the Third Day of ECHO, my sys admin gave to me, swift yet safe: Auto-Login in Epicor 10.1 and beyond. Interacting with technology can become a perpetual struggle between ease-of-use and security-of-use. The two seem at odds, such that increases in security...
12 Days of ECHO, Second Day: SQL Licensing
On the First Day of ECHO, my System Admin gave to me, SQL Licensing! You probably already know that Microsoft SQL Server is required for Epicor 10 and Prophet 21, but do you know if you are in Microsoft compliance? SQL licensing can be confusing, but in most...
12 Days of ECHO, First Day: Relating Epicor Extended Tables via SysRowID
On the first day of ECHO, my admin gave to me, some notes about my SysRowID! Relating Epicor Extended Tables via SysRowID As part of an ERP implementation, it’s not uncommon for companies to find the need to store information that does not easily fit into...
12 Days of ECHO: EstesGroup ERP Admin Tips and Tricks
This Holiday Season, EstesGroup would like to give you "12 Days of ECHO" tips and tricks for those ERP System Admins out there. We understand this time of year there is a lot going on for companies, such as: year end preparations, budgeting for the next year,...
Understanding Epicor ERP’s “Default Revenue Recognition Method” Error is Part of Company Configuration
Revenue Recognition is Everything When I was still part of the user community, I was involved in a planned implementation of Epicor at one my company’s divisions. The division was in the construction industry, and the ERP systems of the time...
Getting Past the “CGCCode Mismatch” Error When Importing Dashboards in Epicor 10 ERP
In work and in life, I find myself torn between two ambivalent instincts: the instinct for understanding and the instinct for action. It is often of great utility to understand as much of a given situation as possible—to be able to relate its causes and effects. I...
Why Cloud ERP is Right for Your Business
Cloud-based computing allows users to access their software applications on shared computing resources, thus avoiding the costs of managing and maintaining their own data center. It's an ideal option for those who need guaranteed up-time and want the most up-to-date...
Cloud vs On Premise ERP
In-House Hosting Compared to Cloud-Based HostingWhen you hear about Cloud vs on premise ERP hosting, the conversation is about the server infrastructure on which your software applications run, and your data is stored. Both on premise (or in-house) and cloud-based...
The Unique Family Dynamics of a Successful ERP Implementation
Tolstoy famously remarked that “all happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Reflecting on Tolstoy’s own relations and on the kindred lives of the characters in his novels, I’ve often wondered if Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)...
Why Buy an ERP Software?
Why Buy an ERP Software?Businesses who are happy with the money they're making and don't wish to grow or to improve their relationships with their customers often don't think about the need for ERP software. However, those businesses are few and far between. For the...
Much Needed Functionality: Prophet 21’s Rental Management Application
To Rent or To Buy - More and More Often, It's To Rent. In some ways distribution has not changed over the past 50 years; but in other ways it really has morphed – I know, that statement was non-committal. But take for example product Rental Management. Your customers...
The Company You Keep: Deploying Company-Specific Customizations in a Multi-Company Environment
Setup is crucial for a successful company-specific customization in an Epicor ERP multi-company environment. Maintenance of the Epicor ERP menu in multi-company environments can be unintuitive, and many customers come to us looking to better understand its...
Historical Transactional Data Conversion: Prevent the Past from Haunting Your Present
"I give [this watch] to you not that you may remember time, but that you might forget it now and then for a moment and not spend all your breath trying to conquer it. Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his...
Announcement: EstesGroup Awarded Epicor Managed Hosting Partner Certification
We are proud to announce that EstesGroup is an Epicor Software Corporation Certified Managed Hosting Partner. EstesGroup is certified to host Epicor ERP and host Prophet 21 ERP systems. We are the only Epicor Partner to be Certified for Epicor Hosting, Epicor...
Cloud Computing Is Key To Recession Proofing Your Business
Recession-Proof Investments: Cloud Computing and the Refrigerator of the Future We’ve long been told that necessity is the mother of invention, but when necessity is out of a sense of privation, reactions vary. Born and raised into the world of residential and...
Data Center Location is Critical to Your Company’s Success and Survival
Read about how weather impacts data viability and how data center location plays into long term company viability.